League's New $500 Skin Explained

look I'm not sure what to

say can we go back to the $200 skins So

Yesterday ride Finally Revealed what is

happening with Faker skins it all

started with faker's mini documentary

getting a teaser then we got a semi

cinematic trailer for the Skins

connected to this then we got a reveal

of those skins and

then then we learned about the pricing

and after testing out just how many

players would be buying the $200 skins

ride decided to step up their game and

test out just how many players are able

to take a loan to get a skin so without

further Ado let's have a look at what is

actually happening here of course all of

this is tied to something new called the

Hall of Legends a website that is

currently giving honor to Faker perhaps

the best League of Legends player who is

also just why considered the best gamer

in the world in general it is truly

incredible to see what Faker was able to

accomplish so some kind of giving honor

makes sense here I mean if you just

scroll through the website you will see

some quick Recaps of what Faker did

after which the website immediately

dives into the halls of Legends event

that's right this is not just about

giving honors to the players it is also

about the players giving up their money

however as much as we may be joking here

the first microtransaction that's

revealed here is pretty good at least

compared to other League standards

because remember all in-game purchases

are subjective because Riot are the one

setting up the prices so first we got

the Hall of Legends event pass that's

right we got a whole new battle pass

with this which is still priced within

League's reasonable window although it

is still a about $5 more expensive than

all the other passes so for about $20

expect 100 levels of unlockable rewards

and here I really want you to remember

that this has 100 rewards okay just keep

that 100 in your head and here you

honestly get quite the Banger rewards

the main prize here is going to be the

Risen Legend LeBlanc which is your

standard epic quality skin together with

this you will also get all the sktt1

skins for all the Champions that Faker

played 125 Mythic Essence which is

pretty good that is about one half of

one of the most prestigious skins and a

lot of Faker themed items there are 14

new icons and emotes the broccoli Baron

title which is an obvious joke about

Faker and the broccoli the hide on Bush

Ward which I believe is reference to

Faker waiting in bushes with his rise

The unkillable Demon King Banner which

is another reference to his nickname and

six loot orbs Each of which should have

at least one skin inside so as you can

see for about $20 that is a lot I would

actually say that is a pretty good

purchase if you play League of Legends a

lot because remember it is still a

battle pass you have to play the game to

get all of these you don't just get them

even though

that's what you paid for but alas such

is the fate of battle passes

so so far so good

right wrong let's have a look at the

second

microtransaction here you can buy a

standalone skin a skin that has some

legendary quality features but it is not

a full rework of the animations still

this one will cost you $50

which in reality is a whole bundle you

can't actually buy this skin as a

standalone item now this bundle will

also give you the Hall of Legends battle

pass which means that technically the

skin is only

$30 but it is a marketing trick they

still made you buy things in bulk so in

reality the price stays at 50 and what

makes this one special is not just

faker's name attached to it it does have

some unique features the skin has a

special taunt that actually gives you a

number of all your takedowns

and that's kind of it you also have your

special border and an icon and an emote

but those are kind of a standard these

days and no I don't count getting the

actual champion as a bonus so on top of

the quality of a normal epic skin you

are just paying extra $10 for an emote

that shows you your takedowns which is

not the best but it is still not that

bad no if we want to go bad we need to

turn a

microtransaction into a macro

transaction and we do that by raising

the price six times that's right as the

gaming company Trend goes these days

this skin has multiple tears for

purchase I mean where did R get this

idea Ubisoft and yes we are jumping up

from the price of $50 all the way to

32,000 RP or in other words about

$300 that is already more than the $200

skins and this one is not even part of a

gacha system so you have to buy it for

that high price directly it's supposed

to be better I'm not sure if it is well

as it tends to be upon seeing this high

price people usually look at what they

can get for that price to see if it is

Justified so let's have a look at what

we get so for the extra

$250 you get an upgraded version of the

skin this skin has an extra feature it

evolves based on the video you get

credit for destroying structures or

killing opponents and after getting

enough points the skin evolves which

pretty much just turns her dress black

and it turns her Tails into a bunch of

foxes admittedly it looks pretty good

and there is also a third evolution

which essentially turns the skin into a

Prestige version but that's only up

during her ultimate so when the ultimate

goes off she transforms back although

while it's up apparently she also gets

unique HUD elements on screen now if you

look directly at all the things listed

here in this bundle you have the unique

Transformations which we just mentioned

but here we learned that each

transformation also has unique voice

lines but apparently the Skins also get

a custom visual announcer which I assume

is not a new voice for the announcer it

should really be just a new border

around the words first blood then this

skin also has a unique animation for

destroying towers and killing enemies it

is this fox slamming down which looks

like a finisher from valerant and all

things considered this should be an an

entirely new thing as far as I am aware

finishers don't exist in League of

Legends even though they exist in every

other Riot game so from a marketing

perspective I have to advise you don't

get baited into buying an expensive skin

because it has some features which other

skins don't eventually after this

feature gets tested it is extremely

likely we will see other finishers in

the game maybe it will be turned into a

separate cosmetic that's what would make

sense once the Pandora's Box gets opened

it will be everywhere and it happens in

literally every live service game ever

so don't buy it just for the finisher

anyway next it also gets mentioned that

you get everything from the previous

bundle so pretty much just the Border

icon and emote and also the battle pass

there is also a holographic immortalized

Splash art which sounds way too cool for

an animated Splash art which you are

only going to see during Champion Select

so you will see it exactly for like uh

60 seconds there is also a dynamic

profile background which I assume is the

exact same animation which you can see

on screen right now except you will see

it on your profile an immortalized

border so uh a cooler version of the

