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So I'm pretty sure we can all agree that the champion skins that we got are over-priced for the amount of quality we are getting(especially comparing with league of legends champions skins or even the board skins/guardians that we already have in the game for a lower price).

So I am here to give some feedback on what can be added/changed to a champion so it would be worth their price:

( And I wanna say first thing first ,the idea of a champion skin that doesn't include a level up animation is cute and I can see how that would be appealing for a company but people don't just want 2 different images for that price (people LOVE the details in a game and a skin that provides no such thing won't appeal as such) so I would recommend lowering the price and giving people back the difference in coins or adding the level up animation to them and adding new features for the epic champion skins we already have)

Common/Rare Skins: Art Change + Level Up animation

Epic Skins: Art Change + Level Up animation + new Features like:

1.Add Level 2 static animations around the champion (examples: Elise/ Kalista)

-this maybe doesn't need to go for any kind of champion skin but it's a detail that people would surely welcome it (and I sure love the animations we already have on level 2 Elise and level 2 Kalista (i know tho that the spirit is on Kalista only before the attack))

Elise having mini-spiders crawling on her after level up

Kalista having a soul going around her card(before summoning it)

2.Change the summon animation for champion that summon units(examples: Zed/Elise)

-I really don't think the change for summoned units is enough, for it to be truly changed,there needs to be an animation change as well for them to fit

Elise Summoning a Spider

Zed summoning a Shadow

3.Change/Add an animation for creating cards (examples: Zoe/Shyvana)

-You can really do a lot here,there are so many great creating animations and it feels fair to make new ones for champions skins

Zoe creating a Supercool Starchart

Shyvana creating her Strafing Strike

4.Change/Alter the voice for some type of skins(Project/Cosmic/Program)

-not sure why this wasn't at all considered but in League those type of skins alter the voices of the champions in a way to feel more like a Robot or more like a cosmic creature, for this ,there is no need for new voice lines, there is just a change in the voice that can be coded like we already have in League

5.Change the created cards/champion skills (examples: Heimerdinger, Taliyah)

-I can understand how changing the champion spell can be problematic for the future events where the champion spell would be changed like it was with Lee Sin but the created cards doesn't seem to be a future problem and it would be a nice bonus for a lot of champions like Heimerdinger

Heimerdinger's Units

-Also Some champions have skills that provide animations like Taliyah's skill after level up or Miss Fortune's skill ( I know we are getting Pool Party Taliyah but I don't really expect animation changes regarding the skill after we got Zed with same animation for his summon ability)

Taliyah Skill Animation

6.Change the attack animation (The little red when going to the nexus and back or attacking another unit and back)

-This one i'm not sure if it would be tricky to code but we could get some animation for the attack like for Pool Party we can have some water splashy animation, for Cosmic we can get some purple with planet fragments going in and out after the attack ,it would be a short animation but one that would be greatly appreciated

7.Change the death animation(examples: Fluft of Poros)

-This one i think it would be a nice and welcomed change , just some little nice details again like for Pool Party some water splash or for Project some glitch animation

Fluft of Poros death animation

(Of course not all of these ideas need to be put in practice for epic skins but at least some of them and the rest can be added to the Legendary skins)

Legendary Skins: Art Change+Level Up Animation + new Features +

1.Change the Voice Lines like in League (make new voice lines!)

2.Make the second level up image a moving image (that can be turned off for fps issues in the settings)

Ultimate Skins ideas: Art Change+Level Up Animation + new Features + Voice Lines +

1.Make the skin so that it would interact with the board, maybe making some things in the background like little purple stars for a cosmic or some raining animation for some other type of skins etc

2.Of course you can make an Elementalist type of skin that would just evolve trought the game and let you choose which one you like (kinda like a KDA board but instead of choosing the music you choose the aesthetic for the champion skin)

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almost 3 years ago - /u/Riot_DanCast - Direct link

Hi, we love seeing the community's passion for skins and appreciate the feedback. The Dark Horizon skins exceeded our expectations for player interest at this phase, but we hear you and us devs are just as hungry to make skins richer and more fully deliver on their unique fantasy! It's going to be a journey though, as we build up the necessary pipeline, processes and tech while also balancing that with all the other feature and card development we're doing to bring more new experiences to LOR players.

We appreciate those of you on the journey with us. Much like LOL's journey from Shamrock Malphite to PROJECT Mordekaiser, we're going to keep moving forward!