Rapid-Fire Skin Review: Star Guardian 2022

[@lorieslori8051]

Since you asked about references, Fiddlesticks is not only a fantastic skin but also heavy inspired by Madoka Magica with it’s shifting realms, checkboard patterns and the theme of monsters being corrupted magical girls and brought the shift into darker themes in the magical girl genre.

[@ajlinvisentin7652]

Yeah, they totally fit the twisted and creepy world of. Madoka Magica What a fine anime it is.

[@ojodeoro1106]

Madoka is so good

[@thedean0]

Taliyah is also a Madoka Magica reference, with her design drawing heavily from Madoka Kaname

[@FlutterSwag]

Spoilers for Madoka: Fiddles color scheme closely resembles Sayaka's witch form

[@Shadowglades]

He straight up has a grief seed on his lantern

[@boredhuman6512]

As a wild rift player I gotta say star guardian orianna is so good, she looks fantastic, she gets new animations, tocker is adorable as all hell and her backstory being reversed with her turning from robot to a human is fun. The only problem is her voice isn't changed WE WERE SO CLOSE

[@quirk4736]

Reserved for legendary skins

[@peaceribbon8322]

Her favorite subject being Ethics is also both a cute nod to azimov's laws, and makes her unquestionably best girl.

[@eosshroud9598]

I would say the default voice is good it just need a little tweak since from the latest vlog, ori still has her robotic voice but they make it a robotic cute voice

[@RexRagerunner]

@@peaceribbon8322 I think its because the skin is the original Orianna but reversed. Original is a clockwork robot and skin is a human, original has zero idea about ethics and curious how humans work and the skin loves Ethics

[@ibrahim5463]

@@quirk4736 no,legendery skin gets new effects animitaions, and new voice line that are diffrent from the base form voice lines like dawnbringer riven,some skins like little demon tristana gets voice filters,they shouldve done the same to orianna

[@kaiseayaandruis1597]

My main issue with the Ekko skin is the same one I had with Ezreal's: it feels like bc they are guys, they aren't given the same over the top sparkle and ornate designs the female characters get. Like, I feel like they could have gone further with their designs besides pants an jacker with some color stripe. Magical girl aesthetic is very busy with all the frills, bows, decals and jewlery and next to the otehr skins they just look too boring and bland, like an afterthought sb designed in few min(even tho I know it def took way longer)

[@jarda6792]

I thought it was a girl when I first saw it

[@skyco5395]

why can't they just go full flamboyant and sparkly with the dudes in star guardian. they are star guardians it makes sense, hopefully aphelios will be on the next star guardian event and be as shiny and sparkly as the rest

[@4zureSapphire]

@@skyco5395 because that would be a nono for china's anti-freedom of choice policies. if something or someone remotely resembles something lgbtq+ then its basically an act of treason against what china stands for. media these days dont completely make things lgbtq+ supportive because its an insult against the religious countries which generate money for the studios and game corps to stay afloat or line their pockets with money.

[@Amaling]

Meanwhile Sigma Urgot busy killing it being the best skin of the whole universe

[@nu_kercat1]

on another note, the skinline name in polish is "Strażniczki Gwiazd" which literally means Star Guardians, but the guardian is a female gendered word, so it makes ekko even more out of place

[@NickyBoi]

I initially wasn't going to make this video, but I got a LOT of requests to do it so I thought hey... why not? ALSO Patreon stuff for those you saw the end of the video, what could I do to make it better than it is right now?

[@crashhydra8227]

Nickyboi why don't you play wild rift or use the new visual mode that adds the new models from wild rift to league of legends

[@zavhyatta9795]

My best thought for making patroon better would mean more work for you, but maybe release exclusive videos? Like your normal videos then take the bloopers+ Other outtakes and make a separate video on patreon. You could even afford to be even more opinionated on patreon if you wanted. Idk other than that.

[@HoodedHavoc]

Love the video. First thing that comes to mind about the patreon is giving people sneak peaks at new videos, maybe host events for patreons exclusively and/or create requested artwork if you want. I don't have a lot of other ideas.

[@Off_Screen]

@@crashhydra8227 wait there's a mode for that? or is that just a mod?

[@crashhydra8227]

@@Off_Screen yes a mod sorry I miss type it

[@handa6748]

Eh, you got right most everything Only thing I think you missed is that Fiddlesticks is probably a big reference to Madoka Magica, but if you don't watch Sailor Moon there's no way you would know Madoka

[@bielemiya6336]

🧐

[@fernandosegovia8806]

One thing definitely leads to the other.

[@BowserisOK]

Buddy, I've watched sailor moon when I was a kid, and even I don't know what you're talking about.

[@sunkenships8444]

@@BowserisOK they're saying madoka is more obscure than sailor moon. If you've watched sailor moon, you're more likely to watch more works in the magical girl genre, like madoka. However, if you haven't even watched the intro show to the magical girl genre, sailor moon, you're unlikely to know about a more obscure work in that genre, aka madoka.

[@Pauli-dg2yv]

Meh..Not a fan. I rather watch PSG

[@vocaloid8297]

Personally I agree with having Evelynn instead of Morgana, you could do so much with her passive and effects. My prediction of them chosing Morgana over Evelynn was either 1 of 2 reasons. 1. Morgana is a more accessible champ being a support/midlaner and those roles are more popular than jungle, 2. Coven Eve didn't sell as well as Riot liked so they put Eve in the time out corner

[@kajan_ganja]

I think that they want to give us Star Nemesis Eve legendary and it would be too soon because she just had one and there are already 2 K/DA members legendaries in 1 event. So maybe, hopefully, in 2-3 years? And also I think that Coven Evelynn sold well, because every Eve-main bought it, if you love her you just can not avoid buying it, it's so perfect.

