thank you for being so kind, i'm happy you appreciate it =)
Our creative teams thrive off of productive feedback like this. So thank you.
Hello Bellissimoh, I assume you're part of the Skins team for LoL and I would like to give a skin suggestion for Jax, It's part of the Bee themed skins, like Beekeeper Singed for example.
For his weapon I imagined his lantern being a Beehive stuck on a tree branch, when he would hit someone It would splatter honey from the enemy.
Since his mask has a lot of "eyes" those eyes would be hexagon shaped and orange
For his Q, when he jumps on someone he would leave a honey trail behind him
For his W, when he hits someone It would make a squishy sound
For his E, when he rotates his weapon, a lot of bees would be surrounding him
and for his ult, his shield would be made of orange hexagons from the beehives
sorry for any typo, english is not my main language :/
We’re currently exploring some ideas for Jax but unfortunately none of them are bee or honey related.
Will definitely note this though should we decide to revisit the bee keeping sub universe of League. Thanks for the suggestion. ;)
Just please make cool new morde skins, hes probably the most skin friendly champion in the whole game
We had a big pause on him for a while as the Champions team was hard at work with his VGU. Now that his VGU is out we’re definitely exploring some ideas for future Morde skins. Agree he’s got a lot of potential thematics that make a ton of sense.
Plus his Death Realm ulti has a ton of interesting creative surface area to explore. (But also adds complexity and scope to any Morde skin to be fair)
:)
Woah, I didn't expect a Rioter Answer. It was just something I thought about in bed a few hours ago and I was like "well, I could do a Reddit post". I know that there are so many themes and there is only a handful of skins released every year, but I was just confused why are there electric skins lacking. The last I remember was Orrn and before that... I don't even know. Also if you know the guy who did the Robot Amumu skin... That e (especially after the little update) is something to worship. It's just really crisp. Also lightning is something that can be displayed in a white/yellow/babyblueish hue and I think these colors really match well.
As a jungler I completely agree with your thoughts around the Robot Amumu.
As soon as I read your post I thought to myself. “Yeah I agree with this.”
Can’t guarantee we’ll make something here but can guarantee it’ll be part of some upcoming conversations with our thematic development team. :)
Hi, not OP but I was thinking that it would be cool if there were skins of the Darkin before they got corrupted. I think it would be interesting to see their Ascended forms, with new particles, maybe voiceovers, I don't know.
For a cheaper option I'd also love to see Ashe's outfit from the Marvel comic, it looks way better than her default, kinda skimpy look in-game. She can keep the same particles etc, it could be a simple 750RP skin and I think it would satisfy a huge portion of Ashe players and lore enthusiasts.
Really cool suggestions. Thanks. :)
I'd sell my soul to riot for a Warring Kingdoms Lissandra. She could be powerful chinese empress for sure :D
(Coven is great tho)
What is it about Warring Kingdoms that gets you excited to see Lissandra in that world?
tbh when I played Quinn a reason I didn't craft heartseeker was because the skirt looked very weird with Quinn's posture. It just felt so strange when I saw it in-game when attacking.
Helpful feedback thanks.
Will Xerath be getting a skin before or after my 1st grandchild is born?
Asking for a friend.
Depends on when your 1st grandchild is being born.
You forgot the one unpopular champ who gets a half-baked skin from the same line when they don't fit the theme.
Understand your comment and why you might feel that way. Know that we’re trying to do better though.
> players beg for Dunkmaster Illaoi, Elderwood Kindred, etc
> riot makes Dunkmaster Ivern, Elderwood Nocturne, etc
> nobody buys the shoe-horned skins
> riot uses it as an excuse that nobody buys skins for unpopular champs
Rinse and repeat.
For any given champion, there’s an expected number of players that will engage with a skin for that champion.
Popular champs have large audiences, less popular champs have smaller audiences.
If a skin for a particular champion doesn’t perform well, we don’t see that as a signal to stop making skins for that champion, we see it as a opportunity for us to reflect on why the audience for that champ didn’t like it and what we can do better next time.
