Dunk master Ivern...

Sukishoo·Mar 19, 2019·105 votes·26,912 views

This is a cruel joke, right????!! Ivern is the last champion I would have put in this theme. I don't often hate skins but dear God why did this happen? Illaoi didn't get this theme cause you said she needed something serious for her first post release, and then you go and give it to Ivern?? He has a candy king skin that's in no way serious, so why is his second skin also in a less serious theme? Plus it's just unfitting.

Oh and hextech j4 exists too I guess

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCLlu1hRHfw&feature=youtu.be

210 Comments

InfernapeMar 19, 201979 votes

Imagine wasting Dunkmaster on Ivern (who doesn't even have a dunk related move) and not giving it to Illaoi

[slayer-jinx-unamused]

Moody PMar 19, 20196 votes

Illaoi main here don't give me that skin

Warlord RhinarkMar 19, 201920 votes

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Illaoi main here don't give me that skin

You're a Volibear main, Moody.

Stop running away from the truth.

Moody PMar 19, 20194 votes

I have nearly 300k on Illaoi

dunk isn't cool or funny don't waste a skin slot for that trash tbh

Warlord RhinarkMar 19, 20194 votes

[{quoted}](name=Moody P,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=ouVeaeEA,comment-id=0001000000000000,timestamp=2019-03-19T17:35:02.632+0000)

I have nearly 300k on Illaoi

dunk isn't cool or funny don't waste a skin slot for that trash tbh

Okay, well, you got any better suggestions?

And if you say Deep Space Illaoi, you're dead to me.

Moody PMar 19, 20195 votes

Elderwood, Papercraft, Junkyard

Junkyard Yorick too tbh

Warlord RhinarkMar 19, 20195 votes

[{quoted}](name=Moody P,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=ouVeaeEA,comment-id=000100000000000000000000,timestamp=2019-03-19T17:41:01.995+0000)

Elderwood, Papercraft, Junkyard

Junkyard Yorick too tbh

Okay, Elderwood Illaoi and Junkyard Illaoi sounds pretty epic to be honest.

TerozuMar 19, 20194 votes

Imagine not giving the dunkmaster skin to the TALLEST champ in the game.

Sebastit7dMar 19, 201920 votes

TALLEST champ in the game.

Malphite ? Chogath ? Nautilus ?

TerozuMar 19, 20193 votes

Yeah Ivern is taller than them(Well, Cho's fragment form).

He's the God Willow, tallest tree on Runeterra.

Sebastit7dMar 19, 201914 votes

I've always envisioned Ivern as being roughly between 8-10 feet tall, personally.

-From a Narrative Writer in Riot

Necro Warrior87Mar 19, 201920 votes

Malphite is literally a f*cking mountain.

TobykachuMar 19, 201945 votes

It is actually comical how hideous this skin is. You can really tell this skin was just developed and released as quickly as possible to get Ivern one more skin so that they can ignore him for another 5 years.

Camille FerrøsMar 19, 201942 votes

Out of the millions of themes there are, they chose this one...

Chembaron YamadaMar 19, 201910 votes

Don't know why people are so disappointed by it (thought that skin line is popular, Dunkmaster Darius gets quite some hype and many people suggested new skins for this line), but it seems it is Kled all over again.

huhndogMar 19, 20197 votes

its a meme skin just like candy king. People wanted an evil Ivern skin not this poor quality skin. People have been begging for a dunkmaster illoai skin for a long time now and they give it to him.....

SillaeMar 20, 20194 votes

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its a meme skin just like candy king. People wanted an evil Ivern skin not this poor quality skin. People have been begging for a dunkmaster illoai skin for a long time now and they give it to him.....

At least candy king is better. Gotta love that recall.

wolviusMar 19, 20196 votes

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it seems it is Kled all over again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDKwvihVuB4

haven't actually viewed this yet ivern broke my youtube, but thumnail looked accurate im guessing the rest is


Now all ye people know how kled (maybe aurelion) mains felt about their skin.

ScubaVampireMar 19, 201936 votes

Iverns other skin is also whimsical... I was really hoping for Ivern the Cruel...