[@agonys.embrace]

I may be biased, but I also really hope Evelynn gets a star nemesis skin in the future. She fits the thematic and I have seen some excellent fan concepts of what she could look like. (Riot also designed a spider familiar for Morg, so I’m kind of hoping Elise will join the fold too. But I know that’s less likely to happen.)

[@rodneywhite9795]

I feel that about Eve, I loved coven Eve, but tbh bloodmoon was just stellar.

[@chillmadude]

both?

[@Relevart9169]

Nah coven Evelynn definitely sold really well. Ever since it came out I've never versed an Evelynn that doesn't use it

[@kross5073]

New Champions being tied into the new event worked for Yone because of lore and then literally no one else

[@spacewalrus9210]

Truuue

[@Dr.JonathanCrane]

And then there's Akshan who straight up made the event way worse

[@chaneinumber2]

@@Dr.JonathanCrane his whole existence was made for the event- and viego- and gwen- and vex

[@spacewalrus9210]

@@Dr.JonathanCrane akshan’s first skin wasn’t tied to an event tho

[@Dr.JonathanCrane]

@@spacewalrus9210 his base skin is tied to the event

[@NojoJojo598]

I honestly really like Star Guardian Quinn a lot even though I haven't played League in years but I am huge sucker for the masked hero archetype. Which I think was something Star Guardian was missing since it started to become popular.

[@Cfdrifbloom]

Yeah quinn could have been a really cool and important character for the narrative, with a nice relation with her familiar

[@ender1546]

Welp, Birb Zorro here to save the world :)

[@Crowens]

I've wanted a masked hero skin for her ever since she came out lol, wish it leaned closer to Nightwing and less anime but man it's good enough

[@atsukana1704]

I think the idea is fine but the execution was bad. Her mask looks really weird

[@kitnal4143]

One thing: prestige skins no longer represent the same character later on. Prestige Syndra isn't "evil SG Syndra". It is "alternate universe Syndra uses the SG aesthetic to go to a gala"

[@togatomato]

And I hate that honestly. I understand no one liked the golden chromas, but they look so much better than what we're getting now... These REALLY don't feel prestige or worth my time getting.

[@simonmandel2621]

@@togatomato Yeah, I couldn’t care less about some fictional fashion show. I preferred when Prestige skins were an extension of the lore

[@togatomato]

@@simonmandel2621 same that's what made me really want to invest in them. I don't have interest in high fashion or fashion at all. I'm a nerd. Why would I care about this kinda stuff? I feel like I'll regret not getting Syndra's but at the same time her event chroma is just so much better.

[@simonmandel2621]

@@togatomato Hahah! You’re right, the event chroma is prettier, so I’d rather spend my 300 tokens on that and still have tokens for other exclusive chromas.

[@Relevart9169]

And thats the worst decision they've made

[@at1nyturtle]

For me, I care very little about the actual star guardian skins and am far more interested in the lore of the star guardian universe. Appreciate you pulling an all nighter to get the video out!

[@ДаниярБаранкулов]

Same cause first two waves of SG's had so much personality in them even silly pyjama skins were tied to lore and then the 3rd wave with the BEST SG skins represented by Rakan and Xayah which had such a tragic backstory and after 3 years and all that build up we re just abandoning OG teams and switching our interest towards our new poster girl Kaisa

[@ender1546]

True words

[@outrunthestars4938]

Same. I will die on the hill that star guardian lux need a redesign. She the reason this line exists! She work as a general idea to magical girl references,but with the other star guardian? She looks....bland. looks like a someone try cosplaying chibi moon and not as a unique character. ( sorry for the rant but I love magical girls for the design lol)

[@t-1156]

As a Madoka Magica fan, I'm glad Nilah is in there and hope she'll get developped more. (Spoilers down below for Madoka) (Sidenote: love that Saint Seiya aesthetic on SG Rell) Basically, Madoka is about unsuspecting young girls abandonning everything to become heroes and/or fight evil and/or save their lives by giving up their soul to an alien creature in exchange for a single wish, resulting at best in their death and at worst in their transformation into witches, horrifying and deadly creatures that other unsuspecting magical girls, who think witches are just monsters, hunt down in order to have an opportunity to basically cleanse the gem that grants them power. If they don't, it's witchin' time. So Nilah, who is a young woman who abandonned everything to become a hero fighting evil and has to perform rites to keep control over the demon inside her jar and apparently gave up her soul to the demon once she's dead pretty much fits the universe of Madoka and its central theme of the cost of one wish. Plus Fiddlesticks is basically a Madoka Witch but that's not the matter at hand.

[@keinecatkamishirasawa]

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[@t-1156]

@@keinecatkamishirasawa I'm talkative

[@tuankhangcaonguyen5545]

So madoka... Japan sure love their young female magical girls. This skinline shouldn't have existed

[@magicvalgirl]

SAINT SEIYA MENTIONED!

[@Undomaranel]

I'mma raise you Star Nemesis LeBlanc. There's already lore between her and Rell, having her become the illusionary sexy evil teacher in disguise is far more up her alley than Morg (who thematically should be balanced with Kayle... or are we somehow saying SG is equivalent to Pentakill? Also Morg isn't a villain, and penning her in that trope is almost as egregious as what Ruination did to Rengar... "You think my magic evil... Shadow is not as dark as one might think..." so many more lines about being an antihero...) EDIT Okay, so it's confirmed Fiddle and Ashlesh are demonic star entities in the SG universe, here's hoping for SN LeBlanc and SN Swain getting a romcom with Raum, and eventually facing off against the other fallen, feathered duo. Or that just might be my inner fangirl talking, mostly because Rakan and Swain have the same eyebrows.

