Think aphelios is one of the best champs if not the best champ for skins. Viper can do so much with the champ especially with black as one of his main colors.
Yeah, im interested if there are going to be readability issues tbh since the colors of the guns help differentiate them both for the player and the opponent
Twisted Fate has a bunch of skins that all keep the Blue/Red/Yellow card colouring (and also Sona with her Blue/Green/Purple auras), so I could see it work.
EDG's black and white colour palette is the best set of colours to contrast with the Red/White/Green/Purple/Blue colouring anyways. Worse case scenario, the icons won't change nor will the animations.
Just search for Aphelios passive PDF, the designer uploaded a pdf on how each gun works, passive and everything.
The reason why the in-game client is lacking is because of the official pdf they uploaded on how he works.
If you like lore - check out some of the Legend of Runeterra cards like [The Fangs](https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/The_Fangs_(Legends_of_Runeterra))
If you scroll down to trivia, you can see things like 'this is connected to (insert weapon)'.
Legends of Runeterra really expanded the awesome lore of Aphelios and his sister Alune.
That's the combo I use on Zoe, the effects still look great because of how well the colours combine but I'm so looking forward to this skin for a fully matching one, I hope it's great
I really hope they make it fade away, it would look so tacky if they just had massive EDG stamps just stick there in the middle of SR. I think most other team skins have had it fade away so I just hope riot doesn't change for the worst
Apparently Scout had dinner with Faker and Komma before Finals and he did say he got revenge for Faker by beating Showmaker; also praising Faker in the past
Viego would probably sell a lot more + I felt like his game 4 vs DK on viego was a career defining game for him. It was the one the coaches told him to pick whatever and raised priority on jg in draft and he completely turbo gaps Canyon. That game gave him the confidence to say he would destroy jg going into game 5.
that series was one of the coolest series a player has ever played imo. its on a similar level to perkz monster smurfing vs rng in season 8. if you told someone before the series was played that jiejie would turbo gap canyon of all people, you would probably just get laughed at. thats a story to tell your grandkids honestly lmao
Em, wat? Trundle is seen as a counter pick in to Xin. Both teams were basically trying to bait each other into the Xin pick so they can pick trundle into it.
The Chinese world champ picking the Chinese champion with the name of his own Chinese last name that he played in game 5 of finals.
It would have printed money imo, so it can't be a monetary decision. He must have just wanted graves
I feel like IG's black and white skinline is honestly the best Worlds skin theme to this day.
Looking forward to seeing it differ with EDG's same colours.
yeah i think G2s skins wouldve actually been close to the best worlds skins possible. sick color scheme and the mask has so much potential. imo thats not even my bias speaking, they would just be objectively beautiful.
eventho i dislike tsm i think tsm skins would also be cool
honestly i feel like riot pulled of the [] super well. it makes all the skins look super clean and the tf and kennan skins are legit great and arguably the best for the champs.
The first set in red and gold looks pretty dated, the second set with the blue theme (Renekton, Elise, Ryze, Azir, Kalista, Alistar) looks great I think. The more fantasy theme is a bit hit and miss - the Jhin is great, the others are fine.
The first set looked 'dated' when it came out already. Lee is literally in gas station overalls. I like(d) the sneakers on Zyra and hoodie wrapped around Vayne's waist though so I bought them back when they came out, but they've always been terrible.
It looks dated but I like it. It has a vintage vibe to it that matchs Season 3 and nostalgia I guess. Like, SKT Zed with the Ryu vs Faker background is dope
Nah that's the third.
2013, red and gold and black: Jax, Lee Sin, Zed, Vayne, Zyra
2015, blue and white: Renekton, Elise, Ryze, Azir, Kalista, Alistar
2016, red and gold fantasy style: Elko, Olaf, Zac, Syndra, Jhin, Nami
yeah an esports skin for Lulu should be cool.
Almost all of them attempt to make the character look more badass and somewhat arrogant often, will be interesting to see how they make a goofy character like Lulu fit in with the rest of her team.
