The Top 10 WORST League Skins of 2022

[@Ray-wz8sg]

Porcelain Kindred makes me want to see more skins that take humanoid characters and turns them into monsters, like how Praetorian Graves is just a full one robot, not a cyborg

[@fanto860]

but it's the opposite with kindred

[@Ray-wz8sg]

@@fanto860 yeah I need the opposite to balance out the horror that is Porcelain Kindred

[@drpygmr2416]

Take named characters and turn them into basic enemies

[@georgkroux8554]

If we talking about Graves his best skin is mafia or in recent years " crime city" full peaky blinders vibe

[@POTUSOfficial]

​@@georgkroux8554also the defacto l9 graves skin as well

[@gecko9995]

I can’t wait to see the skins they plan to add in 2023, I hear they are changing the jg items

[@Shabowdiadlo]

Bro what?

[@gdb3]

@@Shabowdiadlo oh, that's called a joke, and the joke is that this top 10 is year late

[@phantoist]

I hope they don't do the new champions get into skinlines they clearly don't fit resulting into a horrible launch skin with a purple/pink palette like they did with Nilah, surely that won't happen again in 2023, right? RIGHT?

[@imsoslungry7286]

I was embarrassingly close to thinking I was insane and thought it was the wrong year

[@yoisakikanade_]

Yeah, ive heard theyre gonna have the largest budget ever this year, hopefully the season start cinematic looks good

[@Dopamine404notfound]

I had the same reaction for the Yasuo. Same with Coven Akali. Like "huh why?" they just don't fit but of course the "haha I am a popular champion" rule exists

[@VioletHops]

Ironic seeing as TBSkyen put out his short saying the Akshan skin was pretty good overrall

[@whatyalokingat1735]

well it was competent design all thing consider, and askan does seem like the guys to wear such a thing

[@saladkeeper]

KZbin comment when two people have different opinions:

[@beardyjesus4591]

Tbh I don't know why Tb Skyen even bothers making worst and best skins for champions with 1-2 options, personally as an Akshan main AND character artist I don't like both his skins😂😂 Give a man something good to wear

[@beardyjesus4591]

@makooverthose1569 Nah, it is funy that in the span of an hour - 2 people who talk the most about design in league, gave the contrary opinions. Just a fun little coincidence

[@beardyjesus4591]

@makooverthose1569 But hell no, he doesn't have an objective opinion. He once stated that Sultan Gp is his worst skin because it oppress middle eastern people Also his general merit that a good skin must reinvent the champion is... questionable

[@bosscoolaid1015]

With the ashen skinline, I thought they would remember the criticism from unbound thresh. “NO GHOST ABS”

[@x-nimator9997]

Good thing that mordekaiser and shen followed that memo

[@Significantharrassment]

​@@x-nimator9997BUT SHIRTLESS MORDEKAISER WOULD ACTUALLY WORK CUZ HE AIN'T SEXUALIZED EVERY SINGLE FUCKING SECOND

[@CuckooCocoa]

​@@Significantharrassmentwe have pentakill mord, he's shirtless in that one😂

[@thesolarhunter]

I just hate that there logic is “people didn’t like Ashen knight pantheon? Just Change the name” but then they’re like “oh they didn’t like ocean song seraphine or coven Syndra? We’ll change those skins completely.”

[@luizotavio44]

ashen knight pyke to the patheon skin had given me so much whiplash

[@DSMister]

And then Sylas just turned it further in the drain. Then somehow Mordekaiser becomes the best of the bunch, and Shen is just as good.

[@BartixShieldsmen]

Every time i see Ashen Knight Pantheon I am just filled with, sadness. For what could have been the greatest skin Pantheon could ever receive

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

Is it because it doesn’t add anything special to the skin or is it something else I’m missing?

[@brosam_]

@@Blu_Moon_Owl it adds literally nothing that hasn't been done before and it just looks like a glorified Ruined chroma

[@yououttapocket]

​@@Blu_Moon_Owlbecause it's a mythic chroma and not an actual skin.

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

@@brosam_ oh ok so it just a nice skin and nothing special. Shame

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

@@yououttapocket oh ok so it was the first mythic chroma before it was even a thing

[@gallanomarkandrea.1787]

God I was praying for "Dark Souls Pantheon" when they were announcing Ashen knight Pantheon cuz the design would make so much sense. Give my Spartan a nice cool shield, a nc spear, and an armor that would stand out in the skin line.

