League of Legends has various skin series, such as Porcelain, High Noon, or Star Guardian. However, some players are frustrated that a certain champion seems to get younger with each new skin.
Which champion is it about? Soon, new Porcelain skins will be available in League of Legends, just as there are already skins in this series for characters like Kindred and Lux. However, players have noticed something strange about it, or rather, about a specific champion: The talk is about Darius.
With Patch 14.4, the new Porcelain skins are supposed to come, including one for Darius. On the platform Reddit, an obvious Darius fan expressed his dissatisfaction. In his opinion, Riot Games seems to have a tendency to make Darius younger with each fresh skin.
Stop making Darius younger!
What is being criticized? NimblecloudsArt refers to the original splash art of Darius, which according to him showed an experienced
and tough
general with an angry expression
, a gray strand of hair
, and damaged armor
.
With the newest skins, he argues, not only has his appearance changed, but also his identity and character traits. It is criticized that Darius is no longer the tough, experienced general, but rather seems like an overly ambitious and arrogant teenager.
Here you can see the Reddit post:
How does the community react? Under the post, many comments are accumulating, and we’ve summarized a few for you:
- Raigheb writes:
If you asked every single Darius player what skin series they would like a skin from, not a single one would ever say: Porcelain!
- TheLadForTheJob writes:
Just use the standard skin, bro.
- PorkyMan12 writes:
Just 5 more skins and Darius will be 12 years old.
- NonTokenisableFungi writes:
Look what they did to Xin Zhao. Anime guy in all his splash arts, but in-game he still looks like a slightly depressed middle-aged man as his story prescribes.
- Cirenione writes:
Well, skins are often a reinterpretation of a champion. In this case, Darius as a champion in his base form remains the same, and the skin represents him in his younger form in an alternate universe.[…]
- Fyzz51:
Champions are not necessarily the same age in different skins, and that has been the case for some time.[…]
- valraven38:
Can we stop taking skins so seriously? They are supposed to be like alternate universes or variations and have no impact on the champions themselves.[…]
What else is he criticizing? The criticism of the new skins goes even further. NimblecloudsArt questions the logic behind skins like Porcelain Darius
and Lunar Beast Darius
and wonders why Darius suddenly wears armor in a porcelain style or tech sneakers
. For some fans, these designs seem to distort the character of Darius, and they believe they do not fit the original conception of the champion.
It is emphasized that while he is glad Darius is getting new skins and attention from Riot Games, he wishes that Riot Games would adhere more to his character fantasy
as a veteran general
.
What do you think about the situation? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.
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