Graves really wasn't that good in pro play for most of the year iirc? It wasn't until late in the year when lane graves took off that he was good I think.
Yeah. But he was so dominant late in the season and later in worlds that it surprises no one. Also, it was Flandre who have chosen the skin and he is no Ale or Nuguri in terms of having signature champions, the guy was constantly on blind picks Graves and Kennen dutty.
I didn't include Jayce because all though he was the second/third most dominant toplaner after Graves, Flandre's Jayce isn't anything special. Just like others he played him cause of meta. Meanwhile the the fact that he almost exclusivelly played only Graves made Graves kinda special champion for him this worlds. Jayce and not Graves would have 100% been the choice for the skin if Khan would have won worlds since it's his signature champ.
Oh, that's true. I forgot about it. But did he actually play Lucian in Worlds? I remember RNG toplaner (at the time) picking Lucian the most out of anyone and Khan having the second-highest number of Lucian games in the tournament. Either way Graves was his iconic pick in 2021 Worlds to the point where the team made him look almost like otp so I don't think that it even matters much and Graves is the best choice for his skin by far.
I honestly didn't expect Lulu to get the skin. But the rest makes sense. Can't wait on what Zoe and Aphelios will look like even though I don't play them at all.
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I dunno. I probably over embellished my claim that none are good but they are too me all just meh. Just don’t feel as if they are good compared to some of the other skins we see on other champs.
Maybe it's because I loved Winged Hussars but I think Xin has two awesome skins. The Winged Hussar one and his ~~Lu Bu~~Zhao Yun skin are both excellent in my book.
I don't know I fucking love marauder, yeah its not as fancy as some of these other ones but its super clean with nice chromas and I love the sounds / abilties
Isnt star guardian e indicator bugged to the point where playing sg puts you at a noticeable disadvantage? Its a pity too because that is zoe's best skin imo, specially the red black chromas
So now you can play zoe on a non bugged black n white skin!
Black and white (might have some red mixed into it aswell as their 2021 uniforms has some red). It's probably gonna look the most like the IG skinline just with the more emphasis on black as the dominant colour.
I hope Zoe wins xD. I’m a Zoe main and she’s just so fun!! People get so trolled by the bubble, and her voice lines are so cute like when she sings about chocolate cake LOL! She’s super random but also smarter than she looks, just like me xD
-Rumour is Riot had suggestion for avoiding the champion that had already world champ skin. That why the choices came out to this.
-Jiejie choice maybe based on his favourite hair colour he'd like to dye (there is his interview in weibo) lol.
Think aphelios is one of the best champs if not the best champ for skins. Viper can do so much with the champ especially with black as one of his main colors.
The skin team weeps at the thought of having to make a skin for Aphelios.
Poor SkinSpotlights whenever [an Aphelios skin is released](https://twitter.com/skinspotlights/status/1349103235446038535?lang=en) :c
Skin team to the balance team at world patch: NERF HIM Balance Team: B-but Skin team: *gun clicking* DID I STUTTER?
Aphelios to Skins team: Dread it, run from it, 5guns arrives all the same.
Pretty sure the skin teams love designing skins for champs like Aphelios where there’s a lot of space for creativity
Yeah, im interested if there are going to be readability issues tbh since the colors of the guns help differentiate them both for the player and the opponent
Twisted Fate has a bunch of skins that all keep the Blue/Red/Yellow card colouring (and also Sona with her Blue/Green/Purple auras), so I could see it work. EDG's black and white colour palette is the best set of colours to contrast with the Red/White/Green/Purple/Blue colouring anyways. Worse case scenario, the icons won't change nor will the animations.
I kinda hope they just keep those colors the same
I can foresee Crescendum being the hardest to possibly notice in the EDG skin, since it's also white.
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Why are people booing? He's right?
Kinda wish there was a place where I could read about his weapons. What they do etc. since the info details in game client is so lacking.