[@fourth4q118]

Now i wanna see SN Leblanc 😩

[@sspectre8217]

Morgana shouldn't even be a cliché villain at the very least, between her and Kayle she's the better one of the two lol

[@FreeTheRats_]

I'm honestly so mad that they have the best skins (and storyline) on Wild rift only. The event would have been so much interesting if the new sg where trying to save Rakan (they could've put Akali in there too). It just suck that Rakan and Xayah are being so forgotten in PC just because their play-rate is low. And yes I'm a little bit biased because I main Rakan, Seraphine and Senna but that's not the point. They would've been better than Rell and Nilah.

[@EpidemicPain]

Xayah and rakan are not unpopular champs,wtf are you on about They are in wild rift precisely because people like them and asked for the purified skins, so people will play the game

[@FactorySettings_]

I started playing Wild Rift recently and I agree with WR having the better event. Xayah's storyline is so much better than Kaisa's on PC, its a shame we didn't at least get a redeemed Xayah and Rakan chroma on PC.

[@cosmicbrownie2312]

The Fiddlesticks skin was honestly worth the wait, I have actually been using it non-stop since it dropped, and just... Everything about it is perfect. It dethroned Arcana Kench as my favorite skin in the game, honestly.

[@paullossypaulplossy]

taliyah should’ve been the mc and i’ll die on this hill she’s LITERALLY madoka

[@capivaraimperadora9703]

but why tho? Kai’Sa sells more skins 🗿

[@dragaodechuva]

OMG

[@bobobobo8238]

And now he's a dude lmaoooooo

[@BowserisOK]

But she's not gonna, because she doesn't fall into the sex appealing slender woman design like Illaoi and Kalista.

[@tiredwithpeoplesshxt1284]

Cope

[@ElinaWhite]

Aside from Eve, Elise would also be perfect for a star nemesis skin. She fits that ara ara evil witch type and she's half monster too.

[@carlthegreat9621]

I actually do like magical girls. They are have a lot of fun aesthetics that I enjoy and who doesn't want to kick evil space butt while wearing a pretty puffy pink dress.

[@LucarioredLR]

I like how Riot NAILED Spirit Blossom because they had the time and resources before the Varus hit and were like "oh wow ok the event was good you earn a pat in the back everyone", and then did a doodoo visual novel with The Ruination because their efforts were all over the place and for some god awful reason took the feedback as "ok no more investment in events anymore" and now that they finally get the chance to do it again it ends up in this awkward middle ground where it's just as good as SB but just as disappointing as TR and it's just so sad to see all the missed potential

[@teddystanciu9216]

2:03 OOH SHIT....By making this comment I realized that star guardian urgot could still be a thing in the future, but less guardian and more nemesis...Just imagine the plot, he got soo pushed out by the guardians that he said fuck it, lets end game them all It's never gonna happen, but MAN it would make me give a shit about knowing this universe.

[@jasonmiller2379]

he already has a SG skin

[@QuestionableLogic_]

@@jasonmiller2379 That's not an SG skin lmaooo. It's a joke "cosplay" skin they made for April Fools

[@werst9]

@@jasonmiller2379 not quite

[@Alucard2356]

@@jasonmiller2379 He's a Star Guardian fanboy in his skin.

[@teddystanciu9216]

@@jasonmiller2379 That skin is not star guardian/ nemesis Urgot, that's just a lame gag from riot on April 1 to satisfy everyone and to put an old meme to rest... To witch I say, don't give me an Urgot dressed into pajamas, give me THE STAR URGOT, doesn't matter if it's a guardian/nemesis, but give me something authentic that's connected to the story. It would literally be the most amazing Urgot skin ever created.

[@werst9]

i'm a big fan of the star guardian aesthetic and generally like the skins. The event itself has been kind of weak with most of the more interesting things going on in wild rift. It's all been fairly underwhelming on the PC side. We haven't even really gotten a cinematic for the PC story but there's been a comic and like 3 for wild rift. The visual novel being split over 4 weeks is obnoxious especially cause it starts out so slow. Ultimate spellbook is weak, the pass grind is too much when there's 2 prestige skins. These events should be so much better, Riot makes too much money for this to be it. Im sure Rell and Quinn will show up in chapter 3 of the story but man it just feels like they got shoved in there as an afterthought which bums me out. The downloadable arts is cool though, i guess lulu, Raka and Jinx went on a 3rd story and saved XXXX which would have been cool to see. Idk 8/10 for the skins and maybe 3/10 for everything else.

[@chillmadude]

man, the last star guardian event was so good! i wonder what that one did that could possibly have helped make this one better.

[@chloethespider6298]

Just wanted to (respectfully) correct on the Syndra one: I haven't seen the VN yet because I stopped playing League (I will probably go watch on KZbin eventually anyways so yeah) but, for what I've seen on Twitter, Syndra isn't/hasn't turned evil. Apparently she just "teamed up" with Zoe to fight Fiddlesticks in order to see Harp again (Harp is the human form of Star Nemesis Fiddlesticks before he went crazy and turned into a monster), since Harp, Zoe and herself, along with Gwen and Akshan (yes, you got that right. Akshan.) were part of the original SG team. Someone who has actually seen that part of the Visual Novel can correct what I got wrong in this, and expand on this explanation, but, yeah. SG Syndra isn't evil.

[@zileantimekeeper7464]

So this fiddlesticks in sg in just his old Institute of war lore where a summoner who wanted power locked himself away in a chamber and then fiddlestick became a champ who forced the rule of the summeners and also killed or drove mad anyone who went to his chamber.

[@sabersixx1339]

@@zileantimekeeper7464 not really. The concept is that star guardians are meant to burn out. Harp shined the brightest and was one of the strongest star guardians, only to lose themselves and become fiddlesticks. Zoe and Syndra asked the star guardians to help them put an end to it.

[@zileantimekeeper7464]

@@sabersixx1339 i know but what i ment is someone who wanted more power or in this case becomes fiddlestick. But i will be honest i my self dont realy care that much about the sg over all but i still see what you mean

[@chillmadude]

the fizzity'uck is akshan doing in this VN?!?!?!

