That would explain the random Blitzcrank buff, LOL
Some players have done studies and analysis on this subject that have yielded results that conclude the opposite, but just to call it out specifically, there is no coordination between the skins teams and the live balance team.
We explicitly keep their roadmaps separate. The only exception to this would be VGUs from the Champions Team and that awareness is so that we don’t make skins for champions right before their kit changes which would likely result in lost time, effort, and work.
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