BavalMar 19, 20192 votes

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Iverns other skin is also whimsical... I was really hoping for Ivern the Cruel...

yeah but ivern as a human while still maintaining his long legs and 10 feet tall height would looks really weird, so i wouldnt hold my breath

huhndogMar 19, 20198 votes

I was thinking something like elderwood or something evil instead of a meme skin

BavalMar 19, 201927 votes

So he can be the Pippen to Darius' Jordan and get them assists.

boricCentaur1Mar 19, 201917 votes

If sewn chaos got cancelled for not meeting standards then this ivern skin should be too it is just one of the worst skins I have seen in a long time.

FaliandraMar 19, 201915 votes

all I can say is that with these upcoming skins...my wallet will be spared*[sona-playing]*

Chembaron YamadaMar 19, 201914 votes

Why is Dunkmaster Ivern a cruel joke? I thought that skin line is quite popular.

And Hextech J4... [slayer-jinx-unamused]

For real? Why can't a single champion I am actually interested in get a Hextech skin?! [sg-janna]

MetaVolcaMar 19, 20196 votes

Do you really want to have to spend shit tons of money on gemstones for a skin for your favorite champion? Because I really don't think you want to.

SukishooMar 19, 20197 votes

He already had a silly skin though, i was hoping for something a bit more serious

Chembaron YamadaMar 19, 20195 votes

True that, but silly skins fit Ivern pretty well, since he is probably the goofiest champion in the game.

SukishooMar 19, 20199 votes

Its just sad cause Riot was like no the next illaoi skin should be serious thats why they didnt do dunkmaster for her choices and then they pop up with this? Yeah hes silly and I love him but ehh sometimes something else is good too.

Sebastit7dMar 19, 20197 votes

I would have loved something like Coven Ivern, making him some elder tree demon of sorts with the neat white-ish color scale on him would be amazing, but instead we get this bad meme of a skin... what's next, Definitely not Ivern? Like if had at least been Reverse Ivern in which he dresses as Daisy and she as Ivern I could get behind that idea somewhat, but not this...

Jeddy017Mar 19, 20196 votes

The whole idea of the "Dunkmaster" skin line is, obviously, the Dunking. The idea that the champ dunks fools throughout the game. But Ivern doesn't have any sort of "dunking" moves.

Sebastit7dMar 19, 201912 votes

Why is Dunkmaster Ivern a cruel joke? I thought that skin line is quite popular.

It is, if it's for a champion that fits the theme. Darius Dunks instead of chopping you in half, looks fitting and it's a cool spin off to his base skin's animation. Illaoi Would also be a perfect candidate for a Dunkmaster skin since her ult, and her E (i think that's her little point and click Auto reset?) makes her dunk on the enemy, hell, EVEN THE RELIC SHE CARRIES AROUND WITH HER IS BASICALLY A BALL! The tentacles could be Hands with basketballs waiting to dunk on people. JarvanIV could also work for this skin with his ult and his flag becoming a hoop!

But Ivern ? What feature does he have that could ever make that skin work? That he's a tall and slender guy? That's all he has going for him. None of his abilities has something you can connect to basketball in any way. His shield will be a transparent Basketball? His bush will be differently colored and some sound effects? You have to admit that is a bad skin for him.

ShandrakeMar 19, 201914 votes

Ivern Main: Rito give Ivern a new skin already! It's been forever!

Riot makes a new Ivern skin

Ivern Main: THIS SKIN SUX RITO IS TERRIBLE!

ElewdMar 19, 20199 votes

I mean Riot should be called out when the quality of a skin looks really lacking compared to other champions. It looks really "forced"

Akali PrimeMar 19, 201913 votes

probably the worst skin ive seen in years. scrap it. i want to speak to a manager.

ΑοΚιMar 19, 201910 votes

Honestly I feel betrayed... I'm totally fine with the fact that Ivern is an unpopular champ so it makes sense that it took a decade for him to get his first skin after the release skin, but srsly... I mean SRSLY???

I'm a Ivern onetrick with over 1 million mastery points on him and I was totally looking forward for his skin, but there is no way I would buy Dunkmaster Ivern! It has nothing to do with his theme and doesnt even fit his playstyle or anything that would be an argument for it. Dunkmaster Ivern is the same as Sewn Chaos Amumu in my opinion and it's hard to believe that this skin will sell anyway decent. There is only a small amount of Ivern players and even from a lot of them I only got a respond like "this skin sucks so hard riot must be kidding" or "well nothing we can do here, guess we have to wait until season 13 or so before we get an decent Ivern skin".

