Top 10 champions passed over in the skin department

Xodiathe4bdn1ยทยท59 votesยท5,173 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 SKIN๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ˜‘๐Ÿ˜’๐Ÿ˜ซ๐Ÿ˜ฉ

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

Melledoneus36 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.

ChompyWulf4 votes

Why salty? Pools are fresh water.

Melledoneus3 votes

In the splash you can see they are clearly in ocean water, since there is a beach.

ChompyWulf2 votes

Could be a fresh water sea or lake.

SciFi Scrivener20 votes

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

Noblewind14 votes

Hoping the Secret Boss Viktor "leak" was real

DoktorKaiser8 votes

And Arcade Yorick :S

Arakadia7 votes

And Master Arcanist Vladimir.

Killaburn6 votes

And Nano Tech Zac

DeadUnborn6 votes

sorry to wreak the train. While those skins could happen, the leak is fake. Urgot's leaked abilities where inacurate and eve's wall tresspass coincidentally was used on kayn

DoktorKaiser4 votes

I think its true, the Urgot description was extremely accurate when you consider that it was 3 months before release and many concepts change often, probably why Eve's wall walk was scrapped and put into new champ. I believe the leak was true, all the leaks we ever had were true.

LugiaPaladin3 votes

I think you may be mixing up the leaks, the first one that came out (the one that leaked Xayah and Rakan) has been extremely accurate, with every single skin on it being confirmed save for the two Star Guardian skins, and accurate descriptions of the reworks. The second one has no credibility, considering a Rioter took the time to de-confirm that one but not the earlier major leak, and his description of the Urgot rework that you can tell he was just building on the previous leak. Also the "leaked champion" he put in there somehow bears the same name as his username.

Big Lincoln13 votes

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

ez money

Fondling Gems11 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?

I Main Swain9 votes

T_T

i still want phoenix swain to become a reality

PaladinNO5 votes

Wasn't it Dragon Master Swain? Rumoured legendary skin for a long time, until the idea officially got scrapped, is what I've read.

Moonboy659 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

DeadUnborn2 votes

kalista ivern and kled won't be getting skins any time soon, their play rate is abysmal. I would love a kled skin though

LittleDemonTrist3 votes

Dragontrainer kled!!!!

Euthenaasia1 votes

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kalista ivern and kled won't be getting skins any time soon, their play rate is abysmal. I would love a kled skin though

lol, where?

hudzell8 votes

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

Snowplosion7 votes

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

NineTailedMystic4 votes

She has 8 including her base skin, and she still doesn't have the most in the game.

Snowplosion5 votes

What are the chances she gets another one in like a month.

NineTailedMystic1 votes

Then it'd be about 1 year since her last skin, Arcade, which was released August 25, 2016.

Snowplosion2 votes

So she is definitely about to get a new one then XD

Xodiathe4bdn12 votes

The champions with the most skins are Alistar TwistedFate Annie Ryze all with a whopping 10 skins excluding default

Snowplosion2 votes

Makes sense considering they are all part of the original champs. They won't get any skins soon.

TheDogIsABomb1 votes

Tfw Kassadin's one of the original League champions with only three non legacies and only one of them changes particles. item 3070

Snowplosion2 votes

Feels bad man [zombie-nunu-bummed]

Thewannabegamer4 votes

But half of them are just chromas before chromas.

Hello I am Bird5 votes

tfw Annie and Twisted fate both have legendary skins that act like chromas. Feelsbad.

Sassmast3r5 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.

Xodiathe4bdn13 votes

Good god I hope a rioter is looking at this BLOOD MOON CASSIOPEIA ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

SkyblazeHydraX35 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.

PePsiLemoNN4 votes

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

Xodiathe4bdn13 votes

I get it Sion had to wait 1 and half years after his relaunch before he got a new skin but compared to Taric who waited only 3 months for his new skin after his relaunch does not help the point Come on TARIC of all champions

Killaburn2 votes

don't mention mthfckn Fiora 1 month !!! T R I G E R R E D !!!

Moonboy651 votes

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don't mention mthfckn Fiora 1 month !!! T R I G E R R E D !!!

Fiora had her last skin in July 2016, that's a full year

Killaburn3 votes

what do you mean?? because i was pertaining that after fiora's vgu she got her new skin(project) 1 month later

Fefnil4 votes

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

PureSilvrr2 votes

Literally so many ideas Battle Boss malz(videogame type voidlings) Arclight Malzahar(gold voidlings) Project Malzahar(robot voidlings) Honestly they could just rework Shadow prince to actually have gold vfx, and make it more expensive so he has the choice of two really good skins.

Solari Fortune3 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

Dragon Master6 votes

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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

Doesn't alleviate the fact that these champs have gone years without anything.

Xonra3 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 Nasus2 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

DeadUnborn1 votes

dragon trainer rumble, the robot is a dragon

Nik Nikerson1 votes

The problem with that is the character model. His Q comes out of his right arm/hand thingee, not the center of the model, where the dragon's head would likely be positioned. If you somehow shifted the head over, then what do you do about his E which does come out of the center of his model? I guess you could have the head move, but then what do you do when he uses E, while also using Q?

Point is, it's really actually tough to come up with a working model that is visually appealing and isn't going to look like some terrible, twisted, multi-headed monstrosity.

DeadUnborn3 votes

You just make it a two headed dragon...or change the vfx so that it comes from the center also, but without changing the hit box

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