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| 3 | [[WMG:[[center: [- ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends''\ |
| 4 | '''[[Characters/LeagueOfLegends Main Character Index]]''' > [[Characters/LeagueOfLegendsThemes Skin Themes]]\ |
| 5 | '''Skin Themes A – M''' | [[Characters/LeagueOfLegendsThemesNToZ Skin Themes N – Z]]]]]]-] |
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| 8 | A page for in-world groups or themed skin teams with some established story, from '''A''' to '''M'''. |
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| 14 | [[folder:Academy]] |
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| 16 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ahri_academyskin.jpg]] |
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| 18 | At Valoran High, it's hard to fit in. When the lessons are about magic and history, some students just have a hard time paying attention. These skins depict champions as people in a High School, some as students and some as school faculty.\ |
| 19 | \ |
| 20 | The line is featured in the Riot-endorsed fan-made webcomic, "Academy Adventures", currently [[https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/page/academy-adventures-series-1 with]] [[https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/page/academy-adventures-series-2 three]] [[https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/page/academy-adventures-3 series]]. |
| 21 | ->'''Champions in this line''': (Professor) Ryze, (Headmaster) Fiora, (Academy) Ahri, Darius, Ekko, Vladimir |
| 22 | ---- |
| 23 | * AlphaBitch: Ahri gives off these vibes, never really looking up from her phone when things go down. |
| 24 | * AxesAtSchool: |
| 25 | ** Literally with Darius, maybe excused since it is a magical school. Amusingly enough, his weapon in-game appears to be a modified wooden baseball bat with an axe head. |
| 26 | ** One comic directly addresses this, with Jinx being reprimanded for bringing weapons in class, [[LampshadeHanging leading her to ask why everyone else can]]. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Everyone ends up getting their items confiscated]], though Jinx gives the school ''a lot'' of vandalism for confiscating [[CompanionCube Fishbones]]. |
| 27 | * BadassTeacher: Many teachers in the comics are champions who still have their canonical powers and aren't afraid [[MundaneUtility to use them for lessons]]. Bard as a band teacher, for example, is able to stop a noisy class using Tempered Fate. One comic shows that after school hours, Dr. Mundo does ''[[MaskedLuchador luchador]] [[ProfessionalWrestling wrestling]].'' |
| 28 | * BeachEpisode: One of the comics has one, but thanks to a volleyball smacking into Ekko's Zero Drive, [[HilarityEnsues said beach ends up infested with]] {{Sea Monster}}s. |
| 29 | * BigManOnCampus: [[{{Hunk}} Taric]] is this in the comics, much to [[LovableAlphaBitch Ahri's]] [[GreenEyedMonster irritation]]. Her attempt at [[PlayingWithFire giving him "a foxfire makeover"]] doesn't reduce the amount of his admirers (and indeed [[ShirtlessScene might've actually increased it]]). |
| 30 | * ButtMonkey: In the comics, Darius and Ezreal seem to be on the recieving end of whatever it's happening. |
| 31 | * TheCameo: The comic regularly features a lot of champions from other skin lines, mostly as brief {{Funny Background Event}}s. |
| 32 | * ClosetGeek: Some of the comics show Darius and Ahri making fun of the yordle students (and Kayn) for playing a trading card game. Another comic shows them along with Ekko and Vlad playing Dungeons and Dragons |
| 33 | * CrustyCaretaker: In the comics, Yorick is the school janitor, and he isn't afraid [[DisproportionateRetribution to sic his ghouls and the Maiden of the Mist on a bunch of students for causing a mess]]. |
| 34 | * {{Delinquents}}: According to the announcement/in-game lore blurbs, Ahri, Ekko, Darius, and Vladimir were suspended from academy grounds due to varying levels of troublemaking: |
| 35 | ** Ahri is [[PhoneaholicTeenager always on her cellphone]], even during disciplinary hearings about her always being on her cellphone. She also sticks gum in water fountains and uses charm magic on other students to do her assignments, as well as on staff members [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment during said disciplinary hearings about her always being on her phone]] to escape. |
| 36 | ** Ekko illegally used the academy's chemistry and electronic equipment, vandalized the Athletics Department, [[MundaneUtility and split time streams to skip class]]. |
| 37 | ** Darius is just TheBully, shoving students into lockers, getting into fistfights during gym class, and [[AxesAtSchool bringing dangerous weapons to school.]] |
| 38 | ** Vladimir is a snob, hiring students to do his assignments, [[EnemyEatsYourLunch eating another student's lunch]], and "putting a strain on the janitorial department after [[NoodleIncident 'that' incident," which involved large pools of "mysterious red liquid" on school property]]. |
| 39 | * DodgeballIsHell: A few comics feature Valoran High's take on it, [[BloodSport featuring Trundle with a giant bat and Syndra with telekenetic powers]]. |
| 40 | * FoodFight: The second series of the comic begins with one that involves quite a menagerie of champions. |
| 41 | * HighSchoolAU: The theme of the skin line. The {{Troperiffic}} fanmade webcomic takes this concept and rolls with it, [[HighSchoolAU transplanting a wide pool of champions to fit the environment]]. |
| 42 | * HighSchoolSweethearts: The comic depicts -- [[CrackShip of all people]] -- Malzahar and Rek'Sai as this, [[SickeninglySweethearts who are so inseparable]] they even beat out [[OfficialCouple Xayah and Rakan]] as prom king and queen. |
| 43 | * HotTeacher: [[MsFanservice Headmistress Fiora]], originally just a {{Fanservice}}-y Halloween skin, but was retroactively placed into the Academy lore to make her the school's actual headmistress. |
| 44 | * {{Joshikousei}}: Ahri, though technically her uniform is more inspired by Korean fashion than Japanese. |
| 45 | * NewTransferStudent: The comic features ''[[EldritchAbomination Rek'Sai]]'' [[AdorableAbomination as one]], one who doesn't make a lot of friends except with [[SickeninglySweethearts Malzahar]]. |
| 46 | * PrincelyYoungMan: Academy Vladimir definitely gives off this vibe, helped by his "extreme snobbery" and being able to hire other students to finish his exams and attend his classes. |
| 47 | * ScaryStingingSwarm: One comic shows Darius being attacked by them, and [[IntoxicationEnsues he acts like he's on hallucinogens with all the stings]]. |
| 48 | * SchoolNurse: While not officially considered part of the Academy line, [[HospitalHottie Nurse Akali]] serves as one in the comic. Vlad deliberately tries to get injured just to see her, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor but after a few days, she gets replaced with Surgeon Shen instead]]. |
| 49 | * SchoolPlay: The comic features [[MadArtist Jhin]] staging one [[DisasterDominoes which doesn't go well]], though not particularly for the reasons you'd expect when [[PsychoForHire Jhin]] is involved. |
| 50 | [[/folder]] |
| 51 | |
| 52 | [[folder:Arcade]] |
| 53 | |
| 54 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/arcade_promo.jpg]] |
| 55 | |
| 56 | An alternate timeline where [[TrappedInTVLand "players" have been forcibly dragged into the Arcade World]], an amalgamation of retro arcade games filled with an army of rogue bosses led by Final Boss Veigar. Joined by some of the "native" in-game protagonists, our heroes have joined in a fight to vanquish the evil Battle Bosses of the game-verse, and to stop Final Boss Veigar from giving the world a final Game Over. |
| 57 | |
| 58 | ->'''Champions in the Arcade line''': (Arcade) Ahri, Anivia[[superscript:[=LoR=]]] , Caitlyn, Corki, Ezreal, Gnar[[superscript:[=LoR=]]], Hecarim, Kai'Sa, Miss Fortune, Quinn[[superscript:[=LoR=]]], Riven, Sona, Viego[[superscript:WR]]\ |
| 59 | '''Champions in the Battle Boss line''': (Battle Boss) Bel'Veth, Blitzcrank, Brand, Malzahar, Nocturne[[superscript:[=LoR=]]], Qiyana, Yasuo, Ziggs, (Final Boss) Veigar\ |
| 60 | '''Champions in the Demacia Vice line''': (Demacia Vice) Garen, Lucian, (Armor of the Fifth Age) Taric, (Neon Strike) Vi\ |
| 61 | ---- |
| 62 | * TheAce: Most of the players are listed as being exceptionally talented gamers: Ezreal is a world-record-holding speedrunner, Miss Fortune has top scores in every ShootEmUp in existence, Sona beat Keyboard Solo 4's ultra solo mode on nightmare difficulty (which the devs admitted ''should not be possible''), and Ahri owns a 6-million-point score in the legendarily hard beat-em-up "Demacia Vice," earning her the title of "Queen of the Arcade." [[TheTeamNormal The only exception is Riven]], who's listed as a simple part-time arcade worker who plays dance simulators after hours, [[BadassNormal but that doesn't stop her from kicking ass like the rest]]. |
| 63 | * AdaptationalHeroism: Unlike his canonical counterpart, Arcade Hecarim is the protagonist of a surprise fan-favorite 1978 arcade game, and joins the party as a hero. |
| 64 | * AdaptationalVillainy: By contrast, Blitzcrank and Ziggs are of the villainous Battle Bosses, and were even bosses in their native games before they were summoned by Veigar. Yasuo ''used'' to be the protagonist of his respective game, [[TheCorruption but was corrupted by Veigar]] [[FaceHeelTurn into becoming one of his servants]]. |
| 65 | * ArcadeSounds: Naturally present in all the in-game skins. |
| 66 | * BigBad: Final Boss Veigar, [[TheNapoleon no pun intended]]. Originally "a mini-boss with a Napoleon complex," he managed to rip into the code of Arcade World to assemble an army of bosses to TakeOverTheWorld. |
| 67 | * TheChosenMany: Miss Fortune, Riven, and Sona were the first "real players" to arrive in the Arcade World, and have been dubbed the Holy Gaming Trinity, [[ChromaticArrangement the Goddesses of RGB]] destined to save the game. |
| 68 | * TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: The in-universe fourth wall, thankfully. Much of the current mess started with Veigar uncovering the ability to mess with the game's code and TakeOverTheWorld, forcing the real players and other characters to stop him and his bosses on his own turf. |
| 69 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Veigar and Qiyana started off as a mini-boss and an NPC respectively, and have since grown to becoming major separate threats, each with aspirations of [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over the world]]. |
| 70 | * GamerChick: Of all the "real" players in the line, four out of five of them are women, all well-versed in gaming. |
| 71 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: Ezreal, and presumably the other players, were forcibly transported into Arcade World by Veigar himself. Considering how they're champions, {{Challenge Gamer}}s and {{Speedrun}}ners in the real world, Veigar has likely made a terrible mistake. |
| 72 | * NoticeThis: Amusingly {{Parodied|Trope}} ''and'' played straight simultaneously with Arcade Caitlyn's ''Headshot'' indicator. In place of the usual visual indicator, the skin replaces it with a retro finger cursor pointing at enemies to click for CriticalHit damage. |
| 73 | * {{Retraux}}: As the title implies, the line is heavily inspired by colorful retro UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame aesthetics, taking influence from classic [[ShootEmUp shoot 'em ups]], to [[EasternRPG JRPGs]] to {{Fighting Game}}s, to even {{Pinball}} machines. |
| 74 | * SmugSuper: Much like her canon self, Battle Boss Qiyana has a ridiculously haughty attitude, but has the threatening power level to warrant it. |
| 75 | -->'''Qiyana''': I hear this game has a beautiful amazingly talented boss at the end, and her name is Qiyana. |
| 76 | * ThatOneBoss[[invoked]]: In-universe, Battle Boss Blitzcrank has quite a reputation for his [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall cheap mechanics, powerful attacks, and a massive health pool.]] Appropriately, Final Boss Veigar put him as the gatekeeper of his personal fortress, because Veigar hates fun. |
| 77 | * TrappedInAnotherWorld: The scenario for Ahri, Ezreal, Miss Fortune, Riven, and Sona, who are regular players [[TrappedInTVLand forcibly brought into the "Arcade World."]] In fact, all of the "native" heroes and bosses come from different games, mostly thanks to Final Boss Veigar [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou ripping into the code of Arcade World]] to bring them there. |
| 78 | [[/folder]] |
| 79 | |
| 80 | [[folder:Arclight]] |
| 81 | Once each millennium, an ancient, godlike entity of divine light descends from the heavens, choosing worthy warriors to be his will incarnate, to become immortal agents of the Arclight. |
| 82 | ->'''Champions in this line''': (Arclight) Brand, Shyvana[[superscript:[=LoR=]]], Varus, Vayne, Vel'Koz, Yorick, (Justicar) Aatrox, Galio[[superscript:[=LoR=]]], Syndra |
| 83 | ---- |
| 84 | * AdaptationalHeroism: |
| 85 | ** Vel'Koz is portrayed as a literal divine {{God}} in this timeline, but one who bestows the power of the Arclight into his agents [[GodIsGood to fight the darkness of the world]]. |
| 86 | ** Varus is a not-quite-freed Darkin in canon but a holy warrior here. |
| 87 | ** The Justicars are described as chiefs of the Arclight, embodiments of justice and order, but are represented by the villainous-in-canon Aatrox and Syndra. |
| 88 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Varus has darker skin and hair, especially compared to the extreme pallor of his canon appearance. |
| 89 | * TheChooserOfTheOne: In this line, Vel'Koz happens to be that "ancient, godlike entity of divine light" that [[TheChosenMany chooses those he deems worthy]] to be his agents. |
| 90 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: |
| 91 | ** Arclight Varus, the first skin in the line, was originally based on his original lore (before it was updated to its current state since late 2017), canonically representing what he looked like after gaining power from The Pit and before it started [[TheCorruption corrupting him]]. With the inclusion of other skins in the line and skin descriptions, its plot has been completely changed. |
| 92 | ** Similarly, prior to his 2018 VGU, Justicar Aatrox was meant to be an in-canon representation of how the armies he rallied together saw him. With his lore writing this element of his character out, the Justicar skin's setup was also changed. |
| 93 | * {{God}}: The unspeakably powerful yet sublime being of light energy is framed as this in the skinline's canon, and as it turns out, it's Arclight ''[[EldritchAbomination Vel'Koz]]''. |
| 94 | * GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: These skins have white, gold, and [[HeavenlyBlue various blues]] predominant in their palettes. |
| 95 | * HolyHandGrenade: The Arclight's [[LightEmUp powers of divine light]] were bestowed upon by a transcendental being of legend and myth, one who appears every millennium from the heavens to choose a new agent. |
| 96 | * {{Immortality}}: Arclight Yorick is specifically described to have this as part of his powers, which is presumably the case with the others. |
| 97 | * LightEmUp: Right in the title, giving champions a very bright makeover. Also crosses with HolyHandGrenade. |
| 98 | * LightIsGood[=/=]LightIsNotGood: Zigzags these tropes. While these characters are meant to serve Good, they can also be [[BlueAndOrangeMorality amoral]] or, as in the case of Brand, outright evil. |
| 99 | * VestigialEmpire: Yorick is described to once being a king before he was chosen by the Arclight, abandoning it to focus on enforcing the will of the divine. Unfortunately, he returned centuries later to find it having crumbled into ruins, and he took it with both sorrow and madness. |
| 100 | * WhoWantsToLiveForever: Thousands of years ago, Kegan Rodhe was the first to be chosen. The power eventually consumed the original man, leaving only his burning shell to walk the earth as Arclight Brand. |
| 101 | [[/folder]] |
| 102 | |
| 103 | [[folder:Battle Academia (God Weapons)]][[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ezreal_battleacademiaskin_5.jpg]] |
| 104 | |
| 105 | A line taking place in a highly shounen-inspired world of the God-Weapons, with the God-Weapon Academies raising its many students into becoming the next generation of superheroes.\ |
| 106 | |
| 107 | ->'''Champions in the line''': (Battle Academia) Akshan[[superscript:WR]], Caitlyn, Ezreal, Garen, Jayce, Katarina, Leona, Lux, Poppy[[superscript:[=LoR=]]], Wukong, Yone, (Battle Professor) Graves, (Battle Principal) Yuumi |
| 108 | ---- |
| 109 | * AcademyOfAdventure: The main settings are the prestigious God-Weapon Academies, [[SuperheroSchool raising their students to be the next generation of superheroes]]. |
| 110 | * {{Animesque}}: The line somehow potentially revels in this concept ''even more'' than the [[MagicalGirl Star Guardian]] line, with this one more inspired by [[ShonenDemographic shonen media]], the most obvious being ''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia''. |
| 111 | * ApatheticTeacher[=/=]CoolTeacher: Professor Graves zigzags between the two a lot. On one hand, he's a wise ex-soldier who served in the Durandal military with decades worth of knowledge behind him, [[SecretKeeper including discovering something important but secret behind enemy lines]]. On the other, [[ChildHater he doesn't actually like kids]] ''or'' teaching and only reluctantly became a professor after the God-Weapon itself offered him a position, and has a very salty, dispassionate, and [[CigarChomper cigar-chomping]] way of teaching. On yet ''another'' hand, he's still viewed with respect and authority despite all of this, and Ezreal doesn't seem to notice or care about Graves' more negative qualities. |
| 112 | * BookDumb: It's all but explicitly stated that Ezreal isn't the most stellar student, both in terms of controlling his newfound powers to [[LateForSchool his attendance]]. |
| 113 | -->'''Ezreal''': This better not make me late for class. I've got 12 tardies and we're only 10 days into the semester! |
| 114 | * BrotherSisterTeam: {{Subverted|Trope}} with Garen and Lux on a few levels. In this line, Garen is an only biological child, and Lux was created by his parents from the fragment of a god-weapon, who developed her into someone that would attend the prestigious Durandal Academy. [[TheUnFavourite Because Garen was clearly the non-favorite growing up]], he vented his anger in increasingly delinquent ways and was sought out to instead join the rivalling Labrys Academy. |
| 115 | * CanonWelding: |
| 116 | ** Battle Academia Ezreal claims that Star Guardian is a comic series in his world, but when pitted against a champion with a Star Guardian skin, [[AmbiguousSituation he admits that he's unsure if they're actually real or not]]. |
| 117 | ** While not officially merged as of the line's release, [[https://twitter.com/notquitefrodo/status/1123335034708979712 Riot has announced plans to potentially merge Battle Academia with]] [[HighSchoolAU the Academy line]] at some point in the future. This would come to fruition in the ''Legends of Runeterra'' [[https://twitter.com/JumaraloHexCore/status/1445434813507411968?s=20 card art for base-level Katarina]], where Academy Darius and Vladimir can be seen in the background as students at Durandal. |
| 118 | * CallingYourAttacks: Ezreal [[DiscussedTrope actively discusses this to himself]], constantly thinking of a cool name for his super-attacks. When his ultimate is fully leveled up, he finally settles on calling it "[[RedIsHeroic Crimson Cobalt]]". |
| 119 | -->'''Ezreal''': ''Crimson Dynami''--no, not that. ''Crimson Ruin''? Ugh, I suck at naming attacks! |
| 120 | * CuteWitch: Lux is in the line, and she's just as upbeat, bubbly, and skilled with magic as ever. While she's still a freshman in the Sorcery Club, she seems to wield an inexplicably tremendous amount of power even the Academy's senior staff can't explain. |
| 121 | * TheDreaded: |
| 122 | ** [[BladeEnthusiast Katarina]] is a lone top member of the Assassin Club -- the only club where ''lethal force'' is potentially allowable -- is feared by nearly everybody in the school. Ezreal is especially fearful around her; if he does manage to best her in battle, he immediately assumes that she's holding back and intentionally letting him win. |
| 123 | ** [[KillerRabbit Yuumi]] is also approached with trepidation despite her being a cat, not simply because she can be ridiculously destructive, but even worse -- she's the principal. |
| 124 | --->'''Ezreal''': ''(killing Battle Academia Yuumi)'' I'm sorry, Principal Yuumi! Please don't destroy [[NoodleIncident another dormitory!]] |
