The Best and Worst Skins of Every Champion (2023)

[@SweetJamu]

Congrats on finishing this series Skyen! It's been a daily pleasure watching these shorts as they come out

[@sillykittypotato]

Counterpoint: Groovy Zilean is his best skin, because it's the only skin that embraces the absolute nightmarish jank of zilean's model instead of being limited by it. it is the perfect rendition of a horribly gaudy outdated nightmare, which makes it zilean's only perfect rendition of anything. it is true art unfiltered and unburdened.

[@pcn545]

I would agree if it weren’t for the problem of its coloring. Yes making it chaotic and goofy colors works well, but diarrhea green for the gears and a dark fox orange for his hair just looks bad. They could have gone deeper into the design as well, given him a funky visor or shades, the big disco pants, anything.

[@Phudge]

Take a shot everytime "recontextualize" is said

[@ameliabrittain3689]

h…hoptial

[@scaryclownery]

Dying in the first hour 😭

[@EmilyRitcheson]

As someone who knows precious little about League of Legends, I have thoroughly enjoyed this series. Similar to your Pokemon shorts, you communicate all your thoughts in a concise, intelligent, and very entertaining way. ⏰

[@beebs4283]

Do I know or care about anything LOL related outside of Arcane? No. Am I going to watch all of Skyen’s wonderful analysis anyway? Absolutely.

[@TakumiTheFAUSTScientist]

And *IT'S FINALLY FINISHED* at last! And TBH *THIS* series became my favorite KZbin short series of all time This series really taught me well *TO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS' SKINS* even to the simplest ones and pointing out what's good or bad or right or wrong about it and also appreciate the people behind making those skins and Splash Arts And I'm going to say this again: *THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS SERIES* Skyen

[@perezo27]

This is a gold mine of character design advice btw, thank you man

[@starryeyedinput]

speaking as someone who doesn't always have the time ⏱️ or brain-space to watch full-length analysis videos or keep up with a series of shorts as they release, having a massive shorts compilation like this that i can watch on-and-off is just about perfect 💟 i'm always so impressed with how effectively you can communicate skinline concepts, character lore and cultural references, all whilst providing your own thoughts on the actual designs, both as a whole and in-game. and on top of that, you've got such a strong sense of comedy and voice both in your scripts and on-mic! truly remarkable stuff - thank you for sharing!!

[@spiralhaze2070]

That's a lot of work you accomplished there, Skyen. Really something to be proud of.

[@Belbecat]

Drinking game: take a swig everytime he says "when a skin takes the base concept of a champion and recontextualize it into something new"

[@chickensalad3535]

This comment could get people killed lmao

[@martim281]

Man, I'm so happy that you released this video, I was wanting more skins content and your artistic opinion in general, and now I have both in 5 hours of video as a New Year's gift. Thank you very much and happy holidays.

[@nicks.857]

My favorite shorts series on You Tube, I got a little feeling of excitement every time. Afterwards I looked at a skin from a completely new perspective and noticed things I didn’t pay much attention to before.

[@robbstormblood8506]

Okay but the la illusion skins did such a good job for nidalee

[@willsweeting1676]

This series was super fun to follow live, and I always enjoy having the full series in one place. Awesome job Skyen ⏰

[@celiverdi1098]

Even tho I watched most of them if not all of them when they came out, I still enjoy to hear your analysis on the skins. You point out the incredible work and care that some artist put into them and I always come back to your channel because it’s very intellectual and for some reason very soothing haha because damn you are one heck of a creator!! Thank you so much for every video and short you make! Have a great new year Skyen you deserve it ⏰💖

[@rojx64]

This video is just what i want. Skin reviews talking about how good and bad some of those are but a high price treat that i enjoy. I am supporting the channel to never stop getting this. Thank you. Edit: ⏰️

[@vbirbzilla]

Oop, you also have Rengar's best skin in there twice

[@ofsomeimportance]

He just messed up what species it was. He kept both for some reason

[@someguywithawooperpfp3163]

Honestly these shorts were something I looked forward to daily... sad to see it end

[@Rells2coolpeoplehavebadtastes.]

