Arcane Councilor Mel Skin Spotlight - Pre-Release - PBE Preview - League of Legends

[@LabRatz-Ivor]

0:24 "she is beauty and she is grace, she has fallen on her face"

[@shyvanus410]

LMFAO

[@thethunderspirt87]

I lost my fucking shit at her face planting into the dirt.

[@augustoleal291]

Is this like a common song? Here in Brazil, the VA sings a straight up night club song that means "She doesn't walk, She catwalks, she is top magazine cover". I dont think I've ever laughed so hard in league since Neeko voice lines.

[@starmoral5456]

​@@augustoleal291It's just an english idiom, basically like "Roses are red, violets are blue-" **insert the rest of the poem**

[@Caporai]

immediately thought of lanky kong He has no style, he has no grace... This kong has a funny face!.

[@eldrickneilguevarareyes2475]

I appreciate riot adding her friend, Elora from her splash art. ❤

[@TKinfinity01]

RIP Elora

[@mokyodai]

​based elora

[@paolanicole4692]

Elora deserved better😔

[@Kitipow]

I like the touch of her holding a hexteck crystal for her abilities since she hasn't "found" her abilities yet as a councillor. That's why the spells are blue and hextechy.

[@tomas8680]

0:33 OKAY STORMMMM ?

[@Hulelol]

1:24 EXCUSE ME?! She even has an animation for it? Wtf?

[@midorimemizuki5033]

katarina herself didn't get to have that animation

[@BravoAlahair]

I play it on .25 speed and she doesn’t have unique animation for that. It’s just the vfx of when Kata pick the dagger. The animation u see on Mel is her walking animation when she goes back to opposite direction.

[@filipmalik4793]

Rioters got mappa studio treatment with crating this champ, they forgot to sleep literally

[@CryoConnoisseur]

probably like how sylas uses the targets ultimate which would also include skin visual extras

[@CapeSIX]

Perfectly balanced as all new champs

[@NoOneAskedBro95]

Finally, Storm is in League 🤩

[@sctovadc]

WHAT ??? in any case that her original dress in arcane

[@ceizhore4498]

FEEL THE WRAITH OF THE GODDESS

[@calicoesblue4703]

lol, Facts.

[@1asts1eep]

@@sctovadcyou sure you watched arcane?

[@nguyennam8271]

All the black women wearing dress is Storm 😂

[@mertbenli2989]

She can take the katarina dagger on the floor too so op 😅

[@TheViiktor95]

I guess she can to the same with Poppy's passive.

[@GooWell726]

Wait til you see her bounce off a briar ult

[@ch17ip]

she’s just so beautiful omg

[@Hexaphobia]

...ok but did we forget to clip the animation mesh to her cloak/dress? Or did Vladimir steal it for his inevitable ASU? It has the grace and fluidity of a cardboard box!

[@ivalindea6640]

yeah, it looks really tough

[@justclassicglam]

Thats what I was thinking! Its giving pre-rework Morgana levels of stiff dress syndrome.

[@starmoral5456]

I'm guessing because it HAS to maintain that shape because it's part of the silhouette, too much freedom of movement and it might fold over itself and do some funky stuff

[@maevem316]

Yeah, that feels like an unfortunate side effect of them giving her a skin tight body suit for her normal look. Sad, because I always liked her dresses a lot in Arcane

[@Simon200o]

@@justclassicglam Mentioning Morgana: Her silhouette looks a lot like Morgana's

[@losman4107]

She's gonna have to look like a princess/royalty in all of her skins, seeing how core thst dress is to her design. Maybe that's fine for some, but it's gonna be hard to make skins for her without them looking so close to the base. I surely hope Riot is more creative than I am.

[@papuchochoe]

I think it can be done, I'm hoping she gets a Pool Party skin with a looong towel hahaha

[@fotismanolopoulos1098]

From existing skinlines, star guardian and coven can definitely work. Something snow queen themed maybe? They can definitely make it work, but they've also fumbled easier things in the past so time will tell.

