I notice this a lot in pro play, players picking the skin that just came out recently. So it made me think that maybe Riot encourages them to use the latest skins in order to promote them. Or is it just that players have all the skins enabled so they use the opportunity to play the champion with the new skin?
External link →Nope they don't, players are allowed to use whatever skin. They just prefer using them because they're new skins and generally nicer than the older ones.
This. As Product Lead for the Personalization Team, we do not have any influence or say on what pro players play skin wise in any League.
The onus is on our creative teams to make awesome skins that pros then choose to play. In our view this is good as it serves as a forcing function to push us to make better and better skins.
Not 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.
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