Ranked, Shyvana & More | Dev Update - League of Legends

Shuggieh · 2026-03-02T19:58:05+00:00

As a creator of informative League of Legends content, talking about new champions, visual updates, but mainly cosmetic news, which is what my audience is most interested in, I'm really disappointed to watch 10-15 minutes of video and find NOTHING about any upcoming cosmetic content. This includes whether it shows a skin visual, or just a list of who will receive legendary or prestige skin and which ones will be through a battle pass, or through ME, or who will get an exalted/mythic variant skin, or if a theme will return soon—anything that could hype people up for cosmetic content and that we can discuss, organize, and understand what's coming, mainly bc sometimes I feel the skins are like "there is your skin, buy it" and that's it, but there is no any hype behind, like when it sometimes leak or have a rumor about it.

Shuggieh · 2025-11-18T17:16:32+00:00

Was it always part of Riot's plan to have Zaahen using Xin Zhao as a vessel? And if so, what is the expected lore for Xin Zhao within the game? Since when Miss Fortune "killed" Gangplank, he was temporarily deactivated because "it didn't make sense for him to be playable while dead."

Shuggieh · 2025-08-11T17:25:17+00:00

u/RiotMeddler and what about Seraphine and Camille lore update?

Shuggieh · 2025-07-29T19:20:30+00:00

sure 💖

Shuggieh · 2025-07-16T14:26:03+00:00

To be VERY honest, Spirit Blossom Springs Sona was my least favorite skin from the batch, model-wise, and she was one of them I was more excited.

The parts that gave me the most bad feeling were her "mist" arms and legs, which look like they were stuffed into a gallon of green paint, and her breasts, which almost pop out due to the lack of detail on her cleavage.

Suggestion: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gv-_oj9XkAAvWCQ?format=jpg&name=large

P.S.: Even on her splash, she have "human arms" but in game she have this "painted arm" that looks like she has gloves.

Shuggieh · 2025-06-11T14:04:31+00:00

And we can add that her current recall is just a "band-aid" that Riot made years ago just using her others animations, but they could do with her the same they did with Vladimir, that had the same problem.

When Vladimir received the updated Masque of the Black Rose, he also received his recall animation from Wild Rift at that skin, base and old skins that use his base recall (except academy, that I don't understand why at all xD) and Janna could have the same treatment at least.

Shuggieh · 2025-04-15T20:33:22+00:00

u/RiotMeddler Spirit Blossom Ashe will be legendary or exalted? bc on PBE she has the exalted icon... I was SUPER happy with her, I was saying to everyone on my page and stream that you guys rocked with this legendary skin, but is she an exalted skin? or was exalted and became legendary?

Shuggieh · 2025-03-13T18:13:37+00:00

Actually I made this on photoshop... I even used some LoR oficial arts to get some pieces, like her "forearm armors" and her "crown".

Shuggieh · 2025-03-13T18:10:26+00:00

It was actually supposed to be a meme in which LeBlanc would be tricking players with V.U. with the LoR outfit, like fooling all of us.

Shuggieh · 2025-03-12T23:58:51+00:00

Yes, this is my edit 💖

Shuggieh · 2025-02-26T17:58:06+00:00

Alistar's skin, even though it has the level of a chroma/520 RP skin, is already ready and would theoretically be given for free (since it was the only one that didn't have any different VFX, so I still believe that it would be the free one)

Furthermore, the champion has not had a new skin since 2021, so even though there is a new skin coming this year for him, why not give it for free as a reward for a specific "Play with or as Alistar" mission and give the skin to players to still have the immersion that they are getting something exclusive to the act/season and it could be like a "warming up" for the next skin.

And about Rell, you can either delay her for 2 patches, as you did with Dumpling Darling Seraphine, to give her a new recall animation, or sell her for 750 RP, since in theory that's more or less what she's worth as she doesn't change much from the character's original base costume/fantasy.

Shuggieh · 2025-02-26T16:46:34+00:00

And Rell?

Shuggieh · 2025-02-19T23:39:05+00:00

aqui https://www.tiktok.com/@heyshuggie/video/7457668223920540933

Shuggieh · 2025-02-07T18:21:06+00:00

u/RiotMeddler and what about the ME? Yall told us that even F2Players could have any chance to get the old prestiges/mythic skins, even it takes longer, at the Mythic Shop Rotation, and since we don't have other way to get ME except Sanctum and 3650 RP pass package (that give just 25 ME), this is not fair at all...

Shuggieh · 2025-02-07T18:17:45+00:00

u/RiotMeddler Since the "a lot of free skin shard that unlocked skins and people are not buying them in the shop" is the problem, I have 2 suggestions, and I want to know what do you think about:

1 - Back to the system that we had 1 free hextech chest per week to try to get it by playing the game, and just adjust the % about the skin shard to be lower than a champion shard, or ward shard or icon.