[@chickensalad3535]

@@papuchochoeThat’s a great idea oml

[@ivalindea6640]

@@fotismanolopoulos1098 so many creative options for Seraphine - a shell for the ocean song, a leaf or flower for the fairy, but it's always the same slightly repainted platform. Although we have her hair and a giant hair clip for clarity.

[@11pauz]

​@@fotismanolopoulos1098omg, coven, fk yeah!!

[@dyllemaa]

you're still beautiful as the day i lost you my mel medarda

[@Canareh2310]

So gorgeous, I hope it comes with a border and icon

[@daddysamosa]

i hope the capes removeable.

[@PaulosilvaS2]

I Hope too, at least i dont't have RP 🤧

[@minorek8615]

@@daddysamosa its not, they wanted a character clearence which means in every skin she will have this dress

[@linhttm58]

@@daddysamosa The cape is like her unique silhouette. It's like Seraphine's stage so of course they will not be removed.

[@keishiajade7546]

I feel like this is a reference to storm in marvel rivals having a mod that has a removable cape​@@linhttm58

[@BurgerAngel]

Wow! A look inspired from the show! If only Prototype Viktor could've had the same treatment. Oh well...

[@soft.gamergirl]

+1

[@aetriandimitri190]

Seriously, why does she get a skin based on arcane, but Viktor getting a skin called PROTOTYPE where the entire point is it's Viktor IN THE PAST, has a different look than season 1 of the show??

[@x-nimator9997]

​​@@aetriandimitri190because the old mains would had complained that it was too different -not that it matters cuz old viktor mains STILL complained and keeps complaining till today-

[@itsgonnabeokay9341]

Because nobody takes those whiny brats seriously anymore. ​@@aetriandimitri190

[@aetriandimitri190]

@@x-nimator9997 literally all of us wanted it different, nobody cared about old prototype Viktor, I'm an old Viktor main and I and all the others wanted exactly that. I haven't seen a single Viktor main go "oh thank God it doesn't look like the season 1 color scheme and looks like the old red one nobody used, his skins are saved" Also we are complaining cause the character was fucked over, why wouldn't we be upset? If your main got butchered you'd be upset aswell

[@viego-theruinedking5367]

Hope she gets Spirit Blossom, or another skinline like that

[@eebbaa5560]

spirit blossom zzz

[@11pauz]

The first skin line that came to my mind was winterblessed!

[@herbertn.oafallas3565]

Coven, Star Guardian, or Winterblessed are so suited for her.

[@rubyrubacus9787]

She needs that coven

[@Yvsdaddy]

COVEN

[@feritorkunadiguzel2914]

Why is her skills blue tho? She was perfect with this outfit and yellow magic.

[@dakilangraikage9988]

Probably reminiscent of Arcane magic

[@exentric616]

bc is a skin lol it would be the same vfx in a 1350 rp skin andddd is a hextech theme skin

[@BooelGaymes]

if they didn't change the vfx they would be able to change 1350 for this without people going ape shit on them

[@jacky79322]

shes holding a hexcore in her splash, I'm assuming her magic was combined with the arcane magic, so it turned blue. Like every other hex weapon used in the show.

[@khanhduytruong7137]

Get real. Do you really want her first skin to be a chroma with default vfx??

[@Muninnfeathers]

They need to add some animation for the motion she takes between abilities, her model jumps entirely too much when she goes back to a resting stance.

[@catcolour444]

Everyone's getting cool looking Arcane skins that make you feel like you're playing the character from the show ... and then there's Viktor.

[@apokailyptic2899]

The difference in effort is funny

[@JudoMitzu]

It's funny this skins, being one of the best Arcane skin, isn't an overpriced 975 rp skin, a legendary, or a scam

[@LanaDelTako]

So beautiful it’s insane

[@Rin-st8jk]

SHE IS SO *PRETTY* 😭😭😭

[@ithurtsbecauseitstrue]

she's Senna, basically.