| 125 | * DustbinSchool: In contrast to the proud reputation of the Durandal Academy, the Labrys God-Weapon Academy is known for being a "last-resort" school home to many various troublemakers and delinquents. Caitlyn intends to change that. |
| 126 | * GadgeteerGenius: Jayce in this universe is a prestigious 2nd year [[StudentCouncilPresident class president]], head of the Luminosity Club, ''and'' a prodigious inventor of miraculous Jayce-branded technologies. It's implied that [[BrokenAce his desire to be one of these is to prevent a kind of tragedy that he experienced in his youth, one which he doesn't speak of but still affects him]]. |
| 127 | * GoGetterGirl: Caitlyn is the head of the Luminary Club and second-year class president of the Labrys God-Weapon Academy. She enrolled ''herself'' in [[DustbinSchool the notoriously troubled academy]] to prove that she's able to whip up its student population of delinquents into a legitimate powerhouse, with personal dreams of becoming the greatest battlefield general in history. Presently, she's both [[TheParagon loved]] and [[TheDreaded feared]] by her classmates, positioning herself as the leader of even the rowdier ones Labrys has to offer. |
| 128 | * IAmVeryBritish: Caitlyn's usual British accent somehow sounds even more over-the-top and posh than usual, [[BritishStuffiness likely to highlight just how distant yet leader-like she is among her peers in Labrys]]. |
| 129 | * IntellectualAnimal: Yuumi is [[CuteKitten a magical housecat]] and also ''principal of the Academy''. While her position is temporary -- she's just filling in ever since the original principals mysteriously disappeared -- she is nonetheless [[KillerRabbit a very capable mage who can potentially unleash apocalyptic levels of energy]] [[{{Bathos}} while perched on]] [[HeadPet a terrified student's head]]. |
| 130 | * JapaneseSchoolClub: The various academies are split into four distinct "clubs" that function in a fusion to this and "houses" found in British private schools, and [[SchoolClubsAreSeriousBusiness they are treated as serious business]]. Of them are the Battle Club (home to [[TheHero Ezreal]], [[TheBigGuy Garen]], [[LadyOfWar Leona]], and [[TheTrickster Wukong]]), the Luminary Club (for [[GadgeteerGenius Jayce]] and [[ColdSniper Caitlyn]]), the Sorcery Club (for [[CuteWitch Lux]]), and Assassin Club (for [[TheDreaded Katarina and Yone]]). |
| 131 | * LegendaryWeapon: [[https://twitter.com/notquitefrodo/status/1128859144767676418 As explained]] [[https://twitter.com/notquitefrodo/status/1366840786856288263 by Rioters]], God-Weapons of the Academies' namesake are titanic, sentient weapons which dot the landscape of the world, and are so ancient that civilizations were originally built around them. All of them are also [[PublicDomainArtifact named after famous mythological weapons]]: |
| 132 | ** Durandal is a giant sword shoved into the center of a city, named after [[Literature/TheSongOfRoland Roland's]] sword. |
| 133 | ** Labrys is a giant battleaxe half-buried in a mountain, named after a symbolic axe in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knossos Knossoss]] and [[Myth/ClassicalMythology ancient Greek mythology]]. |
| 134 | ** Babylon is a giant cannon partially submerged in the ocean, named after the blow that [[Myth/MesopotamianMythology slayed the Tiamat]]. |
| 135 | ** Amrita is a giant power crystal in the center of a large forest, named after the immortality-granting nectar of life of Myth/HinduMythology. |
| 136 | ** Sharur is an enormous hammer of indeterminate location, named after [[Myth/MesopotamianMythology Ninurta's]] "smasher of thousands". |
| 137 | * LivingWeapon: |
| 138 | ** All the God-Weapons are this, and [[WhatsUpKingDude apparently they're also accessible to a degree]], as one directly offered [[ApatheticTeacher Graves]] a professor position that he felt obligated to take up. |
| 139 | ** With the 2021 wave of Battle Academia skins, it was revealed that Lux is actually a fragment of a God-Weapon, developed by Garen's parents while they were both growing up. |
| 140 | * OfficialCouple: After [[ShipTease multiple instances of Ezreal and Lux's relationship being]] [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] with varying amounts of canonicity, the two in this universe are ''finally'' officially dating, although [[TheILoveYouStigma Ez is still very nervous about using the L-word]]. |
| 141 | -->'''Ezreal''': ''(encountering an enemy Lux)'' [[OhCrap I'm sparring with Lux!? Wh—what do I do? Do I have to fight her?! We have a date later!]] |
| 142 | * RedIsHeroic: Ezreal gets a mostly red and black costume and powers manifesting as red, black, and white energy, and is the closest the line has to a main protagonist. |
| 143 | * ShipTease: Like in the Star Guardian skin-line, the Lux/Ezreal ship is once again resurrected and it goes beyond them simply crushing on each other this time. [[OfficialCouple They're dating in this universe.]] |
| 144 | * SilkHidingSteel: Leona has a motherly, protective personality, and is seen as one of the most cheery members of the Battle Club... [[LetsGetDangerous until she actually enters battle, where all warmth is immediately replaced with bloodlust]]. Her shift in personality [[BewareTheNiceOnes is so drastic and terrifying]] that even the most violent students try to stay on her good side out of fear of her potential wrath. Her Prestige Skin shows that she was chosen for the annual cross-academy combat tournament, and she utterly devastates the competition. |
| 145 | * SmugSuper: Caitlyn lords over her fellow students in both smarts and battle prowess, and she has an ego to show for it. [[EnlightenedSelfInterest She's wise enough to keep several partners on her good side, but in the end, she still sees herself as better than all of them and merely uses them as a means to an end]]. |
| 146 | -->'''Caitlyn''': It's not my problem that I ruin the grading curve. It's everyone else's. |
| 147 | * SpeedStripes: While using her ultimate, Katarina has several manga-esque speed lines rushing around the corners of the screen. |
| 148 | * StockShonenHero: Ezreal is a {{Troperiffic}} love letter to the archetype; a HotBlooded, BookDumb [[{{Bishounen}} bishie]] [[ShonenHair with crazy hair]] who discovered he had TheGift and is presently enrolled in [[AcademyOfAdventure Durandal God-Weapon Academy]], [[ThePowerOfFriendship making friends]] and [[{{Determinator}} striving]] [[ToBeAMaster to be the greatest there ever was]]. Even his dialogue is effectively a laundry list of stock shonen hero quotes. |
| 149 | * StylisticSuck: Battle Academia Ezreal's dialogue and delivery appears to be inspired by stereotypically "bad" anime dubs, like it was originally Japanese but then localized into English... in a rush. As a result, he sounds a lot more stilted and oddly exaggerated when compared to his usual self, though not quite enough to be [[IntentionalEngrishForFunny technically]] [[BlindIdiotTranslation incorrect]]. |
| 150 | -->''"Wow, Jayce is so strong! One day, I know I'll catch up to him!"''\ |
| 151 | ''"I'll graduate from the academy and protect everybody!"''\ |
| 152 | ''"Whoops! Guess I got a little careless. I better stop messing around."'' |
| 153 | * SuperMode: In another anime reference, Battle Academia Ezreal visibly changes as his ''Rising Spell Force'' passive powers up[[note]]Notably, it's his only skin that does[[/note]], giving him additional BattleAura and [[PowerDyesYourHair increasingly brightening up his hair]] like a [[Anime/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan]]. |
| 154 | * SuperheroSchool: The theme the line is based around, heavily inspired by ''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia''. |
| 155 | * ToastOfTardiness: Ezreal, Lux, Katarina, and Graves run with toast in their mouths during their "hasted" animations running from base (in addition, Katarina is reading a book while running and Graves carries a huge stack of textbooks with him). [[{{Troperiffic}} Because]] [[{{Animesque}} anime]]. |
| 156 | * TheTrickster: Wukong is a consummate trickster and prankster whose tendency to get into trouble has gotten him expelled from virtually every high school in the region, hence his current enrollment at [[DustbinSchool the Labrys Academy]]. Fortunately for him, Caitlyn sees him as a naturally gifted fighter, but unfortunately for him, [[UnskilledButStrong she also thinks he's in great need of discipline]], and he listens to her out of fear that she'll beat him up. |
| 157 | * WorldOfTechnicolorHair: Surprisingly not as omnipresent as you'd expect from [[{{Troperiffic}} this line]], though it's still present in a few places: |
| 158 | ** From the 2019 wave, Katarina has bright pink hair, and Lux has bright peach-orange hair ([[LampshadeHanging which the dev team themselves]] [[https://twitter.com/neolexical/status/1126082398666412032 requested as a "bad hair color"]]). |
| 159 | ** In the 2020 wave, Caitlyn has dark purple hair ith a bright pink underside, Leona normally has soft blue hair (replaced with golden in her Prestige skin), Wukong has a mix of blue and platinum white hair, and Yone has a deep magenta mane. |
| 160 | [[/folder]] |
| 161 | |
| 162 | [[folder:Battle Queens]] |
| 163 | Once fractured by endless warfare, the collective Queendoms of Elysia have realized the true nature of their world: that the magic holding their fantastical plane together is maintained only through conflict. They have thus allied through the unifying conflict of the Grand Coronation, though some alliances are beginning to show cracks... |
| 164 | ->'''Champions in this line''': Diana, Janna, Katarina, Qiyana, Rell |
| 165 | ---- |
| 166 | * AmbitionIsEvil: Katarina has made large, but violent strides to achieve the Crest of Schema, seeing the Queendom as deserving of much more than humble alliances, ready to conquer the entire region as its rightful leader. She's also just as much of a knife nut as she is in canon, and prefers to lead her way into Schema's future in a trail of blood. |
| 167 | -->'''Katarina''': [[MythologyGag Blood for Schema!]] |
| 168 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: The continuous battles for the Grand Coronation is what binds the Queendoms of Elysia together, and the only way for a queen to claim the crown is through combat. Even within kingdoms themselves, the throne is claimed by fighters with the most power. |
| 169 | * BaitAndSwitch: A meta one: before the line was properly announced, [[https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/dev/state-of-skins-and-events/ Riot teased its release]] [[https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt731acb42bb3d1659/blt68c8c31d10072f7f/5f52d5f8b5badb2465bba413/11_Thematic_Tease.jpg with a single image of 6 different color-coded blades]]. A lot of fans believed that each blade would correspond to a champion represented in the line, but in actuality, this only ended up being relevant to Battle Queen Katarina, who can choose between 6 different sets of blades. |
| 170 | * DeviousDaggers: Katarina is present, and being a Battle Queen doesn't stop her from being a master assassin with infinite daggers at her disposal. In-game, she gains a new pair of daggers every 3 kills for a total of 6 different sets at 15, which she can then toggle at will. |
| 171 | * TheHighQueen: Janna, the Queen of Aurai, is portrayed as the most gentle and solemn of the main lineup, and one who participates in the annual Tournament not out of pride or ambition, but out of necessity for her queendom's survival. [[SilkHidingSteel She also easily curb-stomps Qiyana using her wind magic]]. |
| 172 | * LadyOfWar: The entire theme of the line, with all the participating queens balancing out regal elegance with sheer badassery. |
| 173 | * RightfulKingReturns: Diana was originally exiled from her Queendom of Eos for her heresy against its power-hungry religious order, but has been on a quest for the Coronation in order to save her people, and to prove that the Crest must serve the will of the nation, not merely its leaders. Interestingly enough, Leona was the former queen who served in her absence, and she has no hard feelings towards Diana reclaiming her crown. |
| 174 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: All of the queens fight on behalf of their kingdoms, for whatever purpose it may be. Even the normally-idle Janna -- who would normally rather stand by and watch the Tournament from afar -- [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership will step down to demonstrate her power if it means keeping her people safe and healthy]]. |
| 175 | * ShipTease: [[TheStationsOfTheCanon The Diana/Leona tease lives on!]] In this line, Diana received her [[BlingOfWar coronation armor]] from Leona, and their reunion after her reclaiming her queen status is depicted as rather... sensual. |
| 176 | -->''"Come with me." Diana spoke impulsively, her fingers tangled in the rich fabric of Leona's gift. "Let them sort their mess out."\ |
| 177 | "I swore an oath," Leona replied. Diana surveyed her and, reaching out one hand, closed the remaining distance between them.\ |
| 178 | "So did I." Her fingers skimmed across Leona's pale cheek, and Leona closed her eyes at the touch.'' |
| 179 | * TykeBomb: Rell GotVolunteered for the Coronation on behalf of the Queendom of Calamity, achieving magical power thanks to a series of magical experiments from a shadowy cabal of aristocrats. Ever since she claimed the crown, she's since discovered that [[PoweredByAForsakenChild her magic was actually stolen from the people of her country]] to ensure her victory in the Coronation and [[PuppetKing make her into their puppet]]. Needless to say, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge she's not happy]]. |
| 180 | * YoungConqueror: Qiyana is once again the youngest in a long line of succession to the Crest of Ixtal, and has proven to be such a powerhouse that she claimed Queen status anyway. She intends to use the power she gains from the Tournament to remake Ixtal in her vision. |
| 181 | [[/folder]] |
| 182 | |
| 183 | [[folder:Battlecast]] |
| 184 | In an alternate-universe version of Runeterra, Viktor went the extra mile, leading his Glorious Evolution down a more warlike path. Using his genius, he captured terrifying creatures, some from the Void and some native, and used them as "biological templates" to create powerful death machines fueled by dark Hextech. |
| 185 | ->'''Champions in this line''': (Creator) Viktor, (Battlecast Alpha) Skarner, (Battlecast Prime) Cho'Gath, (Battlecast) Urgot, Kog'Maw, Nasus, Vel'Koz, Xerath, Zac (Resistance) Caitlyn, Illaoi, Jayce, Katarina[[superscript:WR]], Miss Fortune[[superscript:WR]], Singed, Yorick |
| 186 | ---- |
| 187 | * AdaptationalHeroism: Illaoi is mostly portrayed as mostly neutral (if chaotic) in canon, but in this line, she's an unambiguous hero who fights for LaResistance. Singed [[CreepyGood unsettles his cohorts]], but is also a member of the Resistance, a massive improvement from his usual cruel villainy. |
| 188 | * ArchEnemy: [[TheStationsOfTheCanon Once again]], Viktor and Jayce are enemies, with Viktor [[RobotWar leading the robot apocalypse]] to Jayce [[LaResistance representing humanity's last hope.]] Jayce feels personally responsible for failing to stop Viktor's rise, [[ItsPersonal so their conflict is also quite personal.]] |
| 189 | * BlobMonster: Zac ([[FunWithAcronyms Zoophagus Assault Construct]]) is a Battlecast robot model comprised out of an experimental alloy that can flexibly shift between solid and liquid states, yet is also indestructible. Unlike the [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay T-1000]], it's implied to have [[MagmaMan a very hot and molten quality to it.]] |
| 190 | * CanonWelding: A bit of an odd example: Resistance Illaoi was originally pitched in development as "Battlecast Illaoi," but changed names partway in development to reflect a LaResistance added into the Battlecast universe. As a result, the similarly-named Resistance Caitlyn (a skin released ''seven years'' prior) was also merged into the lore. |
| 191 | * EarlyBirdCameo: |
| 192 | ** Battlecast Alpha Skarner was featured as [[https://i.imgur.com/pwRU4.png a background silhouette in Battlecast Prime Cho'Gath's splash art]] a full three years before his official release, as well [[https://imgur.com/hcdcq as hinted through text in a separate teaser.]] |
| 193 | ** Battlecast Kog'Maw was also teased in the same teaser, with "MAW" being present alongside the Skarner example above and already-available skins like "XER"/Xerath and "URG"/Urgot (there's also "ANI", which is speculated to stand for Anivia, but so far there hasn't been confirmation of a Battlecast skin for her). |
| 194 | * EasterEgg: When normal Skarner stands in a brush for long enough, he'll say, "Skar-Skar-Skarner!" as a reference to ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''. Battlecast Alpha Skarner will do the same thing as his joke, before correcting himself. |
| 195 | --> [[https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/c/c9/SkarnerBattlecastAlpha.joke02.ogg/revision/latest?cb=20141105025052 Skar-Skar-Skarrnerr.. Rebooting system.]] |
| 196 | * EatingMachine: Battlecast Prime Cho'Gath, who still has the canonical Cho'Gath's appetite for ''[[ExtremeOmnivore everything]]'', including civilians attempting to defy conversion. |
| 197 | * EnergyBeings: Battlecast Xerath units are Viktor's attempts to create a machine capable of a human soul. As its skin description states, however, Xerath units are twisted and unstable plasma monstrosities trapped in metal cages of psychic energy. |
| 198 | * HumongousMecha: Battlecast Prime Cho'Gath, the Battlecast most predisposed to combat. |
| 199 | * KillerRobot: All of the characters are fueled by their emotionless desire to eradicate anything biological. |
| 200 | * LaResistance: There exists a human uprising against these mecha monstrosities led by Jayce, joined by Illaoi, Caitlyn, and others. |
| 201 | * MadScientist: |
| 202 | ** Creator Viktor, who made all of the Battlecast skins, finally achieving his Glorious Evolution. |
| 203 | ** Battlecast Vel'Koz is supposed to be a supplementary to Viktor, an artificial version of this trope that analyzes enemies and marks them for Skarner to apprehend. |
| 204 | * {{Necromancer}}: Yorick is one for [[NonHumanUndead fallen machines]], able to command the souls trapped inside their twisted metal husks to fight the rest of Battlecast, hopefully to free them all from their machine prisons. |
| 205 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Noticeably different from other Hextech, distinguished by their dark metal frames, glowing red lights, and the black smoke coming from their exhaust pipes. |
| 206 | * RobotSoldier: Battlecast Urgot is supposed to be a template for these, but he's the only one of his kind so far. |
| 207 | * SuperPrototype: Battlecast Alpha Skarner. He's the first of Viktor's army, and he is perhaps the only one not expressly designed only to kill; instead, he incapacitates them (Perhaps dismembering them with his chainsaws) before dragging them to Viktor to be experimented on. This is emphasized by Skarner's ultimate ability which drags enemies along with him. It's also shown by his appearance seeming more 'dated', but the 'Super' part is emphasized by his VO being more advanced, which the others often are. |
| 208 | --> '''Skarner''', when ulting: [[https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/6/63/SkarnerBattlecastAlpha.R3.ogg/revision/latest?cb=20141105025247 YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN.]] |
| 209 | * UnwillingRoboticisation: Unlike canon!Viktor's current iteration, Creator Viktor's Glorious Evolution is ''not'' voluntary. Illaoi was the subject of a failed conversion, and she uses her newfound powers to fight alongside the rest of the human resistance. Yorick was also a failed conversion subject who has the ability to commune with the souls trapped in Viktor's machinery -- [[AndIMustScream don't think too hard about that]]. |
| 210 | [[/folder]] |
| 211 | |
| 212 | [[folder:Be Mine]] |
| 213 | A theme of skins released for Valentine's Day, the Heartseekers are from a world where love is always in the air, romance is king, and the champions are fashionably decked out and ready for adventure [[BreadMilkEggsSquick and bloodshed]]. |
| 214 | ->'''Champions in the line''': (Heartseeker) Ashe, Jinx, Lucian, Orianna, Quinn, Varus, Vayne, Yuumi, (Heartbreaker) Vi, (Heartpiercer) Fiora, (Sweetheart) Annie, Rakan, Sona, Xayah, (Lovestruck) Ezreal, Lux |
| 215 | ---- |
| 216 | * AdaptationalSexuality: Heartbreaker Vi and Heartpiercer Fiora are heavily implied to be in love while there is no indication of Fiora's sexuality either way in canon. |
| 217 | * BearsAreBadNews: While Sweetheart Annie is made of "sugar, spice, and everything nice," Tibbers is still made of the insatiable hunger of a shadow bear. [[{{Bathos}} And fire-resistant cotton]]. He's still probably good for a [[BearHug hug]] (but only one). |
