Originally Posted by ExaltedVanguard

My post from another thread:

Lux (in game at least) has always felt kind of like you're playing a teenage girl that happens to be crazy powerful. Spell thief and Sorceress skins play off this and fit into the theme well.

This is in contrast to someone like, say, Leona, who is this gritty, battle-hardened warrior ready to lead the charge into battle. She's a plain ol' badass army chick ready to kick ass.

Imagine you made a Leona skin in a schoolgirl outfit and she's acting like a bubbly tween. I'm pretty sure everyone who's played Leona would consider that a mistake of a skin. You'd be trying to smash Lux's personality on Leona. It doesn't work.

Steel legion (and to a lesser degree, her other military skins) seem to take the Leona theme and try to smash it on to Lux. She's walking around in this massive suit of armor. She looks like a freaking tank. When she fires bolts of light from her staff, she poses like she's holding a minigun.

It just doesn't fit.

Originally Posted by Baron Bodacious

It doesn't look boring and bland. Boring and bland would be this http://cdn.planetminecraft.com/files...in-2646243.jpg

It's an unreleased skin to boot. It's not even fully polished and it already looks 'bland'. The recall animation already has me wanting to get the skin for her alone. It's much better than the bland, watch-her-stand-ther-as-she-teleports-back pose.

Originally Posted by Baron Bodacious

But isn't that the point of skins? To give the champion a different feel?

Suprise Party Fiddlessticks definitely DOES NOT fit Fiddle's theme, but it's his most beloved skin.

Originally Posted by Baron Bodacious

But isn't that the point of skins? To give the champion a different feel?

Suprise Party Fiddlessticks definitely DOES NOT fit Fiddle's theme, but it's his most beloved skin.

Originally Posted by Berri Bunny

Lol it is his worst skin.

Originally Posted by headhunter228

The problem is that this has been done twice before. It's just more of the same.

I mentioned in a different thread that the reason Gentleman Cho'Gath and Suprise Party Fiddlesticks are such good skins is that they took a monster and turned him into a stereotypical, exaggerated, cognac-sipping gentleman and a birthday clown, respectively. It's different enough to be funny.

However, going from bubbly and cute to gritty and badass doesn't yield the same effect, and only serves to take away what people like about the base character, while adding nothing.

Originally Posted by Baron Bodacious

So Bandito and Pirate aren't funny either?

Originally Posted by headhunter228

Those are just the two examples I used, there are plenty out there. Sinful Succlence Morgana, Big Bad Warwick, Leprechaun Veigar, and Toy Soldier Gangplank, just to name a few off the top of my head.

Originally Posted by Baron Bodacious

But I'm saying. Fiddles has tons of skins (soon to be another arguably) that don't fit his base theme of murder scarecrow. But I'm not saying that's even a bad thing.

But this Lux skin hasn't even been released and it's vamping up to DVD levels.

Originally Posted by headhunter228

(I take no credit for this analogy, this is a quote). Say that your favorite champion is Udyr. Now imagine that Riot releases a new skin for Udyr which is Udyr in a pink tutu. Then imagine that the next skin is Udyr in a white tutu and a leotard. Now, Riot announces a new skin for Udyr featuring a purple jumpsuit and, you guessed it, another tutu.