[@ArtemGor-q6z]

I still think that little legend Yummi for starguardian skin line is a missed opportunity! And her lore incorporates it self really well, she could be a little legend that lost her starguadian as well.

[@tylerdashart]

i absolutely agree you with kindred abomination- like.....let monsters/colored skinned champs (looking at soraka) be themselves!!! dont make them human ffs 😭

[@theolanderdilag3872]

Starting already with unbound thresh being default in wild rift And it's not league that's also affected, monsters that are required to look ugly have been changed to beautify the fuck out of them that it actually doesnt make sense anymore

[@flameofmage1099]

Honestly Porcelain Kindred is fine but the goat ass animation just makes it so weird

[@zebnemma]

Coven Nami is one of the most disappointing legendary of 2023 IMO for that exact reason. They made her into a sea witch but then gave her human skin tone and pink hair. Just ruins the look they were going for completely. With the look they gave her she just looks like a mentally ill weirdo "I'm not like other girls". Because she looks like a regular human who colored their hair pink. They did my babe Nami dirty!

[@Prince_Smugarina]

I would argue on Soraka though. The "Divine Soraka" Skin represented what Soraka used to look like. Before her lore change, she WAS a human who used her powers to stop Warwick when he was still a human, and a powerful Zaun mercenary who loved Chemical warfare and such. (Remember OLD LORE) So, don't be too put-off by Human Soraka. Kindred though, no that is 100% abomination.

[@tylerdashart]

@Prince_Smugarina no i completely understand! ive only heard a little bit of her lore (i need to check it out) i literally only play her with immortal journey skim anymore. the human skin suits her *somehow* and i ADORE that skin, its so pretty. but i kinda still dislike the idea of them changing skin colors of non-human champions

[@lordadornable3607]

Seadog Yasuo, not to be mistaken with land dog Yasuo, his default skin.

[@artrocitystudios]

They should have replaced twisted fates cards with cds or do records

[@gravelor78]

he would throw vinyl records at the enemy. funni asf

[@ruiribeiro8010]

I see you putting Sonic Riders ost on the Zenith Games bit... good taste

[@NeroTheAngel]

I think its kinda sad that the Space Groove Skins went from funny sci-fi Cat/Dog Skins to just gummybear like skins

[@uraninezak]

Zenith Games Jayce gave us one thing and that is ass and then they updated the splash to reduce his cakes. That's literally all it had going for it.

[@nate9030]

I fully agree with you. As someone who loves big skinlines like High Noon, Project and Space Groove, even I recognize 3 huge problems: champions not fitting a skinline, remaking lame ripoffs (ggmf is cool but battle bunny is lame, same for all the not project robot skins), and giving champs with outdated and janky models/fx all the good skinlines instead of using champions who would actually look good.

[@thenerdymikayuki]

Sea Dog Yasuo actually frustrated me for how random and unnecessary it felt, so it’s my least favorite. The others didn’t give me any particular feelings. I also don’t mind Ashen Pantheon, if I had it I would use it. But even so I’ve been waiting for a new Pantheon skin that I’m actually excited for

[@sleepyteen9827]

I wonder if Nicky will ever do a top 10 themes in league

[@panini15]

We all know what's gonna be at number 1

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

@@panini15true to a fault.

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

He did a tier list stream for all the champion themes so one could follow that

[@A.C_B.]

I forgot pretty much all of these existed, except for the camille and the kindred skin, and I only remembered those because they make me sad.

[@mihaimorar2043]

I find it mildly funny coming from TB Skyen who just made a short about Crystal Rose being Akshan's best skin then immediately seeing it here.

[@TheDjpwn3]

7:33 This is the first I've heard of the Anima Squad skins being supposed to be sexy. Because they're not, except for kind of MF. Sure, the original Battle Bunny Riven was sexy (very intentionally so), but the reboot of the skinline turned them into animal-themed soldiers fighting against some aliens or something. Which I think is cool, but I'm pretty sure they're not meant to be sexy (except for maybe MF, but that's just a MF thing)

[@Prince_Smugarina]

Eh, I just know Jinx is pretty cute in her skin.