| 218 | * ButchLesbian: Within the confines of the general aesthetic, which is dominated by pink, Heartbreaker Vi is the most butch of them: her outfit is more of a jacket with some waist hangings than the dress-like garments worn by most of the others; alone of everyone in the theme, she's wearing actual armour; her hair is pretty short; and while she isn't exactly ''devoid'' of pink, she offsets it with a lot of purple. Admittedly she's still covered in hearts, but someone tried, at least. |
| 219 | * CreepyDoll: Orianna is still seen by others as [[UncannyValley creepy and unnatural]], despite her simply wanting to help those with broken hearts and dance for them. Heartseeker Orianna actually has the most natural-looking face of all of her skins; it's when you see her clockwork movements actually in motion where things really fall apart. |
| 220 | ** Interestingly, her splash art implies she actually is a doll-sized cake-topper, with the real Orianna's hand for scale. |
| 221 | * CupidsArrow: The general design aesthetic for most of the bow-wielding champions Ashe, Varus, and Vayne, with Heartseeker Varus especially looking like a traditional [[TheMatchmaker matchmaking]] "Cupid" himself. According to Quinn's skin description, the Heartseekers' weapons are designed to channel their target's inner romantic, but [[LethalJokeWeapon still function as actual weapons designed to inflict pain]]. |
| 222 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: |
| 223 | ** Heartseeker Vayne's splash art implies that [[AbhorrentAdmirer Dr. Mundo]] asked her for a date, to which she responded to [[TalkToTheFist with an arrow to the back]]. |
| 224 | ** Heartseeker Ashe's full splash art features a lovestruck, yet otherwise normal [[ArrangedMarriage Tryndamere]] in the background. |
| 225 | * GoodIsNotSoft: The goal of the Heartseekers is to help those overcome negative emotions of grief and instilling feelings of romance as Valentine's Day approaches. They do so using arrows, bullets, and other typically violent types of magic. Hey, LoveHurts. |
| 226 | * LadykillerInLove: Female version. Heartbreaker Vi has left a trail of broken hearts[[note]]and occasionally bodies[[/note]] in her wake, but the splash art and flavour text strongly imply that she's fallen ''hard'' for Heartpiercer Fiora. |
| 227 | * LoveGoddess: All of the Heartseekers appear to be based on this, most of them are described as searching to fill the world with love... [[CupidsArrow using projectile weapons]]. Heartseeker Ashe, their leader, is the self-described "Queen of Hearts", who can't stand to see agony and grief as the season of love approaches. |
| 228 | * SharpDressedMan: Heartseeker Lucian gets a dashing red/white suit, ready to sweep you off your feet, preferably at a dinner by lantern light. |
| 229 | [[/folder]] |
| 230 | |
| 231 | [[folder:Bees!]] |
| 232 | |
| 233 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/malzahar_beezaharskin.jpg]] |
| 234 | |
| 235 | Buzz buzz. |
| 236 | ->'''Champions in this line''': Blitzcrank, Heimerdinger, Kog'Maw, Malzahar, Nunu & Willump, Orianna, Singed, Teemo, Veigar, Vel'Koz, Yuumi, Ziggs |
| 237 | ---- |
| 238 | * AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Singed is this in Beezahar's splash art. |
| 239 | * BeeAfraid: The whole schtick of the skinline. |
| 240 | * HumanoidAbomination: Singed might seem like the odd one out as the only human in the line, but his recall animation [[ItMakesAsMuchSenseInContext reveals a large bee is actually controlling his body.]] |
| 241 | [[/folder]] |
| 242 | |
| 243 | [[folder:Blood Moon (Moons of Ionia)]] |
| 244 | Ionia is a strange place in Runeterra, filled with magic. Once a year, it's host to the Blood Moon, a night where the moon is crimson and demons roam freely throughout the mortal world. These masked demons, the Cultists of the Blood Moon, have little purpose beyond shedding as much blood as they can for the dark harvest. |
| 245 | ->'''Champions in this line''': (Blood Moon) Aatrox, Akali, Diana, Elise, Evelynn, Fiddlesticks, Jhin, Kalista, Katarina, Kennen, Master Yi, Pyke, Shen, Sivir, Talon, Thresh, Tryndamere, Twisted Fate, Yasuo, Zed, Zilean, Zyra, (Snow Moon) Ahri, Caitlyn, Illaoi, Kayn, Morgana, Varus |
| 246 | ---- |
| 247 | * AdaptationalVillainy: No matter their alignment in canon, every champion in the line is amoral at best, with most being openly evil. |
| 248 | * CoolMask: Nearly every champion in the line gets a cool mask inspired by Japanese {{Oni}}. [[MaskOfPower They're also cursed]]. Even though Akali doesn't wear one on her face, she still keeps one pushed up on her head. |
| 249 | * DemonicPossession: The indoctrination of normal humans into the Blood Moon cult is depicted as a combination of this and TheCorruption, with cultist rituals merging the demonic powers of the Blood Moon into human vessels. |
| 250 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the original lore, Shen and Akali weren't actually Blood Moon demons themselves, but actors in a play that depicted the Blood Moon festival. Both were eventually redesigned with their overall respective [=VGUs=] to better fit the theme. |
| 251 | * HungryWeapon: Blood Moon Yasuo, Sivir, and Aatrox have weapons that crave blood and influence their wielders' minds toward violence so they can drink their fill. Apparently Yasuo and Aatrox didn't need much of a push. |
| 252 | * {{Lunacy}}: These champions represent demons released by the Ionian Blood Moon. |
| 253 | * MadArtist: Jhin is depicted as a "Blood Calligrapher" demon who paints with his gun. His spell effects are themed after paint, and he makes his victims explode in a shower of ink. |
| 254 | * OccultBlueEyes: Many champions in this line have glowing blue eyes behind their masks, though others have [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red]] or even [[PurpleIsPowerful purple]]. |
| 255 | * ShipTease: Blood Moon Evelynn is still described as a seduction demon, and [[http://www.leagueoflegends.co.kr/upload/EditorImages/20180420112526_NKfkPcME.jpg in her splash art]], she's holding the hands of what appears to be [[https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Wy9vHnb7aK4/WIe2gLUsdEI/AAAAAAAAcpA/3KXp4rWE-54zLgahUwfPFHPu-GoJZ2v0ACLcB/s1600/TwistedFate_Splash_10.jpg Blood Moon Twisted Fate]] (note the roped armguards), referencing their (now non-canon) ship in the normal timeline. |
| 256 | * TheTrickster: Twisted Fate, the leader of the Blood Moon cult, is referred to as a Trickster Demon, one who deals death through his deck of cards with spirits trapped inside them. Despite the title, Ionians dispute whether he's actually a demon from the spirit world, or simply a mortal in a mask who has amassed great power. |
| 257 | * {{Wutai}}: These demons have their roots in Ionian legends. Outsiders like Blood Moon Elise, Kalista, and Thresh represent how Ionians see them. |
| 258 | [[/folder]] |
| 259 | |
| 260 | [[folder:Burning Tides]] |
| 261 | Bilgewater, one of the most infamous {{Wretched Hive}}s in all of Runeterra, is home to all sorts of unscrupulous outlaws and ruthless marauders trying to seize various opportunities of power, one with all sorts of local folklore and cutthroat culture. The skin line has two divisions: one representing Bilgewater champions with their canonical appearances at certain points in time, and another more loosely inspired by Bilgewater's nautical aesthetics and culture. |
| 262 | ->'''Champions in the canonical line''': (Captain) Gangplank, Miss Fortune, (Cutthroat) Graves, (Cutpurse) Twisted Fate\ |
| 263 | '''Champions in the alternate Bilgewater line''': (Sea Hunter) Aatrox, (Dark Waters) Diana, Vladimir, (Fiddle Me Timbers) Fiddlesticks, (Rogue Admiral) Garen, (Ironside) Malphite, (Bilgewater) Katarina, Swain, (Corsair) Quinn, (Bilgerat) Rumble, (Pirate) Ryze, (Buccaneer) Tristana, (Kingpin) Twitch |
| 264 | ---- |
| 265 | * TheCaptain: |
| 266 | ** Captain Gangplank represents Gangplank's appearance and personality prior to Miss Fortune's assassination attempt on his life. |
| 267 | ** Captain Fortune represents Miss Fortune in present actuality, when she's commanding her ship and not keeping up a flirtatious and cordial visage. |
| 268 | * CoolShip: Ironside Malphite is a giant golem of wood and steel built from the hull of a legendary gunship. |
| 269 | * DefectorFromDecadence: |
| 270 | ** In the non-canon Bilgewater, [[FourStarBadass Admiral]] Garen is apparently no longer a part of Demacia, becoming a ruthless adversary in the process. He frequently [[DecapitationPresentation sends back the heads]] of those who challenge him back to Demacian naval authorities. |
| 271 | ** According to its skin description, Bilgewater Swain represents him if he were to become tired of his rule in Noxus, instead taking to the seas around Bilgewater for plunder and souls on his flagship, the Beatrice. |
| 272 | * TheFundamentalist: The local religion surrounding Nagakabouros ([[IHaveManyNames also known as]] Mother Serpent, The Bearded Lady, and more) shows up as the basis for Dark Waters Diana, once an extremist for the Order of the Mother Serpent, now a mercenary for her unnamed employer. |
| 273 | * HotterAndSexier: Swain in Burning Tides is depicted as a [[WalkingShirtlessScene younger shirtless man]] with plenty of muscle. |
| 274 | * HunterOfMonsters: Bilgewater is filled with hunters test their luck trying to fight the various local {{Sea Monster}}s for profit, but Sea Hunter Aatrox is considered among the best monster [[BountyHunter bounty hunters]] in the business, despite resembling a threatening [[FishPeople fish man]] himself. |
| 275 | * {{Pirate}}: Gangplank, Miss Fortune, Graves, and Twisted Fate are/were canonically pirates, but most of the other champions get additional non-canon makeovers to get in on the action. |
| 276 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Cutpurse Twisted Fate and Cutthroat Graves (representing their younger selves as members of Gangplank's crew) share a splash, with both of their skin blurbs listing them as bumbling mercenary partners for hire. |
| 277 | * WoodenShipsAndIronMen: Bilgewater is heavily inspired by this style, so naturally, all of its skins take at least some inspiration from it. |
| 278 | [[/folder]] |
| 279 | |
| 280 | [[folder:Chaos and Order]] |
| 281 | |
| 282 | ->''From nothing, there will always come two.'' |
| 283 | \ |
| 284 | Since the dawn of time, the forces of chaos and order have been fighting for dominance, never having a resolution. But now, with their greatest fighters entering the battlefield, this is finally bound to change.\ |
| 285 | \ |
| 286 | Originally, the line served as the basis for the Vs. Event, manifest in 2017 as "Order Vs. Chaos" and 2018 as "Battle of the God-Kings". Completing missions during the event for either Order or Chaos would grant rewards while also boosting the power of their side, with players on the winning side gaining another bonus. Chaos won both events. From 2019 onwards, the line split into the conflict between the Nightbringers and Dawnbringers, descendants of the original Order and Chaos. |
| 287 | |
| 288 | ->'''Champions in this line''': (Dawnbringer) Akshan[[superscript:WR]], Draven[[superscript:WR]], Karma, Morgana, Nidalee, Renekton, Riven, Soraka, Vayne, Vex, Yone, (Nightbringer) Aphelios, Kayn, Jarvan IV, Lee Sin, Lillia, Nasus, Soraka, Tryndamere, Vladimir, Yasuo, (God-King) Darius, Garen |
| 289 | ---- |
| 290 | * AdaptationalHeroism: Insofar as [[GreyAndGrayMorality the Dawnbringers can represent "heroism"]], but among the bright, vaguely angelic warriors of order include Vex (a self-centered and perpetually bored EmoTeen), and Rhaast (a destructive OmnicidalManiac). |
| 291 | * AdaptationalVillainy: On [[GreyAndGrayMorality the opposite-ish end]], among the Nightbringers of chaos are Lee Sin (a WarriorMonk who seeks bringing peace to Ionia), Lillia (a bashful agent of bringing peaceful dreams), and one incarnation of Soraka (who even in this line fluctuates between a Dawnbringer identity). |
| 292 | * AnimalMotifs: Darius is associated with wolves, and Garen with lions. |
| 293 | * AnthropomorphicPersonification: Nightbringer Yasuo and Dawnbringer Riven are personifications of Chaos and Order, respectively. The God-Kings refer to them as "honored ancestors" should they happen to meet on the Rift. |
| 294 | * BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Shared by both sides. |
| 295 | --> '''Riven[=/=]Yasuo''': There is no grey. Only light and dark. |
| 296 | * BothOrderAndChaosAreDangerous: Regardless of whether Dawnbringer Riven is "good" and Nightbringer Yasuo is "evil," they're both frighteningly single-minded about their cause. It's clear that unfettered Chaos ''or'' Order would be bad for the rest of the world. |
| 297 | ** It's explicitly pointed out that both God-Kings' view of the perfect world would have serious downsides. God-King Garen's world is peaceful and prosperous, but mostly in the ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'' sense where [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill free will is nonexistent]], while God-King Darius offers freedom from all oppressors... in a world of ForeverWar that resembles ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' at its most grimdark. |
| 298 | * BothSidesHaveAPoint: Both Order and Chaos may be dangerous, but they also each have something legitimate to offer. |
| 299 | * BroughtDownToNormal: Of a sort. It's unclear what happened in the interim, but while Riven and Yasuo are [[AnthropomorphicPersonification cosmic entities]], Garen and Darius, their far-flung descendants, have become mortal to a degree. |
| 300 | * DarkerAndEdgier: Nightbringer Yasuo, not only in appearance (even when compared to Blood Moon Yasuo, which is quite demonic on its own), but also in his voicelines. And in the same vein, God King Darius. |
| 301 | * TheDarkSide: Nightbringer Yasuo, when he jokes, [[PlayedForLaughs makes a reference to this]]. |
| 302 | --> '''Yasuo''': Come to the dark side. We have sugared confections. |
| 303 | * DeathOfTheOldGods: At some point between Yasuo and Riven's clash and the age of the God-Kings. Dawnbringer Soraka has several lines about how the gods are in their last days, which she does not necessarily see as a bad thing. |
| 304 | * EvilMakesYouMonstrous: |
| 305 | ** Nightbringer Yasuo, though calling him "evil" is a little sketchy. Getting his Steel Tempest's stacks makes him even more demonic, until he either loses or consumes the stacks. |
| 306 | ** Interestingly enough, this also applies to Dawnbringer Riven (who, likewise, isn't truly evil or good)-- her SuperMode changes her appearance, making her less human-looking. |
| 307 | * FemaleAngelMaleDemon: Dawnbringer Riven and Nightbringer Yasuo, respectively. Averted with the God-Kings, who are both male. |
| 308 | * GreyAndGrayMorality: While they certainly have the ''aesthetics'' of good vs. evil, it's actually OrderVersusChaos, and BothSidesHaveAPoint. Out of universe, this was done so players don't feel pressured into supporting the "good" or "evil" side. |
| 309 | * LightEmUp: Dawnbringer Riven and God-King Garen, existing right in between LightIsGood and LightIsNotGood. |
| 310 | * MirrorCharacter: A recurring trend with the opposing duos is playing off their already-prominent similarities to the max. They're given similar (if not exact) voice lines, both having an urge to kill the other at the cost of everything else, and the champions chosen even have similar gameplay dynamics: Riven and Yasuo being manaless [[LightningBruiser skirmishers]] with [[RuleOfThree 3-hit Q's]] and high mobility, and Garen and Darius being [[MightyGlacier mighty juggernauts]] with prominent {{Spin Attack}}s and FinishingMove ultimates. |
| 311 | * MotiveDecay: The God Kings are the last descendants of the original Nightbringer Yasuo and Dawnbringer Riven, but have twisted their ancestors' motives to fit their own personal, mortal needs. |
| 312 | * MsFanservice: Dawnbringer Riven, BIG time. While she was always pretty in [[UnkemptBeauty her own way]] in her base skin, [[FanservicePack this skin pulls out all stops]]. She's [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure bustier and curvier]], there's quite an empashis on her legs, [[MaleGaze ass and hips]] with her stance, there's quite the [[CleavageWindow cleavage]] on her shirt below her armor, and both her shirt and armor don't [[SexyBacklessOutfit cover her back]]. |
| 313 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Both God Kings, despite being well, [[GodEmperor them]], all their non-taunt emotes are just them screwing around with their pets. |
| 314 | * OrderVersusChaos: Order is represented by Dawnbringer Riven and God King Garen, while Chaos is represented by Nightbringer Yasuo and God King Darius. |
| 315 | * PlayingWithFire[=/=]HellFire: Nightbringer Yasuo. |
| 316 | * PowerEchoes: Dawnbringer Riven, when she ults. |
| 317 | * PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep[=/=]EvilSoundsDeep: Nightbringer Yasuo, even when he already had a deep voice in his base skin, even though calling him "evil" is a stretch. Notably, when he ults, his voice gets even deeper, turning completely demonic. |
| 318 | * ShipTease: There's quite a bit between Riven and Yasuo, which is, at the same time, ironic considering the champions themselves[[note]]Riven accidentally committed the crime Yasuo was blamed for[[/note]], but also certainly a nod towards those who ship them anyway. They can hear each other in their minds, many of their voicelines are exactly the same (or very, very similar), and also, in both the endings to the comic, they share quite [[HeldGaze the]] [[AntagonistInMourning moment]] before they end. |
| 319 | * SpinAttack: Dawnbringer Riven's third Q is a vertical version. Nightbringer Yasuo obviously still has this from his base skin, also. |
| 320 | * SuperMode: Dawnbringer Riven's ult. Just like her base skin, it makes her sword larger, but in this skin, her appearance also changes, becoming [[GoldenSuperMode all golden]] and vaguely fish-like, for some reason. |
| 321 | * VictoryIsBoring: Yasuo isn't happy to win since victory is an ending, and any ending is more in line with Order than Chaos. He's even more surprised to find himself ''becoming'' the new Order. |
| 322 | * WarriorPoet: Yasuo and Riven both quote lines from poems by Lord Byron when they kill each other. |
| 323 | * YinYangBomb: Following the original battle between the primordial Yasuo and Riven, their descendants have become a lot blurrier in terms of whether they fit on the side of order and chaos: |
| 324 | ** Soraka has both a Dawnbringer and Nightbringer skin, representing how in the storyline, she was created after Riven and Yasuo consumed one another, with [[SchrodingersCanon equally valid canon]] pointing to how she ended up embracing order in the name of combating chaos, or vice versa. |
| 325 | ** While Aphelios is a Nightbringer, his [[TheDividual accompanying spirit]] Alune is a Dawnbringer, and both of them [[{{Elopement}} have generally abandoned their posts to be together]], creating a darkness that will shine through the endless war of the divine. |
| 326 | ** Kayn and Rhaast respectively represent chaos and order, and [[KingmakerScenario based on how they end up in gameplay]], one of them ends up becoming the dominant force. This is an ironic twist to how their dynamic usually is with skins; Kayn is usually [[PragmaticVillainy a sneaky, pragmatic villain]] while Rhaast is [[OmnicidalManiac the flagrantly destructive force]], but here, the roles are reversed. |
| 327 | ** Yone -- while labelled a Dawnbringer -- is not only a child from order and chaos, but also [[SemiDivine of god and man]], one who dual-wields a blade of the dawn and a blade of the night. |
| 328 | --->'''Yone''': Order and chaos, dawn and dusk... I am neither. I am both. |
| 329 | * YouKillItYouBoughtIt: [[GameplayAndStorySegregation Obviously not in game]], but when they kill each other in the endings to the comic, Chaos finds himself tamed by Order and Order realizes she has been corrupted by Chaos. |
| 330 | [[/folder]] |
| 331 | |
| 332 | [[folder:Cops and Robbers]] |
| 333 | Step aside, criminals, because there's new lawbringers roaming the streets! Taking place in an alternate Piltover, this theme contains modernized police and riot officers, robbers, the mafia, and secret agents.\ |
| 334 | \ |
| 335 | The line is featured in the Riot-endorsed fan-made webcomic, "Punches and Plants: A Piltover Police Story", currently with [[https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/page/punches-and-plants two]] [[https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/page/punches-and-plants-piltover-police-story-2 seasons]]. |
| 336 | ->'''Champions in the General Cops and Robbers line''': (Officer) Caitlyn, Vi, (Constable) Trundle, (Captain) Volibear, (Safecracker) Evelynn, (Pickpocket) Twitch\ |
