Rapid-Fire Skin Review: Anima Squad (Wave 1)

[@LordZazas]

I fucking love that ANY mention of the number four has the Jhin jumpscare

[@BartixShieldsmen]

Truly the only thing I watch nicky for

[@lakidaalakisda700]

hell yeah brother

[@snowberru8572]

Nicky is actually quite good with the running gag and I LOVE IT

[@CrabKFP]

Commenting here so that the comment have 4 replies

[@BaoDuong2k]

​@@CrabKFPcrap

[@LabRatz-Ivor]

yorick and naafiri definetly deserved primordian skins, their summons are literaly enemies in the swarm gamemode

[@fernandogonzalez6759]

what they suppose to be? aquaman and a sea dog?

[@Catt0_]

@@fernandogonzalez6759 Even though I don't disagree with the OP, gosh your comment made me chuckle a bit too much

[@dankmemes8254]

Riot : no

[@tadihotado3518]

Imagine getting characters who could thematically fit the skinline and not just miss fortune again twice a year

[@SamElZombie]

@@tadihotado3518 If I had a nickel for every time yorick would fit perfectly in a thematic but wasn't used anyway I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@dragonicdoom3772]

The best part of Yuumi being an AI has nothing to do with her. She was created by Jinx who was messing around with Primordian tech. She's Jinx's child! Jinx is the Battle Cat and created an AI cat! She's a crazy cat lady!

[@Hedge_the_Hog]

Something, something, two nickels for those champions being related in skinlines twice

[@theshadynorwegian6036]

And in the game mode her minigun isnt named pow pow, but instead its meow meow

[@japhettheprophet4619]

I cannot wait for Nicholas J boy to rate Primordian aatrox, with 17:44 minutes of dialogue. Meaning aatrox tops up at 31 minutes of total voicelines not counting LoR. Meaning he has more total dialogue than any champ with any other legendary amounts. Not counting ultimate skins

[@galaxydragon8326]

Tbf aatrox never shuts up (like Ashe)

[@praimi13]

​@@galaxydragon8326 he's too busy demanding others to COME

[@novaseer]

@@praimi13 and then you stitch in his LoR voicelines so it's COME, BAALKUX

[@YaelT-c2v]

​@@galaxydragon8326 atleast aatrox has a reason why he doesn't stfu unlike ashe

[@motafu1]

​@@galaxydragon8326 that's because aatrox isn't afraid of speaking the truth, when he tells me to COME, then I'll COME

[@Rekoyuu]

I am forever mad about Riot separating Xayah and Rakan + not doing the shared recalls anymore

[@motafu1]

you could complain about anything else about riot and their game and yet you're still upset about recalls? man these are just goofy recalls, sure they were unique, but it's unneccessary

[@sam.w7179]

@@motafu1 their complaint is valid, riot always does this. Releases something and then grow too lazy to keep it up

[@motafu1]

@@sam.w7179 but it's just a recall, just a recall

[@mentallyunstableeggplant661]

@@motafu1 sure, its JUST a recall, but Xayah and Rakan were created to be a duo, and for a good chunk of skins, always had a skin with each other in a skin line. For riot to throw out the whole idea of it due to laziness is a disservice to the champions.

[@Blue_Moon_EcHo]

I love xayah and I can’t agree. It’s okay for a skin to give her a solo identity.

[@krok2112]

It feels so good to see the monsters get skins too. Still mad about Nocturne and Lewis being relegated to NPC status but at least we got the first actually good Bel'Veth skin out of it

[@ЖаркоШкребић]

Who is Lewis ?

[@mistaseesall]

@@ЖаркоШкребић Lewis ma balls

[@krok2112]

@@ЖаркоШкребић the gator

[@fernandogonzalez6759]

@@ЖаркоШкребић you don't know lewis? damn bro... you live under a rock

[@ЖаркоШкребић]

@@fernandogonzalez6759 I know, which is why I ask, who is Lewis ?

[@bkaneshiro14]

I feel like this one is a bit better than the first wave of skins because i... really don't know if rito had an idea of what they wanted to do with the skinline. Now they have a direction, even if it is still a bit muddled, as opposed to it being "vaguely futuristic gear with vaguely animal inspirations," a la Lunar Beasts.

[@victorpedrosoceolin3919]

It's literaly just arknigths

[@kozrak-kai8215]

​​​@@victorpedrosoceolin3919 since when was arknight about power ranger and not about catgirl disease

[@dsdstudios386]

Somehow, the split-second Jhin gag never fails to make me laugh.

[@undyne1]

They keep robing us from a Rakan skin.

[@brindleface9316]

Dragonmancer Rakan is pretty recent?