Thank you so much for your work Skyen! This series was a joy to watch and very insightful when it comes to the topic of character design.

[@picantepollo6238]

These shorts are how I found your channel. I’m glad to finally see this in its entirety.

[@sylvanshroom]

I have been meaning to go back and rewatch these because I love hearing analysis of what your takes on what does and doesnt work on these characters and their skins, so the timing couldnt have been more perfect. Keep doing your amazing work Skyen and I hope that 2024 is a year of fulfillment and happiness for you! ⏰️

[@gentlemanlike4005]

Rewatching these shorts has been such a treat! The way you present your shorts in such a concise yet thoughtful manner, it's always just nice to listen to ⏰

[@manigros4348]

I can't believe it! It is done. Congrats on finishing the series!

[@dessertoni]

I can't believe this was 2 years long. I've been pestering my brother with this series every time a new short came out. And seeing your input on skins made start looking at skins differently than just "oooo skin cool" and made me start to analyze newer skin releases for Champs. Bravo

[@frangipanii]

Your voice is just so calming and personable to me, I keep coming back to this as something to keep me out of actual shorts when I’m starting my day cause I can let it play and I know I can still move around and do stuff whilst getting dropped little tidbits of ideas and thoughts. I love these compilations ❤🕰️

[@guilhermefaissal4831]

This kind of videos are amazing, where someone shows not only their opinion but explains it with detail and heart is fascinating. Your work is an example of excellent content. Thank you so much for all of this shorts! ⏰

[@audreyharkins3318]

This video was perfect to draw to! Your commentary is so thoughtful and engaging, truly great work ⏱️

[@Pippysaur]

I’ve been playing league from the very beginning so to watch these shorts overtime and rewatch them again to hear your critiques was very fun and eye opening for a lot of the skins I own haha. Such a great and fun series. Awesome work on all of it! ⏰

[@Zykvar]

Usually I probably wouldn't take the ⏰to watch an hour long analysis of skins in a video game, but you left me with no choice after hooking me in with some of these really engaging shorts. The moment this collection dropped I knew I had to watch it. Really appreciate your hard work!

[@dualswords3303]

from this 2:54:30 to "Kog'maw is old" sounds like the pug about to be put down due to ⏰ age

[@sunainahussain]

🕰 it's just good backround noise to hear you analyse things while I draw 👉👈

[@ailingstar8856]

Honestly one of the tragedies of Santa Gragas is that the costume idea comes inbuilt with an alternative for his keg, a bag so stuffed full with presents that it's straight-up cylindrical.

[@atab7086]

⏲ man i "listened" the whole video like a podcast your voice is soothing and your video ideas are great good job

[@atab7086]

now that you liked my comment can i ask for a character design hot take for updated caitlyn

[@ietdkvd]

You know what? If vel koz is a creepy flying eye with tentacle then what's stopping riot from making him an bibically accurate angel.

[@Rene4nd]

Great job finishing the series! Even tho I don’t play anymore it’s great to see all the hot takes in one place! Not sure if you’ve noticed tho, but Guardian of the Sands Rengar appeared twice, just after each other

[@hazygoodol]

This has been a microdose of happiness for me, everytime you posted one of these. Congrats on finishing all of these ❤ hope u have a wonderful 2024

[@xanithdegroot5407]

I still think we should get Star Guardian Urgot as an old retired star guardian who is secretly the principle of the school the rest of the guardians go to, which would actually help the lore of the SG universe by explaining why every guardian seems to end up in this school. He is knowingly approving of these transfers to help the new generation form teams. Also he could be wheelchair bound with his mecha-legs being his guardian weapon. So yeah give us the Legendary Star Guardian Urgot riot.

[@johird9990]

i mean either that or the janitor

[@ghostgirl2.052]

This is MY Birthday and I GET to chose the movie

[@lilymedeiros]

Xayah main here. My favorite thing about playing with her SG skin (at least on Wild Rift) is that we occasionally get flashes of her "good side" in her recall. Seeing her flicker back and forth, even if just for a moment, makes it my favorite. It feels like she herself is waffling back and forth, unable to hold onto her darker convictions.

