When in the middle of a team fight with spells flying around everywhere, this can make it a lot easier to see if you have the right spell enabled. The default color of his sword is now a bright green and enabling Blood Price changes the color to a bright orange. With the Mecha skin, this visual indicator is a lot clearer as you can see in the animation above. This means it can be pretty tough to track if you have Blood Price or Blood Thirst enabled. On top of an already purple sword, this can be very tricky to see, especially when you’re in battle. When playing the default Aatrox skin, enabling W (Blood Price) makes Aatrox’s sword start to glow a shade of purple. This might sound like a weird one, but hear us out. Next up is Mecha Aatrox and his visual advantage of his glowing sword. We guess there’s a reason why ultimate skins are so expensive, probably because they include helpful indicators like this one! Mecha Aatrox
By having this indicator, it can make it easier to see who you’re hitting in a team fight.Īlthough it's not the biggest competitive advantage, some players have reported that it makes player her much easier. As you probably know, Hymn of Valor doesn't let you target anything and automatically hits the 2 closest enemies. This lets you know that you’ve done damage to the target and makes it a lot clearer to see. However, when you cast the exact same spell using Arcade Sona, a new damage indicator appears next to the target itself.
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As you can see from the animation above, Sona’s default skin simply hits players with a green bolt when casting her Hymn of Valor. Arcade SonaĪrcade Sona has made her way onto this list due to her visual damage indicator. Let’s get things started with Arcade Sona. To show you what we mean, we’ve handpicked 11 of the most popular skins that give players an advantage in some way. With various hitbox, visual, sound, and animation advantages, these skins give players that ever so slight advantage over opponents. And this rule has actually been used in the past to disable several skins such as Santa Gragas (we’ll explain why later) during important tournaments.Īlthough there are no skins currently banned in any pro-League of Legends tournament, there are some that players think should be. This means that if Riot determines that a skin is bugged or gives players a significant unfair advantage, then they can disable it. Rule 11.7.10 of the rulebook states: “Restrictions may be added at any time before or during a match, if there are known bugs with any items, Champions, skins, masteries, or Summoner spells, or for any other reason as determined at the discretion of the LCS.” Are Any Skins Banned In The LCS?Ĭurrently, according to the NA LCS rulebook there are no banned skins in the tournament but there is a rule in place to restrict any skins if there are known bugs. With certain skins previously being banned in the LCS, and various cosmetic updates from Riot themselves, there is some proof to the question.īut we’re here to settle the debate once and for all, are there LoL skins that give players an unfair advantage? Or are players just using them as an excuse for their poor performance? Here’s everything you need to know about banned skins in the LCS. League of Legends currently has over 800 skins in the game, but have you ever wondered if any of them give players an unfair advantage?