[@xenomorphegg4409]

@@ithurtsbecauseitstrue African does not mean pretty

[@ithurtsbecauseitstrue]

@@xenomorphegg4409 weird comment unrelated to anything I said.

[@queenC6969]

this is how i imagine karma would’ve been if she was released this year

[@bettinico]

Everything about Mel (especially this skin) looks amazing!

[@riccardomereu2044]

Wait wait wait wait, did she just picked up a reflected Katarina dagger? Wtf

[@Seiryuujin1]

Even the skill effects got a blue hue from her skin (gold on base)

[@maikemenezes]

I think that means she could take Vex's R to the target it reflected to...

[@nathanmello4407]

@@maikemenezes - Most likely. Going by her gameplay reveal trailer that League's official channel posted, if she reflects Urgot's ult she can pull him in and execute (will probably follow all restrictions and all)

[@SMokkery]

​@@maikemenezes sadly not. There's no way to use abilities that need reactivating by pressing a key, e.g. lux E, vex R, urgot R

[@quirkycat]

@@SMokkery well urgot R and lux e automatically cast after some time

[@AlinaTaylor-p4g]

Beautiful So excited for her

[@Luiszer_A]

X-Men Storm:

[@orangecat13343]

Blud never watched arcane

[@olivertrix8016]

​@@orangecat133430:33 So....

[@foreign_objective2855]

The chromas of her with white hair really pushes the storm-inspired vibe.

[@Zoalde]

Wait she has an animation for picking up the dagger? Am I missing something?

[@kilianstarzengruber6835]

everything till 0:53 looked so janky wtf? the recall vfx are not blended in well and png-ish and the cloth/face are so stiff

[@How.LovelyTV]

The way she Buried her face in the ground

[@denzelraynon9593]

So excited for herr

[@klavicus2276]

Still don’t understand why she has blue hextech abilities. I mean her golden skin paint didn’t change to silver or something too so why not let the abilities stay yellow/golden just make it brighter than her base one?

[@Gerald-qx9yb]

Just for the skin.

[@quirkycat]

mel didnt have powers before she awakened so this is her using hextech in this skin. besides why would you want the same vfx from her base

[@YagoMoreira92]

So, the cape is something that will always be part of her model? I was excited for this skin only because I thought It didn't had a cape. It just dont fit with her, I think.

[@itsgonnabeokay9341]

The cape is her unique silhouette

[@LabRatz-Ivor]

tbh i preferred her tft design, the cape just dosent fit her

[@joenani]

@@itsgonnabeokay9341yup a champ cannot not have that, you become generic without that.

[@tokkithay]

@@joenani i think it fits her, furthermore mel doesnt have something like a weapon or armor to make her stand out in the battlefield unlike other champions, i think thats why they chose to add her cape

[@paulolittrell]

cape? all i see is a square. Riot designers knows how to ruin a base champion 🤡

[@Omancer]

1:24 is that animation specific to picking up a reflected Katarina dagger??

[@TierHarribel]

The dress looks like a square

[@sugarette_burn]

Is it just me or her model feels very different in vibe to any other champion? Not saying that it's bad, just feels strange Edit: maybe it's the animation, reminds me of Ahri a lot

[@vixelscoffeehouse]

the cape is very dynamic

[@chickensalad3535]

She’s very flowy

[@eebbaa5560]

yeah she actually looks good

[@kauanjos3199]

They cooked with her

[@KekPafrany]

She is beautiful. It's a shame I won't buy the skin, but after the unannounced ME nerfs, I'm salty as an ocean, no money for Rito :P

[@_gokceada]

What ME nerfs? No skin shards?

[@eebbaa5560]

@@_gokceada they made ME harder to get. i think you can only get it from gacha system now (or mostly only from gacha anyway), instead of through the event pass which makes prestige skins and such a lot harder to acquire now.

[@KekPafrany]

@@_gokceada Yes, the skin shard issue. I extra hate the fact that they first wrote about it in the patch notes where it was applied that is technically scamming. (I never used the BE and OE options but those are gone too.)