[@gamernerd141]

I love that you're bringing the air and ideas of literary analysis into fandom space, it's something so many of them need so desperately, league especially. This was a blast to keep up with live, and was fun to revisit. So.... you'll do one of these for ALL the one piece shorts when you finish that, right? ⏰

[@malcogarcia3673]

Honestly I waited every single day to see one of these in my homepage. It's made me think more about design, story telling and its made me appreciate the work of these artists a lot more. Thank you so much for making all this! ⏰

[@KarachoBolzen]

Hi Skyen, do you plan to do little update shorts when a new skin comes out and you consider it the new best (or worst lol) for that champion? Would be neat to keep the series up to date I think

[@galanga21890]

30:00 fast forward to almost a year later, and now we are truly living in the Viktor from Arcane timeline

[@CthulhuPlayss]

been watching these since you first came out with them!!! thanks yt for always recommending the new ones ⏰

[@tahilpadia]

I absolutely love the choices of background music you used in these. Some really obscure choices that fit really well too. Like Temptation from Destiny 2 for Project Camille was really cool. ⏰

[@CyanightMars]

Watching all of these together makes you realize just how many times Skyen uses the term "brick shithouse" to describe a character

[@Seelie_Serenus]

⏰ the series is finally over! I remember looking forward to seeing the shorts drop every week before I went to bed (time zones be funky like that haha). It was fun to work on my sketchbook while this compilation was on in the background. Also, happy new year, Mr Skyen! I’d like to support you financially in a few years when I’m finally out of school, but for now I’ll settle for watching, liking, and commenting.

[@TheZipding]

Watched this over several sessions, I just really enjoy your analysis of art and character design. ⏰

[@georgelunn5210]

Discovering this series is what reignited my love of good character design and analysis, and has also led to me discovering the joy that is the art of LoR. Thank you for all your effort, I hope you do a similar series of character design analysis in future! ⏰

[@inf0phreak]

Det tog mig flere _dage_ at komme igennem denne her video. Det er lidt svært at sætte fem timer af til een video, når man har alle mulige andre ting, der skal nås ⏰

[@bee_wannabe]

🕰🕰🕰 Thanks for your videos Skyen, its such a delight to listen through while doing my job and as an artist i really appreciate your analysis about characters and art in general. Thanks again for your content and take care!

[@TNFSoulReaver]

This was just ⏰ satisfying to me in some way, to watch Skyen give his opinions. I like his attraction to a good hat as well

[@RomnilWater]

So nice to see another shorts compilation video. Your takes are always interesting regardless of if I agree or not. Not to mention your Hot Take video has become a default background video for me when I'm doing other tasks so it's great to have another one. Also i laughed when i saw you organized it in reverse alphabetical order.

[@chugztogo6560]

Watched all the Shorts, watched the compilation. Will watch it again probably. Congrats TBSkyen!

[@PsychoticMuffinz]

Love you and your work Skyen! Thanks for making my Sunday chores pass my with relative ease ⏰ ETA: it was good to see you finally finish this series and see earlier ones I missed before they started popping up consistently for me!

[@punto3205]

I know next to nothing about League of Legends outside of Arcane and some of the music videos but as a character designer I LOVE listening to you break down and analyse these designs.

[@tnecniw]

1:28:39 "Damn, is everything alrght" no... No... 27, Single, alone, no job (in fact never had one), no real close friends... Sitting alone on valentines day... Wasting time. Held back by autism and ADHD and what I think is Executive dysfunction even if I haven't officially gotten THAT diagnosed (the others are fully diagnosed) No medication (waiting for it) and no motivation. I am not alright.

[@willnash7907]

Such a great video. Always love your deep-dives into aesthetics.