[@chloethespider6298]

@@chillmadude He's not in the VN. He's just mentioned by Syndra when she talks about the OG team.

[@SojournerKai]

I loved the part where Star Guardian Steve used the power of friendship and totally Star Guarded all over Morgana and Fiddlesticks.

[@taitrinh8650]

Star Guardian (2022) truely is one of the event of all time

[@SaSo-mk6yh]

Star gaydian

[@jamesrogers5220]

I was hoping my first star guardian event would be awesome, the copium i inhaled when I googled what the previous event was like was intense and as such I had high hopes, all o got was a really good fiddlesticks skin, that’s it

[@rosesarerosie5265]

fr

[@WillowtheSapphicGobbo]

And Taliyah skin

[@chillmadude]

tbf, riot did warn us they weren't going to make any more pve gamemodes because "they dont have enough engagement". honestly i was hoping that they wouldn't follow through with that threat, and take it back. but alas rito was not so kind

[@storm739]

rell main here and I gotta admit, I'm extremely excited for SG Rell. The skin isn't optimal, the SG universe wouldn't be my first choice for Rell, or second, or third, well probably not even my fourth. However for what it is it is a good choice for her. I love the content she gets, that she can be a part of a big event, receive chromas, borders and icons, gets shown in the story (even if she's only a side character). I prefer this over a "in between patches" filler skin like infernal or blackfrost. I love the clashing thematics of "angry bisexual girl in glitter costume" and like valor I love how her horse is also her Familiar. Personally I'm so starved of Rell content, I would have bought anything Riot presented me, but I'm glad that I'm going to buy a star guardian skin. It's probably the best outcome for Rell (After High Noon, Pentakill or Resistance).

[@cartoonishidealism582]

Her bio states that Rell is a teen delinquent who is a closet enjoyer of manga which… honestly feels on point

[@alexg6714]

I really like them because as a mahou shoujo fan, they do a really great job taking inspiration from a lot of series that I love and creating their own with characters I love. Though Evelynn or Bel'veth may fit closer to fiddlesticks, Morgana's theme is referencing more than just sexy teacher in disguise - she takes inspiration from Queen Beryl, who was a part of the moon queen's court in sailor moon that fell from grace(fitting the fallen angel theme of Morgana into Sailor Moon). Along with this, I didn't read Syndra as evil as much as I read she's a survivor of a terrible situation that's still to nostalgic to take down who used to be her closest friend. Also, Nilah isn't supposed to just be an elder, but an outer star guardian - reference to the outer senshi of sailor moon, specifically Sailor Pluto, who's existed for a long time but in solitude as she guards time. I will say, I think this doesn't necessarily fit as well because though Nilah guards ashlesh, it's different from guarding time as a whole. Still, a neat reference. My disappointment in Ekko is mainly just because it feels like the male characters don't get as much thought as the females do. Ezreal felt lazy, and so did Ekko. Also, the color scheme of Ekko feels just slightly off. I do also want to note that even though they weren't explored, a skin that feels like one of the most intricately thought out skins and perfect for it is Star Guardian Orianna. She's basically a singular character reference to Princess Tutu Duck, a mahou shoujo based on swan lake that requires a true love situation that is impossible because of a curse to lack emotion. Orianna's Pinocchio theme fits so well with that and I can't praise it enough

[@CadekFenrir]

I like SG Rell. Its nice to see representation on the princess knight troupe in the magical girl group. I do agree that she is way too similar to Battle Queen Rell in aesthetics but i think overall it helps add texture to the skin line.

[@TigerKirby215]

On one hand this event was clearly designed to milk cash out of the playerbase with $10 skins for popular champions and $30 recolors of popular skins for popular champions. All this without any meaningful additional content beyond skins makes the event feel unbelievably lame. On the other hand: STAR GUARDIAN QUINN, STAR GUARDIAN SONA AFTER THE SONA MAINS ASKED FOR IT FOR 8 YEARS, AND FINALLY A SKIN FOR MY SWEET BABY GIRL RELLLLLLLL!!!! I have to admit that they picked an A+ champion roster and (much like always with Star Guardians) the skins look great for those who like the aesthetic.

[@matabishippuden6965]

As a rell main we finally got a semi decent skin... *but at what cost* *cries in pentakill

[@tehawsumninja]

As someone who adores the star guardian line and gets the references to Magical Girl animes like Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor, Madoka Magica, Tokyo Mew Mew, etc, that this line is solely based on, I think, at least speaking personally, one of the reasons people don't care for base SG Ekko that much is his aesthetics feel more shonen inspired than shoujo. In non-anime fan speak: The star guardian line is based on tropes of girl-centered and marketed anime aesthetics such as cute/pretty boys/men and gorgeous girls/women, this is shoujo style (like Sailor Moon, for example, who draws even it's male characters very beautiful) but SG Ekko looks more "cool" than pretty and uses a gadget like familiar as his companion, this is more of the aesthetic of something like a boy-centered/marketed anime like, say, Digimon, Beyblade, etc. It's kinda like how you can tell Battle Academia and SG are both anime inspired but are two very different fantasies. I know personally this is why I prefer his prestige version of SG over the base one - it gives him a more fantastical/cutesy wardrobe, draws him more as a pretty boy, and makes it look like he could be one of the love interests of the main characters (not that he IS one, but that's the aesthetics of shoujo). For lack of better explanation, he looks like he is Ezreal's Successor in the prestige version and less like someone from the Battle Academia universe with star partical effects around him as in the base version.

[@kamilo7473]

god i really wanna play league JUST for taliyah (and ivern). i don't have any devices/ a PC to play the game, but i'd love to play taliyah especially with her star guardian skin. I'm transgender and had no idea she was a trans girl in the star guardian universe, and I just love it! i currently play wild rift and I hope she comes to the rift soon. also the orianna skin on wr looks so cute

[@mmoonsu0]

if you have a school chromebook or an old laptop you could use geforce now to play. Its works ok.

