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Apparent "leaks" about Riot's upcoming plans for champs and skins

Ahrinn·11/6/2018, 3:47:32 PM·19 votes·18,799 views
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So there was a supposed big "leak" about Riot's upcoming plans on a particular website and I have my doubts as to the legitimacy of them but here's a snippet. Basically it's a bunch of posts detailing every champion and whether or not Riot has plans for them with these posts tacked on at the end. I'd screenshot them all but that's a lot of time to waste. But in the unlikely event that it ends up being true there are some things that seem off that I'm hoping don't actually come to fruition. Xayah and Rakan don't need two sets of skins next year. That's absurd. I hope to god that Galio, Urgot, Garen, and Darius are not actually contenders for Star Guardian skins when you still have girls like Caitlyn, Sona, Vi, Ashe, Karma, etc...etc...that all could fit the aesthetic way better. There's supposedly talk of "supreme" skins that seem story driven by the idea of various characters conquering Runeterra. Namely Aatrox, Syndra, and Swain but the details of all of them is that they resemble the base look with some minor VFX/model changes. Which seems pointless then. Please do not actually make a Battle Royale mode. And the "reverse" skins seem lazy. Everyone will have their own opinions on it of course but seriously some of these plans seem ridiculous and I get they would be tentative if any of this was true in the first place.

76 Comments

Oleandervine11/6/2018, 3:49:36 PM34 votes

Gonna call BS on it.

Fasmodey11/6/2018, 3:59:37 PM22 votes

Sounds ridiculously fake.

Olga Rajecka11/6/2018, 4:27:44 PM15 votes

That's a huge wall of text that contains nothing. Literally seems like someone came up with that in 10 minutes. Which is why I'll say it could very well be a Riot leak.

Warlord Dienekes11/6/2018, 4:28:57 PM10 votes

Yeah, they say they're considering Star Guardian Urgot. So I'm seeing this as probably fake.

That said, Star Guardian Urgot would be the one Star Guardian skin I would actually enjoy. So, you know, hope with my pessimism.

What site?

Jaspers11/6/2018, 4:58:58 PM7 votes

Doesn't mention or list a Taliyah skin at all.

It's probably all true then.

Blood Magicks11/6/2018, 3:52:42 PM4 votes

Painter mage

Maura HYPE

Vendramino Kafka11/6/2018, 8:06:34 PM3 votes

Fake or not, the seasonal skins for Xayah and Rakan sound amazing.

Star Guardian Urgot deserves to be made ever since the fan concept came out years ago. But as an April Fools day prank where the real star guardians have to fight against him.

XxDRAGONsAK47xX11/6/2018, 4:56:32 PM3 votes

A battlerite royale version for league would be cool.

New dragon champ would be cool.

Leak (if real) looks cool.

Yljin11/6/2018, 6:49:11 PM3 votes

Camille skin just released and wasn't that. This post is fake.

Terozu11/7/2018, 3:14:32 AM3 votes

Plot Twist the new champion is Pirhanna Plant

RyzeTheSmurfMage11/6/2018, 8:05:36 PM2 votes

4 armed fisherman

General Kenobi!

lord seryen11/6/2018, 5:50:41 PM2 votes

Ryze worked has been confirmed.

Limrick11/6/2018, 9:00:03 PM2 votes

Listed like 10 new champs, Riot doesn't even release that many in an entire year anymore lol.

GreenLore11/6/2018, 10:05:50 PM2 votes

Honestly that sounds like waaay too many champs to be in the works and the leak doesn't even mention the chain champion.

I mean it mentions 8 champs being in the works(none of which seem to be the chain-champ,which would mean that there are 9 in the works),but Riot only releases around ~9 new champs+ VGUs every year,so that would mean that we'd get like 7 champs next year and only 2-3 reworks,which seems a bit low,even if they want to reduce the number of VGUs for the next year.

Not to mention that it mentions a Camille skin,even though Camille is already getting a new skin in the next PBE cycle.

I illustrate11/6/2018, 11:27:07 PM2 votes

I don't find it very believable on a few levels, but some of the other parts are pretty neat idea I genuinely think riot might be working on. He REALLY mentions fiora darius and urgot a lot when it comes to skins, which doesn't seem likely as not only have they just gotten skins but darius just got his 2nd LEGENDARY. I think the insurgent skin line would be an incredible idea but im pretty sure project already kind of takes the cake on that idea. Ink mage is obviously a bluff unless riot figures out some incredible way to make it work.

Akali Prime11/7/2018, 12:33:48 AM2 votes

fake news

Kelg11/7/2018, 2:35:54 AM2 votes

nothing mentioning morde, seems real enough to me

Meep Man11/7/2018, 9:10:56 PM2 votes

Some of this seems a little out there. "The Void Hunter Squad" seems rather tacky sounding on paper, although if they back it up with lore, that'd be great.

Something that kind of makes me question this a lot is the Garen "The Villain" and Darius "The Hero" thing, because Riot has actively worked to make sure its known that neither Demacia or Noxus are good or evil entirely. We had an entire comic showing off how Darius is a good person overall.

Bultz11/6/2018, 5:51:14 PM2 votes

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So there was a supposed big "leak" about Riot's upcoming plans on a particular website and I have my doubts as to the legitimacy of them but here's a snippet. Basically it's a bunch of posts detailing every champion and whether or not Riot has plans for them with these posts tacked on at the end. I'd screenshot them all but that's a lot of time to waste. But in the unlikely event that it ends up being true there are some things that seem off that I'm hoping don't actually come to fruition. Xayah and Rakan don't need two sets of skins next year. That's absurd. I hope to god that Galio, Urgot, Garen, and Darius are not actually contenders for Star Guardian skins when you still have girls like Caitlyn, Sona, Vi, Ashe, Karma, etc...etc...that all could fit the aesthetic way better. There's supposedly talk of "supreme" skins that seem story driven by the idea of various characters conquering Runeterra. Namely Aatrox, Syndra, and Swain but the details of all of them is that they resemble the base look with some minor VFX/model changes. Which seems pointless then. Please do not actually make a Battle Royale mode. And the "reverse" skins seem lazy. Everyone will have their own opinions on it of course but seriously some of these plans seem ridiculous and I get they would be tentative if any of this was true in the first place.

All the new champions actually excite me, real or fake riot should take note.

Velivolo11/9/2018, 4:42:33 PM1 votes

I hope to god that Galio, Urgot, Garen, and Darius are not actually contenders for Star Guardian skins when you still have girls

GTFO. We NEED more male SG's. Ezreal proves they know what they're doing and can do it right. And there is literally no one better themed to be an SG than Taric, the aspect of the Protector Constellation (AKA THE OG STAR GUARDIAN COME ON RITO).

AbiwonKenabi11/9/2018, 6:34:54 PM1 votes

The Star Guardian thing I agree makes it really sketchy. If they wanted another male, there are better option there too, like Kayn or Ekko. Taliyah is another great option that comes to mind.

The "hoard mode" seems kinda cool though. But I feel like Star Guardian and Odyssey kind of already did League's version of that.

DemonicDogyt11/7/2018, 8:45:30 PM1 votes

Dude they said they aren't making a battle royal mode in an ask riot patly because of how hard it was for them to create hexa kill.... I'mma call bs on that leak if it says riot will add a battle royal