[@goofybloat9435]

​​@@brindleface9316 So is Yasuo's old man skin, yet he's in wave 2 with a pretty bland looking skin

[@itchyballsl]

He got 4 skins in one year ...

[@oops3798]

I was not expecting the sera skin to go as hard as it did!

[@ZamrayzRayzoray]

Funny thing is, it was originally gonna be scorpion themed because skarner instead of dove, but beauty won over coolness, inevitably... 😢

[@kellowstone]

@@ZamrayzRayzorayI mean did beauty really won over coolness? I think her Battle Scorpion concept is a lot more conventionally attractive, even featuring long hair. For Battle Dove, they *chopper her hair off* and replaced them with a set of mechanical wings. Idk, this is way cooler in my opinion

[@ZamrayzRayzoray]

@@kellowstone the concept is cool, but I'll be damned if I didn't call them out for recycling a skin that already exists on wildrift 💀 it was painful to see she now has 2 legendary bird skins.

[@sarahcostello4767]

Glad you liked the Seraphine skin! With High Noon Yone that’s two for two of champs having fantastic Legendaries you think are pretty good 😊 As a Seraphine fan your reviews are super fun to watch and I really appreciate constructive criticism like yours. It also makes it even more fun when something ends up surprising you for the best. Please keep being amazing Nicky and I cannot wait for the best batch’s review!

[@hugocognie1784]

Couldn't agree more

[@hate2284]

Include Aatrox. That's 3for3

[@krzysztofkuzniacki6416]

Nicky is not ready for Anima Squad Yasuo, we must protect him at all cost

[@dontplz]

that Rakan concept art is just UwU

[@Ofxzh]

4:00 I don't know why but the dance made me think of rainbow road from mario cart.

[@praimi13]

It does feel like it uses some mario-esque samples for it

[@ibrahim5463]

Yes nickiy anima squad is a "fan favourite" but only in a very specific region with a specific demographic, in anything else its a skinline that exist

[@neethaii4689]

anima squad is just project 2.0 💀

[@Kaikirith]

you not liking a skinline doesnt mean a lot of other people didnt lol

[@ibrahim5463]

@@Kaikirith you misinterpertud my words but sure lets go with your idea then, mr random internet user

[@datzfatz2368]

Is it China (as usual?^^)

[@ProtoCJ]

I like how Yuumi, playing a big role in the skin line/universe doesnt get a legendary, but the character with a release ultimate skin got a legendary. Great. They didnt even add a filter on yuumi too. Amazing.

[@juliez16]

this is late but seraphine makes more money alongside the more popular group than the parasite

[@DCT-tt8ib]

While I absolutely wish Rakan got an Anima Squad skin as well, I won't lie: Battle Bat Xayah has quickly become my favorite Xayah skin and it's not even close. Part of it is because I'm a major sucker for attractive anime military women, but even ignoring that, I think it's a very badass design. The color scheme is super striking and unique. She actually looks somewhat believably like a fictional military officer in spite of the fact she's effectively wearing a catsuit. I love the way the puffed-up collar and hat look. I like how her legs have additional armor and her sleeves puff up at the end to convey a sense of power/strength in an otherwise slim figure. And the way Riot handled her cape is just peak; The segmented, holographic batwing look is such a vibe. Helps that she's one of the few Anima Squad skins that actually tries to lean into the animal theming a bit. It's a fantastic skin, I just know it would look even better if Anima Squad also had a Rakan skin to be her compliment/contrast. I especially like the Primordian Rakan skin idea you proposed; It could be a fun shakeup and subversion of the usual Rakan/Xayah dynamic in skinlines. Would I say Battle Bat is Xayah's objectively best skin? Probably not tbh; That title would probably go to the original Star Guardian Xayah since it actually has a Rakan to compliment/contrast with, on top of being pretty much the only Xayah skin that can hold its own divorced from Rakan. But is it my favorite? Hell yeah.

[@RakanMain]

Really felt that whole feeling like Rakan and Xayah musta got divorced comment. I so badly wanted a narrative that Rakan was a primordial and in love with Xayah.

[@sakurahirawa]

He still can be..? He’s being kept secret so we don’t really know.

[@Alrift]

It's been said so many times it's like beating a dead horse but the sequence breaking audio drops are just so funny I love the editing on these videos.