[@anythinghenry2463]

The primeval reference took me by surprise, at least I’m not the only one rewatching one of the best underrated shows of all time. Mad respect

[@Ninjokia]

Im so glad somebody mentioned bel'veth being great in this skin line esp more than Morgana. Bel'veth disguised as a human teacher while showing off to be this evil monster really would have worked better in this than battle boss. Who knows maybe her and Evelyn will get one next year got to make sure all of KDA is in the skin line.

[@xanithdegroot5407]

The hate for SG Ekko started back on the old version of it where his outfit was mostly white. Its still not great but they have improved it, and I still think they should have given him purple or teal for his guardian color, orange just doesn't look good on him.

[@cage5577]

As a Rell user I love the skin and can't wait for the release.

[@brightkharma]

Sona looks so cute, I think she's my favourite. It's nice that she keeps her glasses cause the magic transformation also gives out contacts

[@BowserisOK]

My only complaint is that she keeps abusing her mouse over mistranslation.

[@brightkharma]

@@BowserisOK that is terrible, Magic companions need respect

[@rickyroopnarine137]

Man the sessions that riot music does are damn good for the background. Love taliyah glad she got a skin

[@Christopher-dh3vm]

NickyBoi u a Primeval fan? Damn I was beginning to think that I was like one of the only 3 people on the planet who still respect and know of the shows existence. Such a good but underrated show, I think there’s more A sol players than people who are aware of primeval. Sad fate how it just sorta faded.

[@smile--]

I seriously don't get why some people are obsessed with this line, especially the new ones. I would say the only good new ones are the star nemesis ones

[@garreonlefay6703]

ok 1 nitpick, Syndra only allies herself with Zoe to put Fiddlesticks to rest. Syndra, Gwen, Zoe and Harp were the first guardians.....Harp made a mistake and ended up as fiddlesticks. Once Fiddlesticks is destroyed and Harp says goodbye Syndra just decides to leave the Star Guardian life behind....so she wasn't really evil, maybe 10 %

[@KulauTheCat]

Tbh Star nemesis morgana looks to me like Dark Stars more colorful cousin but I do find the effects way more pleasing. Still a shame they didn't give Evelynn this spot. Although Morgana's base voicelines might suit the role better Evelynn definitely suits the design better As for Syndra I think the best approach would've been to make the fresnel layer (color around the lil ball babies) yellow/orangy, the body itself pitch black and then finish the job with the glowy star eyes and cute face also being goldish yellow. Giving it a black hole look that would still show off that it's prestige but also show that it's an evil skin. I still find these skins quite nice though. I'm sure there are better ways to improve them.

[@fanto860]

0:52 first time i'm ever seeing a video of yours but you have me with the sniper shadenfreude meme, subscribed

[@sugerblu]

Tbh the only thing i was excited bout the event is: i was hoping that they'd bring pve back bc it was smth i never got to experience (i started playing league on pre season 8) and everyone talked so many good things about it. The event missions are so uncreative, i go to college and do drawing commissions, i cant play 30 hours a month to unlock an orb with skins of champions i dont even play. Most of the skins are pretty and they are appealing to the public they're supposed to be appealing to.

[@kaynfcker]

as someone who hyperfixated on sailormoon, most villians in the series are these super evil aliens trying to destroy the sailor guardians (bc sailor moon herself is actually a queen but whatever not important), and they integrate themselves into the lives of the sailor guardians by posing as people in their everyday lives (teachers, shopkeeps, etc) so morgana being a teacher but also this powerful villian is a pretty good nod to sailor moon villians :) sailor moon villians also tend to make one of the sailor guardians "fall" or begin to distrust their friends similar to how Akali did in the event. i think that's why i like morgana here lol that isnt to say literally any other champ could have taken her place, and honestly i saw someone say leblanc would be a great fit and i completely agree considering she's literally a master of deception

[@anastasialecter4394]

I don’t know how to describe just how mad I am that League isn’t getting uncorrupted Xayah. I want her so bad she’s so pretty.

[@karenboy1005]

5:00 Yo did Nicky just make a FUCKING PRIMEVAL REFERENCE? That was a good show

[@ziehere2]

I truly love the Prestige for Ekko, it is just really my vibe with the colors and the sword... in my opinion its at the same level as his true damage skin

[@Ryery]

Agree, it's probably one of the best prestige skins yet. I despised the base one at first, but after trying it I think it's quite good. Nevertheless, both skins are extremely underrated

[@fanto860]

As an ekko main when i found out he's getting a star guardian skin i was really not happy. I bought it with the pass just because i want to own all ekko skins and to my surprise, it's surprisingly well done. It's still not a champion who should be in this skinline of course but his abilities look nice, hair is pretty interesting. Still- The prestige outclasses it. Haircut outfit color scheme I am actually satisfied with the prestige skin, although i wish it was from a different skinline like battle academia. Still better than Diana or Volibear where the normal skin is much better than the prestige

[@BlazingSun01]

i do like some of the star guardians 2nd batch > 1st batch personally but i wish they at least tried to differentiate the outfits more like i like quinn rell taliyah lux jinx akali and all of the wr skins because they have a different look but damn kaisa looks a little boring too much like gen 2 they’re missing some individuality like i guess its more of a sailor moon thing me personally i prefer the madoka references and i like how madoka’s outfits looked different from each other so wish they did something unique

[@pinkpuff8562]

5:00 OMFG SOMEONE THAT ACTUALLY MENTIONS THE UNDERRATED GEM THAT IS PRIMEVAL. THANK YOU KING!