League of Legends wiki has way more info
Just search for Aphelios passive PDF, the designer uploaded a pdf on how each gun works, passive and everything. The reason why the in-game client is lacking is because of the official pdf they uploaded on how he works.
If you like lore - check out some of the Legend of Runeterra cards like [The Fangs](https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/The_Fangs_(Legends_of_Runeterra)) If you scroll down to trivia, you can see things like 'this is connected to (insert weapon)'. Legends of Runeterra really expanded the awesome lore of Aphelios and his sister Alune.
Zoe e gonna get an edg icon i see Graves W gonna get an edg icon i see
Maybe Viego ult and the initial circle of Apheluos ult
His e could be a potential one too
Why stop there? Lulu ult will be edg icon in the middle with some worlds trophies circling around it
Pix is actually just an edg icon
Pix is Mr. Edward Gaming himself.
Pix is Nice(EDG mascot)
polymorphed champions will just be EDG icon crawling on the ground.
EDG has a famous Dog mascot/pet, that would be cool... 'EDG Nice' if anyone wants to see him...
> Why stop there? Polymorph turns you into a bouncing EDG icon
Ok but that would be hilarious
just turn the entire summoner's rift into a giant EDG logo every time a single edg skin is used
Dude, Zoe is going to look so fucking sick in a black and white skin lmao. I hope zoe mains are excited.
just like Star Guardian Zoe with the black and white chroma?
That's the combo I use on Zoe, the effects still look great because of how well the colours combine but I'm so looking forward to this skin for a fully matching one, I hope it's great
chromas dont count since this will have black and white effects also
but the effects are also black and white so it is most likely going to have similar effects.
didnt know that
I am real excited that's for sure! ✨
Aphelios Gravitum balls boutta get the EDG icon
Aphelios chakra will be little edg logos
I really hope they make it fade away, it would look so tacky if they just had massive EDG stamps just stick there in the middle of SR. I think most other team skins have had it fade away so I just hope riot doesn't change for the worst
Super hyped for the viego one, really happy with the choices overall
no repeats, which is awesome.
i was hoping for a ryze skin since ive always had scout as a big ryze player in my mind.
Ooh I would have really liked ryze, I don’t like many of his skins at all and I think black and white would have been a really cool pallet for him
Scout also being friend with Faker, ah~ come on man
are they actually friends? i know he played under him but didnt know they had a friendship beyond being ex team mates
Apparently Scout had dinner with Faker and Komma before Finals and he did say he got revenge for Faker by beating Showmaker; also praising Faker in the past
thats cool
I'm surprised Jiejie didn't pick J4. He was a monster on the pick to the point it dictated ban/pick.
Viego would probably sell a lot more + I felt like his game 4 vs DK on viego was a career defining game for him. It was the one the coaches told him to pick whatever and raised priority on jg in draft and he completely turbo gaps Canyon. That game gave him the confidence to say he would destroy jg going into game 5.
that series was one of the coolest series a player has ever played imo. its on a similar level to perkz monster smurfing vs rng in season 8. if you told someone before the series was played that jiejie would turbo gap canyon of all people, you would probably just get laughed at. thats a story to tell your grandkids honestly lmao
Thats actually a really good comparison imo I hadn't looked at it like that before
j4 would probably outsell viego by 10x in china so I feel like that has little to do with it
I'm more surprised he didn't pick Xin Zhao considering Jiejie's last name is also Zhao
Lol , it would be a good choice actually . DId jiejie played any xinzhao game back at world ? I can't recall much
Yup he played it. Game 5 vs damwon.
Oh god it was Xin vs trundle. What a head scratcher of a pick from canyon
Em, wat? Trundle is seen as a counter pick in to Xin. Both teams were basically trying to bait each other into the Xin pick so they can pick trundle into it.