[@endikaaspeurrutia1013]

You are a mad Man Skyen, i respect AND admire that dedication

[@writersblock142]

⏰️❤I truly can't believe this is over, GODDAMN THE COMMITMENT. I know legit nothing about League of Legends but they way you critique designs and articulate said criticism just got me hooked even if I'll never play the games. This series has inspired me to upgrade my own character design and analysis on designs as well and I truly do thank you for the entertainment! Congrats on making it this far and being done with the series!! :D (Also side note I was deep cleaning my room while watching this despite having seen every single one before so yeah, thanks for keeping me company while going through my clothes, have a good day TBSkeyn lol) ❤⏰️

[@ozthebeeman]

The rengar short is accidentally played twice in a row.

[@Never_heart]

3 days of slowly working through this while doing stuff around the house but I got there. A great series with a lot of very well thought out takes ⏰️

[@sorasoda]

always find your take on various character designs super interesting as someone who is working on visual novels in my freetime ⏰ you've taught me a lot ! and unfortunately got me into league of legends

[@Massuloid]

⏰️ This series got me invested into your channel as an aspiring character designer and I love hearing your takes on designs.

[@obsessivelychaoticdimwit9764]

A 5 HOUR SKYEN VIDEO HALLELUJAH

[@HexQuesTT]

at abt 10 seconds in to a 5 hour compilation "This is my short and I can pick what I like"

[@HalltoHell]

Thank you 1:30:01 skyen, I am infact alright. I never will play this game, but I love design and your voice so, guess im good.

[@kindred8359]

sadly im to young to give you anything but ill support you with views and like. im so sorry i cant help. :(

[@TBSkyenShorts]

Please don't feel bad about that - nobody needs to pay me money if they aren't able to do it comfortably. It is enough that you watch the videos and enjoy them!

[@ВиталийМатяшов-г4ъ]

🕐 It was REALLY entertaining to watch. Your voice is calming and charismatic, way to go man!

[@samh-king3517]

Wait a minute.. this isn't short at all?? Unsubscribed

[@doodleman2122]

⏰️ TBSkyen compilations are the best background noise when I'm working/doing chores

[@noishfanboy1141]

Even though the vid ended on zeri the last short being on Renata is just so perfect

[@photograhy]

Lunar beast Viego in red chroma is basically a DMC's Dante reference. This is only saving grace of that skin.

[@grumpyzeref]

Really fun to watch the whole thing. had seen many of these but this was more fun. Great work! ⏰

[@samumohacsi]

ayyy congrats! been fun watching these as they come out

[@cherubini_5348]

never watched these as shorts, but damn... good work, cool stuff⏳

[@meticulousstressor4332]

⏰ This was such a blast to watch, I adore all your shorts and getting to watch them all in one place was super nice. I feel like I've learned a lot about character designing (at least, more than I knew going into this!) which will help my characters pop more in the future, so thank you! Your analysis videos are just so top-tier good and you're very good at commentating in a way that makes a 5 hour video enjoyable to listen to instead of tedious and droning after a few hours. I don't even play LoL and yet I know so much about the characters and their skin designs thanks to you, which is great for impressing my friends who do actually play

[@Transgerine]

I fell asleep halfway through so I had to rewind and rewatch like 3 hours of this lmao

[@Timituesday]

love hearing your opinions on skin designs, your def the graves pool party of youtuber content creators, just all good vibes. ⌚

[@lelescarlet7184]

⏰ honestly it’s great to have this video playing in the background when I’m doing other things and don’t have the chance to constantly change the video every minute or so. Plus I just like listening to you talk Skyen.

[@RoseyiCubed]

Great effort Skyen; love your work, especially these shorts and the “What’s the deal with…” series ⏰⏰⏰

[@SchwarzSkills]

I enjoyed the Shorts when they you released them, so I enjoyed this supercut as well, to listen to mostly :D Also Clock

[@Daminionz]

the fact that not only u started from the opposite side of the alphabet, but also switched the letters around is fkn hurting my goddamn brain. howtf does one even come up with that idea it's so bad 💀💀💀💀

[@EisenSMT]

I never realized just how well splash arts can hide an otherwise terrible skin. I don't own most of these and have thus only seen the splash, and thought most of them were really cool. Turns out they're anything but

[@snuggoe]

really didn't think i would sit through a 5 hour video talking about league skins but here i am. the time ⏰ flew by listening to your takes on design aspects and what succeeded and what didn't, very engaging content in a (as far as i can tell) untapped market for it. keep it up dude. ACAB.