| 337 | '''Champions in the Riot line''': (Riot) Blitzcrank, Graves, Kayle, (Riot K-9) Nasus, (Riot Squad) Singed, (Riot Girl) Tristana\ |
| 338 | '''Champions in the Secret Agent line''': (Secret Agent) Miss Fortune, Xin Zhao |
| 339 | ---- |
| 340 | * BlatantBurglar: Pickpocket Twitch, complete with the typical black flatcap, DominoMask, shirt, and a ThiefBag. For bonus points, his [[YouDirtyRat rat-based]] design is swapped out for a [[RascallyRaccoon raccoon-based]] one. |
| 341 | * BuddyCopShow: "Punches and Plants" primarily focuses on the escapades of Officer Vi and Zyra (Vi's usual [[BashBrothers partner-in-crimefighting Caitlyn]] now being their superior officer) and their quest to foil the gang's sword-stealing schemes. |
| 342 | * CanonForeigner: Within the comic, Zyra becomes one of the main characters despite not having a representative skin in the official line. Quinn, Lucian, and Ziggs have also become a part of the force. |
| 343 | * CoolBike: Officer Vi is sitting on a spiffy police motorbike in her splash. |
| 344 | * CoolShades: A featured in nearly all the Officers and Riot Police skins sans Tristana (Vi also has them, but she keeps them on her head). Safecracker Evelynn also gets some stylish red-tinted glasses. |
| 345 | * DonutMessWithACop: |
| 346 | ** Officer Vi is munching on a donut in her splash, with [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Caitlyn standing in the background, having just gotten a box for more]]. |
| 347 | ** [[https://oce.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/store/sales/heist-begins-double-ip-weekend Captain Volibear and Constable Trundle's promotional article]] states that they're on the case to find the thieves responsible for a vault robbery, and have "promised to have these thieves thrown in the slammer [[BaitAndSwitch just as soon as they finish their donuts]]. [[SkewedPriorities And find them]]. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint That's important, too.]]" |
| 348 | * {{Fanservice}}: Officer Caitlyn and Vi are depicted as being ''[[FairCop much]]'' [[FairCop more attractive than their default outfits]], especially with the former's much more scantily-clad, midriff-barring outfit. |
| 349 | * LawmanBaton: Constable Trundle, Riot Kayle, and Riot K-9 Nasus trade in their weapons for giant nightsticks, with Kayle's being ''electrified''. |
| 350 | * TheMole: Early in the comic, Twitch reveals during interrogation that the elusive "MG" is someone in their own force. Vi and Zyra's initial suspicion is '''M'''alcolm '''G'''raves, [[RedHerring but that quickly turns out to be a dud]]. [[spoiler:It's actually [[BrainwashedAndCrazy a tampered]] Blitzcrank going by the name "'''M'''ega '''G'''oatee." At the very end, [[TheMole Miss Fortune is also revealed to have been an agent for the cops]]]]. |
| 351 | * MyLittlePanzer: How is "MG" stopped at the end of the first series? With an {{EMP}}-generating, limited-edition "Hacker" Poro keychain, which is also revealed to be able to [[BrainwashedAndCrazy tamper and hack into robots]]. This is followed up on in Series 2, with Vi and Zyra investigating why they can do this, especially since their developer, Hextech Annie, denies them being anything more than simple keychains. [[spoiler:She's lying]]. |
| 352 | * PoliceAreUseless: |
| 353 | ** Volibear and Trundle are... not that great at their jobs, despite respectively being a captain and constable. Their attempts to find the robbers result in them staking out the completely wrong address, accidentally wiretapping themselves, and trying to tail suspicious individuals ''while in full uniform''. They only manage to catch Twitch and Evelynn after ''accidentally'' dropping a pink ward during hide and seek that managed to detect them... only to get distracted while collecting their loot, [[HereWeGoAgain allowing their suspects to escape under their noses]]. |
| 354 | ** In the comic, Vi and Zyra seem to be the only officers doing actual investigative work, with everyone else on the force being depicted as passive or goofing off. [[SubvertedTrope They do, however, spring into action when a dangerous crisis breaks out]]. |
| 355 | * PrinceAndPauper: In the comic, Jinx and ''Queen Ashe'' swap identities for a night during a Freljord museum exhibition, allowing Ashe to take some time off. Apparently, [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter she didn't consider what Jinx would end up doing]] [[StuffBlowingUp once she was in the museum in her place]]. |
| 356 | * RuleOfCool[=/=]RuleOfFunny: While every skin uses one of these, the base Officer skin line relies on typical action movie tropes, police stereotypes, and {{Fanservice}} as opposed to the more serious Riot Police line. |
| 357 | * SpyCatsuit: Safecracker Evelynn is [[TheVamp Evelynn]] as a burglar, so no surprises here. |
| 358 | * SWATTeam: The Riot line is equipped with fancy riot control gear. |
| 359 | * TuxedoAndMartini: The Secret Agent skins are based on this style of SpyFiction, with Miss Fortune getting a classy [[TheChanteuse lounge singer]]/FemmeFatale makeover, and Xin Zhao getting [[BadassInANiceSuit a badass suit]] and Mark VII "utili-spear" (which is equipped with communication and palmprint ID tech, lockpicks, and gank-coordinators, is somehow capable of folding up into a suitcase, [[BoringButPractical but is mostly used for stabbing]]). |
| 360 | * UnflinchingWalk: |
| 361 | ** Captain Volibear and Constable Trundle are walking away from a massive explosion in their splash. |
| 362 | ** The final panel of the first season has Vi and Zyra heading off the scene [[InvokedTrope by setting off one of Jinx's leftover mines]] [[PlayedForLaughs as the rest of the force gets caught in the explosion]]. [[RuleOfCool Shades included]]. |
| 363 | --->'''Zyra''': Where did the sun go?\ |
| 364 | '''Vi''': Just keep walking. |
| 365 | [[/folder]] |
| 366 | |
| 367 | [[folder:Crime City (Nightmare)]] |
| 368 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/twisted_fate_crimecitynightmareskin.jpg]] |
| 369 | |
| 370 | In a city where drink is cheap and life is cheaper, eldritch horrors lurk in the shadows, preying upon mankind's greed and envy. Backroom black markets have given rise to Elixirs, a valuable magical export who production spells money and influence should any gang find a way to corner the market. Vying for control with the help of twisted unearthly terrors, enforcers, mob bosses, and cronies alike invite unknowable corruption in for a chance at true power.\ |
| 371 | \ |
| 372 | Originally considered part of the "Cops and Robbers" line, "Crime City" has since diverged into its own branching skin universe with the introduction of "Crime City Nightmare" in 2021, as well as the reimagined "Debonair" line in the same year. |
| 373 | ->'''Champions in the Crime City line''': (Crime City) Braum, Graves, Jinx, Miss Fortune, Twitch, (Gragas Esq.) Gragas, (Knockout) Lee Sin\ |
| 374 | '''Champions in the Crime City Nightmare line''': (Crime City Nightmare) Akali, Darius, Shaco, Twisted Fate, Zyra\ |
| 375 | '''Champions in the Debonair line''': (Debonair) Brand, Draven, Ezreal, Galio, [=LeBlanc=], Leona, Malzahar, Master Yi, Vi, Zed |
| 376 | ---- |
| 377 | * AmoralAttorney: Gragas Esq., who's managed to divert the police and court personnel from the [[MobWar gang wars]] [[DirtyCop by paying them off and offering them the finest prohibited goods he has access to]]. |
| 378 | * BadassInANiceSuit: Debonair consists of very glamorous, magically-tinged modern-day aristocrats, decked out in white and silver suits (even [[TheLadette Vi]] gets one). |
| 379 | -->'''Zed''': ''(killing an enemy)'' I destroyed you, and looked fantastic doing it. |
| 380 | * BodyguardingABadass: |
| 381 | ** All of the respective Crime City faction leaders are badasses in their own rights, and each come with their own badass crews, each having at least one member wielding the dark powers of The Beyond. |
| 382 | ** Malzahar is a longtime associate of [=LeBlanc=] from her days in Crime City. Despite presently acting as her "mover and shaker", he too has his own powers to fight with, and has... "outside" business partners with interests to arrange for. |
| 383 | * {{Bowdlerise}}: Several of the Crime City skins were originally called [[TheMafia "Mafia"]] skins, but while the aesthetic inspirations still remain, the actual term was phased out due to requests of cultural sensitivity from Italian players. |
| 384 | * BoxingBattler: Knockout Lee Sin made a name for himself in the underground circuit, now serving as a [[HiredGuns "problem-solver"]] to the kingpins in need with money to spare. |
| 385 | * TheCorruption: With the arrival of [[MysteriousBacker The Mysterious Gentleman]], several fighters in Crime City have become empowered the dark forces of The Beyond. While this definitely makes them stronger, [[HumanoidAbomination it's also visibly worn away at their humanity and made them into horrifying monsters]]. |
| 386 | * DealWithTheDevil: The Mysterious Gentleman has appeared before several members of Crime City, offering them the powers of the horrors of the Beyond to complete their goals, and it appears he's only motivated by [[ForTheEvulz being able to sit back and watch them proceed to tear each other apart]]. |
| 387 | * HumanoidAbomination: |
| 388 | ** The Mysterious Gentleman (represented as Crime City Nightmare Twisted Fate) is very clearly not a normal human being, despite his sharp-dressed appearance, honeyed words, and conman's grin. |
| 389 | ** Several champions tinged by eldritch magic or the effects of the Vitae (though they're implied to be of a similar source) are also visibly not entirely human ''[[EldritchTransformation anymore]]''. Zed is covered head-to-toe in a mask and [[BadassInANiceSuit heavily-armored suit]], and when he casts his ultimate, he transforms into a crazy tentacle shadow monster to pounce on his enemy. |
| 390 | --->'''Zed''': You know what they say: [[TroubleEntendre the suit makes the man]], [[AmbiguouslyHuman the man becomes something more]]. |
| 391 | ** Lady [=LeBlanc=] is also questioned to be not exactly normal, with a ubiquitous presence at not just every party at the Nox Vegas strip, but at virtually every city around the world at once. Many question ''who'' she really is, but Zed thinks the more pressing question is ''[[AmbiguouslyHuman what]]''. |
| 392 | * LaterInstallmentWeirdness: The line managed to do this twice over: "Crime City" spent the longest time burgeoning as a mundane [=1920's=] mafia-style theme, and "Debonair" was launched early on as a [[SharpDressedMan flashy]], but relatively modest and realistic series in its own right. 2021 reinvented and [[CanonWelding merged the series]] into a shared SoftReboot, introducing vastly more supernatural elements to both. |
| 393 | * MobWar: The driving plot of Crime City hinges around one of these, with three criminal factions fighting for control of the city, no matter what the cost. |
| 394 | ** The Graves Crime Family is led by Graves, and among the ranks are Akali as enforcer, Jinx as a hitwoman. Zyra formerly used to be a close associate with Graves and a skilled con artist, but she was tempted by the powers of the Beyond and is now striking out in her own way. |
| 395 | ** The Twitch Syndicate, led by Twitch, is one of the largest crime syndicates in the nation, once allied with the Graves Crime Family. It largely consists of rat-men (the only people that the deeply paranoid Twitch trusts), but Shaco is also among the ranks as a former courier who was empowered by eldritch corruption. |
| 396 | ** The Miss Fortune Cartel is the most recent new entry to the war, having destabilized the alliance between Graves and Twitch to cement Miss Fortune's own empire. Her cohorts include Braum as body man and Darius as bodyguard. |
| 397 | * NonIdleRich: Brand and Master Yi are massive and powerful business rivals, and when they aren't competing over chains of high end hotels, verbally sparring with each other at any gala that will tolerate them, they end up in straight-on battles that result in the tens of millions worth of property damage. |
| 398 | * PunchClockVillain: "Bank Vault" Braum serves as the already-capable Miss Fortune's "body man," but the fact he's [[SuperStrength able to rip out a maximum-security vault door with his bare hands]] does nothing to diminish of how gentlemanly he really is. He also comes with his own cadre of [[KillerRabbit gun-toting poros]]. |
| 399 | [[/folder]] |
| 400 | |
| 401 | [[folder:Culinary Masters]] |
| 402 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/culinarymasters.jpg]] |
| 403 | |
| 404 | This skin line depicts champions as masters of cuisine in the titular [[CookingShow cooking competition show]], each specializing in a different form of delicious delicacies that'll titillate your tastebuds. And if you don't like the food, they'll kill you. So there's that. |
| 405 | ->'''Champions in this line''': (Sashimi) Akali, (Birdio) Galio, (Barbecue) Leona, (Sinful Succulence) Morgana, (Butcher) Olaf, (Baker) Pantheon, (Pizza Delivery) Sivir, (Master Chef) Tahm Kench |
| 406 | ---- |
| 407 | * TheAce: If anyone proves they can be this as a pizza delivery girl, it's Sivir, deemed the fastest on the planet, winner of nine consecutive corporate awards, and having never recieved a single complaint since online reviews were invented. |
| 408 | * AscendedMeme: |
| 409 | ** Pantheon always wanted to be a baker since his release. Now he can be one! |
| 410 | ** Pizza Delivery Sivir is a concept going [[http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=351202&highlight=pizza+delivery+sivir all the way back from 2010]], [[http://www.surrenderat20.net/2013/09/pax-prime-monday-art-demo-pizza.html and it was officially teased in concept art in a 2013 PAX Prime panel]]. It's unclear what took them so long given the almost legendary memetic status it reached, [[SavedFromDevelopmentHell but it finally came to be in 2018]]. |
| 411 | * TheCameo: [[TheRival Pizza Delivery Sivir and Birdio]] are featured in each others' splash arts. In Birdio's splash, Academy Ahri is standing near their high-speed race, while Sivir's splash art features Surprise Party Amumu to the side, as well as [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Annie walking Pug'Maw in the background]]. |
| 412 | * ChefOfIron: Goes without saying, applying to pretty much everyone. |
| 413 | * CookingShow: The conceit of the line is inspired by such competition cooking shows like ''Series/MasterChef''. Most of the skin descriptions for the line are written in the style of a typical [[LargeHam hamtastic]] introduction for each of the champions. |
| 414 | * CoolBike: Pizza Delivery Sivir has a motorbike with her in every splash art she's in, and she also rides off with it in-game with her recall. |
| 415 | * EdibleBludgeon: Some of them use these. |
| 416 | * ExoticEntree: Tahm Kench is boiling writhing tentacles. And he has a poro in a cage, presumably to boil later. |
| 417 | * FoodFight: A number of them use food as weapons. |
| 418 | * GoofySuit: ''[[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RRc10-JqlHo/WqBZL5lIAJI/AAAAAAAA6sA/fqixjZmUbwQznhniq_S4ZJdu-OGo4BpQgCLcBGAs/s1600/23a01509cf966187.jpg Birdio]].'' Strangely enough, [[BunnyEarsLawyer he's actually a regional manager and salesman of the year of one of the world's largest chicken restaurants, and is quite proud of his work]]. |
| 419 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: Some characters use various kitchen items that could be plausibly dangerous, including Barbecue Leona's barbecue fork, but then others use literal food, such as Pantheon using a giant bread loaf for a shield. Some characters [[DualWielding do both]], with Butcher Olaf wielding both a meat tenderizer and an axe-shaped steak, and Sashimi Akali using an oversized sushi knife and a giant crab leg. |
| 420 | * LethalChef: All of them in the more literal sense, but Morgana is such an inept baker that the sole gingerbread man not burnt to a crisp on the tray has stood up and is making a run for it. |
| 421 | * TheRival: Birdio and Pizza Delivery Sivir have a well-documented viscious rivalry over who's the better employee for their respective companies. They can be seen racing against each other in their respective splash arts. |
| 422 | * SupremeChef: Implied by Master Chef Tahm Kench, the leader of the band. Although he does use some [[ExoticEntree unusual ingredients.]] |
| 423 | * ThisBananaIsArmed: Don't look at Butcher Olaf like that. He doesn't need a cleaver to chop you to pieces, he'll just use the steak. |
| 424 | [[/folder]] |
| 425 | |
| 426 | [[folder:Day Job]] |
| 427 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr_mundo_corporatemundoskin.jpg]] |
| 428 | |
| 429 | A loose series of alternate versions of champions, representing them if they were in some kind of casual day job. |
| 430 | ->'''Champions in this line''': (Matador) Alistar, (Boom Boom) Blitzcrank, (Corporate) Mundo, (Primetime) Draven, (Fisherman) Fizz, (Sailor) Gangplank, (Hazmat) Heimerdinger, (Forecast) Janna, (Angler) Jax, (Prestigious) [=LeBlanc=], (Lumberjack) Sion, (Firefighter) Tristana, (Lil' Slugger) Trundle, (Black Belt) Udyr, (Groovy) Zilean |
| 431 | ---- |
| 432 | * TheArtifact: |
| 433 | ** [[WeatherReport Forecast Janna's]] contains a minor one, [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall with one voice line expecting "a spawn of dragons every 6 minutes today."]] As of patch 8.23, dragon respawn times have been reduced to every 5 minutes. |
| 434 | ** [[BatterUp Lil' Slugger Trundle's title]] originated from before his visual overhaul, where he was much more of a PintSizedPowerhouse instead of a hulking brute. While you could go the IronicName route, his lore blurb rectified this by stating he joined a little league team after he was rejected from other minor/major leagues, [[BlatantLies which he got past by claiming he was only 13.]] |
| 435 | * BoxingBattler: Boom Boom Blitzcrank is styled after a boxer, complete with gloves to deliver a mean uppercut to those he gets his hands on. |
| 436 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: Corporate Mundo was used early on in the game's life to [[http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=2336703 announce various sales]], and as you can imagine, he's not particularity nice. Not only are his business practices pretty corrupt -- he once laid off a bunch of people from a company he acquired -- he also ''[[AxCrazy beat someone to death in the lobby]]''. [[BlackComedy Everyone just watched.]] |
| 437 | * GRatedStoner: Groovy Zilean has a... strange disposition from peering into the space-time continuum, and has taken up hobbies including hacky-sack, paying too much for pizza and tickets for awful music events, and running a New Age book store which is closed a lot of the time. |
| 438 | * LargeHamAnnouncer: Primetime Draven styles himself out of esports shoutcasters, [[BreakingTheFourthWall and actually casts himself for his in-game performance]]. |
| 439 | --> ''(casting Whirling Death)'' "Hashtag--[=DravenBigPlay=]!" |
| 440 | * MightyLumberjack: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Lumberjack Sion]]. [[ShoutOut He's a lumberjack]] [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus and he's okay]]. |
| 441 | * StageMagician: Prestigious [=LeBlanc=]. She's currently the subject of an international manhunt [[MagiciansAreWizards after she made a jet liner of passengers disappear and never brought them back]]. |
| 442 | * WeatherReport: Forecast Janna styles her after a weather reporter in both appearance and personality. [[ButForMeItWasTuesday Her being on the battlefield is just another day in the job]]. |
| 443 | --> ''"Five day forecast: sunshine, rainbows, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and bloodshed]]!"'' |
| 444 | [[/folder]] |
| 445 | |
| 446 | [[folder:Demonic]] |
| 447 | A skin line set in a hellish realm, detailing the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent various denizens]] that either serve in the underworld, or rule over it. |
| 448 | ->'''Champions in this line''': (Gatekeeper) Galio, (Little Devil) Fizz, Teemo, (Little Demon) Tristana, (Demon) Vi |
| 449 | ---- |
| 450 | * AscendedMeme: Little Devil Teemo is a huge reference to [[TheScrappy Teemo's longstanding reputation as]] [[FanNickname "Satan"]] [[ButtMonkey among the community]].[[invoked]] |
| 451 | * BigRedDevil: |
| 452 | ** He's ironically not that big, but Little Devil Teemo otherwise evokes the design to a tee, complete with horns, {{Hellfire}}, hooved feet, and a pitchfork. |
| 453 | ** Gatekeeper Galio, however, plays it straight as the one who judges all sinners and condemns them to their proper torment. Despite this, [[HorrifyingTheHorror he practically cowers in the presence of his master, Teemo.]] |
| 454 | * CanonWelding: With the Harrowing universe, as Little Devil Teemo's face can be seen in the cauldron smoke in Bewitching Morgana's splash art, and Little Demon Tristana is stated to have been a witch, implying she was once Bewitching Tristana. |
