TFT - Champion Skins

Mixolot·Jul 25, 2019·2 votes·1,163 views

Wanted to put this out there in case it has not been mentioned before. Does anyone know from a programming standpoint how difficult it would be for RIOT to allow players to customize the skins of the champions they are using in their team comp while playing TFT? I was thinking it could be comething along the lines of being able to select from a list of skins that the players currently owns for each champion in a pre-game setting so as to minimize clutter and complication of the UI in game.

It could even be something similar to the Emotes Menu, where you can just go through all of the TFT champions, realize that you own Project Vayne and want to see that skin in your TFT games since you PROBABLY spent money on it(Easy way for RIOT to boost skin sales), and if you end up playing Vayne in future games she will RESKIN to the selected skin once you grab her from the store/carousel.

I have almost 10 years worth of skins on my account that I would like to continue to use(not playing much summoners rift anymore)

11 Comments

MixolotJul 25, 20192 votes

I wonder then what RIOT is planning on adding or supplementing to allow TFT to be a self sustainable game. I don't buy into the idea that a champion is only a Pirate/Noble etc. due to their skin. Flavor-wise it makes enough sense but if they want to say graves is a pirate simply because they want him to be a pirate for balancing purposes then that's all that is needed.

I am just curious how RIOT plans or expects to make a significant enough return on it's investment in creating this game mode. They have brought on a massive surge of new players but that doesn't mean anything if they are not earning anything off of those new players. I am in high gold/low plat currently for TFT and it seems like half the individuals in my games are on level 1 accounts with the little ghostling still set as their icon.

Are they just planning on ONLY giving us the option to spend $10 for a new avatar skin? At least let us have a recoloration of the avatar we are using(yes chromos for TFT minis). Something to add a little bit of variety and individuality, because when my demon/elementalist comp is against 4 other demon/elementalist comps and 3 Brawlibear comps, it gets real boring watching all the same exact looking teams fight.

I don't care if a skin is what makes a champion a certain type. Just tell me what type they are and let me swag them out. I will gladly pay money for that feature.

Norocku23Jul 25, 20191 votes

I agree it would be nice to make your champs look different.

TheBrothersGrymmJul 25, 20191 votes

it would be way to hard, but they use specific skins to fit into team comps pirates noble exectra

Norocku23Jul 25, 20191 votes

I am no coder or programmer but I think it could be done maybe not easy but the skins are already in the game. I get they used specific skins for the lore of the game but it would be cool to use the skins you have purchase already.

SukishooJul 25, 20191 votes

It's not going to happen. They currently use skins as a method of designing class/origins on champions. Vayne, Graves and TF for example, do not use their basic skins, they use others (Archlight Vayne and pirate themed Cutpurse and Cutthroat for Graves\TF).

Norocku23Jul 25, 20191 votes

I think they can do sometype of skin packs. If you can read just right click on the champ see what class they have pick accordingly. Saying you can't make cosmetics for TFT champs is like saying you can makes skins for SR or ARAM because their skins go against the champs lore. What does Zombie brand have to with his lore or Definitely not Vel'koz etc. They can make cosmetics if they want and they prob have a plan for it anyway tbh.

SukishooJul 25, 20191 votes

That's not at all the same thing. Those skins are to give different feelings of playing the champ as you directly control what they do.

There's no saying that you'll have the same champion in 99% of TFT nore do you directly control their actions. The existing skins like Archlight Vayne show that she is part of the noble class. They could then use Soulstealer for example, as a phantom type or something as they expand TFT. But they aren't going to let us use existing skins and I highly doubt they'd put time into new skins for the mode.

Norocku23Jul 25, 20191 votes

I deff understand the skin choice but for me and others I dont really care. You could have put them all in there base skins and gave them a class the game would still play exactly the same. The skins they get defaulted to dont make the champion play any different. So if they would have gavin Aatrox his justicar skin he would be a noble/demon or noble/blademaster?

This might just be a me thing but I dont play/feel any different when playing a champ with a skin if I suck without a skin I will still suck with a skin even if I am in direct control lol.

SukishooJul 25, 20191 votes

Most Skins have nothing to do with cannon lore, just as that has nothing to do with the discussion.

If they have a plan for anything it will be little legend skins

Norocku23Jul 25, 20191 votes

If you are saying that the skins builds classes/origins. Take Kassawin for example. He is a void sorc. But he is not ranged he is melee and he does not cast a spell but autos for passive shield. Would it not make more sense to make him void/blademaster due to his right hand being a nether blade actual name of the 'W'.

Which means riot can make a character whatever they want them to be. So Archlight Vayne is just a chosen skin that has a similar color palette to the rest of the nobles. So if they let you use soulstealer vayne it will not make her a phantom/ranger she will stay Noble/ranger

SukishooJul 25, 20191 votes

Kass could have been an Assassin as he is in the main game, but they swapped a few champions around to have a more diverse range on what they wanted to build.

Still though, how would they implement those? You cannot select anything like you do in a normal SR/ARAM/TT game, there's no lobby. You aren't choosing a single champion, you're building an army here. There's no wards so cannot change ward skins, you can use emotes but there's no editor for changing them in the lobby like there is.

They currently use skins in a new creative way to make champions have different class playstyles in the mode. They said they want to include things like the Odyssey, Dark Star and Cosmic skins in the future as well, so there will be other champions and class added too.