previous border and new icon and emote

OTE so a cooler version of the previous

icon and emote so

really you don't get much from the

previous pack and that should be what

justifies the

$250 it means you are paying for the

transformation feature and that is

honestly it you are raising it from an

epic skin to a legendary skin for

$250 but um if if you look down there uh

you know that's not it we all know that

there is also the third bundle

so let's rip the Band-Aid off so for

over double the price or

59,2 60 RP or in other words almost

$520 the new features better get

mindblowing and you know what they will

blow your mind I'm just not sure it's

going to be in a good way so on top of

the skin evolving for another

$250 which overall is more than the

minimum wage of many countries around

the world the skin gets a new faker's

signature move which shows Faker above

Ari yeah also you have fakers structure

finisher which gives you a bit of red

smoke around the tower when you destroy

it and a signature pops up next you also

have the final boss Faker title which

first of all that is a weird title would

I be the final boss Faker nekrit doesn't

really have the ring to it but also I am

pretty sure people will get bullied if

they are caught with this title just

like they have with the $200 gin skin

then of course there is yet another

border with yet more icons and emotes so

again the previous ones lose their value

there is also a new signature Splash art

which is exactly the same as the

previous one except this one is signed

just to remind you that is a digital

signature on your screen for $500 then

it mentions you also get everything from

the previous bundles which is pretty

much the transformation feature of the

skin and the battle pass you also get a

special chroma recol of the lablanc skin

and a special recaller for all the T1

skins of the Champions that fake play

but lastly and most importantly you also

get 100 pass levels now let me ask you a

question do you remember the thing I

told you to remember that's right why

play a game that gives you rewards which

you paid for when you can pay

$500 and just skip everything and get

all the rewards at once what's crazy

about this is that yes this is literally

just you buying a digital signature and

100 level boosts that is it that is

honestly wild like look if Faker doesn't

personally come to my room and sign the

tower I just destroyed I'm not sure if

it's worth it in fact now you might be

asking just who is this for well let me

tell you it's for all the people who buy

all the Skins regardless of what they

are to which you might argue those

people don't exist to which I would

reply oh yeah they do I have the

receipts those people are

real they scare me dude now throughout

all of this I have to let my opinion out

and the truth is I don't really care

what right is selling it's a skin and

fortunately a skin can't ruin gameplay

of of course there are exceptions so is

League worse because this skin got

released arguably not so I'm not mad at

ride or anything like that I just think

they've gone mad because I have no idea

who could even Greenlight this also I am

mad the drama is not over you'll see

some pretty awful things coming in in

just a second anyway this is supposed to

be a celebration of Faker instead it is

a celebration of the people who can for

to celebrate Faker and honestly I don't

think that's going to be many I still

think a lot of people will buy the base

$50 version that's going to be way more

people than you probably think a

slightly smaller chunk of all of those

people will actually go for the

$250 it sounds ridiculous but I actually

believe that but hopefully not too many

people get baited into the $500 bundle

that one is a joke and what's the

dumbest part about all of this is that I

don't think Faker even gets a cut from

this like if Faker gets 90% of all the

profits a lot more people would feel

better about their illusion that they

are actually supporting an individual

but it's more likely that Riot will get

most of the profits and many people will

feel like Riot is just leeching off of

Faker which in this case that's exactly

what they might be doing so um

apparently that is indeed what's

happening because on the website they

confirm that 30% of the profits will go

to the entire team which is reasonable

because Faker wouldn't be where he is

without the team but not only is the 30%

cut quite bad but that also means that

Faker directly gets even less so overall

the situation is not amazing but don't

worry we are not done with the drama

just yet because there is one more thing

we have to mention at the very very

bottom there is also an FAQ for this

skin and here they talk about how long

the event will be up for what the Hall

of Legends is about they even talk about

how the pricing was decided long story

short it is for those who are uh looking

to flex their

fandom for

$500 yeah do you remember feeling pride

and accomplishment also in another

question they mention that uh this

this will return annually yep ride plans

to release a new $500 skin every year

but that that's not the worst part

somehow things get far worse and I mean

this is the bottom of the barrel of

predatory practices because after

setting up this ridiculous price and

after trying to bait people into buying

something they will absolutely regret

buying the next year they drop the

sickest line on the entire website at

current this content is meant to be

available for limited time only and

there are no plans to bring these

Cosmetics back likewise there are no

plans to add the Hall of Legends

Cosmetics to the loot pools including

rolls that's

right this is a $500 fomo if it was just

just $500 who cares it's a skin the

world won't burn but if you say hey

that's a $500 skin and it will never

return well now you are absolutely just

baiting people into buying it this is

without a doubt predatory because you

are exploiting your own players

impulsiveness and you know this is what

you are doing because this is an

extremely common practice in sales this

is garbage and even though before it was

just jokingly bad with this single line

any solidarity you could have had before

was just destroyed I understand that the

feedback will be harsh and I understand

that the prices will not change as a

result but this should not be a limited

purchase there is no reason to do it and

you are actually harming people so

please Riot reconsider this and that is

the $500 skin explained I honestly don't

even know how we got to this point it

all started with Prestige skins then we

got some Mythic Essence then we got $200

skins and now we are up to

$500 like honestly what's going to be

next there has to be a $1,000 bundle one

day right like that is where we are

going going there is like nothing else

that can be done now every video game

under the sun has multiple additions

that have ridiculous prices and

now why do skins have the same thing and

what's worse is that it is confirmed

that it will be coming back annually so

it will be a

$500 annual fomo and you know what's the

worst about all of

this Riot warned us they warned us with

the tag they put on their trailer