[@GreyscaleFady]

Taliyah's high score = 👍🏼 Rell is kinda under rated here I love her Saint Seiya crown thing, she's like a badass pegasus knight, it's like if her Battle Queens skin wasn't bad.

[@user-fk1ew3kg8r]

gotta love these consistent uploads. Keep it up champ

[@freakyzoid3565]

Objectively correct opinions

[@Alucard2356]

I like the cute extra animations on the Akali skin. They didn't need to change up her animation for when she stops moving, but they did. Although, I'm just glad Quinn got to be involved in the skin line.

[@hamdepaf6686]

I liked the first 2 waves of starguardians, being Lux and her team. Basically I think the starguardian aesthetic is pretty limited, because they are SUPPOSED to look the same, it's big part of the deal. All skins that took liberties on the design stick out like to me even when they are a breath of fresh air design wise. Basically I think Starguardian is long past it's expiration date. Futhermore Starguardians as a whole just showcases how detrimental the skin system is to the stories league wants to tell with these skin lines, like every wave you basically have a new protagonist having to get into the action (except wave 2 being Lux's team, because it is one of the few additions to a skinline that actually improved it instead of further oversaturating it). Basically no story is ever gonna be continued properly because the focus will be new champs. I kinda just hate riot's "skinline" approach, a skin isn't designed with the question "what fits the champion?" (Omega Squad Teemo/ Final Boss Veigar are the best examples of this, making them some of my fav skins ever), but "what champion can be added to this popular skinline?". I actually think the one-off skin ideas are pretty much the best skins we ever got and having a line is fine as long as it isn't kept alive for longer than it should be and doesn't get champs forced in that simply don't fit.

[@josephinemil7941]

This is what I think too about one off skins. Personally like Ashen Knight Pyke should be a one off no matter how many people liked it cause it's bound to end in all these male champs with the same ashy color and the same ashy wings in all their recalls 💀 it would be worse than Star guardians cause there it's at least like 5-6 diff colors for each champ. They should make these mythic skins a one off where it fits a specific champ perfectly (if they don't wanna do that shit anymore with legendaries like Dawnbringer Soraka, Spirit blossom Ahri, and Dragon Yasuo)

[@RandomBrute]

still a year later and "OH MY GOD ITS A BABY CHIMKIN" gets me every goddamn time

[@animepenguin7254]

Morg and Fiddle sticks are my favorite Akali is cool but I agree Evelyn woulda been a cooler choice

[@oaksofgold]

the best chroma rating threw me off but im glad you did it because i'm always looking at which chroma is the best on each skin. love to see it

[@adregarcia1667]

I felt like these skins were a little uninspired. I still watch anime and love the Sailor Moon Universe. The ones you chose as "shining stars" are also considered the best ones by me. The introduction of Fiddlesticks as Star Nemesis opens up a lot of possibilities for more champions, that's true. What sold me these skins was the development inside the visual novel, and basically got me in tears because of the truth of what happened to the previous star guardians. But... *WHERE'S TRUE STAR GUARDIAN URGOT?*

[@fernandosegovia8806]

Finally someone is asking the important questions. Where is our Star Guardian general?!

[@christoftjahjadi7750]

Surprised that someone else besides me watched Primeval, it's a pretty good show! that aside, great vid!

[@ammarmubeen6524]

So I really like the star nemeses because it opens up a really cool idea. Start Guardian Kayn where he has two narrative paths where shadow assassin remains a guardian and Rhaast becomes a star nemesis. I think that is genuinely the coolest thing they could do with Kayn

[@a.h8075]

On the part with champ being tied to a event i think yone spirit blossom was rlly good cause it was telling his tale in a really cool kinda legend of these brothers was. I found it really enjoyable personally. Though the other ones can burn in hell especially nilah and seraphine

[@illuminight1199]

prestige syndra isn't supposed to be her evil form, it's something entirely different not connected to the star guardian universe like prestige senna, talon and seraphine

[@HeresTonez]

Then why is it prestige STAR GUARDIAN syndra? I swear the skin design team makes no sense sometimes

[@p0mp0mpudding-YT]

@@HeresTonez it’s meant to reference anime like sailor moon with how her hair is styled, background, etc

[@HeresTonez]

@@p0mp0mpudding-YT it looks more like its referencing modern fashion TBH

[@QuestionableLogic_]

​@@HeresTonez All prestige Skins are named after their Skin Lines. It's supposed be a "What if [INSERT CHAMPION HERE] was invited to the Met Gala and [INSERT SKINLINE HERE] was the theme?" They started doing this because Senna's True Damage prestige (Which was designed by someone who works with *_Louis Vuitton_* to make actually clothes) was one of their most popular prestiges and thought: _"Yeah, we, the game developers with no fashion knowledge, can copy what an veteran in the fashion industry did, this is a good idea!"_ It's such a boneheaded pivot since, they, you know, have no concept of high fashion and aren't in the the industry, making their efforts thus far tacky and a hot mess.

[@p0mp0mpudding-YT]

@@HeresTonez true, I’m just saying based on the hair alone it’s definitely inspired from Sailor moon - they can’t really market a sailor moon inspired skin as anything but Star Guardian

[@nikitachumachenko3412]

The existence of star nemesis means riot are now legally obligated to make Urgot the first champion to have 2 star guardian skins.

[@emborg_]

as a fiddle main who doesn't watch anime, i am content with finally getting a skin that is cool and not all pink and anime-like

[@misc4052]

I'm actually glad to have someone's input on the skins that's not super into it. You get to judge on the general quality of the skin

[@benjakill]

isn't it like, morg's lore all about being the compassionate side of justice? again, a skin that doesn't fit a champ's themes and i kinda agree with eve receiving it instead, doesn't SN have a thing about consuming other SG's crystals, so it would fit eve's feeding from other's suffering?

