Hey Riot! Can you touch up some of the older legendary skins?

Fishtaco·6/14/2016, 4:28:49 PM·152 votes·8,288 views

I know there's a lot of legendary skins with very hefty price tags on them (20.00), but some of the older ones aren't up to par with the new ones. Maybe instead of releasing 750 skins with no particle changing effects and animations, you should revisit some of these classic skins to give them a better feel for the people who have spent lots of their money on them. I was gifted Alien Invader Heimerdinger, and I just ended up feeling disappointed. It changed nothing but the model and the turrets and left me feeling unsatisfied. At lease give us something pretty to look at for such rarities. Some of the "Ugliest" skins in league happen to be legendary, as they don't have the excuse of being "cheap". They come off as outdated and ugly to look at. For Example: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8svC76Vaqmw/hqdefault.jpg Nobody likes this skin, as it has nothing changed except the base model... and It costs $20.00. Imagine all of the things you could buy for $20.00! Lunch at an expensive restaurant, new clothes, 5 league skins, and In Canada you can buy... well... not much. Anyways, all jokes aside; instead of releasing skin after skin, maybe Riot should revisit some of the Legacy/Legendary skins, and keep them up to date with the current Graphics and price Value. Riot, We are giving you our money; just give us something pretty in return. http://i.qkme.me/3pnhdz.jpg

101 Comments

Rendarkan6/14/2016, 8:57:30 PM47 votes

Ah yes... The Magnificent Waste of Money.

Bergk6/15/2016, 12:45:07 AM12 votes

Unfortunately, Riot KateyKhaos said Riot has policy to not add content to skins that have been released unless the entire champion kit is visually updated. Which means older skins will not receive any love until that champion receives a visual update/rework :'(

[{quoted}](name=Riot KateyKhaos,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=JawJvQ2E,comment-id=000000020000000000010000,timestamp=2015-11-19T19:56:58.739+0000) we don't add content to skins after release. Of course, Champion Updates are are an exception here in terms of new particles, textures, etc, as well as bug fixes.

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vz2SheUPGM6/14/2016, 8:35:41 PM8 votes

It's not just the legendary skins, though. On all tiers, there are outliers that are very skewed in their prices. To use a legendary skin as an example, Firefighter Trist was way cool when it was released because having a different auto was so unique. Compared to Dragon Trainer Trist, though, which is the same price, DT obviously has a lot more. To use non-legendary skins as an example, Exiled Morg is a 975 RP skin that is little more than a recolor. Compare that to Ghost Bride Morg, which is 3 years old (exactly three years old today, actually, according to the wiki) but still has much more. Lots of people complain about how Pulsefire Ez is worse than a lot of his other skins. So yes, several older skins--in all price tiers--should be updated to better reflect their cost. It's worth noting that with Taric's update, his Emerald skin got changed to more than just the recolor it was and kept its 520 RP price. As the game progresses, prices of old skins become more and more inconsistent for what you get.

CrazFight 6/14/2016, 8:53:26 PM8 votes

Riot has said MANY MANY times that they have no interest in updating skins unless its for a full on champ rework like tarics.

Hotonis6/14/2016, 11:43:43 PM7 votes

Please dear God Revert the Changes to my Gentleman Cho. It was so bad, it makes me cry everytime I want to play cho.

71883083DEL16/14/2016, 8:57:57 PM4 votes

I feel skins should be unique, not just a base model change. When you buy a skin, you are looking to have a new dance or taunt, not just a cool robe or something stupid. For example, I got a legacy skin called Desert Trooper Garen. Why is this rare, it has nothing cool about it..

Brolaf is probably one of the coolest legacy skins Riot made, it has unique voice acting and is actually different from the classic. This is why people buy that skin, it is fun to play with in game.

THE RlVER KlNG6/15/2016, 6:00:13 PM4 votes

Blood Lord Vlad needs some oomph.

I7A6X2v26/14/2016, 9:26:19 PM3 votes

Here is the list of those "legendary" skins, all of them released between 2010 and 2011.

CORPORATE DrMundo RED BARONCorki GENTLEMAN Chogath NUNU BOT Nunu BROLAF Olaf ANNIE IN WONDERLANDAnnie MAGNIFICENTTwistedFate FIREFIGHTERTristana ALIEN INVADER Heimerdinger LION DANCE KogMaw Ice Toboggan Corki

↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑ none of those skins worth 1820 RP...

Those skins must receive an update or a price reduction imo, they CANT compete WITH REAL legendary skins like dragon trainerTristana , DUNKMASTER Darius or any REAL legendary skins released AFTER 2011.

Takito6/15/2016, 2:57:11 AM3 votes

Are you trying to make me feel bad?

Because this skin is the best TF skin except PAX in my opinion!

From a Twisted Fate main, obviously ranked 7 [slayer-jinx-catface]

shardrunner6/15/2016, 12:01:12 AM3 votes

Canadian money reference is so trueitem 3070 Can't buy anything except McDonalds for 20$

underscores2226/15/2016, 1:19:32 AM3 votes

This was addressed a few years ago. Riot's stance is that the game has evolved since those skins were released, and so they accurately reflected the price compared to other skins released at that time. In other words, back when a recolor cost you 975 and a good recolor was 1350, a whole new model was totally worth it.

Now that base skins have back animations and multiple lines, these older skins really show their age. It's sad, but would the effort to remake these skins be worth it, since Riot would basically have to make a new legendary skin for each? Or would you rather be getting legendary skins for other champions?

GigaPube6/15/2016, 10:35:09 AM3 votes

alien invader donger.....is an 1820 RP legendary skin.....i agree its time to update the best skins, or at LEAST their splash arts, god this donger skin splash is so bad, not just cos i dont like, and i even know the reference, its just bland and boring. ugly could be acceptable cos we still have urgot and his butcher skin splash, but thats just a 500RP skin

Erotic Terrorist6/15/2016, 3:39:52 PM3 votes

TF is one of my favorite champions to play, next to Kha, I have most of his skins including magnificent, which I got from a mystery chest. I would absolutely love it if they updated it.

Baron Von Bangin6/15/2016, 4:12:36 AM2 votes
CeexSett6/15/2016, 5:18:22 PM2 votes

So the comment count says 84 comments 85 new. Huhhhh, before it had -1 comment?

Protoform X6/15/2016, 12:21:09 AM1 votes

I will keep an Ice Toboggan Corki skin shard forever on the off chance that it will get an update.