[@starsstorms9918]

@@eebbaa5560You can still get ME through orbs and chests tho

[@mrtribune5785]

Damn did she just use Kats Q against her

[@perinthia6829]

Yeah, Mel's W essentially gains control of the spell she reflects and acts like she cast minus the multipliers, so she also gain any additional effects of the spell

[@aubreyholdinggun]

love how the root is an ancient spark

[@butter7451]

Kinda wish the sleeves and shawl were white instead of black, tbh! It'd be more accurate to the show that way too

[@Sapphyrii]

Wish these spell effects were gold like the base skin.

[@RYUcaEU]

tbh i love the lightning-like particell effects and the blue-arcane like filter, it feels like you're playing Storm

[@mruss6885]

I wish they would make her dress more flowy. When she goes back to her idle animation after using an ability or stopping, her animations are a little janky and her dress seems more stiff than other characters who have long skirts like Morgana. The dress clipping is extra noticeable with this skin, because of the more square shape of the lower tail of the dress.

[@ninthfriend3347]

“FEEL THE WRATH OF THE GODDESS!!!” - Mel

[@3IRDDY]

They need to make her clothes glow more often when she uses an ability, not just W.

[@agusly96]

THE QUEEN

[@nox_killah]

A great launch skin... unbelievable

[@lysanderplume]

now this is actually Storm!

[@drongobrat6471]

im so happy she's getting a skin for this look!!! It's so pretty

[@kolonelwolf2449]

i she getting a border/icon?

[@LarvaEnjoy]

she’s just so beautiful omg ..

[@Serdarsenic]

Remove the white cloak keep the black one and change the hair style for both of skin. Would be really good !

[@John-to6sl]

why does it initially looks like the original Karma lol

[@KissenKitten]

Why is there a sort of tinge to her clothing? Is the default not supposed to be white in color?

[@Shaco.]

This is what the supposed "ASU" for Viktor should have been: Just a skin.

[@BraveImmortal101]

Great we got sylas ult as an ability

[@sasadeioto]

1:24 HUH??????????

[@chrisn.d.p3334]

Probably a bug

[@BlazeLibra]

Definitely not a bug

[@BrianMartinez0401]

She deflected the dagger, so she can use it. It will be the same with every other ability that works like that

[@chrisn.d.p3334]

@@BrianMartinez0401 That's ridiculous. That's not even the dagger's passive, that's Katarina's

[@nailinthefashion]

​@chrisn.d.p3334 why are people surprised an empath mage can mimic lmao

[@arminfresh1292]

1:24 she gets kata passive? So pls tell me she gets the viego passive after killing somone with her reflecting Viego's W. Pepelaugh league of bugs here we are

[@nathanmello4407]

She gets Kata passive because the entire point of Q is throwing the Knife. I don't think it would have the same effect with Viego because possession has nothing to do with it?

[@staLkerhu]

What a graceful fall 😅👌

[@Rukir]

Seeing chromas for her original design makes me wish we got base skin chromas back. TFT does it now, it would be so easy to implement

[@Lais_Lmr]

Finally a nice epic skin

[@Hurricaneroad3111]

This is way better than the base and one of the best release skins in League IMO.

[@jordancheng978]

What in the 200 years I’m I lookin at

[@paolumouse]

This skin's model/splash looks like it should be her base. Like, I know why it isn't, but that's the design that everyone associates with her. It's her "default" look because it's her Arcane skin and she was in Arcane first. Her base skin is really throwing me off

[@christianborja9654]

Another Diva has arrived, now she ate and left no crumbs 💅💅💅...

[@ifrithellfire666]

Welcome to the internet Mel

[@RedDotPink]

Is there new music in the background for summoner’s rift this season? Sounds kinda nice

[@Ridlay_]

Oh she's a champion now eh? Cool

[@chawopresent]

That one as a 1350 rp skin is a steal imo... Isn't it basically the Base Skin in another Color and other animations?