[@Jim_boe]

2:10 but using Yuumi or Rengar for Tiger lunar New Years isn’t lazy when you suggest it? The anima squad skin line started as battle bunny’s, so the bunny champ should ABSOLUTELY be a bunny in this skin line

[@williamatlas6916]

That’s a really good point. I like Aurora being a bunny in this skinline too, but it’s sad that her’s is lackluster compared to the others. I guess that’s a fault of the fact it’s a release skin but battle bunny Aurora is a good idea

[@NickyBoi]

fair point, though imo a tiger yuumi/Rengar/Nidalee feels less redundant as it was a holiday celebrating that animal specifically and those champions also have plenty of other skins with differing ideas Whereas this is the only other skin Aurora has so it doesn’t feel as impactful to me

[@juliez16]

@@NickyBoii wish they made yuumi into an actual dog like shiba yuumi or an actual bee like yuubee. that wouldve made her look so weird but cute and cool imo

[@motafu1]

and xayah should've been a battle bird and not a battle bat

[@imirazuke3516]

2:48 Ay no way he mentioned our lord Chad Greeniris here

[@mooshroomawster]

i love your content, i know my main is a topic of controversy but ya know it was nice seeing you love a skin of hers. yes its kinda ridiculous seraphine is walking out with another legendary- but, this skin is so good im so happy you like it too. its like dad approving the paper hand turkey, good feelings

[@karenwang313]

Seraphine was kinda manufactured to sell skins tho, the champ itself was an afterthought. It’s not surprising they’re pumping out more expensive skins for her.

[@mooshroomawster]

@@karenwang313 i know and its unfortunate. LOR showed us she can be/should have been so much more than a bubbly personality and a skin line. most of her skins have better lore than herself. its a love hate relationship

[@linhttm58]

@@mooshroomawster I mean she hasn't got a legendary in League yet, if you're talking about K/DA, still it's an ultimate and Crystal Rose is Wildrift exclusive. So it's better to give her one first because she's still selling. But I do agree that they need to change her lore asap. They haven't touched her lore especially since Skarner's rework when he's not a crystal hex scorpion anymore. They've been being really lazy with her lore since her release when they could've made it a lot better.

[@svgar04]

I love the Sera skin, yes she didnt need a legendary but my oh my its amazing

[@Dulce_Dragonesa_2.0]

JUSTICE FOR THE LOVER BIRDS !!!!!

[@pastelantlers7479]

Fun fact: If you check Seraphines voice lines with Xayah she implies that her "secret" boyfriend is Primordian Rakan so he is out there just as a clump of words sadly

[@VinyDMD]

Can’t believe we got Namielle Bel’Veth

[@evalyne1105]

Monster hunter enjoyer? Based. I too like the namielle belveth

[@Fluffwastook]

love the outro music,funkier than this entire skinline

[@dutssz]

in other notes, about Aurora, I don't think it was about poor timing, I think they genuinely timed it so the new bunny character got the bunny skin on the bunny futuristic playboy skinline

[@JoshuaAlto]

IMO, it's an awesome skinline. I'm so hyped about this one, 11 skins (not including prestige). ❤❤❤

[@JustAguy006]

Legit feel like most female champions look like Kai’sa, Kalista, Nidalee, or Sivir Also I feel like base Aurora looks like battle bunny + winterblessed skin combined, then immediately I learn she gets a battle bunny skin as a launch skin. I wish I was joking

[@noid3571]

Sir, the second wave of skins has hit the rift

[@NunuCHOMPS]

We love to see a new Nicholas J. Boi video

[@EmmyOnYoutube]

If I had a quarter for each time Nicky had to admit loving a legendary skin of a champion he hates I'd have two quarters which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@sebastiancampos3816]

Now I want a fennec AnimaSquad. Thanks Nicky

[@thegoatjuan1100]

THIS IS BEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE NIKKI POSTED JUST WHEJ I. WAS DAYDREAMING UESS

[@quintonbrady3238]

Headcanon for the 2:40 Rakhan fucking died and she’s going full exterminate mode for revenge. The only way I can cope to not have a skin to duo with

[@grimjudgex]

He's hinted to be around a lot by Seraphine and the Korean cinematic

[@kauanjos3199]

Nah he's just not part of the Anima squad group that's why no skin, in Xayah recall she even texts him

[@SebastianMitterbichler]

Love ya Videos

[@NotQuartz]

The decline of skins means that they listened to those memes of nothing being accomplished in the year but skins. The swarm maps clearly show where the teams went aswell

[@omarbirkdar5536]

Watching nicky praise seraphine feels so..... unusual, but i love it

[@blueskyblazingrose]

If I had a nickle for every legendary+ skin for seraphine that gave her a better personality than her runeterran base form... I'd have 2 nickles. Which isn't much but it's weird that it happened twice

[@EmpressbyBlood]

Riot should just release a series or a movie of this skin line Anima squad

[@JamesDGoins]

They haven't pulled Xayah and Rakan apart. They have matching skins in all their themes except for BBat Xayah and IG Rakan. The rest are matching skins, some just didn't come at the same time (Phoenix Xayah / Dragon Rakan)

[@aspookyscaryskeleton5238]

I need more fishes for the fish collection, keep them comin' keep them comin'

[@devilkera]

A skinline with multiple monster skins AND A REK'SAI SKIN!!!! I am here for it!

