Top 10 champions passed over in the skin department

Xodiathe4bdn1·7/14/2017, 5:27:34 PM·59 votes·5,173 views

We've all seen this sort of thing before The long list of champions that have gone without a new skin for months and even years, well now that urgots vgu is less than 2 weeks away , I say he's a good halfway mark for skin release passovers for this year and so if patch dates remain on schedule the accumulation of days these champions have gone without new skins will be till 26 July

1 Yorick 2225 days: hot damn that is more than half a decade and counting but the real problem for this champion has been incorporating a theme that not only works for the character but also his very unique abilities especially his maiden of mist

2 Urgot 1968 days: considering his VGU is coming soon I can understand that he won't be getting any new skins anytime soon but hopefully he doesn't end up in skin limbo like Yorick did even after his vgu

3 Swain 1889 days: another champion that will likely have to wait longer for a new skin since he is very high on the vgu list

4 Cassiopeia 1628 days: she has been highly requested for a new skin though there is hope. she has been promised by riot to get a new skin ' sometime in the next few months'. While that is reassuring , it will still however build up her skinless days

5 Shen 1523 days: to be fair skins are mostly invested on the popular or the most played of champions, there are many themes in game and out of game that Shen can fit yet it has been so long since he got a new skin

6 Viktor 1393 days: a shame for such a loved champion. His problem is that his skins don't extend beyond his main theme: mechanic/ android. one skin idea I saw that I really liked was Frankenstein viktor

7 Rumble 1209 days: to be honest I have not played him a lot and rarely see him in matches and from what I see it can be difficult to find the right skin for a robot piloted by a yordle though a toy robot skin could work.

8 Heimerdinger 1107 days: this champion never ceases to amuse me and I'm sure more funny skins can be made for him

9 JarvanIV 1034 days : outside war themes I don't think it will be easy for him to fit some skin themes especially with his abilities

10 Evelynn 970 days : because her vgu is the next one after urgot i doubt a new skin will come out anytime this year

Special mentions These mentions are for the newer champions that have gone more than a year without a new skin since their release

Illaoi 609 days : from what I've heard the problem has been the tentacles

AurelionSol 488 days: all I can say to this is : FOR THE LOVE OF GOD JUST USE YOUR AO SHIN CONCEPT AS A SKIN🙄😑😒😫😩

Taliyah 433 days: since the release of elementilist Lux I've thought there could be many skins using many different elements for Taliyah

138 Comments

Melledoneus7/14/2017, 6:44:15 PM36 votes

I still think they should have had PROJECT Shen instead of Fiora.

The fact that she got a pool party skin after makes me even more salty.

SciFi Scrivener7/14/2017, 7:09:53 PM20 votes

Christmas Yorick Yorick . Him looking like santa, his ghouls could be elves, and the maiden could be a snowman. Make this happen Riot!

Noblewind7/14/2017, 6:20:28 PM14 votes

Hoping the Secret Boss Viktor "leak" was real

Big Lincoln7/14/2017, 6:42:13 PM13 votes

slumber party yorick where him and ghouls are all wearing nightcaps and maiden is the sandman

ez money

Fondling Gems7/14/2017, 7:30:10 PM11 votes

Pool Party J4 anyone? Weapon is a pool noodle?

Q: Throws noodle forward W: Watter bubble with splash particle effect going out E: No running near pool sign/beach umbrella R: Jumps in with a big splash (Shouts "Cannonball"?) and traps enemies in either an inflatable pool ring or an inflatable pool.

Let me work for you Riot oh right... uhhh... Pay me Riot?

Moonboy657/14/2017, 7:14:29 PM9 votes

other honorable mentions: Kalista - let's face it, she has 3 skins, 2 of which are LEGACY. cmon rito give her more skins that are permanent. Rengar - if we don't include SSW wich was released 2 years ago, it's safe to say that our favorite knife cat needs a new skin with particles. Ivern - 281 days since his champion release, honestly he needs another skin too Kled - same case as Ivern, but 337 days since his release

I Main Swain7/14/2017, 6:44:56 PM9 votes

T_T

i still want phoenix swain to become a reality

hudzell7/14/2017, 11:14:30 PM8 votes

Aatrox 738 days, come on riot give us Soul Reaver Aatrox item 3070

Snowplosion7/14/2017, 6:22:59 PM7 votes

I think some of the already have enough skins, but then again Ahri keeps getting skins even though she has like 20 already.