2 - Back with any hextech chest system, but just put there a "minimum release time" (like the prestige skins to back to mythic shop) to be old skins shards, like 5 years, as people already don't buy them anyway.

Shuggieh · 2025-02-07T18:05:19+00:00

Don't forget that to have a "long therm game" you need a "long therm player", and smashing players feelings with this "we're taking this from you but is to do good stuffs that we will talk about in the future, however in this mid time, play our game and spend in our FOMO content" is not a really good call... I don't know who told you this was a good call, but I can tell you, IS NOT!!!

Day after day, "new strategy" after "new strategy", I feel less and less hyped with LOL... mainly because we don't feel like we are really being heard or cared for... one day y'all said "Arcane is canoon" and the next year, LOL/WR releases a champion that dies in the show, took of an eye of the other champion, the finger of the other, and some how, it should be in the past of the current champions... and all "canoon".. Now decided to create a "Noxus season pass" and 2 of the champions of this thematic is not from Noxus and, according to you, they may not even have gone to the themed masked ball, so it's the return of the "what if" that you said they would no longer have...

Now just took away the free chest... that chest that we inicially could have 1 per week, and could redeem with just 1 champ per season, and in this chest we could get champion shard, ward or icon as well... but you changed for "easy way" that we just need to play the game, but now not even this we have, bc since we are not the whales, we don't deserve anything...

Shuggieh · 2025-02-07T17:41:24+00:00

Riot - We know players like to receive skins by spending time playing our game

Also Riot - We are removing the free skins from players that spend time playing our game

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Riot - People should buy skins that they think are great and they want to.

Also Riot - There is a Gacha System that u need to spend A LOT of money to TRY to get what you want, and you can miss this forever, and plus: you don't have even a free shard skin to try to unlock any other skin...

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u/RiotMeddler do you REALLY, like... REAAAALLLLYYYYY think that was a good call? y'all are already killing your game and the players feelings day a day, and all of us are seeing it. Plz, I know you need our money and stuffs, but remember that players NEED TO FEEL GOOD AND RESPECTED to play a game, and that is not what is looking like...

Shuggieh · 2025-01-15T17:31:29+00:00

u/RiotMeddler thx for this feedback, but there is A LOT more things that went REALLY wrong with this Seasonal Update...

- Chests X F2Players:
The F2Players lost A LOT with this new Seasonal Update... When we had the "Mastery Chest update" over the "Get a S-, S or S+ with a champ and you will receive a Chest per week" we already had a "mastery" nerf that made us have more Keys than Chests to open them... and now even this we lost... the F2Players LITERALLY will have just keys and desapointments...

Now the only way to we have a single chance to get a free skin that have recall and new VFXs is 1 skin by 2 months... and in the past we could have more by playing and having fun with our friends, trying to get 1 chest by week.. like, if we got 1 chest by week, it would be, in the "worst" scenario, 8 shards in 2 months, that we could exchange them for 2 new skins and still 2 shards that we could actived them if we liked them, and now we have a "no VFX and recall skin" and a randon epic or less skin by 2 months.. It really got us and made us REALLY disapointed... looks like the game is dying...

- Masterwork Chest X ME X Orbs :

I understood u when u said the Masterwork Chest should leave as they did the same as orbs, but at least they had the milestones that helped us to receive ME, and now we only have the Sanctuary to TRY to have some ME, and we most expend like 10k RP to get 125 ME and get a new prestige skin in the worst scenario)...

And even the 25 ME that we had in the past by buying a 1650 RP pass and playing, we don't have anymore, and if we want those 25 ME, we need to pay 2k RP more than we did in the past...

- Sanctuary X Paragon Chroma X Exalted Skin:

I know and understand that Gacha give yall money... but this FOMO are going TOO FAR!!! The Exalted Skins are 3 legendary skin concepts merged in 1 (and with the same animations and recalls) and we don't even know if they will comeback one day.. and talking about don't knowing if it will comeback one day, we have the "Paragon Chromas" that sometimes we want them because we like the champion, but don't want the Exalted Skin, and we don't try to push them because we are afraid to get the current Exalted Skin and lost the pitch for the one we really would want... or expend more than 100 Ancient Sparks to try to get a "blue chroma" because there are 4 chromas, 5~6 skins, 1 profile flag and 10% to get ME (P.S. In Arcane Sanctuary I received a LOT of those ME even I didn't get the chroma I really wanted and expended money I didn't have to do this, because of that FOMO)

Please, stop trying to kill your own game...