| 455 | * CirclesOfHell: Gatekeeper Galio condemns enemies to one of these, corresponding to their descriptions from ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''. |
| 456 | ** Minor not-really-sins like being naive (Poppy) and being "a weirdo tree hugger" (Ivern) get people into Circle One, which is for people who could not reach heaven on account of not being Christian, but were also not bad enough to deserve any of the other circles. |
| 457 | ** [[TheVamp Ahri]] gets Circle Two, which punishes {{Lust}}. |
| 458 | ** Graves gets Circle Three, whose [[CigarChomper smoking]] is punished as gluttony. He also considers [[EldritchAbomination Baron]] [[HorrorHunger Nashor]] as being worthy of the circle, and notes to [[DrunkenMaster Gragas]] that gluttons are punished with an eternity of eating themselves. |
| 459 | ** [[YouDirtyRat Twitch]] and his "sneaking around" gets Circle Four, which punishes {{greed}}. |
| 460 | ** [[BadassPreacher Illaoi]] gets Circle Six, which punishes heresy, aka worshiping false gods. |
| 461 | ** [[BloodKnight Kled]] gets put into Circle Seven, for violence against neighbors. Galio also jokingly calls it "[[DeadlyEuphemism a pool party]]" -- it's actually a river of boiling blood. |
| 462 | ** Circle Eight punishes fraud, with Garen getting a spot [[DisproportionateRetribution for wetting the bed and blaming it on Lux]], as well as [[SmugSuper Aurelion Sol]] for excessive {{pride}}. He also condemns nearby taunting enemies [[DeadpanSnarker for being "smartasses"]]. |
| 463 | ** Both Ashe and Sejuani get Circle Nine, which is reserved for traitors, respectively for "[letting] your mom die"[[note]]Technically, Grena sacrificed herself to save Ashe despite Ashe trying to save her. [[KickTheDog Ouch.]][[/note]] and committing {{Matricide}}. Interestingly, the circle's punishment involves being frozen in ice. |
| 464 | * CuteMonsterGirl: Demon Vi is more attractive than cute, but Little Demon Tristana is straight up adorable. Little Devil Teemo qualifies as a RareMaleExample. |
| 465 | * DemonLordsAndArchdevils: The inhabitants of Hell have varying ranks, which includes Dukes (Gatekeeper Galio), Queens (Little Demon Tristana), and Generals (Demon Vi), with Little Devil Teemo filling the role of {{Satan}}. |
| 466 | * DealWithTheDevil: A reoccurring theme in the descriptions is warning of the cost of summoning them. To wit: |
| 467 | ** Summoning Gatekeeper Galio often ends in tragedy as the several hundred foot tall demon refuses to shrink down for mortals. |
| 468 | ** Little Demon Tristana offers enticing contracts, but really desires to rain {{Hellfire}} upon the signatories, and the world. |
| 469 | ** Demon Vi will only heed the summoning of a worthy opponent, but will turn on them at some point. |
| 470 | * TheDreaded: Little Devil Teemo. |
| 471 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Little Demon Tristana. Implied to have started out as Bewitching Morgana's [[CuteKitten white cat]] before [[HumanityEnsues being magically transformed into a humanoid]] CatGirl as Bewitching Tristana, who would go on to become a queen of Hell, ruling over the twin Aspects of Ruin and Woe and commanding a vast army of lesser demons. |
| 472 | * {{Hellfire}}: Present throughout the line through descriptions, gameplay, or splash art. |
| 473 | * OurDemonsAreDifferent: The main theme of the line, mostly of the "red skinned and horned humanoid" variety, although Little Devil Teemo is closer to classic "goatman" depiction of {{Satan}}, albeit with a tail. |
| 474 | * PlayingWithFire: Be it in splash art or gameplay, every champion has fire, specifically {{Hellfire}}, as part of their devilish designs. |
| 475 | [[/folder]] |
| 476 | |
| 477 | [[folder:Dragon World]] |
| 478 | A coalition of powerful Fighters and Trackers, the Dragonslayers fight to protect the world from the terrors of dragonkind. Adorned in armor crafted from the remains of the dead beasts, they roam the world in an eternal hunt for the ultimate prey. Their weapons are imbued with the fiery magic that dragons command, and their end goal is to protect the innocent people and destroy the evil spellweavers who command the draconic forces. |
| 479 | ->'''Champions in this line''': (Dragonslayer) Braum, Diana, Jarvan IV, Kayle, Olaf, Pantheon, Trundle, Twitch, Vayne, Xin Zhao, (Dragon Guardian) Galio, (Dragon Trainer) Heimerdinger, Tristana, Lulu, (Dragon Knight) Mordekaiser, (Dragon Master) Swain, (Dragon Oracle) Udyr, (Dragon Sorceress) Zyra |
| 480 | ---- |
| 481 | * BadassTeacher: Dragon Trainer Heimerdinger treats his in-game performance as simple dragon training and/or light sparring, especially when up against other Dragon Trainers. [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Slaying Dragon Knight Mordekaiser, Dragon Master Swain, and/or Dragon Sorceress Zyra]] is just a happy bonus. |
| 482 | -->''(after a pentakill)'' "Excellent work, class! Today, everyone graduates!" |
| 483 | * TheBeastmaster: The Dragon Trainers are aware that dragons ''should'' be humanity's nemeses, but have found that they're still beings [[FluffyTamer that can be tamed in their youth]], and indeed, [[BefriendingTheEnemy can be]] [[ThePowerOfFriendship befriended]]. |
| 484 | * TheCorruption: Swain was formerly a Dragonslayer, but in a moment of hubris, he battled beneath the earth for the souls of ancient, long-dead wyrms, [[FaceHeelTurn only for them to overpower and corrupt him]]. |
| 485 | * DragonKnight: The broad theme of both [[TheDragonslayer the heroic Dragon Slayers]] and [[EvilSorcerer the evil Dragon Masters]], to the point where visually you might be hard pressed to identify who belongs to what side from looks alone. Dragonslayer Pantheon is the most ancient surviving knight from the world before the fires arrived, and yet he grows giant fiery wings himself while jumping with his ultimate. |
| 486 | * TheDragonslayer: The main theme. Most armor found on the Dragonslayers are made of the scales and bones of dead dragons. |
| 487 | -->'''Dragon Trainer Tristana''': [''gasp''] What are you wearing?! |
| 488 | * EasterEgg: In game, their auto attacks deal an additional 1 damage to the dragon. Not enough damage to actually make them OP compared to other skins, but a fun little interaction. |
| 489 | * EvilSorcerer: |
| 490 | ** Dragon Sorceress Zyra commands dragons instead of plants, with purple dragon eggs replacing her usual seeds. |
| 491 | ** Dragon Master Swain was formerly a great dragonslayer, but is now corrupted by the souls of the ancient wyrms, gaining powers as a slave to the monsters he once swore to destroy. |
| 492 | * FluffyTamer: The Dragon Trainers have newborn dragons to assist them, [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter and they are adorable]]. More specifically, Pix is now a dragon accompanying Lulu, Tristana ''[[EquippableAlly is equipped with]]'' a dragon named Riggle, and Heimerdinger is able to summon several, and always has one named Pythagoras [[HeadPet resting on his head]]. |
| 493 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: Swain actually wanted to use the powers of dragons against them, but became corrupted by it and became the Dragon Master he is. |
| 494 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: Heimerdinger has these by the boatload, [[FluffyTamer summoning newborn dragons]] to serve [[TheTurretMaster as turrets]], explosive eggs that stun enemies on impact, and for his auto-attacks, Pythagoras chucks up bones and drumsticks for Heimerdinger to hurl at their enemies. |
| 495 | * LastOfHisKind: While "modern" ones are still around, Pantheon is described as the last of the ancient dragonslayers, one of the heroes who fought back after dragon fire initially consumed the world. |
| 496 | * LighterAndSofter: Despite taking place in the same universe, the Dragon Tamer line is this to the Dragonslayer and Dragon Master line, which frames dragons as much more sympathetically, [[FluffyTamer as well as adorably]]. Compare the "[[https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/champions-skins/skin-preview/rise-dragonslayers Rise of the Dragonslayers]]" to the "[[http://www.surrenderat20.net/2015/11/skin-teaser-dragon-trainers-field-guide.html Dragon Trainer's Field Guide]]" passages and you'll spot the immediate tone differences. |
| 497 | * NaturalWeapon: Dragon Oracle Udyr invokes his draconic masters to grow claws or harden his fists with scales. |
| 498 | * PaperThinDisguise: Twitch is a lesser dragon who's trying to blend in among humans and pose as a dragonslayer himself. Considering that he looks like the cross between [[MixAndMatchCritters a serpentine lizard and a rat]], he's not the best at it. |
| 499 | * PlayingWithFire: The most elaborate ones feature fiery spell effects on their abilities. |
| 500 | * PowerGivesYouWings: Dragonslayer Pantheon gains giant, firey wings while using his ultimate. |
| 501 | * PurpleIsPowerful: Dragon Sorceress Zyra is purple in appearances, and her serpentine dragon minions are also purple, and spit purple flames. This is a contract to the heroic Dragonslayers, who all have normal fire on their abilities. |
| 502 | * {{Stripperific}}: Dragonslayer Vayne, whose armor has a CleavageWindow. |
| 503 | [[/folder]] |
| 504 | |
| 505 | [[folder:Eclipse]] |
| 506 | Long ago, an order of monastic knights slew the vile gods of the old world, using esoteric powers granted by the moon and sun. Now the world has grown dark and violent, as those selfsame deities prepare their return, challenged only by the light of the eclipse. |
| 507 | ->'''Champions in the Eclipse line''': (Sun-Eater) Aurelion Sol[[superscript:[=LoR=]]], Kayle, (Lunar Eclipse) Aatrox, Nilah[[superscript:[=LoR=]]], Senna, (Solar Eclipse) Sejuani, Sivir, (Solar Eclipse/Lunar Eclipse) Leona, (Eclipse Knight) Diana[[superscript:[=LoR=]]]\ |
| 508 | '''Champions in the Coven line''': (Coven) Ahri, Akali, Ashe, Camille, Cassiopeia, Elise, Evelynn, Janna[[superscript:[=LoR=]]], [=LeBlanc=], Lissandra, Morgana, Nami, Nilah, Syndra, Zyra, (Old God) Ivern, Malphite, Mordekaiser, Nocturne, Warwick, (Thousand Pierced Bear) Volibear\ |
| 509 | '''Champions in the Elderwood line''': (Elderwood) Ahri, Azir, Bard, Gnar, Hecarim, Karthus, [=LeBlanc=], Ornn, Rakan, Rek'Sai, Veigar, Wukong, Xayah, (Dryad) Soraka, (Emerald) Taric\ |
| 510 | '''Champions in the Death Blossom line''': (Death Blossom) Elise, Kha'Zix |
| 511 | ---- |
| 512 | * AdaptationalHeroism: Hecarim goes from being a ghastly slaughterer who swarms the world with the Black Mist in tow to being [[NatureSpirit a stalwart guardian of the forest]]. |
| 513 | * AdaptationalSexuality: Before Riot finally ascended the subtext in the canon main universe, this line's versions of Leona and Diana were confirmed to be lovers a couple of years earlier, with Coven Morgana having taunts for both of them about the other being doomed to perish. |
| 514 | * AnimalMotifs: Each Old God takes a form evoking some kind of mystical animal. Even if they have yet to be properly represented in the game, most [[WickedWitch members of the Coven]] has one as their patron, informing some of their design: |
| 515 | ** Ahri serves the Half-Light Jackal (the very first instance of [[AsianFoxSpirit Ahri]] being depicted with a motif different than foxes). |
| 516 | ** Ashe serves [[GruesomeGoat the Jet Black Ibex]], aka Old God Malphite. |
| 517 | ** Camille serves [[GruesomeGoat the Ebony Ram]]. |
| 518 | ** Cassiopeia serves [[SnakesAreSinister the Silver Cobra]] (though Evelynn calls her [[TaxonomicTermConfusion a "viper" instead]]). |
| 519 | ** Elise is a witch reborn as an [[SpidersAreScary Arachnid]] half-god half witch |
| 520 | ** Evelynn is ''the daughter of'' [[FeatheredFiend the Great Harrier]]. |
| 521 | ** Janna serves [[BearsAreBadNews Volibear]] |
| 522 | ** [=LeBlanc=] serves [[FeatheredFiend the Black Crane]]. |
| 523 | ** Lissandra serves [[TheMarvelousDeer the Ivory Stag]]. |
| 524 | ** Morgana serves [[OminousOwl the Ashen Owl]]. |
| 525 | ** Nami serves [[KrakenAndLeviathan The Leviathan]]. |
| 526 | ** Nilah serves and later betrays [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul Ashlesh]]. |
| 527 | ** Syndra serves [[AnimatedArmor Mordekaiser]], who was also named the [[HornedHumanoid Horned King]]. |
| 528 | ** Zyra serves [[FeatheredFiend the Night Dove]]. |
| 529 | ** Warwick is an Old God once simply known as [[SavageWolves Father Wolf]]. |
| 530 | * TheAssimilator: [[TheFairFolk A wood nymph known as Elderwood Ahri]] and [[TheFairFolk A sylvan known as Elderwood LeBlanc]] both "stole" the Coven Witches' appearance,magic, and name (Ahri was spared but Leblanc is killed and has been resurrected afterward by her [[EldritchAbomination gods]]), Leblanc after her resurrection is revealed to be the new vessel for the Black Crane, which will soon take over her, Zyra also follows suit with the Night Dove in her prestige skin. |
| 531 | * CanonWelding: [[https://twitter.com/notquitefrodo/status/1059937795228270593 According to Word of God]], the Omen of the Dark universe is in-universe fiction within this universe, shared as storybook fables. The Thousand Pierced Bear Volibear skin, originally just a Color Story for Volibear himself is given, [[https://twitter.com/LadySmallz/status/1595460655498526720 a new purpose as an Old God skin]] for the Eclipse line, he was later used as the patron Old God for Legends of Runeterra exclusive Coven Janna. |
| 532 | * ChivalricRomance: The line takes heavy inspiration from a fantasized take on this, with mortal knights taking up arms to combat the strange, natural wickedness of the world. To emphasize this, Leona's, Morgana's, and Sivir's lore blurb and dialogue is in formal if dramatic [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Modern_English early Modern English]], Evelynn's is a different case as her dialogue is akin to [[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]]. |
| 533 | * TheCorruption: The growing influence of the Coven has been described as this, each one being a patron to a specific Old God that tempted them through whispered promises of power, prophecy, or enlightenment. It's also resulted in some tertiary influences, including with Karthus and Veigar. Karthus a desperate scholar; looking to resurrect his loved ones, while Veigar; as of the children of the Elderwood who is cursed with dangerous insanity. |
| 534 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Coven Morgana is furious at Kayle for apparently "devouring" the ''sun itself'', creating the eclipse. |
| 535 | * EldritchAbomination: TheOldGods -- the GreaterScopeVillain of the line, served by The Coven -- are described as having become this after their bodies died and were buried by the Elderwood. They returned with [[BodyHorror perished, grotesque facsimiles of their former bodies]], consisting of jagged bone and a craven material between decaying flesh and plantlife. |
| 536 | * [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EleventhHourRanger Eleventh Hour Knight]]: Sivir cares about nothing but coin much like her classic counterpart, however; she will does vow to fight at the final Old God war. |
| 537 | * TheFairFolk: While they've been severely cut down the present day, some of the Elderwood are of this sort. Among them are Soraka, a dryad who views humanity with benign curiosity, Ahri, a fair-skinned trickster spirit, Veigar, a cursed goblin child, and [=LeBlanc=], a sylvan who fought against the rising threat of the Coven, [[TheAssimilator stealing their lives, magic, and even name in the process]]. |
| 538 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Ivern contains all his cheery, pleasant dialogue of his usual version, but the [[EvilSoundsDeep deeper pitch]] and [[PowerEchoes spookier reverb effects]] manages to warp any sincere kindness he has into something more secretly malevolent. |
| 539 | * FriendlyEnemy: While she doesn't have a representative skin nor a clearcut place in the Eclipse lore (yet), Diana is implied to be this to Leona, with [[DontMakeMeDestroyYou Leona being extremely reluctant to fight her, giving her the chance to leave]], [[AlasPoorVillain and expressing sincere remorse if she must bring her down]]. Coven Morgana nods to the idea that the two are in fact lovers. |
| 540 | * TheGhost: Diana is mentioned as a relevant character in the line (specifically as a former ally to Eclipse Leona), but she hasn't been given a skin yet. Until September 2023, where she receives a Legends of Runeterra exclusive Eclipse Knight skin. |
| 541 | * HalfHumanHybrid: Evelynn is the daughter of a human woman and an Old God known as [[FeatheredFiend the Great Harrier]]. |
| 542 | -->''Evelynn'': They say I have my father's eyes and my mother's tongue. But the claws... are ''mine.'' |
| 543 | * HeelFaceTurn: After absorbing Ashlesh (or its Eclipse-verse equivalent) into her weapon, Nilah betrays the Coven and became an Eclipse Knight. |
| 544 | * LightEmUp: Regardless of whether it comes from [[ThePowerOfTheSun the sun]] or [[{{Lunacy}} the moon]], Kayle, Leona, and Sivir wields this power. |
| 545 | * ManEatingPlant: The Death Blossoms are a deceptive race of hunters hiding within great flower fields, lulling those entranced by their beauty before consuming them. Kha'Zix consumes souls for a chance at metamorphosis, while Elise feasts on the flesh of maidens seemingly for the hell of it. |
| 546 | * NatureSpirit: The Elderwood are specifically spirits of the forest, once being gentle and kind (consisting of [[TheFairFolk fae, sylvans, and dryads]]), but are now becoming far more protective and vicious after the rise of the Coven, who sought to abuse their power for dastardly intentions. |
| 547 | * NorthIsColdSouthIsHot: Played within Coven, whereas Ashe came from the Northern Coven, Evelynn hails from the Southern Coven. |
| 548 | * OurSirensAreDifferent: Nami was titled as a Siren by the teaser. She's far more than just that. |
| 549 | * ThePaladin: |
| 550 | ** Eclipse Leona, a protector of humanity against the old, vile gods, wielding ThePowerOfTheSun or {{Lunacy}} depending on which skin's in use. |
| 551 | ** There's also The Knights of the Emerald Chapel, led by Emerald Taric, who swore an oath to the forest to serve as their eternal guardians from invaders. |
| 552 | * PaletteSwap: Eclipse Leona is a Variant skin with two different purchasable forms: a dark orange [[ThePowerOfTheSun Solar Eclipse]] skin, and a bright silver [[{{Lunacy}} Lunar Eclipse]] skin, each gaining different particle effects and voice lines for their respective theme, with purchasing one making the other 45% cheaper. Reportedly, this came from Riot having a 50/50 split on deciding which form they wanted to develop, [[TakeAThirdOption so they developed both]] (which was also something they were concurrently experimenting with in the Star Guardian "Pajama Guardian" Variants). |
| 553 | * TimeAbyss: The time of the old gods is long gone, but Elderwood Bard is said to predate them and the entirety of the great forest, making him very likely a primordial being since the dawn of time. |
| 554 | * UnresolvedSexualTension: Aatrox fell in love with the witch Kayle, but is ultimately unrequited as she only loves the sun she devoured. After becoming the new Sun herself, he however remains loyal to her as [[{{The Dragon}} a monstrous, once-noble shadow]] when the eclipse's first corona struck him. |
| 555 | * WhenTreesAttack: Elderwood Hecarim resembles a ''[[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever giant]]'' tree centaur god of the forest, [[GentleGiant though he only serves as its guardian from the most wicked of humans]]. |
| 556 | * WitchClassic: The Coven is much more stylized in appearance than the traditional imagery, but they carry the spirit of this trope, being a group of witches serving ancient gods and spreading their old dark magics into the new world, and eagerly awaiting their rebirth. |
| 557 | * WitchHunt: Happened in canon, as Nami was one of the victims of the witch trials, she was tossed into the sea to down. But made a pact just in time with the Leviathan to reemerge as a sea witch. |
| 558 | * YinYangBomb: As the name might imply, Eclipse Leona's usual [[LightEmUp light]] and [[ThePowerOfTheSun sun]]-based theme is infused with mixture of darkness. She even refers to her power as that of "the cold of the darklight." |
| 559 | -->'''Solar Eclipse Leona''': The sun is gone, but I am here. |
| 560 | [[/folder]] |
| 561 | |
| 562 | [[folder:Event Horizon]] |
| 563 | A mix of more cosmic-themed skins containing two distinct themes: The Cosmic entities of sublime love and children of the stars, bringing light and beauty to the emptiness of deep space, and beings of the Dark Star, corrupted spirits serving the Singularity to pull all existence into the inky, inescapable abyss. |