Sassmast3r7/14/2017, 6:06:57 PM5 votes

Cassiopeia is the one that always shocks me the most. There are so many basic elements you could use on her (fire, water, even thunder) as well as themes (headhunter, heartseeker, blood moon [imagine her in a mask looking you straight in the eyes, perhaps the mask breaks a little each time she uses her ultimate or levels it up]). It makes no sense to me at all frankly.

SkyblazeHydraX37/15/2017, 4:38:53 AM5 votes

The reason Rumble doesn't get a skin is because his rig is so complicated and has so many moving parts. Riot said- a few years back admittedly- that Rumble needs a visual update in order to make his rig more simplistic; which they did with Super Galaxy Rumble. Before Rumble gets more skins, he needs work under the hood. And as we all know, lots of champions are higher priority and in more need than him.

Fefnil7/14/2017, 8:56:36 PM4 votes

item 3070 Malzahar item 3070 941 days. I can't even be in the top 10.

PePsiLemoNN7/14/2017, 7:01:39 PM4 votes

Yorick basically got a totally new look to his default skin and his skins , Urgot will probably be the same

Solari Fortune7/14/2017, 6:14:03 PM3 votes

They have said they are working on skins for a lot of these champs don't exactly know where exactly to find it but they did say that there are skins in the works for like Yorick Cass Viktor etc

Xonra7/15/2017, 5:34:29 AM3 votes

A good chunk of those I think are because of their non-pro play popularity. Yorick, current Urgot, and Swain are NOT popular champs by the average LoL player (ranked or otherwise. And I said average, not random high elo one-trick streamer). Shen is popular in pro play but not solo queue. Heimer is kind of funky right now, as he isn't popular in pro or solo queue.

Some of these champs that are popular in neither aren't getting skins because sadly, they wouldn't sell up until VERY recently (Urgot, Yorick, and minus Dragon Master Swain, be honest with yourself here otherwise).

Shen and Heimer actually have quite a few skins compared to Yorick and Urgot. Illaoi isn't really a huge fan favorite, plus any skin she would get would take a bit more than some given her tentacle particles and extra bits, and same goes for Heimer and his turret and Yorick with his Ghouls (unless it is a cheapo skin).

Rumble is honestly the most awkward of the entire bunch as he is VERY popular in solo queue and VERY popular in pro, as well as having pretty minimal work compared to some of the skins above as he has no pets or extra spawns, and unless they are completely doing new voce overs, about "normal" time wise. It would sell like hot cakes.

Eve won't see anything till her VGU and the same for Swain likely (and of course Urgot now). Sadly Yorick is a case of "Recent VGU" which riot uses as an excuse to not do a new skin sometimes, because they count the overhauled skins as "new" and go from there (which I both understand and roll my eyes at).

Our favorite earth bender really isn't that popular outside of very specific players in pro play, and not seen hardly at all outside of higher elo (Again usually by certain groups). Think you already nailed down J4, but he has had a good few in recent years honestly, compared to some on that list, so think he's fine for a skin for now. don't think he needs to be on that list. Viktor suffers from the J4 thing as far as his "theme", because he is gonna be...tech guy most likely. He has a billion (not literally) tech themed skins already, even if not super recent. But he isn't by any means hurting for skins right now.

I'm not really sure A Sol is old enough to be complaining about his lack of skins, but it is hard not to have him on the list when you look at crap like Yasuo who got multiple skins VERY quickly after release.

I do feel some of those champs that haven't had one in over a year since release should have had one by now, there is no excuse in my mind, but I do in some cases, regardless, understand why, and though Riot likes to say otherwise, they do think with the $$ when it comes to skins.

What's going to sell more, a skin for Eve or another skin for Lee Sin and Yasuo? Not a fact I like, but it's a fact, and Riot has to factor that in to an extent whether we like it or not.

A Bad Nasus7/14/2017, 10:47:32 PM2 votes

Shovel knight yorick Arcade yorick with pacman ghosts Crazy cat lady yorick?

If it is that hard for the skin team to come up with a skin I think they should take notes from fan concepts.

I'm still waiting for farmer nasus and dragon master swain :c

DeadUnborn7/14/2017, 8:33:02 PM1 votes

dragon trainer rumble, the robot is a dragon