Wish u/bellissimoh can make the panth one true throwing thunders is idea way too epic not to be true, i would buy it on 5 accs just for supporting this epic idea.
Zeus / God of Thunder Pantheon?
more skins for gp >:O
Any thoughts on thematics (existing or new) that you’d be interested in seeing for GP?
Also giving context on why you like the idea is super helpful.
So you did not forget about xerath and skarner right?
Correct we did not forget about these champions. :)
Thanks for all the insight so far, glad the PO on Personalization is this open and communicative. You might even give Reav3 a run for his money
Appreciate the credit but we can always be better. ;)
Lightning Storm Malzahar. Please make it happen
As someone who mained Malz years ago I am so down.
Unfortunately I’m not here to make what I want, I’m here to make players want. (And maybe that is a lightning based malz someday, no guarantees) Ideally those things overlap but people are all very different as you already know. :)
Imagine that Nether Grasp tho. Could be a violent beam of lightning that crackles and initiates with a THWAPOW.
Balance changes dont make money
:>
It’s true that we’re a business that needs to be supported with revenue. It’s false to assume that every effort we undertake is focused on revenue.
Let me use Dark Star Shaco as an example. Shaco is one of the lower popularity champs in League. This means that if we chose to make a Shaco skin, the possible number of players who would be interested in the skin is significantly lower than other champions like the recent meme-fuel examples Lux and Ezreal.
That being said, if we were a company that only valued revenue and was trying to min-max for that, you wouldn’t see skins for Ivern, Shaco, Udyr, Galio, etc.
We believe that the audiences for those champions need to be served still, but so when we choose to make something like Dark Star Shaco, our top goal isn’t revenue, our core goal is to make something that Shaco fans really love.
Sometimes we succeed at this, sometimes we don’t.
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Read moreThanks for the insight! Could I also ask behind some of the thinking behind SGs being a bit darker this year, since it doesn't look to be everyone's cup of tea tho I think it's rad
So this year we wanted to expand the SG universe a bit and introduce an evil force / villain. Zoe is the ultimate evil power in the SG universe and even has the power to corrupt other Star Guardians. (In this case, Xayah and Rakan)
When we have ideas or concepts like this that change or alter the core of a thematic, we usually test and do player labs where we collect feedback from players in different regions. In this case most players really dug the direction we were going with our villains so we decided to trick forward.
Glad to hear you like it. Excited to hear everyone’s feedback once all the skins are released and folks get to experience them for themselves. :)
Read moreHey Bellissimoh could I ask if you can share some insight on how you match a champ with a theme
Historically we would do a spread of concepts and and then pick a few champions we thought were the best fit.
Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn’t. Dunk master Ivern is an example where we think we could have done a better job of understanding what Ivern mains wanted before selecting that thematic.
Today we do a lot more. We survey mains of a champ and try to understand what thematics interest them as an example.
Our goal moving forward is to work harder to understand what players want for any given champion and do our best to really deliver, particularly for mains of any given champ.
All that being said, everyone still likes different things, and we’re not going to be able to please everyone all of the time, but know we’re trying to do our best. :)
Read moreNot sure if this is the right place to ask but is there a list of banned skins for pro play right now?
Skins are reviewed for competitive gameplay clarity and some don’t make the cut for pro play. Some of that is based on pro feedback, other cases it’s because a skin might be confusing for a new player of League who’s being exposed to it through watching a pro game for the first time. I unfortunately don’t have that list on-hand.
What about skins that just didn't reach the market for that specific champ? Just because it didn't work for one champ doesn't mean it won't for another. And vice versa.
Take dunk master line. Worked great for Darius, but I'm pretty sure, from the outcry, probably only one person (that person probably being a rioter) wanted dunk master ivern. Sounds may not be great on one champ but would work great with another.
P.s. reaper bard for hallow event please. Please Please Please Please Please Please
We definitely that that into account. We absolutely see that some thematics perform well on some champions or even classes (tank, mage, etc) than others.
Notes on your Bard suggestion but can’t make any promises. :)