| 564 | ->'''Champions in the Cosmic line''': Anivia, Ashe, Hecarim, Illaoi, Kassadin, Lulu, Lux, Master Yi, Nami, Nautilus, Nidalee, Nunu & Willump, Rakan, Riven[[superscript:[=LoR=]]], Sion, Skarner, Varus, Vladimir, Xayah, Xin Zhao, Yasuo[[superscript:[=LoR=]]]\ |
| 565 | '''Champions in the Dark Star line''': (Dark Star) Cho'Gath, Jarvan IV, Karma, Kha'Zix, Malphite, Mordekaiser, Orianna, Shaco, Shyvana[[superscript:[=LoR=]]], Thresh, Varus, Xerath, Zed[[superscript:[=LoR=]]] (Dark Cosmic) Jhin, Lissandra, Lux |
| 566 | ---- |
| 567 | * AboveGoodAndEvil: Jhin, a Cosmic entity having been partially corrupted by the Dark Star, has developed a unique and horrifyingly de/reconstructive vision beyond that of either parties, and as he believes they squander their potential in fulfilling it, he now serves neither. |
| 568 | -->''(to Galaxy Slayer Zed)'' "Killing galaxies, Zed? How... plainly derivative. Allow me to make you part of something greater..." |
| 569 | * AdaptationalHeroism: Hecarim goes from being one of the most monstrous forces of the Shadow Isles to being one of the most trusted knights of the Cosmic Queen Ashe, expanding the outer edge of the cosmos with his cavalry and bringing life wherever he travels. |
| 570 | * AdaptationalVillainy: |
| 571 | ** Jarvan has gone from being a mortal emperor (and in this line may or may not have been as heroic as he is in canon) to a force of universal destruction that is the Dark Star. |
| 572 | ** Dark Cosmic Lux goes from a Demacian mage believing in justice and hope to a mad destroyer of universes. |
| 573 | * ApocalypseHow: The Dark Star Corruptants are trying to bring a Class-Z instance of this. |
| 574 | * TheCorruption: All the dark star champions have experienced this. |
| 575 | * CosmicEntity: All of these skins are based on cosmic phenomena, with the Cosmic beings born of and inspired by the stars, while the Dark Star beings are based off black holes and dark nebulae. Dark Star Thresh even describes himself as "entropy incarnate." |
| 576 | -->'''Dark Cosmic Jhin''': What lies beneath my mask? The universe, as I was meant to make it. |
| 577 | * DissonantSerenity: Karma, while still a nightmarish star-consuming Dark Star, is relatively less volatile than her kin, preferring to meditate in the vast emptiness where there were once stars and impose order through fear than seek galaxies out to ruin. |
| 578 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The Cosmic line was started with Cosmic Reaver Kassadin, which was initially based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crux#Cultural_significance the Southern Cross]] to celebrate ''League of Legends''' server launch in Oceania. Since then, it's branched off into its own thematic line as the aesthetic opposite to the Dark Star line, though it occasionally pays tribute to real-world UsefulNotes/{{constellations}}. |
| 579 | * EasterEgg: Dark Cosmic Jhin's taunt animation has him summoning then shooting down four stars around him, [[https://youtu.be/CfmgFb3ebrE?t=97 and there's a 1% chance]] that he'll summon [[ButtMonkey Astronaut Teemo]] instead. |
| 580 | * FallenHero: |
| 581 | ** Jhin used to be a pure Cosmic being, but was consumed by the Dark Star, gaining a new vision for a new purpose. Despite this, he remains an enemy of the Dark Star, but only because he's become something ''far worse''. |
| 582 | --->''"The stars are my eyes... and one by one... I must blind them."'' |
| 583 | ** Lissandra followed the same path of being a Cosmic being consumed by the darkness. Seeing a "true" universe beyond the ashes of the current one, she seeks to bring on the apocalypse she once feared. |
| 584 | * GoodCounterpart: While Dark Star Varus was the first to exist (both in lore and as an in-game skin), there exists a Cosmic Varus, created in the corruptant's image and tasked with destroying his evil doppelganger to restore peace to the stars. |
| 585 | * MadArtist: Dark Cosmic Jhin plays off his love of twisting the murder and death of individuals into beautiful art, extending his methods across [[SpacetimeEater entire]] [[OmnicidalManiac galaxies]]. |
| 586 | -->''(loading his [[FourIsDeath fourth]] [[ArcNumber shot]])'' "I must erase everything... the audience demands it..."\ |
| 587 | ''"Destroying galaxies is a... pedestrian interpretation. I paint upon the canvas of eternity..."'' |
| 588 | * SpacetimeEater: All Dark Star Corruptants are trying to bring calamity and destruction from deep space, and Dark Star Thresh specifically wants to feed all of existence to the Singularity, effectively erasing all time, matter, and thought. |
| 589 | * UnitsNotToScale: More so than any other skin theme; the smallest of them is planet sized, the largest possibly Star System sized, yet in gameplay they are no bigger than their mainline counterparts. |
| 590 | * YinYangBomb: As his name might imply, Dark Cosmic champions integrates elements from both the beauty of the Cosmic entities and the destructive tendencies of the Dark Star, making him potentially deadlier than both. |
| 591 | [[/folder]] |
| 592 | |
| 593 | [[folder:Fables]] |
| 594 | A lighthearted set of skins turning champions into magical gods, deities, or creatures of various worldwide mythologies and folklore. |
| 595 | ->'''Champions in this line''': (Siren) Cassiopeia, (Loch Ness) Cho'Gath, (Dark Valkyrie) Diana, (Valkyrie) Leona, (Ghost Bride) Morgana, (River Spirit) Nami, (Sasquatch) Nunu and Willump, (Muse) Sona, (Leprechaun) Veigar |
| 596 | ---- |
| 597 | * BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Nunu and Willump swap out the ice-themed yeti theme for a more forest-themed [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Sasquatch]] theme. |
| 598 | * {{Leprechaun}}: Leprechaun Veigar, though unfortunately, he isn't a fairy, he doesn't grant three wishes, and he doesn't have a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. In fact, he's much more interested in just killing you. |
| 599 | * TheMuse: Muse Sona, serving as a namesake [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek goddess]] of inspiration. She's mostly been forgotten over time, but she's recently found a resurgence in followers from an unlikely source: coffee-addled waiters working on their "next big screenplay idea." |
| 600 | * StockNessMonster: Loch Ness Cho'Gath, of course. Described as a sea serpent that grows the more it feeds, only recognized through blurry photographs, and is believed to be responsible for a series of local disappearances. [[SkewedPriorities He's great for tourism, though!]] |
| 601 | * OurSirensAreDifferent: |
| 602 | ** Siren Cassiopeia is obviously based on this trope, inspired by the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology classic Greek depiction]] while visually playing into the SirensAreMermaids trope. Funnily enough, she's not happy with her reputation of drowning sailors and is trying to set the record straight, but she has a tendency to [[TakenForGranite literally petrify interviewers]]. |
| 603 | ** River Spirit Nami is based on a Brazilian counterpart called the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iara_(mythology) Iara]], who shares the same deal of luring men into the waters using song, though they're usually portrayed as less sinister than the classical variant. The skin description poses her a malicious drowning siren, but [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/4/4e/Nami_River_Spirit_Promo_2.jpg the skin's Brazilian promotional image]] gave "Nami Iara" a more favorable depiction where she was a kindhearted witch doctor lured into a trap and killed, but was reborn by the sympathetic fish and [[{{Lunacy}} moon]] as [[NatureSpirit a guardian of the natural world]]. |
| 604 | * {{Valkyries}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Valkyrie Leona]], here to descend from the heavens and lead the world's greatest soldiers to [[WarriorHeaven Valhalla]] (not that she tells anyone that it directly entails dying in battle). She's also accompanied by an EvilCounterpart in Dark Valkyrie Diana, who much prefers the comfort of mortal life, which hasn't really flown over well with Valhalla's management style. |
| 605 | * WightInAWeddingDress: Ghost Bride Morgana (made to celebrate the Latin American server launch) is based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Llorona La Llorona]] of Mexican folklore, an all-white ghost of a weeping woman betrayed by the man she loved, spending an eternity alongside a river bank searching for him and her children. |
| 606 | [[/folder]] |
| 607 | |
| 608 | [[folder:Forgotten Depths]] |
| 609 | A series dedicated to folklore around Runeterra's oceans, the depths of which have been been the subject of much folklore and speculation of what may lurk below... and if we'd ever want to find out. |
| 610 | ->'''Champions in this line''': (Atlantean) Fizz, Syndra (Deep One) Kassadin, (Deep Sea) Kog'Maw, Nami, (Coral Reef) Malphite, (Abyssal) Nautilus, (Deep Terror) Thresh |
| 611 | ---- |
| 612 | * {{Atlantis}}: One of the many tales told involves this, once a proud, opulent underwater kingdom with a massive army led by General Fizz and magic skill (represented by Syndra), but has mysteriously since become a ghost town. |
| 613 | * EldritchOceanAbyss: The bottom of the ocean is described as one of these, home to all sorts of [[EldritchAbomination horrifying and otherworldly creatures]]. The effects of looking into the abyss did to Kassadin what his canonical version experienced from peering into The Void. |
| 614 | * SeaMonster: Several, all described as borderline [[EldritchAbomination eldritch]] in nature. |
| 615 | [[/folder]] |
| 616 | |
| 617 | [[folder:Four Beasts]] |
| 618 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dragonmancers.jpg]] |
| 619 | [[caption-width-right:350:The Dragonmancers]] |
| 620 | |
| 621 | ->'''Champions in this line''': (Dragons) Aurelion Sol, (Dragonmancers) Ashe, Brand, Fiora, Kai'Sa, Karma, Kassadin, Jack[[superscript:[=LoR=]]], Lee Sin, Master Yi[[superscript:WR]], Nami[[superscript:[=LoR=]]], Rakan, Sett, Thresh, Vayne, Volibear, Yasuo (Phoenixes) Anivia, (Phoenixmancers) Seraphine, Xayah |
| 622 | |
| 623 | This universe comprises of both the Dragonmancers and the Phoenixmancerrs, individuals granted the powers of creatures based on the Four Cardinal Beasts. |
| 624 | ---- |
| 625 | [[/folder]] |
| 626 | |
| 627 | [[folder:Guardians of the Sands]] |
| 628 | Set in an alternate Shurima, these champions were made to oversee its ancient tombs, spirits using their powers over the sand and light to let no man wander into their hallowed grounds, lest they be torn apart, consumed, and broken. |
| 629 | ->'''Champions in this line''': (Guardian of the Sands) Kha'Zix, Janna, Rammus, Rengar, Ryze, Skarner, Xerath, (Risen) Fiddlesticks, (Sand Wraith) Pyke |
| 630 | ---- |
| 631 | * AncientTomb: The Guardians of the Sands were invoked to guard them, punishing any trespassers and forcing them to face their wrath. |
| 632 | * DealWithTheDevil: Risen Fiddlesticks was illegitimately summoned by a jealous child emperor in an effort to gain power, [[JackassGenie but instead proceeded to instantly destroy his empire]]. |
| 633 | * TheMagnificent: The guardians each have their own poetic sobriquet they are summoned by: Kha'Zix the Devouring Scarab, Rammus the Skewering Wheel, Skarner the Gilded Scorpion, and Xerath the Liquid Light. |
| 634 | * ThePowerOfTheSun: Shurima's motif heavily incorporates this, so naturally, [[LightEmUp light]] and [[DishingOutDirt sand-powered]] particle effects have been incorporated into most of the champions' particle effects. [[EnergyBeings Xerath]] in specific is stated to be made of "liquid light," with the ability to drown trespassers in his purifying radiance. |
| 635 | * ScarabPower: Kha'Zix, Rammus, Skarner, and Fiddlesticks take inspiration from scarabs, owing to Shurima's obvious inspiration toward ancient Egypt. Guardian of the Sands Kha'Zix is specifically called "The Devouring Scarab." |
| 636 | [[/folder]] |
| 637 | |
| 638 | [[folder:Harrowing]] |
| 639 | [[YouMeanXMas The annual Harrowing]] is among the darkest times of the year in Runeterra, and wherever you may be, it'll be quite the event. The line is split between the colorful Halloween-tinged Trick-or-Treat skins, the more spectral Death Sworn line, and the zombie-themed Zombies VS. Slayers universe. |
| 640 | ->'''Champions in the Trick-or-Treat line''': (Pumpkin Prince) Amumu, ([=FrankenTibbers=]) Annie, (Witch's Brew) Blitzcrank, (Mundo) Mundo, (Trick or Treat) Ekko, (Pumpkinhead) Fiddlesticks, (Headless) Hecarim, (Bewitching) Elise, Janna, Miss Fortune, Morgana, Nidalee, Tristana, (Count) Kassadin, (Kitty Cat) Katarina, (Count Kledula) Kled, (Ravenborn) [=LeBlanc=], (Haunted) Maokai, Zyra, (Haunting) Nocturne, (Nosferatu) Vladimir\ |
| 641 | '''Champions in the Death Sworn line''': (Death Sworn) Katarina, Viktor, Zed, (Reaper) Hecarim, Soraka, (Underworld) Twisted Fate, Wukong\ |
| 642 | '''Champions in the Zombies Vs. Slayers line''': (Zombie) Brand, Nunu & Willump, Ryze, (Zombie Slayer) Jinx, Pantheon |
| 643 | ---- |
| 644 | * AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Zombie Ryze was originally trying to prevent the spread of the ZombieApocalypse, [[WalkingTheEarth scouring the world]] in search for a cure. He had apparently ''[[YankTheDogsChain almost]]'' [[ShootTheShaggyDog reached his goal before succumbing to the mutation]]. |
| 645 | * BedsheetGhost: Haunting Nocturne primarily styles him after one, though he still keeps his signature knife arms. |
| 646 | * CatGirl: |
| 647 | ** Kitty Cat Katarina puts her [[MsFanservice in a pretty revealing]] cat outfit, which according to her skin bio is being worn for ''[[HighlyVisibleNinja an assassination mission]].'' There are times where she normally questions the parameters for such operations, but oddly enough, [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl this isn't one of them]]. |
| 648 | ** Bewitching Tristana is more of a cat-themed CuteWitch. It's implied she's actually [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qMPn8CgmdTA/V_1YJ1xxyAI/AAAAAAAAV7I/nYpxmfTTmVcqWhH-1LOX5tRwarzv7N09QCLcB/s1600/Morgana_Splash_11.jpg Bewitching Morgana's cat featured in her splash art]], [[HumanityEnsues just made more humanoid through magic enchantment]]. |
| 649 | * ChainsawGood: Zombie Slayer Pantheon traded his simple spear for a live ''chainsaw'' [[XOnAStick on a stick]]. |
| 650 | * CreepyCemetery: [[GaiasVengeance Haunted Zyra]] inhabits one, providing all the more reason for stray trick-or-treaters to stay away during the night. |
| 651 | * {{Cult}}: The Death Sworn cult is a collective of those who pledge their lives to [[TheGrimReaper Death]], believing in a future where the living will kneel before the dead. |
| 652 | * DarkerAndEdgier: The Death Sworn line has a much darker and serious tone than the other two themes, ingraining itself in a cult surrounding the actual deathly aspects of The Harrowing. |
| 653 | * DealWithTheDevil: |
| 654 | ** The gist of the Death Sworn cult: surrender your life to Death, and you will be blessed with horrifying spectral powers as his servant. |
| 655 | ** Underworld Twisted Fate will offer those on Death's door another path [[ChessWithDeath with a game of chance]], returning you with a life of luxury if you win, dooming your soul into his collection if you lose. He also manipulated "the lords of the living" to sacrifice Soraka, their starchild and [[AllLovingHero avatar of compassion]], to Death in exchange for immortality, [[WhoWantsToLiveForever not realizing that doing so]] [[AndIMustScream had damned them to eternal suffering]]. |
| 656 | * ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Mundo Mundo]], featuring Mundo dressed in a shoddily-made costume of himself (in-game, his cleaver makes rubbery squeak sounds on impact). He apparently does this every year in lieu of any other costume; [[MemeticMutation Mundo trick-or-treats as he pleases]]. |
| 657 | * TheGrimReaper: Neither Reaper Hecarim nor Soraka are ''the'' Death, but they are sworn to it and definitely evoke the appropriately grim imagery surrounding the archtype. |
| 658 | * GrumpyOldMan: Count Kledula dips in between this and CoolOldGuy. [[OverlyLongName Count Baron Double-Marquis Lord Duke Kledula]] seems to have the Harrowing spirit down, but he also would like it if you got off his lawn, and probably the rest of his land. |
| 659 | * HalloweenEpisode: The most prominent section of the line is the lighthearted Trick-or-Treat themes, featuring most of its champions taking a break from their usual fare to go [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin trick-or-treating]]. |
| 660 | * HeadlessHorseman: Headless Hecarim, even if he technically does have [[PumpkinPerson a flaming pumpkin head]]. Bonus points for being a ''literal'' [[OurCentaursAreDifferent horseman]]. |
| 661 | * HotWitch: Bewitching Janna, Miss Fortune, Morgana, and Nidalee puts them in [[MsFanservice fancy and fanservice-y]] witch outfits. Bewitching Tristana, however, is very firmly a CuteWitch. |
| 662 | * HunterOfMonsters: The titular Zombie Slayers of the Zombies Vs. Slayers line. Jinx was ''ecstatic'' for the ZombieApocalypse and the lawless carnage it entails, and Pantheon finds it a lot more fun than being an auto mechanic. |
| 663 | * LooksLikeOrlok: Nosferatu Vladimir, natch. [[VillainsOutShopping Hemomancers can be cinema buffs too]]. |
| 664 | * MundaneUtility: Ekko apparently uses his [[TimeMaster time-warping]] abilities to get extra trick-or-treating goodies. Shattering the fabric of reality is evidently a small price to pay for infinite fun-sized chocolate bars. |
| 665 | * ProfessorGuineaPig: The entire ZombieApocalypse of the Zombie Vs. Slayers line started when Brand, a military scientist working for the government, had his funding suddenly cut as he was developing a powerful virus. He was forced to test the mutagen on himself, [[GoneHorriblyWrong with disastrous results]]. |
| 666 | * PumpkinPerson: Found on [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Pumpkinhead]] [[ScaryScarecrows Fiddlesticks]] and [[HeadlessHorseman Headless Hecarim]]. Pumpkin Prince Amumu is [[ButtMonkey predictably]] yet understandably upset that his people are decimated en masse every Harrowing by everything, from rowdy teenagers to possums. |
| 667 | * VillainsOutShopping: Ravenborn [=LeBlanc=] isn't simply fashionable; she's deliberately trying to upstage her high-society rivals at the annual holiday gala. In another regard, Vladimir's Film/{{Nosferatu}} skin comes from him being a film buff. |
| 668 | * WhenTreesAttack: Haunted Maokai is meant to represents the trees of a forest just outside of town where many have vanished in. |
| 669 | * YouMeanXMas: The Harrowing is obviously meant to be a stand-in for [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]]. |
| 670 | * ZombieApocalypse: The theme of the Zombies Vs. Slayers line, obviously featuring [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies the zombies]] and [[HunterOfMonsters those who slay them]], began when Brand developed a mutagen in a government compound that went [[GoneHorriblyWrong horribly wrong]]. |
| 671 | [[/folder]] |
| 672 | |
| 673 | [[folder:Headhunter]] |
| 674 | A group of mysterious warriors who spend their time HuntingTheMostDangerousGame, the Headhunter skin line is a direct reference to the ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'' movie series. Complete with advanced hunting armor, adaptive cloaking, impossibly sharp blades, and a penchant for stealth, the Headhunters seek the most powerful and glorious prey they can get their blades into. |
| 675 | ->'''Champions in this line''': Akali, Caitlyn, Master Yi, Nidalee, Rengar |
| 676 | ---- |
| 677 | * BattleTrophy: In true [[Franchise/{{Predator}} Yautja]] fashion, Akali, Rengar, and presumably all the other Headhunters have a trophy wall. [[SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset Headhunter Rengar simply wears the bones of his slain]]. |
| 678 | * DoingInTheWizard: Any mention of magical power is removed, instead replaced with alien tech or biology. Akali's blades are stated to be "flaring with alien energy," and Nidalee is described to have alien biology that allows her to hunt her prey as a human ''and'' an animal. |
| 679 | * EgomaniacHunter: All of the champions present in the line are ready for a hunt, turning themselves into a race of perfect killing machines just to prove they can. |
| 680 | -->'''Pulsefire Ezreal''': ''(nervous)'' I have ''so'' much respect for your species! [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Please don't hunt me]]! |
| 681 | * HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Like the creatures they reference, they spend their time hunting the most powerful fighters across the world. |
| 682 | * InvisibilityCloak: Rengar and Akali continue to use stealth in-game, but now they've been altered to resemble ''Predator''-esque cloaking devices. |