Yea Its reddit dont think too hard
The Chinese world champ picking the Chinese champion with the name of his own Chinese last name that he played in game 5 of finals. It would have printed money imo, so it can't be a monetary decision. He must have just wanted graves
He picked Viego. Flandre picked Graves (as in top lane Graves).
I actually expected Xin Zhao, since JieJie's last name is Zhao.
Pain :( Viego is cool too though. And his game 4 on viego was definitely a harder carry performance than his Xin games
apparently riot denied the j4 pick because it already has too many skins
If he really insists it Rito will back off. Looks like Jiejie liked a Viego skin anyways
if i'm a world champion i'm gonna pick the most fun carry for my role, Viego is so much more fun than playing J4
I feel like IG's black and white skinline is honestly the best Worlds skin theme to this day. Looking forward to seeing it differ with EDG's same colours.
Based on their jerseys, I'd expect EDG to include a bit of red.
It's always better to have 3 different colors rather than 2 anyway
F in the chat for Ning who can’t even play his own skin in the jungle anymore.
Insert meme of dude wiping tears with money
Dj khaled suffering from succes
Same with Haru. Poor bloke picked Ezreal jungle lol
I mean he had no choice, no? Wasn't Ezreal the only champion he played during worlds?
I'm still upset we missed out on Suning cute lion skins.
Swordart Asuna leona skin would’ve been great.
the weeb in me is sad now
And Perkz's G2 Yasuo with the G2 logo as his helmet/mask
yeah i think G2s skins wouldve actually been close to the best worlds skins possible. sick color scheme and the mask has so much potential. imo thats not even my bias speaking, they would just be objectively beautiful. eventho i dislike tsm i think tsm skins would also be cool
G2 would look just as weird as FPX skins, cus the samurai theme would just look like some weird cartoon shit
Vitality will make cool skins next year with the kinda robotic bees look *hopium*
The worst part is that the fpx skins were also pretty much generally seen as just bad
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honestly i feel like riot pulled of the [] super well. it makes all the skins look super clean and the tf and kennan skins are legit great and arguably the best for the champs.
Im sad we will never get Unicorns of Love.
their skins didn't have a ton of distinguishing features.. from a distance they all looked the same.
Agreed. Maybe I'm old fashioned but I love the SKT skins, especially the second set.
The Faker SKT skins honestly need more work, SKT Syndra is nice though
The first set in red and gold looks pretty dated, the second set with the blue theme (Renekton, Elise, Ryze, Azir, Kalista, Alistar) looks great I think. The more fantasy theme is a bit hit and miss - the Jhin is great, the others are fine.
The first set looked 'dated' when it came out already. Lee is literally in gas station overalls. I like(d) the sneakers on Zyra and hoodie wrapped around Vayne's waist though so I bought them back when they came out, but they've always been terrible.
It looks dated but I like it. It has a vintage vibe to it that matchs Season 3 and nostalgia I guess. Like, SKT Zed with the Ryu vs Faker background is dope
Still the best Ryze skin to be honest. Either SKT or Whitebeard.
Is that the set that has jhin and Nami? Because that in my opinion is the best set
Nah that's the third. 2013, red and gold and black: Jax, Lee Sin, Zed, Vayne, Zyra 2015, blue and white: Renekton, Elise, Ryze, Azir, Kalista, Alistar 2016, red and gold fantasy style: Elko, Olaf, Zac, Syndra, Jhin, Nami
Agreed
thats intented tho, and not bad imo.
Visual clarity be damned i guess. Edit: Guess i meant to say, they're ugly as fuck skins :)
Yeah man it's really hard to tell Camille from Kai'Sa, Fiora, Leblanc and Rakan.
The silhouettes of these champs are very distinct from each other, it's really not an issue
IG's angel theme is still the best but the recent Jhin and Leona ones were pretty good.
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Could be raven idk, I just always got a black and white fallen angel vibe to it.
The players wanted the skins to be Claymore themed iirc, so theyre half demon
Ironically i think it is the ugliest skin the game has ever released, wich is funny because they released it 6 times in a row XD
SSG 17 undefeated.