If Riot really pulls it off and releases Dunkmaster Ivern I'm speechless. They actually managed to tear the heart of an Ivern player apart

OleandervineMar 19, 20198 votes

I just want to know why. Ivern is probably the last - THE LAST - champion I would have given a sports themed skin to, especially as his FIRST NEW SKIN EVER. There have been tons of great ideas for him, like Day of the Dead, Haunted, and so many more, and they chose a sports theme for the Bob Ross of the game. Hell, I would have preferred a Bob Ross skin to this. It's just so bizarre and out of left field that it's not even playing the same game.

Wert the WackyMar 19, 20198 votes

I do not like this skin. Not because I’m part of the “Ivern needs a serious evil skin” gang, but because it makes no sense on Ivern. He has exactly zero dunk moves (unless you count Daisy third hit which I’m sure will be Riot’s excuse) and literally nothing about his kit says basketball.

All that said, it’s still a bad skin because it’s literally just orange Ivern in a basketball outfit with a few new particles. It reminds me of a 2011 skin, just a random costume change and a new particle set. This makes less sense than fucking Fiddle Me Timbers.

Riot needs to pull this shit like they did with Sewn Chaos and then give us a real Ivern skin.

EternyaMar 19, 20197 votes

This theme makes no sense on Ivern. Pretty disappointing

Gold GrenadeMar 19, 20196 votes

I think this is the April Fools joke.

Smashed HashMar 20, 20196 votes

I know one thing for certain, I will not be buying this skin, lol.

HěroMar 20, 20195 votes

A Ivern skin which really doesn't fit him and another Jarvan skin...

I don't want to see the future of league tbh.

Keep making decent skins for champs who already have thousands of skins and useless ones for the unpopular champs, really great job Riot...

Critmaster GarenMar 20, 20195 votes

the weirdest part about this is, that not only is it the most unfitting theme you could come up with for ivern, but also dunkmaster jarvan would have been a perfect fit.

for bonus points, ivern could have very well sported a hextech skin, if it wasnt made to be a gemstone exclusive.

this is why i still suspect this is an april fools joke.

AAA Nicole BahlsMar 20, 20195 votes

The skin looks pretty ugly. The splash can't do magic to fix a really bad model. The VFX is fine but god the model is absurdly ugly. It's not interesting, it's a skin you'd maybe get if you main Ivern and want all of his (two haha) skins. The theme would fit much better a wide range of other champions and we all know that this moment, same as with Aurelion Sol, means we're not getting another skin for a long time.

They lost the chance of giving him a snow related skin, lost the chance of a Halloween themed, and now lost the chance of not releasing a skin that pleases maybe 15% of the community.

If they wanted to be funny, there were other much better paths to follow like this https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C1gpmxeUAAAWwPU.jpg

Jackin ur lawnMar 20, 20195 votes

I don't understand what is going on with Riot's creative team lately lol, especially when it comes to champs with a small fan base pool. There are so many ideas for a new Ivern skin and they ignore all of them? For a ugly Basketball skin that doesn't fit the Champ? And you could say yea it's a popular skin line but you know what else is? Elderwood. They have done SO many champions wrong in the past 8 months? It's getting kind of ridiculous.

Nameless DrifterMar 20, 20195 votes

Riot could have easily just ask the Ivern mains what they wanted, and take inspiration from the many amazing concepts that already exist for Ivern.

Yet they do something nobody asked and is completely awful.

If this skin doesnt get dunked in the trash, then I dont know....

Lestat S46Mar 20, 20194 votes

Terrible Hideous Skin.

Ryze on RoidsMar 20, 20194 votes

Riot just loves to make skins for champions who haven't received one in a while as an excuse to ignore them. Their boner for money gets in the way of seeing what's actually good for the playerbase.

Vah MedohMar 20, 20194 votes

Illaoi didn't get this theme cause you said she needed something serious for her first post release

Really? And Kled got ..."that"... thing?

AHRI LEMME SMASHMar 20, 20194 votes

HOW CAN YOU BE DUNKMASTER IF YOU CANT EVEN DUNK?? (SPLASH ART) Tree vs a Axe man and gets pushed aside ????? What are AXES MADE FOR HELLO CHOPPING DOWN TREES??? Darius DARIUS IS ALPHA Darius :/ I hope this is a really bad joke, and if not I am very disappointed in Riot.
-A Darius Fan