| 683 | * ShoutOut: Made to directly reference and resemble the aliens from ''Franchise/{{Predator}}''. |
| 684 | * ThunderboltIron: Headhunter Master Yi's weapon is a five-foot long serrated blade, stated to be forged from a meteoric alloy. |
| 685 | [[/folder]] |
| 686 | |
| 687 | [[folder:Hextech]] |
| 688 | A skin line set in an alternate version of Piltover and Zaun, one where champions are either specialists in or made out of [[{{Magitek}} hextech machinery]]. |
| 689 | ->'''Champions in the line''': Alistar, Amumu, Annie, Anivia, Galio, Janna, Kassadin, Kog'Maw, Malzahar, Nocturne, Poppy, Rammus, Renekton, Sejuani, Singed, Sion, Ziggs |
| 690 | ---- |
| 691 | * AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Hextech Galio retains his colossal size in his splash art, and Hextech Alistar is also shown as similarly enormous in his own. |
| 692 | * BodyHorror: Hextech Renekton is described as a monstrosity of flesh and hextech. |
| 693 | * ChildProdigy: Annie is a scientific prodigy in the hextech renaissance, and has a collection of highly valued hextech [[BearsAreBadNews warbears]], including Tibbers. |
| 694 | * CorporateSponsoredSuperhero: Hextech Galio was created by several of Piltover's largest industrial families and donated to the city as a public service to capitalize on the booming hextech market. His bio even describes him as an "ostensively walking advertisement." |
| 695 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Hextech Janna is decidedly a lot more normal and grounded than the other more flashy skins, effectively being a light SteamPunk outfit makeover. This is because it was meant to be based on Janna's old lore where she began as a human Zaunite, though with her bio rewrites and the growth of the Hextech line, the skin gained a new non-canon plot setup. Hextech Galio, Hextech Singed, Hextech Sion, and Hextech Anivia are also quite different than the fancy blue and purple gemstone skins the line later became known for. |
| 696 | * ItCanThink: Hextech Anivia was a breakthrough for being the first hextech lifeform to be declared as sentient. The secret behind artificial life is well-guarded out of fear of abuse, with Hextech Alistar designed as its guardian. |
| 697 | * {{Magitek}}: The central focus of this line is ''League of Legends''' take on it. In addition to some champions being made out of the stuff, the hextech developers also address the potential consequences of working with the stuff, for good (Hextech Janna gaining [[BlowYouAway wind powers]] from working with raw materials) or bad (Hextech Singed [[BodyHorror mangling himself physically and mentally into a magic chemical-infused monstrosity]]). |
| 698 | * PurpleIsPowerful: The Hextech line is primarily blue and purple-themed and most of the members of the line are powerful leaders or dangerous creations. |
| 699 | * RobotBuddy: |
| 700 | ** Hextech Kog'Maw units are advertised as incredibly friendly and expensive ''pets'', viewed mostly as symbols of wealth around their owners. |
| 701 | ** [[invoked]]Hextech Amumu was similarly intended as a playmate for wealthy children, but has long since been forgotten as [[TechnologyMarchesOn Hextechnology Marches On]]. |
| 702 | [[/folder]] |
| 703 | |
| 704 | [[folder:High Noon Gothic]] |
| 705 | |
| 706 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lucian_highnoonskin.jpg]] |
| 707 | |
| 708 | A skin line taking place in WeirdWest version of Runeterra, featuring champions given huge western/desert makeovers, with wild and deadly showdowns all around. |
| 709 | ->'''Champions in the line''': (High Noon) Ashe, Darius, Evelynn, Hecarim, Irelia, Jhin, Katarina, Leona, Lucian, Mordekaiser, Rell, Samira, Senna, Sion, Tahm Kench, Talon, Thresh, Twisted Fate, Twitch, Urgot, Varus, Viktor, Yasuo, Yone, (Longhorn) Alistar, (Sheriff) Caitlyn, (Desperada) Cassiopeia, (Bandito) Fiddlesticks, (Sonoran) Kog'Maw, (Cowgirl) Miss Fortune, (Sandscourge) Skarner |
| 710 | ---- |
| 711 | * AntiAntiChrist: High Noon Lucian looks very spooky after his corruption following [[DealWithTheDevil deal with Thresh]], but despite this, [[PayEvilUntoEvil he very much intends to put a stop to his game]]. |
| 712 | -->'''Lucian''': ''(approaching High Noon Thresh)'' [[BadassBoast I'll rule my own soul, devil, and send you back to hell]]! |
| 713 | * AntiHero: |
| 714 | ** High Noon Lucian made a DealWithTheDevil, possesses scary demonic powers and [[TheCorruption the appearance]] [[CreepyGood to show for it]], but overall, he's primarily driven by revenge against Thresh and his forces of hell to bring him, Senna, and the rest of the desert to peace. |
| 715 | --->'''Lucian''': I got one rule: [[GoodIsNotSoft You hurt people, you answer to me]]. |
| 716 | ** Senna was seemingly condemned to suffer in hell, but was revived with "the heart of an angel". [[BeingGoodSucks She's somewhat cynical]] [[HopeIsScary at how hopeful this is making her]], but still she plans to restore peace to the West and rebuild Heaven. Eventually. |
| 717 | * AscendedDemon: Senna was a human gunslinger who was sent on the path to becoming a demon after Thresh ripped her heart out, but she was mysteriously resurrected through the "intervention of [[{{Heaven}} a higher authority]]" and now wields both angelic and demonic traits. While her morality isn't quite as pure as [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Ashe]], she seeks to at least restore balance in the West. |
| 718 | * TheAtoner: Yasuo arrived in the West fleeing murder charges. Since then he has single-handedly driven off bandit gangs and saved a lot of lives, and his brand of {{vigilante|Man}} justice impressed one (small) town enough that they made him sheriff. |
| 719 | -->'''Lucian''': Hope you find peace, Yasuo. Least one of us will. |
| 720 | * BadassNative: High Noon Irelia [[DownplayedTrope isn't directly representative of them]], she is still inspired by Native Americans; her heavily-feathered design is at least evocative of their traditional aesthetic seen in traditional [[TheWestern westerns]], and there's also the whole [[https://twitter.com/notquitefrodo/status/1186773949872369664 (intentionally-written)]] deal of her being a warrior angel [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything who resided in heaven before man arrived in a land rush, ruined it, and forcibly displaced her]]. |
| 721 | * CardSharp: Twisted Fate, naturally. More specifically, Tobias "Twisted Fate" Felix spends his days hustling poor saps between the Buzzard Gulch and other various border towns. |
| 722 | * CattlePunk: High Noon Urgot replaces his BioPunk-themed body with this, turning him into a twisted hybrid of an old-timey RailroadBaron and a steampunk demon from hell. This aesthetic is also lightly present with High Noon Jhin and Yasuo. |
| 723 | * CoolHorse: |
| 724 | ** Hecarim is a [[HellishHorse demonic horseman]] who razes through the frontier with his gang of additional black riders. |
| 725 | ** Ashe has a mare named Virtue for her homeguard and recall animations, but she's mostly just a head and forelegs, dissolving into wispy smoke just past the withers. |
| 726 | ** Senna was reborn with a [[HellishHorse hellish steed]] of her own named Sentinel, [[MorphWeapon which shapeshifts into]] [[EquippableAlly her signature]] {{BFG}}. Both forms being equally awesome. |
| 727 | --->'''Senna''': What my resurrection lacked in fanfare, it made up with a gun horse. |
| 728 | * {{Cowboy}}: Majority of the skins revolve around this theme. |
| 729 | * CursedWithAwesome: High Noon Lucian. Sure, the deal with Thresh [[TheCorruption corrupted his soul and the left side of his body is visibly affected]] (which becomes a full-blown demonic transformation during his recall and ultimate), but one can't deny [[PayEvilUntoEvil he's putting those powers to good use against Thresh himself]]. |
| 730 | * DealWithTheDevil: |
| 731 | ** The devil in this case being Thresh, who --when not spreading widespread fear and chaos in search for souls-- makes deals with mortals in exchange for theirs. Urgot sold his immortal soul for his mechanical body after he was left in the desert to die, and Lucian had his corrupted to save the life of his one true love ([[SenselessSacrifice or at least attempt]]; Senna ''did'' come back, but [[CameBackWrong not quite intact]] and implied to be from unrelated reasons), gaining demonic powers in the process. |
| 732 | ** Darius, who was humiliatingly defeated by his brother and became twisted by an obsession for revenge, also became the subject to this with Hecarim. |
| 733 | --->'''Ashe''': Guess it's like you always said, Darius. Demons give you what you want, devils give you what you need. |
| 734 | * DesertSkull: High Noon Thresh's usual skull head is made to resemble one, complete with giant horns and being [[FlamingSkulls engulfed in flames]]. |
| 735 | * DevilButNoGod: Explicitly: the High Noon Gothic universe is the result of humans staging a "land rush" on Heaven and ultimately destroying it. |
| 736 | * FashionableAsymmetry: Part of this is due to his corruption, but High Noon Lucian's left arm and gun is visibly glowing black and red, contrasting greatly to his normal right arm and bright white/gold gun. |
| 737 | * TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil: The [[AntiHero anti-heroic]] Lucian, the [[DealWithTheDevil corrupted]] Urgot, and the straight-up demonic Thresh are these, respectively. In addition, their dynamic is made as a direct ShoutOut to ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'', though they would more likely respectively be Lucian, Thresh, and Urgot. |
| 738 | * HellOnEarth: The old west is swarmed with all kinds of gothic hellbeasts, both to bargain with mortals and/or to destroy them. The reason the legions of hell swarm the prairie is because {{Heaven}} was destroyed by mortal men during a land rush, releasing the devils of {{Hell}} from confinement. |
| 739 | * HiredGuns: As one might expect, many of the outlaws serve as these, including Alistar, Jhin, and Miss Fortune. Lucian used to be this, but ever since his DealWithTheDevil, he's more out for seeking {{Revenge}}. |
| 740 | * LaterInstallmentWeirdness: A large portion of the line's skins were created years before they were unified into their own AlternateUniverse, most made as generally mundane cowboy/western-themed skins. When the universe was properly established with its own lore, its overall aesthetic with newer skins has since become [[HellOnEarth much more ambitious]] [[WeirdWest and fanciful]]. |
| 741 | * TheMagnificent: The 2018 High Noon skins are given fancy titles in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2g9u9K3U7M The Devils Among Us]]": Lucian is "The Man with the Grinning Shadow", Thresh is "The Slaughter God", and Urgot is "The Steel Monstrosity". |
| 742 | * MeaningfulAppearance: With the exception of Kog'Maw, [[ScaryScorpions Skarner]] and [[FlamingSkulls Thresh]], everyone in the line wears a nice hat indicative of the western setting. |
| 743 | * OurAngelsAreDifferent: Ashe is described as a "mechanical angel", built early on during the pioneering age, empowered by the blood of deities from the destruction of {{Heaven}}. She chooses to forgive humanity for their crimes, and now serves to protect them from TheLegionsOfHell [[HolyHandGrenade with arrows]] [[LightEmUp of light]]. |
| 744 | -->'''Ashe''': I am cold steel fuelled by the blood of saints and angels. [[{{Bathos}} Howdy]]. |
| 745 | * PowerGivesYouWings: High Noon Lucian's "fully corrupted" form (seen while using ''The Culling'' and his recall) gives him long, demonic spikes over his shoulder and back that evoke these. High Noon Ashe's cape takes on a feathery appearance when her passive is fully stacked and also when she ults. |
| 746 | * RailroadBaron: The once-named Jeremiah James used to be one of these, but [[RichesToRags lost his millions and industrial empire after betting his own heart in a game of chance and losing]]. The only reason he's still around is because he sold his soul to Thresh, turning him into High Noon Urgot. |
| 747 | * RidingIntoTheSunset: Lucian's joke emote [[SubvertedTrope subverts this]] [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]], where he whistles for his horse to do this... and it never comes. |
| 748 | * SamuraiCowboy: High Noon Yasuo. He even trades in his nodachi for a gunblade! |
| 749 | * ScaryScorpions: Sandscourge Skarner represents one of the many dangerous and carnivorous scorpions on the prairie, and is drawn to campfires at night. Travelers, beware! |
| 750 | -->'''Lucian''': Is it just me, or are those critters getting bigger? |
| 751 | * TheSheriff: |
| 752 | ** [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Sheriff Caitlyn, natch]], who extends her long arm of the law (as well as her [[SniperRifle gun]]) over the town of Progress. |
| 753 | ** High Noon Yasuo serves as the reluctant sheriff of a "two-street town," defending it against bandit gangs and other desert threats. |
| 754 | * ShowdownAtHighNoon: The name of the line is an obvious reference to this. High Noon Lucian's teaser, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W33hF01Oos A New Devil's in Town]]", features him ready to partake in a duel with Thresh in this style. |
| 755 | * SnakePeople: Desperada Cassiopeia, whose scales are patterned like a rattlesnake (rattle too). Even though she's a well-known outlaw, Lucian's surprised when he sees her in person and discovers that she really is half snake. |
| 756 | * WantedPoster: Cowgirl Miss Fortune's splash art features these. |
| 757 | * WeirdWest: Champions with supernatural/magic abilities still retain them in the line, including Cassiopeia, Fiddlesticks, Twisted Fate, and Thresh. High Noon Lucian is among the biggest showcases, having made a DealWithTheDevil and has demonic powers to go alongside his [[TheGunslinger gunslinging]]. |
| 758 | * TheWildWest: The general theme of the line, in a few varieties. Some are just standard {{Cowboy}} makeovers, while some are made to resemble wild desert creatures, and others are given [[WeirdWest additional supernatural elements for flavor]]. |
| 759 | * YinYangBomb: Senna's usual [[LightEmUp light]]/[[CastingAShadow darkness]] dichotomy is represented by her having the angelic powers of heaven and the demonic powers of hell at her beck and call. |
| 760 | -->'''Senna''': A little taste of heaven, a barrel full of hell! |
| 761 | [[/folder]] |
| 762 | |
| 763 | [[folder:Immortal Journey]] |
| 764 | -> ''"The mountaintop reaches skyward; the earth reaches for the heavens. In this mountain there is a lake, and from this lake rose the Sacred Sword." - Immortal Journey'' |
| 765 | \ |
| 766 | Long ago, in an ancient land, many souls gathered beneath the gods to test the limits of their power. Foolish and arrogant, brave and just, their journeys are written into the immortal pages of history... |
| 767 | ->'''Champions in this line''': (Immortal Journey) Kayle, Shyvana, Sona, Soraka, Zed, Zeri, (Serene Sword) Diana[[superscript:WR], (Soaring Sword) Fiora, (Divine Sword) Irelia, (Sacred Sword) Janna, (God Staff) Jax, (God Fist) Lee Sin, (Eternal Sword) Master Yi, (Majestic Empress) Morgana, (Splendid Staff) Nami, (Valiant Sword) Riven, (Enduring Sword) Talon, (Wavebreaker) Tryndamere[[superscript:WR]]. |
| 768 | ---- |
| 769 | * AmbiguousSituation: Morgana's motivation for wanting to restore Talon's power to him is unclear. Her recall animation has her desperately reaching for Talon's power and sobbing on the ground as it disappears, suggesting the two had some kind of history together, but nothing more has been stated or shown. |
| 770 | * ArrogantKungFuGuy: God Fist Lee Sin and God Staff Jax (who's already one anyway) are quite full of themselves... [[SmugSuper though probably]] [[PhysicalGod for good reason]]. |
| 771 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Morgana became the Majestic Empress by slaying the old gods in charge of the world and taking their place. |
| 772 | * BreakTheHaughty: Talon was once the proud dragon king of the south seas, who in his hubris challenged the demigoddess Irelia to a duel and lost in front of his assembled court. He lashed out at her in humiliation, and she sealed his power away and banished him to the mortal realms to learn some humility. |
| 773 | * BroughtDownToNormal: Talon's draconic power was taken from him by Irelia, making him mortal. |
| 774 | * EvilSorceress: While she may not look the part, Morgana is a feared sorceress and [[TheUsurper usurper queen]] who sought revenge against Irelia for sealing away Talon's power, having crushed her in battle and is now seeking to restore the once-great dragon king's stature. |
| 775 | * HalfHumanHybrid: Irelia is described as a demigoddess. |
| 776 | * HumanityEnsues: Nami was originally a fish with dreams of becoming a dragon, but started gaining a more human-like form after the sealed dragon king Talon's power began seeping out and influencing her. She still has [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent her fish tail]] for the most part (her splash art obscures her bottom half in water), but her recall shows her gaining human legs. |
| 777 | * LadyOfWar: Nearly all of the female champions in the line count, being incredibly powerful yet graceful all at once. Fiora is one of Yi's fellow martial arts students, Janna is the steadfast guardian of an immortality-granting sword of jade, and Irelia is a demigoddess who won a duel against Talon and then sealed his power in her blades when he struck at her in retaliation. Morgana and Riven both trained in the arts of war and politics for years, and are now clashing for the fate of the world. |
| 778 | * LegendaryCarp: Splendid Staff Nami is an allusion to the legend of the fish that becomes a dragon. |
| 779 | * MonkeyKingLite: Wukong was already this, but Radiant Wukong is described as having undergone on a long journey to test his skills against history's greatest warriors, but is still barred by his quick temper and impulsive nature. |
| 780 | * PhysicalGod: |
| 781 | ** Lee Sin became the titular wielder of the "God Fist" after defeating the master of every martial art school ''blindfolded'' and defeating [[LegacyCharacter his predecessor]] atop a treacherous mountain. |
| 782 | ** Jax was also once a mortal warrior, but ascended into godhood (or at least received god-level immortality) after becoming the successful wielder of the God Staff. |
| 783 | ** As a dragon king, Talon was apparently something close, but Irelia (herself a demigoddess) stripped him of his power to curb his arrogance. |
| 784 | ** Morgana became a goddess through magical power and now seeks to kick humans and lesser gods down a rung or two. |
| 785 | * SwordOfPlotAdvancement: Yi (followed by Fiora) is seeking a fabled sword of pure jade that grants immortality, but is hidden at the bottom of a silent lake, guarded by Janna. |
| 786 | * {{Wuxia}}: The entire line is a massive love letter to the genre, aesthetically resembling it at its most awesome and beautiful. |
| 787 | [[/folder]] |
| 788 | |
| 789 | [[folder:Infernal]] |
| 790 | Following the Ashen Lord of fire and ruin's summoning into the mortal world, he and his army of Infernals have been slowly remaking all that exists into his horrific image, intending to leave behind nothing but cinders, ashes, and death. |
| 791 | ->'''Champions in this line''': (Ashen Lord) Aurelion Sol, (Infernal) Akali, Alistar, Amumu, Diana, Galio, Karthus, Kennen, Mordekaiser, Nasus, Pantheon[[superscript:[=LoR=]]], Shen, Swain[[superscript:[=LoR=]]], Varus, Vel'Koz, (Foxfire) Ahri, (Shadowfire) Kindred, (Obsidian) Malphite, (Charred) Maokai, (Molten) Rammus, (Scorched Earth) Renekton, Xerath, (Firefang) Warwick, (Volcanic) Wukong, (Wildfire) Zyra |
| 792 | ---- |
| 793 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Several champions from Aurelion Sol to Nasus to Diana, who in canon range from being neutral to heroic, are now the baddies. |
| 794 | * AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Based on several splash arts -- most prominently Ashen Lord Aurelion Sol, Infernal Akali, and Firefang Warwick -- the Infernals are utterly enormous. |
| 795 | * TheCorruption: Wildfire Zyra and Charred Maokai were respectively a neutral forest nymph and one of the gentle treefolk, [[FaceHeelTurn but were corrupted by the Infernal's touch and now serve alongside them]]. |
| 796 | * TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: While he hasn't won ''yet'' (there still exists a rebellion in the form of the Shadowfire Temple), the Ashen Lord and his infernal legion is hellbent on burning the entire world to the ground. |
| 797 | * EvilIsNotAToy: The Ashen Lord was first summoned into the world by an extremist pyromancer cult who unwisely sought to control the god of fire and ruin's power for themselves. [[GoneHorriblyWrong This proved to be an apocalyptic mistake]]. |