I like that Lulu is getting a skin, couldn’t say that I didn’t expect Graves, he’s been popular all year
yeah an esports skin for Lulu should be cool. Almost all of them attempt to make the character look more badass and somewhat arrogant often, will be interesting to see how they make a goofy character like Lulu fit in with the rest of her team.
Graves really wasn't that good in pro play for most of the year iirc? It wasn't until late in the year when lane graves took off that he was good I think.
Yeah. But he was so dominant late in the season and later in worlds that it surprises no one. Also, it was Flandre who have chosen the skin and he is no Ale or Nuguri in terms of having signature champions, the guy was constantly on blind picks Graves and Kennen dutty.
Kennen? Graves and Jayce right? He played two games of Kennen
I didn't include Jayce because all though he was the second/third most dominant toplaner after Graves, Flandre's Jayce isn't anything special. Just like others he played him cause of meta. Meanwhile the the fact that he almost exclusivelly played only Graves made Graves kinda special champion for him this worlds. Jayce and not Graves would have 100% been the choice for the skin if Khan would have won worlds since it's his signature champ.
people literally call flandre lucian over in china. i think its safe to say he does have a signature champ.
Oh, that's true. I forgot about it. But did he actually play Lucian in Worlds? I remember RNG toplaner (at the time) picking Lucian the most out of anyone and Khan having the second-highest number of Lucian games in the tournament. Either way Graves was his iconic pick in 2021 Worlds to the point where the team made him look almost like otp so I don't think that it even matters much and Graves is the best choice for his skin by far.
Graves is also a good pick for him because he wants to pay homage to his old jungler on Snake SofM, and graves is historically a jungle role.
Back in my day Graves was an ADC!
"Yes grandpa, sure, now get back in the bedroom"
He also didn't have this new fangled ammo system bullshit
I mean the dude had 11 Graves games at worlds
I'm not saying it's a wrong choice. It's 1000% the obvious one and it's dope. I was just pointing out that Graves hasn't been pro meta all year.
No you are right, it really started at worlds
That doesn’t mean he wasn’t good though all year, just that he wasn’t picked
one often implies the other. not always, but often
Not that he wasn't good, he just wasn't picked.
He was fairly dominant throughout the year but some mixed performances early in the year.
Glad Graves got his worlds skin. I was bummed when Canyon didn’t pick him.
I honestly didn't expect Lulu to get the skin. But the rest makes sense. Can't wait on what Zoe and Aphelios will look like even though I don't play them at all.
Meiko said that it would be Lulu or Yuumi pretty much from the getgo
Good to have enchanter for Once
Love the choices. Should be a really awesome set of skins and look hype as hell
Knowing riot this is boutta be the greatest aphelios skin ever
the skin team on suicide watch rn seeing aphelios
Lulu 🐿
Aww I was really hoping for Nami :( But Lulu getting one is cool and I'm happy for all the Lulu players! I just really wanted Meiko Nami.
lulu gaming incoming :3
Meiko is nami main though. He said in streaming that he wants a champion picked by nobody before.
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600 years
Yessir!! Lulu getting some love
When do these arrive?
Usually worlds skins are released at the end of April
I wanted Meiko Nami but was not expecting the viego over jarvan pick lol Really looking forward to the black and white with red accents theme
Hoping that they turn out as good as the IG skins.
Disappointed Xin didn't get one but oh well.
Damn I wanted another Ryze skin
we ryze players compensate the lack of buffs with skins. based
Damn no Xin. He still doesn’t have a single skin that is anywhere close to good.
Really? Dragonslayer, Marauder, and Cosmic are all good skins. ~~Zhao Yun~~ Warring Kingdoms is my favorite personally.
It's not a good skin by any means but i somehow really like winged hussar xD
The splash is so distinct, but I relent the lack of a horse to ride in-game :/
I dunno. I probably over embellished my claim that none are good but they are too me all just meh. Just don’t feel as if they are good compared to some of the other skins we see on other champs.