[@greenwren5072]

You're right (about Rakan) and you should say it. Now I have a mighty neeeeed for Primordian Rakan. Neeeeeed.

[@thatbish5504]

riot need to do same thing they did with sera hair with kaisa void floating thing .

[@chaotik900]

part 1 the strongest for me where Sera , Bel , Auroa and rek. I know some may say but battle bunny Aurora was gift bag choice, but like deep down, I know I would bitched and moaned if did not put the rabbit champ in the most obvious skinline, sure she will get better, but I kind love the fact they pulling out captian obvious, maybe sometimes I don't want some things that strats too far from her theme for the first skin, 2nd skin yeah. I love the new Briar one, they dial her up to 11 and made her look cute and badass.

[@intercom8309]

Genuinely jumped at 0:49. it was neat.

[@GrapefruitVodka3]

I really enjoyed the seraphine concept art for this skin line. Looked so Evangelion inspired it would’ve been so cool

[@Zippyheru]

Also I find it a bit weird how there are no references to the other anima squad members besides fortune? Sylas, Vayne and Jinx were forgotten?

[@Sean-fz8if]

Atleast jinx is in swarm. But yeah, thankfully sylas was forgotten and unfortunately vayne was too

[@Lakshmikants]

one of my favorite things about xayah is that she was turned into a bat 🥹when it was hinted she might get an anima squad skin i feared she would be turned into a bird which i wouldn’t have minded but it would’ve been SO boring to make the bird champion a bird .

[@MaliciousMallard]

I'm a little in shock that you liked the Sera skin. The world is healing

[@maz9665]

Mr Nicky Boi, you may be spared from the Seraphine main's wrath. This time :)

[@Jaydog9297]

I will be spamming the Seraphine dance as much as possible

[@Erablier]

Aurora should have gotten a Rain Shepard skin, changing hoppy bnnuy to hoppy forg would have worked so well

[@Blue_Moon_EcHo]

3 with one redacted is… so many? (Currently the only solo 2 are ig and anima squad) It hurts that it feels like people don’t want my favorite bird lady to have an identity outside of rakan’s girlfriend… They have plenty of duos. It’s okay for them to be separate a few times. Wanna match your sup? Star guardian, Elderwood, arcana, and the dragon/pheonix (personally irked brave phoenix had solo status redacted :/) are all good duos to use. It’s fine for them to exist outside of each other dear god.

[@akirarose3947]

Devorced rakan is my new headcanon!😂

[@stelveo3691]

The skins are cute, I don't know about the Seraphine hair tho... To me it just seems weird that solide tech-wings move like fluid behind her when she moves. It may have looked way better in my eyes if they kinda levitated behind her like renatas poisoning dispenser does?

[@koolaid5674]

The funny part is before Aurora was even released, I had a feeling there would be some sort of clash with anima squad and was wondering if there would be new voicelines from mf relating to her. Turns out riot just said fuck it and put Aurora in the skinline cause oh wow bunny, she’ll fit great in the line clearly.

[@cally406]

as a xayah main i am very happy

[@bookedchimera]

cant wait to see nickys reaction to aatroxs bully miguire dance

[@tuz1551]

I know its called rapid for a reason but it would be AWESOME if these were a bit longer

[@ongphuong9100]

Love your video❤❤❤❤

[@nightpurple372]

I like to believe they made a yuumi ai skin to reference all the yuumi bots in low ranked games

[@successfulsomewhat]

So sad we didn’t get a Quinn skin again

[@llllgor]

I feel like Anima Squad Gnar should exist.

[@motafu1]

he ain't selling much, he ain't female so they can't sexualize him and he ain't a twink/"daddy" either

[@NightShade420]

I mean it no Battlecast Bel'veth with the drone swarm as her minions but i guess this one is goood as well.

[@TajDoyle]

so good!

[@jxbxrri]

Kinda wish belveth had one of the 2 legendary skins even tho I don't play her it just looks cool

[@briannguyen6248]

Well I like Yuumi’s skin 😂got the prestige for her too 😢but I’m convinced by Sera so I may buy it.

[@accountwith16chr]

3:32 beastars reference??