[@Elfarielle]

Seeing this dress ❤ makes me hope for an ocean theme or mermaid theme gown

[@TB-1927]

I WORSHIPPING YOU MEL!! 😍😍😍😍😍

[@Dafaq]

wow perfectly balanced

[@KVenturi]

I wonder what happens if blitzcrank hook can reflect or any hook skills lmao

[@lelayjean-marie]

I feel genuinely disapointed by this skin... I was so hyped by the release of Mel as playable character. But probably because they did such a good job at making her look so fabulous in the show... 1. The base skin should be Arcane councilor as that's how she was introduced 2. Why add a cape AND a train to her outfit ?! She was perfect with her simple clivage dress and her regal gold jewlery. 3. Her skills look almost nothing like in Arcane with the gold theme, why put hextech magic here ??? 4. I was expecting a much more supportive playstyle, once again based of what we can see in the show. She has litterally zero spell that interacts with allies ? I still enjoy seeing a new character but i feel like the result is underwhelming, just like the noxus base skin could've been so much better. The cape and dress aspect makes her appearance bulky and too much imo.

[@pyroshot]

im convinced most of the comments praising this fictional character like shes real are bots from riot

[@vani7493]

Idk, I've seen people talk about characters (or to them) like they are real before plenty. Viktor, Vi, Jinx, Seraphine etc

[@calicoesblue4703]

The same reason talk about Arcane or League of Legends as if it's Real.

[@leosippola5874]

Cool skin but the spell effects should be golden not hextech, how is this supposed to be an arcane skin otherwise?

[@Mossy_Lungs]

This looks like OG Karma if you have her some fans.

[@myronus]

It’s STUNNING

[@jaylanthompson]

Storm skin finna go crazy

[@eamichelena]

release skins dont need to be legendary+ to be absolute bangers, love it

[@mari_zz]

She's giving Storm.

[@apokailyptic2899]

So Mel gets an arcane accurate skin but Viktor couldn't get a season 1 version? Hell, even his default skin doesnt even look like his final arcane form.

[@danstewy2452]

insane model- also they legit just rehashed old asol q😭😭

[@HAHSHAHAHXD]

when she out?

[@BlastOffer]

Whew... Lux, Mf and Jinx just got competition on who gets the most skins per year now. I can def see her as very popular. Here is my 10 *skinline* picks I think she could get, but don't mark my words. 1: New skinline we don't know, cause obviously. 2: Star Guardian 3: Battle Academia 4: Arcana 5: Cosmic 6: Battle Queen (Most likely imo) 7: Soulfighter 8: Psy Ops (Would be kinda cool and fitting) 9: Winter Wonder 10: Eclipse Bonus: Sueño de Vida (La Ilusión)

[@Ladygothii12]

Also a Valentine's Skin

[@nisilva3951]

Also Coven

[@trongnghiaho6863]

A epic skin that better than Prestige finally come up

[@raziel5835]

Is she using a hextech gauntlet or something? Thats really cool! Finally Storm! I hope they'll make the dress a bit brighter 🤞

[@lucasmanoel7795]

ESSA BONECA É INCRÍVEL!

[@thomasrodrigues3472]

FYM she can grab kats dagger and spin????

[@_martiniez_]

her dress has more flow movement than janna's hair

[@lenseeing829]

now she can dance with jayce now

[@10chavarria10]

And to think Jayce was guts deep in that

[@anonim6999]

so thats why they didnt gave ger arcane dress as default. They need more money!

[@MilutinMujovic]

Coven Mel pleaseee!

[@helloworld-xn7ik]

I'm going to predict it first! she will get a coven legendary skin!!!

[@SMToonSurprise]

Damn did she just use Kats Q against her..

[@CupOfRice1]

The elementalist Mel is going to be a thing

[@Air-wr4vv]

Gorgeous skin

[@jacob-4595]

Her pastiche effects should have been golden

[@elizabethroa6970]

Why did they give her hextech vfx, I was like "Concelor Mel? Gonna buy it asap" But it's not gonna happen.

[@JadeSelket]

She’s everything 😍

[@АндрейРоманов-ц7к]

1:05 Zoe animation