[@phoenixflamegames1]

Skins are kind of supposed to change their normal behavior or looks. Like odyssey Kha’zix or sentinel rengar. They just cant change the voicelines all the time. Also every skin comes with its unique lore nowadays and while it usually still follows main lore, it can stray from it. Like morg here.

[@benjakill]

@@phoenixflamegames1 agree, but most of the time when skins count part of the original lore, some interesting ideas tend to appear, or some good mapping of concepts. A recent example could be spirit blossom (can't remember too well, was on hiatus when they released) where they manage to map lore elements from champs into ionian myths or something like that in an interesting way (ignoring the sexy anime guy/gal syndrome, it was still kinda cool imo)

[@vuivraalbastra]

On top of that Morgana could have been so interesting as a SG because despite her good goals she doesn't seem as friendly as most star guardians. As gorgeous as the skin looks, having her as a villain seems like a missed opportunity and an injustice to her character, so I have mixed feelings about it.

[@joshuawills7643]

love the split second of primeval

[@ivaivaivaivan7]

The amount of tf2 jokes and clips inside warms my heard as a long time player. More please next time

[@luckyshadow777]

Love the vids! could post cut content or bloopers from your videos on your patreon!

[@dominicbosko8375]

SEE! Even he realizes that Taliyah’s rocks needed something more. But alas, Riot decided to make her tassels more transparent 🤨

[@kellymendoza8662]

would have been cooler if she shoots star or meteorites instead of just pink rocks

[@donatoliotino1872]

@@kellymendoza8662 do you mean literal stars? Like, flaming balls of gas? Becasue she does sheed star shaped rocks.

[@cuzimnotlaughing]

Sona for me is the best. Her color stands out. The rest are literally like Pink and Purple looking Star Guardians (Kaisa, Akali, Rell, Nilah, Quinn, and Taliyah) not even a yellow star guardian was made.

[@milophobe]

skins themselves aside (though i do love them, really happy with this batch), as a trans person I am absolutely overjoyed at all the little hints and teases about Taliyah being a trans girl in this universe. the blue, pink and white colours all over the session video, the “I feel more like myself in the outfit” line. I’m really hoping trans Taliyah will be confirmed for pride 2023, but until then I’m super happy with the little things sg 2022 has given us

[@kitsune6633]

The main reason i think alot of people dont like Star Guardian Ekko at least what i dislike is because riot didnt give Firelight Ekko hood and mask because it would change his iconic mohawk and then change the mohawk in Star Guardian but that may just be me

[@626lancer]

Literally might play Taliya just for the hinted transness of her. I've always loved rock benders because I like the aesthetic of mages and the aesthetic of strength, so a rock weaver fits that perfectly. The fact that she's a cool person and has a trans alternative reality self (or in general if I headcannon hard enough) is just enough to push my love for her over the edge enough for me to learn her.

[@redwolf48845]

4:36 I like when Heavy shouts "bird!"

[@BurlapRat]

Zoe and Fiddle should have been legendary skins. You can't change my mind.

[@-Matchuchu-]

But sona

[@CursedSkimMilk]

yo even if you don't like the story go to act two of Kaisa side story and at the end with noodle bill choose to stay for ramen. its honestly the most wholesome part I've seen so far. And honestly makes me want an alternative Gragas skin based off Noodle Bill

[@TheKreve]

I have not watched the video yet. Predictions are: fiddle good because monster champ. Starguardian boring or pretty but not unique.

[@sebastiangruber8059]

About Rell ... Akalis shroud got more work put into than Rells entire kit, the ultimate couldve been more flashy, the familiar only appears in the recall and when flying out of fountain speaking of that where are rells wings while being speed up, noexistent. Next point is that her familar couldve easily be done as the horse itself, maybe make the horse a unicorn in the star guardian universe but just a horse cmon riot ... And have you seen akalis entire skin and color changes after ulting the first time and doing so the second, she has a completly darker skin overhall. Well Riot thought Rell mains want a skin gave it a thought for 5 mins and then went back for the weekly grind on how to improve the skin of popular champs, as a Rell main of course im gonna get it, but standard Rell is better than both skins she got, cauz i can fell the love for detail there, in the skins not so much ...

[@SnakesAnimations]

Morgana is incredible, I'm honestly surprised she was only an 8. The rainbow contrast with the rest of the dark pallette places it at a 9 for me

[@Exel3nce]

yeah, not sure what his problem was. just because the character could have been another one, doesnt mean you have to rate the skin that way. seems like flawed logic. same like rating the color of a villian because it isnt typical dark but has some light tones in it (syndra)

[@MikaaWoo]

I have been waiting for this skin even since I saw it... It makes my Morg main heart so happy Q-Q

[@herponriki5215]

I liked the star guardian event at first because I love Xayah and Raman and the angst star guardians was doing with them and I wanted to see where it went. Then it was a wild rift exclusive :/

[@vidril6440]

For me, Star Guardian lore has been well written, the splash art are (usually) well drawn, and I like playing Akali. Also staying true to the themes of mahou shojo is nice. That’s about it, my reasons are pretty standard

[@katanari3278]

Oh, I agree about Morgana! I think that Leblanc would have been the best pick for a villain here, though admittedly I've never liked the idea of Morgana as a straight up villain in any 'verse. Bel'veth would also be phenomenal, like you mentioned. If they were going to include Morgana, I think it would have been more interesting to bring in Kayle somehow, but as it is, I don't feel like Morgana the character fits as well as many other champs would have fit.