[@Prince_Smugarina]

Remember, Human Kindred is an abomination. Human Soraka is a remnant of her old lore, when she was originally a human who had a self-imposed curse placed on her when she used her powers to stop an infamous Zaunite Merc by the name of Warwick. ;)

[@PanosLog]

As a pantheon main, i couldn't agree more. I remember being hyped af organizing my schedule as such so i could efficiently gather the necessary tokens, stumbled upon some great fanart that how he could look (all the fanart was goldy). When it finally released on the PBE and saw it on twitter, this wave of depression and pure disbelief hit me........ We were robbed. ( But i got the pappa smurf prestige so im good, that skin's cool af)

[@Aamodon1]

The worst part of Ashen Conquerer Pantheon is that its a mythic line, meaning if you wanted the skin and didnt have the essence available from leveling, you now had to buy a boatload of masterwork chests to get the material. What essentially was a 1250 skin at most would run people 30-40 bucks.

[@corduroytm]

if they were gonna make a humanoid kindred for porcelain, they should have given them the legendary instead of ezreal so at LEAST they could give them animations that didn't look so abysmal.

[@StarChargerStudios]

the sea dog Yasuo skin absolutely is out of no where and entirely random and makes no sense... but I really like the aesthetic and the vfx on it

[@assasin0848]

Obvious No 1 for worst skins 2023: Breakout true damage Ekko and Dark cosmic erasure Jhin. Riot has done us so dirty with the vfx change on chromas it’s disgusting 🤮. What’s even more disgusting, shocking and shameful all at the same time is that some people still buy those stuff and even dare to upload their attempts on KZbin 🤢🤮😡🔥💥

[@CuckooCocoa]

I'm predicting that every new mythic skin will be a $200 gacha skin, and we can do nothing about it because riot only cares about how much money they make😂

[@jeidexsenicejar9439]

Damn it really shows how free are you now. Keep up with the good work, edits and streams. Also, this means you are working in the next skarner video for the next decade to be realesed right? Lmao

[@Coop93]

That Sonic the Hedgehog one frame jumpscare 🤣

[@kellym9190]

0:24 F’s in chat for the poor editors 😔

[@wailmerpail]

Ashen knight aesthetic with a fully armored pantheon like dragonslayer would have been perfect

[@myabss8336]

WHAT??? Spirit blossom is awesome imo

[@CuckooCocoa]

Wave 2 spirit blossom felt like they just brought it back because of how popular the first wave was and kinda just repeated what they did last time without adding anything new, like project, night and dawn and high noon

[@myabss8336]

@@CuckooCocoa yeah i get what you are saying it feels force this second wave cant lie. But i still find Sett amazing

[@khanhduytruong7137]

@@myabss8336 it's the goat skin for sett, these people are high tbh

[@israelnicholas3790]

OMG! the Sonic ZG Menu theme over the Zenith Skins. Ugh, the memories.

[@abramtabor7726]

I for one - think Ashen Sylas is worse than Ashen Pantheon. I know a couple Panth mains that actually like it because of the ult animation.

[@colors1653]

Don't forget Star guardian Orianna. A character who has been a robot (or voodo doll) in every single skin, and made her into a generic sexy anime babe.

[@zebnemma]

Oh no I haven't forgotten. I'm so mad at that skins existence too, it's just straight up an abomination. I've been hoping for a Ori legendary for so many years. Can't make her human while still having her robot voice wtf... Just give her a legendary and a visual update too. She needs to stay a robot forever, but I've been wanting her legendary to be her before she became a robot if that is possible. (Or more before she died to be exact) And then make her into a proper human ballerina inspired by black and white swan.

[@colors1653]

@@zebnemma Yeah if riot desperately need to make her human, do it in a way that makes sense.