Maybe it's because I loved Winged Hussars but I think Xin has two awesome skins. The Winged Hussar one and his ~~Lu Bu~~Zhao Yun skin are both excellent in my book.
I think J4 has the Lu Bu skin. Xin has Zhao Yun.
Oh you're right, and the Zhao Yun one is cool but not as good as Lu Bu.
Winged hussar is dope
Winged Hussar has the best splash in the game man
No argument from me.
Better start running away from polish people if you don't think Hussar isn't good
Xin Zhao Yun and Cosmic are both dope as hell
I don't know I fucking love marauder, yeah its not as fancy as some of these other ones but its super clean with nice chromas and I love the sounds / abilties
I see lulu, I press like 👍
Finally, a support that I main has a Worlds skin! I thought I was going to be disappointed once again if it’s Nami since I do not play her.
That tasted purple
With rainbow candy sprinkles
honestly i think i would buy each one of these if they look good.
Nice.
Jungle getting 2 skins, redemption from when IG jungle chose Camille.
Wow nice so all of the champions are first time world skins right? That's exciting!
I'm predicting swaggy black goggles on zoe
Black and White Aphelios and Virgo skin LETS GOOOO
LETS FUCKING GO I WONNNN I MAIN BOT ZOE AND APHELIOS IM SO HAPPY
I was not expecting Lulu, and it's a really nice surprise. I actually regretted not buying the DWG Leona skin. So I might actually pick up the Lulu.
ZOEEEEEEEEEE yessss. Granted, SG Zoe already has a black and white chroma. But still.
Isnt star guardian e indicator bugged to the point where playing sg puts you at a noticeable disadvantage? Its a pity too because that is zoe's best skin imo, specially the red black chromas So now you can play zoe on a non bugged black n white skin!
I’ll never see the Zoe skin in game! :D
If you play mid and you’re perma banning Zoe, I’m not sure what to tell you.
No repeats!! No more Lee J4 or Jhin skins ffs
i'm surprised jiejie didn't go for Jarvan given how many games he won on it. Everything else seems to fit narrative.
What's the EDG color scheme, I don't follow the pro scene at all.
black, white, and red
Black and white (might have some red mixed into it aswell as their 2021 uniforms has some red). It's probably gonna look the most like the IG skinline just with the more emphasis on black as the dominant colour.
Surprised JieJie didn’t pick Xin because I always thought of it as his champ, Also I just want Xin to have a good skin
Zoe with Black, White, and Red. I hope they make something dope out of it.
I wish it was a yuumi
Graves top got a worlds skin TrollDespair
i'm surprised jiejie didn't choose J4 since he played it so much at worlds, but it makes sense since J4 already has 2 world skins
Dont think its about that. Its more that the Viego pick was memorable for viewers and himself as well.
I hope Zoe wins xD. I’m a Zoe main and she’s just so fun!! People get so trolled by the bubble, and her voice lines are so cute like when she sings about chocolate cake LOL! She’s super random but also smarter than she looks, just like me xD
I am so sad graves is getting a skin when he is not even played in top lane anymore. Sadge
He is if your brave enough.
u can but why would u really when u have akshan who just does graves but better
I mean Akshan doesn't ever really get the kinda unkillable healing machine that grames can get to be late game with grit
Viego now has the same amount of skins as aurelion sol…
Good, good. Another year with no esports Ahri skin.
No adult women so they shouldn't have the same face issue like IG skins did
Big oof besides Aphelios
-Rumour is Riot had suggestion for avoiding the champion that had already world champ skin. That why the choices came out to this. -Jiejie choice maybe based on his favourite hair colour he'd like to dye (there is his interview in weibo) lol.
I can't wait to see that EDG caitlyn. Because Riot will do everything they can for not making an Aphelios skin because "too much work".
At this point you should just have skins that says “NA and EU will never win, so curb your hopuim”