[@animorphs128]

I agree with 90% of the list. looking forward to even more shorts reviews in the future (pokemon, one piece, league, whatever. I'm here for your competent critiques more than the properties themselves) ⏰

[@horusemerald97]

Such a great series, really enjoyed it while it lasted and had the time to listen to this whole thing all over again while cleaning ^_^ really appreciated all the analyses, it was very interesting to listen to as someone that knows very little of costuming, design, and visual art in general ⏰

[@sophiemichel8045]

Thank you so much for the series. I don’t even play LoL, but it’s just great character analysis based on costumes and helps me with what I need to thing about when character designing.

[@melongay3710]

This video is keeping me from going insane at work my vacation starts tomorrow and rewatching this is preventing me form only thinking about how much time is left for the shift ⏰️

[@simonbenda3727]

Since none of my friends really seem to care about the lore and art of LoL ,its nice to find someone who apreciates it. And i might finaly start reading some of the lore thanks to you :) ⏰️

[@rat4315]

⏰️ I admit this is a incredibly long video to watch through to its entirety, but this series has been a special interest of mine since I encountered it. I been putting this on in the background as I write and draw or for any creative process for a while now, and still followup on your design breakdowns including my other favorites such as your animation breakdowns for arcane and best splasharts for LOL and Runeterra videos (and many more). As an artist, such a thorough breakdown of design, compositions, and the bits of life and beauty imparted into these things makes me strive to be a better artist, it gets me excited to create even with your more negative critiques for the passion and the thorough critiques of the skins. Even if theyre short, theyre jammed pack with information, suggestions, and cool art. Your presentation is a 11/10 as well, youre engaging, fun, you have a wonderful voice and tone to convey the exact mood you're going for, whether you're narrating a ominous scene, or a cheery origami skin. Overall, this series makes me want to be a better storyteller AND artist, and I have and will always recommend your videos to aspiring designers and storytellers like me. Thank you so much for this series, and your work, even if I cannot support your financially, I sincerely wish you continued success and passion for what you do.

[@aightgriffin]

⏰ I did it over multiple sittings, but I doubt anyone watched all 5 hours in one lol.

[@hettiechristine99]

YOU DON KNOW HOW LOMG IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS TO BE A WHOLE VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!! THESE HAVE BEEN SUCH A NROMAL PART OF MY DAY!!! you really KEEP out doing yourself

[@musicinmymind623]

⏰ loved this series, congrats on finishing it!! Cant wait to see what else is next

[@emilioramos7241]

I honestly didn't think I'd through all of the video but alas here I am, I really like the series ever since I first saw the first shorts and your way of providing criticism where others may not be so open to, is genuinely very interesting to listen to, both actively or while doing other stuff in my free time. Hope 2024 is a great year for you, Skyen⌛

[@Squeek801]

🕰 Love these, thanks for putting this compilation together.

[@plagueamon9331]

This was a very thought-provoking series in regards to character design, cool to see it completed!⌛️

[@homeofgalaxy7571]

man i feel like an end of a journey. i been watching you rank skin since the beginning of 2023. i luv this channel man happy new year man

[@Ineedabigboi1771]

I don't even know how I came across this channel, but it's really great to see some another person who'll be nerd enough to get into details, lore, creativity of something like this and actually spend their time for this. It's just such a great sight to see and even if there were some takes that I disgareed, most majority of the takes were top notch. It was such a sight to see these kind of takes and hear so familiar soundtracks. And other content you make is also good. I really appreciate what you're doing. ⏰️❤

[@eddietb7575]

1:28:39 damn AHAAHSHA- the unexpected “yo are you okay?” Got me