[@mysteriousdora6914]

In what way is sg ori sexy

[@victorhugobarbosapereira4850]

I mean i feel a easy on my heart knowing that jhin will never get a bad skin. (Clueless 2022)

[@x-nimator9997]

Empyrean jhin: 👁️👄👁️

[@victorhugobarbosapereira4850]

@@x-nimator9997 i kinda like the effects on the skin the model is kinda mhe

[@Kay-dp3fd]

space groove twisted fate is prolly one of my fave skins in the entire game cuz its so god damn wacky man the silly little alien cards in the recall and ult i love em

[@chrishuynh_0043]

Hot take: High Fashion Prestige is the ideal implementation (at least that we've seen). Although many lament that it does not totally look like it fits in with the rest of the skinline (i.e, Prestige Spirit Blossom Master Yi) I think it's ideal. Otherwise you'd either have boring recolours (like all early stage prestiges), or ones that are virtually identical but just better in details and some slight colour shifts (Prestige Nightbringer Kayn, Prestige Dragonmancer Volibear) in which at that point the prestige does not offer you two totally different options but just picking whether you like the base or the fancier more. High fashion based on the general skinline aesthetic allows an alternate take which allows better contextualising of all the sparkly effects and LV looking effects, while giving you an option of which aesthetic choice you prefer for the champion as opposed to simply being picking which of the two is blatantly better based on the same design aesthetic. There's been some stinkers lately, but I believe the earlier stages of this exploration was really nice.

[@fruitfulpeak]

it would be cool to see a magician zed skin, W can be the like classic clone act, E can him pulling flowers out of a hat and throwing them, Q can be just him throwing his magician hat, and R can be a like disappera and appear there typa act

[@fabioviti7384]

1:25 nicky ya gotta be very carefull or someone WILL find your house after that stunt

[@mysticfeal]

It's so sad to think Riot gave Pantheon this monstrosity of skin instead of Tryndamere.

[@franciscoadasilvajr4514]

What if - and me hear, hear the madman - SeaDog became a LOR Exclusive champion? Or something inspired by him? Cause I wanna more Buhru stuff and lore about them, and a more agile Buhru warrior would be cool, maybe using a scimitar (I LIKE EXPLORING OTHER TYPES OF WEAPON!)

[@itscartridge6459]

I love how other than you nobody else talks about how the panth skin is just a recolor

[@ronie_6]

I love this kind of videos, the editing is feking amazing btw, it sucks loosing nights of sleep but the result is worth it so even if I hope it don´t happen again to the beautiful editor, thank you so much for your hard work

[@luistabares4870]

i'd also say solar eclipse sivir. that shit really had to be legendary? lmfao

[@ibrahim5463]

bro i never saw those camille scars or lines berfore this video and now i cant unsee them

[@Auditore_2023]

Riot also added Ashen Conquerer Pantheon to Wild Rift and the 3D model of this skin looks horrible for me. Which is sucks, because, they haven't added the Persous one(

[@brosam_]

I'm remember the first time I looked at Ashen Pantheon and I was sitting there for about 30 seconds thinking "is this just a chroma for Ruined Pantheon or something?"

[@x-nimator9997]

Ashen knight pantheon could've been SO good. The concepts that some fans came up with were MILES better than the officual glorified ruined pantheon chroma. RIOT HOW COULD YOU DO MANTHEON SO DIRTY MAN ☠️☠️☠️ And the worst part is that THIS was pantheon's last skin and hasn't received a new one ever since.

[@amera5874]

i hope nickybois editor gets some good sleep 😭

[@drpygmr2416]

3:53 cringey dad trying to be "hip with the youth kiddos"

[@miaskaaa]

the disrespect on zenith game blitzcrank is insane

[@jameshammond6306]

I love that ocania snuck in the : ^) classic meme

[@ocanhaTheEditor]

I love how you messed up my name despite the fact I sneak my PFP with proper spelling in about 80% of what I edit : ^)

[@jameshammond6306]

@@ocanhaTheEditor I'm stupid, forgive me

[@ocanhaTheEditor]

@@jameshammond6306 No

[@jameshammond6306]

@@ocanhaTheEditor reasonable. I accept my punishment.

[@foryossimodicarbonio9703]

4:14 I mean, giving TF a skin based ok cards would be a bit redundant. And then what, give Camille a skin were she's a cyborg? Riot is above that, they have a CREATIVE VISION.