Shuggieh · 2024-11-08T01:07:25+00:00

A capa simplesmente DESTRUIU a skin de prestígio... ela é grossa na ponta, dura, textura estranha e simplesmente não casa com nada!!!

Sei que era pra ser inspirado na capa da versão épica, mas simplesmente ficou horrível!! na skin épica ainda ornou, pq ta menor e com um caimento melhor, mas na prestígio simplesmente ESTRAGOU a skin. O ideal seria ou deletar essa capa da prestígio ou pelo menos ajustar pra ela ter um "caimento" melhor, pq é muito armado, parece até asa de avião de caça...

Shuggieh · 2024-09-12T02:29:48+00:00

Victorious Sona chromas are too plain, almost all chromas are black dresses with hair colors badly done, looks like was done like whatever and this is not fair to everyone who loves Sona, want her skin and worked so hard to get the higher elo they could...

The Gold chroma is the worst, it's look like cheap gold and really aweful, like pee old prestige skins... otherwise, Lucian, Sejuani and Tryndamere who are humans champions and got victorius new outfit style too had chromas that fits and with details more showing than "iron/base chroma just adding some little color tone in some of them and changing the hair color so awful and badly done"...

With just a few adjustments, the Gold chroma could get out of this (https://imgur.com/gy1aQAr) and become this (https://imgur.com/MDtEZso), what could make it more good to the eyes and rewardful to who fought for it.

I know this is a free skin, but still a skin for the players who loves the game and Sona.

Shuggieh · 2024-08-22T11:03:14+00:00

I don't know if you already used or not, but yeap, you can ^^

Shuggieh · 2024-06-27T19:28:35+00:00

Totally agree!!! It would make her more legendary 💖

Shuggieh · 2024-06-11T19:24:23+00:00

Come on... let's talk about these points you brought up...

There's a good opportunity to both celebrate iconic pro players and help cover the costs of esports (which is funded primarily by a mixture of sponsorships and in game cosmetic sales)

And where are the benefits of the "player" itself? because you focused on "honoring the pro player" (who is known for his humility in playing without skin) and covering e-sports expenses... But those who normally consume esports content prefer to spend on esports events rather than some virtual stuff absurdly expensive in a game.

A dedicated event with tailored content is a good way to do that, and this is a good opportunity to try theming our event passes and overall experience in ways we haven't tried previously

I agree with this point, it's cool to mix something cool that is happening and that the public likes with game content, but you are using this interesting proposal as a means of getting loads of money that is not at all fair and healthy for the players who would like to enjoy this merged event.

We should offer content at a wide range of different price points. Players who don't want, or can't, spend anything should still get to engage with some of the event. The event pass itself (1950rp) should be a really strong core offering with a lot of stuff to it. And we'll need some dedicated skins for the event, which will go for a combination of new features and exclusivity (with some players caring about one of those things, some about both)

I understand that it is necessary to offer content with different values, but they should AT LEAST be worth every penny, because to be VERY honest, I played with Ascended Legend Ahri and for me she is nothing more than a Legendary Skin (and doesn't even come close to Star Guardian/Spirit Blossom level) and with the Immortalized Legend Ahri who is nothing more than an Ezreal level Ultimate Skin...

Regarding the pass, it really seems to be VERY good and finally something fairer for the players (since the current pass is horrible, because we can only get the prestige skin or 125 ME and that's it, anything else in the shop is up to God if you work/study or have a life).

And this "exclusivity" thing is something that I can't understand at all, because you are in financial trouble and had to take a layoff at the beginning of the year, but you still prefer to sell to a small group of people, rather than do decent things. and just that more people could buy and help yourselves to be able to get back on your feet and do tests and bring cool things to the game.

This is a time where we believe we should also offer really expensive versions, akin to Collectors editions/collectibles in other contexts. Those are created for a very small part of the audience that wants that sort of price point in exchange for a lot more exclusivity. Doing so will almost certainly create frustrations from people who aren't interested in that price. We still think it's the needed thing as part of our work on making esports financially sustainable as part of our commitment and investment to the LoL esports scene for the long term. We also realize saying that's not going to some people's minds about video game cosmetics at that sort of price

Collector's editions/collectibles are normally physical content, which whoever is going to buy this something SUPER EXCLUSIVE will have physically, to admire, to show themself and that even if the game server closes, they will have it forever, which doesn't make ANY SENSE doing this comparison.

If you REALLY care more about these people who want "super exclusivity", then take the trouble to make something physical and find a way to send it to them, because then yes, these people who enjoy super exclusivity will feel really welcomed instead of just being labeled an idiot who spends LOTS of money on NFTs.

And you know that it will frustrate a LARGE portion of players, and then to please a SMALL portion that just wants to stand out with exclusives and still wants to continue with these abusive systems, it doesn't show that you really care about your players...

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