[@saikebonexe9547]

And of course being, one of the few rek'sai players on this planet, I waited years for a new skin that just turned out to be a plastic toy of a glowing shark with legs. Tbh the entire skin line in general was a huge let down, they took a cool power rangers like concept and just put on mediocre design, some of theme are cool but not well executed imo, like briar, some are actually cool, but everything is the equivalent of "lets take this character and put it in a cosplay inspired by a random animal and see what happens”

[@relightrobot1543]

As a BV player, agreed. I’m super let down by another turd skin for BV especially because I know it’ll be ages before they try it again and fuck it up a fourth time.

[@xanithdegroot5407]

Can't wait to see Nicky's reaction to Battle Bat Vayne with Abs, AKA Prestiege Leona. Sucks when your main gets two prestiege skins and both are complete ass.

[@nate9030]

Yuumi and Rek’Sai are my favorites. I’m mad we can’t play Yuumi in Swarm! Also enough with the Yuumi hate! 😡 She’s best kitty!

[@DAVE11]

True

[@Scoonga_Doonga]

Nicky throwing shade at PROJECT Naafiri when it's like peak skin design 🤨

[@YaelT-c2v]

Worse version of wolf from mgr

[@Pauli-dg2yv]

Cant wait for the Aatrox one.

[@Cherry_Iandrax]

He liked the Seraphine skin! Yey!

[@ImRosieYall]

SERAPHINE LOVE, IM SO HAPPY

[@mehditouhs-v7m]

0.38 did you just use aeternus song in geometry dash (the songs name is rip&tears and its available on newgrouds )

[@shiroyasha9623]

So i know you don't usually do Wild rift skins but could you include Garden party Malphite at the next rapid skin review,like pleeease he becomes a cartoony train it's so good 😭

[@yunifluffy8217]

Seraphine's passive music just makes it a 10/10

[@SayShelo]

Did I hear mythic scam or mythic skin when he was announcing the final score

[@wilgefortisohlin568]

Waaait primordian is a part of anima skinline? I thought they just dropped at the same time? Bruv

[@WoolGrain]

I love how Bel'Veth looks like namielle on her ult form

[@biastrafig]

Auroras launch skin may be a little lazy, but its not purple Milio

[@Sshok3r]

I just love to Pause just to see the Jhin 4 Jumpscare xd

[@Mixture_Lady]

I don't know, the only skin that I care now is Von Lycaon Yasuo... and now I saw the early art and, is that that they didn't keep the battle bunny one 😢

[@Angelina_foxy]

Literlly replace Leona with Rakan and give prestige to Illaoi and make Yuumi a legendary and Seraphine epic And add more primordian skins like primordian Malzahar / Naafiri / anything that can spawn shit Also why Aatrox getting a legendary i feel like Yorick would be better and make the boss fight seem more put together like the pillar is his Ult instead and he locks you up in his cage and spawns ghouls to attack you and you would be trying to avoid his other abbilitys and phase 2 would be his like special form after he ults cuz he would be a leg skin ofc he needs a second form but yea thats just my toughts

[@mikedoge5559]

Seraphine actually having the one of the best skin out of all the others was surprising to me too....BUT that just speaks how well she fits and how good she looks in this setting...I usually just hate Seraphine in general but here, got damn Rito

[@neethaii4689]

imagine battle mouse zeri in reference to pikachu, that would sell

[@PsychoDiesel48]

WHY NICKYBOI!!!!! I WAS SO READY TO JUST SAY NO THANK YOU TO ANOTHER SERA SKIN!!!! BUT YOU HAS TO DRAG ME DOWN DIDN'T YOU!!!! XD

[@McChicker]

Bel'veth really do be a ripff Namielle

[@icefireruby3245]

belveth reminds me of namielle from mhw, and for that i love it

[@raphtalia6134]

we love nicholas boi

[@ДаниярБаранкулов]

i will not lie im a seraphine gameplay enjoyer but i am not fund of her getting her 4 legendary( BFFR that disguised "ultimate" skin is just a combo pack of 3 legendaries ,which wild rift would prooves us true by simply selling KDA Sera as a solo legendary) when some dont have a single one

[@elvenrogue_]

whats the worst for Xayah is in the concept are there was a sketch of her being a battle cat AND RAKAN WOULD BE A GOLDEN RETRIEVER! we legit missed out on black cat gf and Golden Retriever Bf Xayah and Rakan and as a Xayah main it breaks my heart

[@cds7012]

I do enjoy this set of Anima squad more than the first one.

[@yulian545]

Seems like Rakan now free?

[@BurlapRat]

Battle Bunny Miss Fortune is one of MF's best skins.

[@Orionuki]

I love belveth and reksai 10/10