[@giovannimarini3730]

alright, i'm gonna redraw porcelain kindred as an actual lamb someday

[@fernandocorreawitt6510]

I just can't bear Zenith Games skin line. That one is just the most terrible idea Riot has ever had

[@sugerblu]

6:34 YES, I AGREE, THANK YOU. Im a Kindred OTP, i collect their skins, chromas and icons. This one I didn't buy, a friend ended up gifting it to me but I don't use it. Its just so fcking ugly, even the chromas are ugly af, the ult and marks are pretty tho

[@ivancalvo4055]

i still dont get the problem with star guardian nilah. for me she fits the skinline flawlessly

[@imwhatthekidscallcringy3858]

What do you mean 2023 is almost over?!?!?!?

[@leuclamdoc]

Love the Ocanha editing as usual

[@markopusic8258]

I have to thank whatever god birthed Woof and Lamb Kindred because I seriously thought we were doomed after Porcelain. That skin was everything wrong that Spirit Blossom did right and the second humanized Lamb skin in a row, things were GRIM. That goofy ass April's fools skin was a savior I never thought I'd see.

[@DarkfireEquinox]

not me completely forgetting Space groove TF even happened XD

[@braescuvlad638]

the only fuckin reason i remember strike commander camille is because my fucking client is bugged and the overview tab has been showing the skin in the bottom right corner along with cyber halo janna for the past 1.5 years? ah shit since it came out, even worse it shows the skin at a 1350rp price

[@ZmbieKllr2000]

As a Panth main I was so mad at Ashen Knight. It could have been so cool and when it was leaked he was getting one I was hyped beyond belief but then we got the terrible ass skin we were given.

[@apa5440]

How do they manage to mess up every sylas skin, either they make his chains look not like chains or when they give him chains he doesn't have a good model design, project for ex.

[@Undomaranel]

Porcelain Kindred was so bad Rito actually deleted/ hid my comment on their release video, where I went into the hypothesis on business deals with China. There were comments replying to me and then more comments saying, "I can't find that comment, what did they say?" If you know what stopped bones being used in skins, it's the same reason why animals/ "less than beasts" are being turned human. Oh, and the incendiary part, I claimed changing the core model of Kindred was culturally appropriating all of the artistic concepts that went into the Biblical lamb and wolf, the Taoist taijitu, Aesop's fables, sayings about April, fairy tales, etc. They made a literal death god and then boiled them down into an elf girl and her dumb pet for money... The truth hurts.

[@SpiceCh]

I think turning Lamb human in the Spirit Blossom skin line was fine since there's lore to back it up and the skin looks amazing. But that's the only time I want to see it done. The Porcelain Kindred skin really missed the mark and I'm not sure why they went with Kindred for that skin line in the first place.

[@mohammadalinejad728]

5:55 Sonic Riders OST let's gooooooo

[@bar-elch7809]

funny this video came out the day that Skyen called Crystal Rose Akshan his best skin

[@lordadornable3607]

Out of 2 or 3 skin tho

[@sonicwave779]

Cause it has no competition not because it's that great.

[@CuckooCocoa]

Because he only has 2 skins and cyber pop just sucks😂

[@R526D]

1:26 NOOOOO NOT MY CURRENT HYPERFIXATION TAKE IT BAMC IT NACK

[@lazerkitty8d]

when you play where's Waldo with your own name because you were there during stream

[@lunasperidot8760]

Sea dog yasuo is based on an armor set in the ruined king game. It's another ruined king skin.

[@obsidianfuryarg]

1:26 I know you dislike anime but that hurts >:(

[@MrTommyPlays]

This guy just casually uses music from sonic riders, god bless

[@MrSolomonGaming]

10. So the Yasuo problem is because Yasuo and Lux are the male/female base models for any new skin concept. So they probably had concepts for all the Ruined King game champs in Buhru themes. Yasuo was probably the one that stuck the most. 9. You hit the nail on the head. There's always that "One Champ" that feels shoehorned into a skin-line due to popularity. 8. I legit forgot this was released... 7. This has the "-Insert Skin Line Here- Ashe" problem. Something that could work well, if the champion model wasn't significantly too old which holds it back. 6. Mecha was already the train skin... this didn't need to exist. 5. Bel'veth got completely booted out the door by Star Guardian. Then Nilah got buried alive under it. At least she's doing okay in LoR... FIGHTING MORDEKAISER IS SHE HIGH?! 4. I feel like Zenith Games was trying to play it Too Safe. Making a fictional hybrid super sport instead of sticking to a sport theme like they used to. 3. The Kindred skin that was so Not-Kindred it inspired a DarkinFolk moderator to commission a comic where the other Kindred skins ganged up on it... DO NOT LOOK IT UP. 2. They had one job... he would've fit too his dance is literally perfect for this concept. 1. The sad thing is. Every other Ashen skin has been a home run. They even added Dark Souls boss music to Mordekaiser's ult to give you even more of a heart attack. Pantheon got screwed bad.