| 798 | * GodzillaThreshold: The high priests of the Shadowfire Temple summoned their god of destruction and rebirth, Shadowfire Kindred, not fully realizing the bitter price they may have to pay to fight the flames, but also not really caring [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt since hope is almost completely lost]]. |
| 799 | * {{Hellhound}}: Infernal Nasus evokes a fiery, anthropomorphic cerberus, and unlike his canon counterpart where he fights to protect the world, [[EvilCostumeSwitch this version's fully intent on destroying it]]. Firefang [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Warwick]] also counts to a degree. |
| 800 | * LaResistance: The Shadowfire Temple is seemingly the last hope for humanity, with Foxfire Ahri leading the charge and the rest of it summoning their god, Shadowfire Kindred to fighting the Ashen Lord. Separately, when the mountains burst, obsidian creatures from the earth (represented by Obsidian Malphite) were freed and seek to destroy the Infernals. |
| 801 | * ObliviouslyEvil: Infernal Amumu is a lesser infernal spirit who, like his canon counterpart, isn't actively malevolent and is simply really lonely and seeks friendship, but is eternally cursed to bring fire and destruction wherever he goes. |
| 802 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Ashen Lord Aurelion Sol is the ultimate BigBad of the line, being an enormous dragon god of cinders and death. |
| 803 | * OutsideContextProblem: Obsidian Malphite and the other obsidian creatures are this towards the Ashen Lord's armies, as nobody knows what they are, why they were trapped deep beneath the earth, or why they are so well suited for and committed to fighting off the Infernals. |
| 804 | * PlayingWithFire: ''Like you wouldn't believe'', with everyone in the line possessing fiery appearances and powers. Even before the Aurelion Sol and his infernals were unleashed, pyromancy already existed in various forms and factions. |
| 805 | * TheStarscream: Scorched Earth Xerath possesses keen intellect compared to other Infernal leaders and is awaiting the day he can usurp his master. Soon... |
| 806 | [[/folder]] |
| 807 | |
| 808 | [[folder:K/DA]] |
| 809 | |
| 810 | K/DA was originally made to coincide with "The Afterparty" of the [[UsefulNotes/ProfessionalGaming Worlds 2018]], the opening ceremony for the finals of which premiered the group's [[{{Defictionalization}} live performance]] of "POP/STARS", headlined by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Beer Madison Beer]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeon_So-yeon Soyeon]] and [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho_Mi-yeon Miyeon]] of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(G)I-dle (G)I-dle]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaira_Burns Jaira Burns]].\ |
| 811 | \ |
| 812 | In the lead-up to Worlds 2020, the group made a comeback sporting new looks along with the pre-release single "THE BADDEST" for an upcoming EP. Also included was a comic series titled ''K/DA: Harmonies'', following the journey of a young, aspiring musician named Seraphine who finds a chance to join the group.\ |
| 813 | \ |
| 814 | Their [[https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/kda promotional website can be found here]]. |
| 815 | ->'''Champions in the K/DA line''': Ahri, Akali, Evelynn, Kai'Sa\ |
| 816 | '''Champions in the K/DA ALL OUT line''': Ahri, Akali, Evelynn, Kai'Sa, Seraphine (Indie, Rising Star, Superstar) |
| 817 | ---- |
| 818 | ->[[Music/{{KDA}} See the group page for more info]] |
| 819 | [[/folder]] |
| 820 | |
| 821 | [[folder:Lunar Beasts]] |
| 822 | Each year, a mischievous Lunar Beast arrives in the mortal realm, drawn to the New Year's celebrations, and each year, the corresponding Lunar God selects a squad of chosen champions to lead the beast on a merry chase and protect the city from the creature's playful rampage. The Lunar Parade is a beloved part of the New Year's festivities and the Beast itself brings good luck once it has been lulled to rest by the squad's efforts. When a Lunar Beast is well-entertained and well-rested, it always signals a prosperous New Year! |
| 823 | ->'''Champions in this line:''' Alistar, Annie, Aphelios, Darius, Fiora, Jarvan IV, Viego |
| 824 | ---- |
| 825 | * AnimalMotifs: The Year of the Ox came in 2057 (or 2021 in real life), and thus duties of stopping the Lunar Beast were placed on the Ox Clan. Not only was the clan led appropriately by Alistar, the Minotaur, all members of the clan are depicted [[HornedHumanoid with magical ox horns]]. |
| 826 | * BadBoss: Viego served as a previous leader of the Ox Squad, but his desire to outright defeat and kill the Lunar Beast rather than merely sedate it cost them dearly, with the Lunar Beast devouring all of his squadmates, including his wife. Years later, he's still bitter over their losses and [[NeverMyFault blames everyone but himself]], including the current Ox Squad. |
| 827 | * BrotherSisterTeam: Aphelios and Alune are members of the Ox Clan, placed in order to face the year's Lunar Beast. Unbeknownst to the rest of their squad, they are progeny of the Bull God, and practice the obscure "old ways" of worship in order to subdue their foe. |
| 828 | * ChildProdigy: Much to the surprise of everyone in the Ox Clan, it was Annie who was chosen to be their tech operative, serving as [[MissionControl the team's recon strategist]] to keep the Lunar Parade's path free of civilians. |
| 829 | * FamilyHonor: Fiora's participation in the Ox Clan is motivated by this, with her family's name falling into disgrace after her father's participation in a previous Ox Squad ended in disaster. She takes her job much more seriously than her squadmates, making her seem cold and standoffish, but she's ultimately just as determined to bring on a successful New Year as the rest. |
| 830 | * TheLancer: Darius serves as the number 2 to Alistar, the Ox Clan's actual leader. Both of them are quite brutish and are often known to butt heads, but nevertheless, both share the determination and steadfast strength required to lead the Clan. |
| 831 | * NewYearHasCome: Every new year, the Lunar Beast arrives and creates chaos among the city, and a squad chosen by the residing god corresponding to the EasternZodiac is sent out to quell it. |
| 832 | * SourSupporter: Jarvan IV isn't enthusiastic about joining the Ox Clan [[CelebrityIsOverrated and receiving the celebrity status that accompanies it]], and only did so because his father stubbornly insisted he did. Coming from a long line of philanthropists, he nonetheless brings a strong, businesslike efficiency to the biggest community event of the year. |
| 833 | * {{Wutai}}: A line celebrating the Lunar New Year, the line is aesthetically influenced Eastern Asia, with the titular Lunar Beast being a reference to the Chinese [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nian Nian]]. However, unlike the Lunar Revel which takes its cues from ancient fantasy, Lunar Beasts is distinctly more modern, taking place in the future and featuring outfit designs inspired by Asian street fashion. |
| 834 | [[/folder]] |
| 835 | |
| 836 | [[folder:Lunar Revel]] |
| 837 | A skin line inspired by and released in celebration of the Lunar New Year, the various skin lines feature a heavy influence from Ancient Asia. Originally popularized by the combat-oriented Warring Kingdoms skins, the thematic branched out into a larger narrative, including Firecracker skins representing the festive side of Lunar Revels, the {{Magitek}} HumongousMecha-themed Mecha Kingdoms line, and other general skins representing the mythological side. Each year, depending on the Zodiac sign for that year, new skins will be released that represent that year's Zodiac. |
| 838 | ->'''Champions in the general Lunar Revel line''': (Lunar Wraith) Caitlyn, Morgana, Sylas, (Jade Fang) Cassiopeia, (Lunar Goddess) Diana, (Dragon Fist) Lee Sin, (Lunar Empress) Lux,, (Lunar Guardian) Nasus, Warwick, (Guqin) Sona, (Coin Emperor) Tahm Kench, (Jade Dragon) Wukong, (Radiant) Wukong.\ |
| 839 | '''Champions in the Warring Kingdoms line''': (Warring Kingdoms) Azir, Garen, Jarvan IV, Katarina, Nidalee, Tryndamere, Vi, Xin Zhao, (Dragonblade) Riven, Talon\ |
| 840 | '''Champions in the Firecracker line''': (Panda) Annie, (Dragonwing) Corki, (Firecracker) Diana, Jinx, Sejuani, Sett, Teemo, Tristana, Vayne, Xin Zhao, (Lion Dance) Kog'Maw\ |
| 841 | '''Champions in the Mecha Kingdoms line''': Draven, Garen, Jax, Leona, Sett\ |
| 842 | '''Champions in the Heavenscale line''': Diana, Ezreal, Janna, Kai'Sa, Lee Sin, Master Yi, Smolder\ |
| 843 | '''Champions in the Dragon Lantern line'''[[superscript:All WR-exclusive]]: Aatrox, Graves, Thresh, Zeri, Zyra |
| 844 | ---- |
| 845 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Caitlyn is firmly on the side of evil in this skinline and just seeing her is described as an evil omen. |
| 846 | * AnimalMotifs: Separated from the EasternZodiac entries below, Jax refers to Lunar Revel Nidalee as the Spirit of the White Tiger, and Warring Kingdoms Xin Zhao has the title of "Tiger General". |
| 847 | * AscendedMeme: After many, ''many'' years, Jax found a ''real'' weapon in the form of his [[HumongousMecha Avalon]]. |
| 848 | -->'''Jax''': Can't believe I used to fight with a lamppost. It'll be hard going back. |
| 849 | * BigBad: Lunar Wraith Sylas, who stands in opposition to Lunar Empress Lux. |
| 850 | * CleavageWindow: The Lunar Wraith Caitlyn skin has an opening in the chest area to expose her cleavage. |
| 851 | * DragonKnight: Many of the champions [[DragonsUpTheYinYang have dragon motifs in their lore and in-game effects]]; the weapons of Dragonblade Talon and Riven are directly forged from the dragonfire of a shadow dragon. Others like Jade Dragon Wukong, Warring Kingdoms Tryndamere, and Warring Kingdoms Garen, have more Eastern-style serpentine dragons in them. |
| 852 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The original Warring Kingdoms skins (Jarvan IV and Xin Zhao) were originally released to celebrate the anniversary of ''League's'' Chinese server, and are more aesthetically reminiscent of ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' than Chinese New Year. Later Warring Kingdoms skins would be more integrated into the general Lunar Revel aesthetic, so they might seem a little out-of-place as years go on. |
| 853 | * EasternZodiac: Certain skins represent [[AnimalMotifs the totems]] in the zodiac: |
| 854 | ** The Year of the Dragon in 2012 wasn't represented by an actual dragon champion, but was still referenced in Dragon Fist Lee Sin, Dragonblade Talon, and Jade Dragon Wukong. |
| 855 | ** The Year of the Snake in 2013 was represented with Jade Fang Cassiopeia. |
| 856 | ** The Year of the Monkey in 2016 was represented with Radiant Wukong [[note]]Unlike most Lunar Revel skins, Radiant Wukong is available throughout the year due to his previous Underworld Wukong skin already being legacy[[/note]]). |
| 857 | ** The Year of the Rooster in 2017 was represented with Warring Kingdoms Azir. |
| 858 | ** The Year of the Dog in 2018 was represented with Lunar Guardians Warwick and Nasus. |
| 859 | ** The Year of the Pig in 2019 was represented with Firecracker Sejuani. |
| 860 | ** The Year of the Ox in 2021 was represented with Lunar Beast Alistar |
| 861 | ** The Year of the Tiger in 2022 was represented with Porcelain Protector Ezreal. |
| 862 | * FatalFireworks: Featured in all the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Firecracker"]] to varying degrees. Within the context of the Lunar Revel, firecrackers are supposed to ward off evil spirits and misfortune (much like how they're symbolically seen in Chinese cultures), but they're a lot more dangerous when given to a [[PlayingWithFire pyromaniac child]], a hungry Void monster, and a TriggerHappy girl who thinks a seven foot-long rocket shaped like an angry dragon [[ComicallyMissingThePoint is just a fun]] [[ExactWords firecracker for parties]]. |
| 863 | * HumongousMecha: The Mecha Kingdoms sub-line revolve around champions piloting massive {{Magitek}} versions of their usual selves called Avalons, used to combat invading leviathans. [[UnitsNotToScale They're scaled down to work with gameplay]], but the Legendary-tier Mecha Kingdoms Jax gains additional animations help sell his size and weight, being seen carried and deployed by floating drones ''Film/PacificRim''-style, to his recall showing him landing on a just-as-disproportionately-sized mountain side. |
| 864 | -->'''Jax''': Would you look at that? [[BrickJoke I finally have a real weapon!]] |
| 865 | * IdenticalStranger: They might not be [[DownplayedTrope identical in appearance]], but Radiant Wukong and Jade Dragon Wukong both exist in this skin line, and they share the same name, abilities, and presumably species, despite being two different characters in this lore. |
| 866 | * {{Lunacy}}: A benevolent example from Lunar Empress Lux, a demigod groomed to watch over the immortal realm and protect the world from darkness, joined by her Lunar Guardians Warwick and Nasus. |
| 867 | * {{Magitek}}: The Avalons of the Mecha Kingdoms line are a mixture of ancient and futuristic aesthetics, built of strange technology from the heavens themselves. |
| 868 | -->'''Jax''': What fuels this, you ask? A little bit of monster essence [[ArrogantKungFuGuy and a whole lotta Jax]]. |
| 869 | * MonkeyKingLite: Wukong was already this, but Radiant Wukong is described as having undergone on a long journey to test his skills against history's greatest warriors, but is still barred by his quick temper and impulsive nature. |
| 870 | * NavelDeepNeckline: Warring Kingdoms Nidalee skin has a neckline that plunges to her navel. |
| 871 | * RagsToRiches: Sett is not of royalty, and was originally a nameless barbarian from parts unknown, but gained a massive following as a pit fighter named "The Savage Wolf" and used his fortune to gain an Avalon of his own. |
| 872 | * RedOniBlueOni: While the Lunar Guardians have raised Lunar Empress Lux to protect the world, the red Warwick is described as "feral" as he ravenously pursues foes from the south, while the blue Nasus is the stoic, but powerful guardian of the north. |
| 873 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: In the Mecha Kingdoms line, Garen is the warlord of the Vercentia Kingdom, Leona is the matriarch of the Dawnrise Kingdom, and both of them pilot their own Avalons. {{Subverted|Trope}} with Jax, who is high-ranking, but still answers to the king of the Estercrest Kingdom. |
| 874 | * SmugSuper: Comes with the territory of being [[TheAce Jax]], but his Mecha Kingdoms counterpart really loves to boast about his power with and without his mech, as well as talking smack against other Avalon pilots. |
| 875 | -->''(after a [[TotalPartyWipe pentakill]])'' "To kingdoms everywhere: you're welcome!" |
| 876 | [[/folder]] |
| 877 | |
| 878 | [[folder:Mecha]] |
| 879 | An alternate universe/future where several of Bandle City's greatest scientists have constructed mecha for protection of their home from a kaiju threat. |
| 880 | ->'''Champions in this line''': (Mecha Zero) Sion, (Mecha) Aatrox, Aurelion Sol, Kha'Zix, Malphite, Rengar, Urgot[[superscript:WR]], (Giant Enemy Crabgot) Urgot |
| 881 | ---- |
| 882 | * AIIsACrapshoot: 0-SION/"Mecha Zero Sion's" in-game quotes depict him as an unstable prototype mecha who rejected its programming and [[KillAllHumans now fights as an enemy of humanity]], though this has [[SubvertedTrope since been reduced]] [[GameplayAndStorySegregation to a lingering possibility rather than an actual reality in the plot]]. |
| 883 | * CoolAirship: The ASOL-13/"Mecha Aurelion Sol", not only looks like a giant badass robot dragon (and/or possibly [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Rayquaza]]), he's also a functioning mobile mothership containing thousands upon thousands of personnel, weapons, attack fighters, and ground-based anti-kaiju vehicles. |
| 884 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The line took a while to properly find its footing before it settled on the "mechs are protectors of humanity designed to fight off kaiju" plotline, with the most glaring sticking point being Mecha Zero Sion. His in-game and initial promotional depictions were that of [[AIIsACrapshoot a rogue independent mecha who turned on humanity]], but this aspect is {{Subverted|Trope}} in his current skin blurb where him going rogue is just a lingering, but unfounded possibility. |
| 885 | * FlyingFirepower: ATRX-1/"Mecha Aatrox" was created in response to flying kaiju threats, and is capable of limited flight as well as a ''[[{{BFS}} massive]]'' HotBlade. |
| 886 | * HumongousMecha: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's right there in the title]], though the [[UnitsNotToScale "humongous" part unfortunately]] [[GameplayAndStorySegregation does not translate into gameplay]]. |
| 887 | * {{Kaiju}}: [[GiantEnemyCrab Giant Enemy Crabgot]] is confirmed to be in the line as one of the {{Kaiju}} the mechs were designed to fight against. |
| 888 | * ShoutOut: The entire line from the colorful aesthetics to the "HumongousMecha vs. {{Kaiju}}" conceit is a giant love letter to ''Film/PacificRim'', with a light amount of ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' thrown in the mix. |
| 889 | * TransformingMecha: Most of the mecha have transforming capabilities, with Aatrox, Aurelion Sol, Rengar, and Malphite turning into [[CoolPlane a jet]], [[CoolCar a car]], [[CoolAirship a rocket]], and [[ThisIsADrill a drill]] for their recalls. Sion turns into a [[CoolTrain charging train]] during his ultimate. |
| 890 | * UrbanWarfare: K-ZX/"Mecha Kha'Zix" and RNGR-7/"Mecha Rengar" are described as stealthy, smaller-sized defenders made for urban environments. |
| 891 | [[/folder]] |
| 892 | |
| 893 | [[folder:Medieval]] |
| 894 | A set of skins that take place in an alternate Runeterra reminiscent of the middle ages. |
| 895 | ->'''Champions in this line''': (Little Knight) Amumu, (Queen) Ashe, (Executioner) Mundo, (Sir) Kled, (Sorceress) Lux, (Blacksmith) Poppy, (King) Tryndamere, (Medieval) Twitch, (White Mage) Veigar |
| 896 | ---- |
| 897 | * TheBlacksmith: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Blacksmith Poppy]] works under the tutelage of Sir Ornn of the Freljord, during which she found herself wielding a legendary hammer destined for an unknown hero, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial which is most definitely]] [[IgnorantOfTheCall not herself]]. |
| 898 | * HarmlessVillain: For being such [[WhiteMage a helpful cleric in healing magic]], it might come as a surprise that Veigar [[CardCarryingVillain still identifies as a dastardly villain]], one who takes his widespread healing and curing [[EpicFail as a failure worth of conscious annoyance]]. |
| 899 | * HorseOfADifferentColor: With the Sir Kled skin, Skaarl is given a much more avian appearance, suspiciously similar to a [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Chocobo]]. |
| 900 | * HotWitch: Sorceress Lux, personality-wise, [[CuteWitch is still the Lux]] [[MagicalGirl we all know and love]], but her outfit is a lot more revealing than her default. Perhaps her baring her midriff was done in exchange for her witch hat. |
| 901 | * KnightInShiningArmor: |
| 902 | ** [[MonsterKnight Amumu is an]] [[{{Mummy}} undying, mummified princeling]], but he otherwise perfectly fits the brave-hearted, idealistic, and heroic archetype. |
| 903 | ** [[OverlyLongName Sir Prince Chevalier Archduke Lord Double-Earl Kled]] (or Sir Kled, for short) ''looks'' the part, [[SubvertedTrope but he's also an extremely territorial lunatic who seeks to conquer all the countryside in the name of]] [[{{Egopolis}} The Kingdom of Kled]] (which consists entirely of him and [[CowardlySidekick his single cowardly subject, Skaarl]]). |
| 904 | * PsychoForHire: |
| 905 | ** Twitch is a wretched [[ProfessionalKiller assassin-for-hire]] in the Dread Fortress Zaun, [[AxCrazy one who takes delight in killing his targets]] [[PlagueMaster with moist, toxic garbage]]. |
| 906 | ** Mundo is a "mad giant" who's hired mainly as a legitimate formal executioner, but it's stated that he also ''really'' enjoys executing prisoners. |
| 907 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Queen Ashe and King Tryndamere discard their canon status as leaders of northern {{Barbarian Tribe}}s in favor of regal medieval flavor, but they lose none of their strength. |
| 908 | * WhiteMage: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin White Mage Veigar]], who is [[AccidentalHero (acciden]][[HarmlessVillain tally)]] a skilled mage capable of curing ailments and dispelling curses. [[{{Irony}} Ironic considering his base skin is reminiscent of a Black Mage from]] ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'', and while he doesn't get the full costume makeover, his white and red colors still evoke a White Mage from the same series. |
| 909 | [[/folder]] |
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