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Average Skin Costs and High

ThatHaleState·12/1/2017, 11:40:25 PM·1 votes·2,309 views

So I was showing a friend of mine some skins, then I noticed a strange trend that I decided to count.

Last 40 released skin breakdown: (43 if you count the 3 incoming Christmas skins)

  • Legendary (1820) - 6 - 15%
  • Epic (1350) - 33 - 82.5% - (with 3 more incoming - 36 - 83.72%)
  • 975 - 1 - 2.5%
  • 750 - 0 - 0%

Previous 44 released skins:

  • Legendary (1820) - 4 - 9.09%
  • Epic (1350) - 22 - 50%
  • 975 - 6 - 13.64%
  • 750 - 12 - 27.27%

Totaling:

  • Legendary (1820) - 10 - 11.9%
  • Epic (1350) - 55/58 - 65.48%/66.67%
  • 975 - 7 - 8.33%
  • 750 - 12 - 14.29%

Over 3/4 of "recently" released skins have been Epic or Legendary, meaning 1350+

I realize, wholeheartedly, that Riot's Art Department has grown and improved tremendously, but this is getting a little out of hand. If it wasn't for that surge of 750's that all came around the same 2-3 patches, that number would probably be in the 90% range.

We need a surge of lower costing skins. 520 no longer exists as a release price, and 750 seems to be tagged onto lower-quality "haha, look at this idea we had" skins, and even the best of those bunches get knocked up to 975 (Karthus Lightsbane, Baker Pantheon, Pug'Maw, & Moo Cow Alistar).

I'm a whale when it comes to gaming. I'll almost always throw my money at something I'll enjoy, even if only for a little while. However, even I can't keep up with the content that I want.

*Would love to hear from any of the artists or anyone in the art department about why the percentage is so high, and what we should expect on the skin front going forward.

3 Comments

Hexs Fortune12/2/2017, 12:36:18 AM2 votes

I only buy skins for champs I care about. I'd rather spend more $$ on those few skins in exchange for them being the best versions of themselves possible. Cheaper skins on champs I care about often come off as wasted opportunities.

In regards to your preferences: I can see why a self described whale, who buys every skin for collection, would want them to be cheaper en masse.

Helmight12/2/2017, 1:12:39 AM1 votes

Riot's original plan was to make more 750 skins for needy champions, but quickly abandoned that approach because players actually disliked it. Waiting forever for your champ to finally get a skin, only for it to be a crappy model swap, feels pretty bad. Makes way more sense to keep releasing nice-looking 975 skins and up, as opposed to cranking out fairly low-quality 750's.

I believe 520 got removed as a pricing tier for new skins a while back.

Garentheon12/2/2017, 1:12:46 AM1 votes

I, for one, am loving the 1350 skins.

It is really disappointing when your champ finally gets a skin and its just 750. No recall, no special particles, etc.

I'd be really frustrated if I played Gragas. His last 3 skins were 750. My heart goes out to them