[@georgie5698]

i am so lost this year that i actually checked what year it is

[@georgeguarnieri3464]

Ah it’s that time of year again

[@barhoombarhoom6837]

Why did you put Jinx in the thumbnail 🙂 I came here ready to fight 😂

[@Oblivion4444]

I cannot unsee that Sylas has white hair, and then EVERYTHING ELSE is BLACK, like bro what? man just dyed his hair white because yes.

[@JoshuaAlto]

The worst skins of 2023 imo are the mythic scams (Breakout Ekko & Erasure Jhin). The third worst is maybe Soul Fighter Samira (it feels more like Legendary than Ultimate). At least the best ones are Bees, Winterblessed, Cats vs. Dogs, Hearsteel, La Ilusion, Mythmaker, etc...

[@markopusic8258]

Breakout Ekko? Wait as in... A chroma for True Damage Ekko? Man I never even heard about that one, guess Riot really pushed that one under the rug after the backlash of Jhin's chroma.

[@ket5818]

Daring today arent we

[@DaydreamerRonin]

Ain't no way he said Space Groove Twisted Fate. It has so much space swag.

[@skyemerald4833]

i honestly dont see the problem with empyrean zed

[@aureliodeprimus8018]

To the editor, sry to hear it man. And i had a weird dream about me dating an old classmate i haven`t seen since school ended......

[@WolfBergMenace]

Star Guardian Nilah looks like a 30 year old actor trying to portray a teenager.

[@wurmkreis3477]

Sea dog yasuo was random. But what I think the mlst random skin for 2023 was cafee cuties jinx.... ITS ONLY YORDLES EXCEPT FOR HER???!! And i havnt even seen that skin ingame, cause nobody wants to spend money on it

[@AverageHeavyMann]

God damn it Nicky how often do you change your VR model? I liked the first one. :C

[@jerryhook5906]

Why would add Twisted Fate to the Arcana skinline? He's already themed around magic cards. It's redundant. It'd be like making Infernal Brand or Zombie Kalista.

[@ocanhaTheEditor]

Ocean Song Seraphine

[@SleepyGC]

I don’t really agree with the sentiment that Spirit Blossom Part 2 we’re all mid, there are some certified bangers in that batch. To each their own though

[@chideraekejiuba1319]

Me just looking at the goobers at the corner dancing

[@alwayssonnie]

For Lee's I thought he was lucian and that they just forgot his guns...

[@phiphi2209]

SPIRIT BLOSSOM WAVE 2 just makes me depressed, it’s like odyssey wave 2 where it lost all of its charm with zero event to back everything up, just a shameless cash crab because they were popular skins years ago L o L

[@Vinnie0412]

imo, if they wanted a funky twisted fate skin they should've changed the space groove twisted fate skin into demacia vice twisted fate or something more along those lines, I feel like that skin would've resonated more with his character and theme.

[@vituxosd]

they're waiting to release the twisted fate arcana skin as a legendary 🤫 (since he is the "card man" would make sense (we don't talk about sun eater kayle))

[@migu8328]

I theorise why TF still doesn't have an arcana skin "onLy oNe lEgenD4ry sK1n p3r cHamPi0n"

[@lesterantenor1026]

Oh so that's Space Groove TF, i thought it was Wukong

[@lordshaxx4693]

I refunded High Noon Sion because he didn't turn into a Train

[@noobpoob3889]

Oh no no no, you can't do my boy Zenith games blitz like that!

[@wordson4787]

Oh god you just had to remind me of porcelain Kindred. Literally one of the worst skins Riot has ever made.

[@joranvanolphen9892]

1:19 i mean i get it….. BUT THOSE ABS!!! Even though im not a top laner and I don’t play Sett. Im a big Sett Simp. He is one of the few champs i don’t mind feeding. I mean come on. Look at that gorgeous being. 😂