[@cilliandrohan]

There could of been so many better options, I would trade out Ekko, Nilah and Rell for like Aphelios, Sett and Annie or something, the latter options just sound a lot more interesting. We do be loving taliyah tho. But I especially hate Nilah, her kit her design and the skin, i played against her once and i havent allowed her through since

[@thoren907]

I really like rell’s skin, but thats mostly because it’s her only one since her release and because (ignoring it clashing with the star gaurdian aesthetic) i really like her armors design

[@piimco933]

i liked most of the new skins, but star guardian is just. really boring to me. because most of the characters' outfits look very, very similar (e.g. ahri/mf/lux/kai'sa, sona/soraka). i know that it's meant to be based on magical girl anime, but those shows always managed to make each character look unique and recognizable, whereas star guardian is just repetitive. i do wish that they'd make some more unique design choices when creating these skins. i think skins like rakan, ezreal, ekko, fiddlesticks, morgana, akali, etc really stand out not necessarily because they're good (though most of them are) but because they challenge the skinline by looking very different from what one would expect from a typical magical girl anime. i also feel like some of the character choices could've been better....'best friends forever' and frilly pink dresses don't really feel like kai'sa things, even if she's meant to be younger in the skin, lol

[@DarkMenma021]

With the star nemesis fiddle and Rell getting a star guardian I absolutely hope that God old Morde gets a star nemesis skin it would be absolutely fantastic seeing the lore get involved in some capacity with the skin lines

[@lucad9667]

Taliyah being trans... Guess it was bound to happen eventually. But if they do it, I think it would be better if they made an entirely new champion around it. Right now, Taliyah is one of the very VERY few female designs that strays away from the typical, cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all, sexy female Champion design. Her being a former boy would just completely undermine that and push the female designs back to "all females must look sexy", you know? I really liked her specifically because she was so unique, but with that in mind it's just "well of course she isn't stereotypically sexy, she was a boy before".

[@kellymendoza8662]

former boy? also why would they made a new character around being trans knowing the fanbase they would hate her the second she gets released

[@lucad9667]

@@kellymendoza8662 Appearently former boy, can't find any sources right now. LoL wiki reworked the Trivia section and it's all over the place now...

[@cathallarem2055]

the fact that this big event happened with xayah and rakan in the last story, AND IT'S LIMITED TO WILD RIFT. Pisses me off alot.. like rakan basically died after the big tease from SG 3 where ahri came in...but they focus on some side characters from the new story..

[@velconx15]

LET'S GO, TALIYAH GOT 9/10

[@Thesmus]

ok i know this is already few months old and you might have already known this, but prestige syndra isn't evil syndra (and wow i didn't know syndra becomes a villain or something). they are experimenting on their new version of prestige skins, with high fashion version of the specific skinline (so like a star guardian inspired high fashion attire)

[@WillowtheSapphicGobbo]

I started playing Taliyah because of the sessions thing. The cute art style and animation made me fall in love with her, and TB Skyen giving her hot take grade a trans flag put the idea in my head she's trans which I also love because I also am. I am now eagerly waiting for the 28th as I have one hextech chest and I'm hoping to get the skin out of it, considering the cost of living sucks and I can't spare the money lmfao. So long story short, I love Taliyah, she's fun to play, and she's a funky li'l transbian girl.

[@lilianapadilla3052]

WE HAVE LITERALLY THE SAME NAME AND BOTH TRANSBIANS WE SHOULD TAKE THE POWER AWAY FROM THE GOBERNMENT

[@WillowtheSapphicGobbo]

@@lilianapadilla3052 LMFAO YES

[@WillowtheSapphicGobbo]

@@lilianapadilla3052 yo, wanna hit me up on discord or somthin'?

[@whoknows7415]

I would reconsider your opinion on Star Guardian Syndra Prestige since it’s not meant to be a Star Guardian skin. It’s her in an alternate universe where she’s a celebrity model, just like Lunar Eclipse Senna Prestige.

[@bug6620]

i wouldve honestly waited a few months more for a good rell skin that fits her she just feels so out of place in the SG universe

[@GreenUnicorn06]

I love the Star Guardian line, but I pretty much agree with everything you said! The champs they chose to give SG skins just seem way too random and don’t really fit the aesthetic at all. It also annoys me how they simply push out new skins instead of building on the lore that was already there -_-‘

[@mystic_jello]

As a taliyah main and being trans, I am going to spend so much money on her

[@uhhmary]

Star guardian Kai'Sa is riddled with references to yuuki yuuna but that's mostly aesthetic references(even the tft emote for her is in the same artstyle as the spin-off 4komas), as a big fan of that franchise its nice but I wish anything else about her resembled it.

[@klebeans]

trans taliyah woop woop 🥳

[@burntastic7547]

That tf2 sniper edit on kaisa made me spit out my drink, i was not fucking ready whatsoever. Good shit man

[@alonsotoon]

Tbh as an lgbt person myself i dont really like the sneak sneak way they are """"teasing"""" Taliyah to be trans. Like, theres 0 acknowledgement. Its the same issue Graves and Tf had before. To me, until they have the balls to 100% confirm her to be trans, she will just be lgbt bait, and i hate that so much. They do this so much, they try to squeeze money off of lgbt people pocket with cheap shit like this. Be brave, make her really trans, or fuck off Riot.

[@alonsotoon]

We deserve better.

[@cartoonishidealism582]

OK I do agree that Riot needs to do fucking better, but I do want to point out that while it doesn’t seem like much… people DEFINITELY had to fight tooth and nail just to sneak that tiny bit in there. I mean hell, a part of me kinda doubts the higher ups at Riot Games even fully recognise the implication that she’s trans, or they would have shot it down immediately. All this to say, yes ABSOLUTELY demand better of Riot Games, but also, I really don’t think it’s always some insidious marketing ploy to manipulate their queer audiences. There’s a difference between “the marketing department is soulessly queer baiting” and “the artists and writers are doing their best with corporate restrictions to include genuine representation, even if it’s only a little bit”. Either way, you know, fuck Riot. Make Taliyah trans.

[@divine_divide]

Ooooooo, will u have a skin review for Ocean Song skins? Also my aussie friend cracked up at the aussie reference XDDDDDd