Champion Skins are a cosmetic feature in Legends of Runeterra which was released on May 19th, 2021 during the Dark Horizon themed event..
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What are Champion Skins?
Champion Skins change the appearance of champion card but not any of the champion's abilities, stats, or mana cost.
- Different card art for the Champion cards
- This includes the Champion images displayed before the match in the "VS" screen
- It may also include artwork for associated tokens such as Zed's Living Shadows
- Different level-up animations
We have not seen any skins which alter voice lines yet; however this is a feature for certain LoL skins so it is possible we will see this in LoR's future.
Currently, there are 2 tiers of champion skins: "alternative card art only" and "alternative card art with alternative animation". The skins with alternative animations are priced more expensive than those with alternative card art only.
Champion Skins will be the second cosmetic enhancement system added to Runeterra; the first was Prismatic Card Styles. Champion Skins and Prismatic Card Styles are two independent options. For example, you chose between vanilla artwork without Prismatic style, vanilla artwork with Prismatic style, skin-specific artwork without Prismatic style, or skin-specific artwork with Prismatic style.
How to Purchase Champion Skins
To purchase skins, go to the Store tab and select the "Skins" option. All of the available skins will be displayed for purchase with coins. Currently, there is no option to buy skins except for with coins.
There are two tiers of skins:
- Skins with only alternative card art cost 700 coins
- Skins with alternative card art plus alternative level-up animations cost 1290 coins
What Are LoL's Champion Skins Like?
"Little Devil Teemo" from Halloween 2016
Since skins are so new to LoR, it can be insightful to examine League of Legends where Riot has been regularly selling champion skins for years. In LoL, champion skins are released in small sets with a common theme. Runeterra players may recall last year's Spirit Blossom event in LoR; that brought with it associated "spirit-themed" skins for Cassiopeia, Lillia, Riven, Thresh, Vayne, Ahri, Kindred, Teemo, Yasuo, and Yone in LoL. Similarly, the K/DA All Out event brought associated "popstar-themed" skins for Ahri, Akali, Evelynn, Kai'Sa, and Seraphine. And we've already seen the preview of LoL skins for the upcoming Ruination event.
LoL's skins aren't limited to lore events, however. Skins have been released to commemorate holidays, celebrate e-sports events, or "just for fun" such as the Culinary Masters and Pool Party sets.
Comments
Can’t wait to see all 100 lux skins being released in ma
Me as a new player in league: who would spend money on digital stuff anyway..
me 8 years later:
I kind of want to know if Essence is going to be used for Skins as well as Prismatics.
I LIKE the Prismatics, but I'd be more inclined to save my Essence for Skins.
We haven't seen any official yet, but I would say there's definitely merit in being a little cautious and saving any Essence until we hear more
Do you guys think we can craft the Champion Skins with prismatic shards or is that too much wishful thinking?
I think that it is too wishful, but who knows.
I am really excited about champion skins. They said there will be a themed event saying "Ruin" "Mist".
The champion skins are coming on May and the first themed event is on May too, so we probably will see those Ruined King skins in the game.
But nooo! You can't have alternative card art! It will confuse new players!
This isnt Hearthstone tho, maybe we can :)
Bravo.
I giggled at this one: well played Sinti.
No, You can't have new players, it will confuse alternative card art ^^