#Syndra Skin

[aurelion-solar]

Dumpling Darlings Seraphine, Syndra & Amumu Splash Art

[league-of-blorbos]

Yall if you don't want any negativity and just wanna enjoy the new League boyband just skip this post

https://x.com/JumaraloHexCore/status/1713958752594886835?s=20

Ok, look, I know I said a similar idea about Rhaast earlier, and I know I said I'd reserve opinions on Heartsteel Kayn until we see his other forms

but

MOTHERFUCKER THIS IS THE LEGENDARY SKIN

Was that just so they could remove Rhaast from the voicelines? Riot chooses to do that even after how much Odyssey Kayn was praised for his voicelines with Rhaast?

Honestly I'm with reddit, Aphelios (and might I add Alune still exists in this skinline) should've gotten the legendary so we could hear his voice for once, if these voicelines aren't gonna have Kayn and Rhaast bickering like an old married couple I don't want them

[aspectofthe-moon]

୨🌑ﾉ Coven Akali, Prestige Akali, Nami, Syndra, Elise, Nilah and Old God Mordekaiser |like and reblog if saved|

[thedemonlady]

Coven Syndra Bio:

They came to Syndra in a thundering flutter of carrion wings, beckoning her to free herself from the limitations of mortals. Following the wing's foul wind to a ritual site, she along with another witch awakened the Horned King from his putrid tomb. She now seeks retribution against all who stand against the Coven or the Old Gods."

[teeto-peteto]

Hey, it's me again with "What if Riot cared?" And I have a suggestion for a character that Riot seems to forget. Now, TLDR of Syndra's lore is that "Everyone in my life has other treated me like shit or actively tried to make my magic weaker, so fuck you all, I'm tearing a castle out of the ground and flying away."

Now, one of Syndra's things is that her magic is powered by her negative emotions, and given that when she cut loose the spirit of Ionia had to step in to stop her, she's got a lot.

Anyway, I'll cut to the chase. Karma is an ancient Ionian spirit whose entire powers are seemingly based around balance, trained restraint and inner peace. I think there's a parallel there, something about restrained calm versus unleashed negativity. I don't know, am I making any sense?

they're lesbians

jk but yes, you do make sense. And its incredible how much attention Riot puts to Ionia yet sleeps on things like these, overall because both champions arent that popular.

Being quite honest and throwing a random opinion, i think Karma would've done better as sentinel of light, and Syndra as the ruined one, just to exploit more all you just said. It would make it sensical, and it would explore more and make shine brighter those exact qualities, Karma trying to empower balance and spirituality with calmness and light, as Syndra destroys everything being corrupted by wanting even more power and provoking mayhem.

[polevolter]

[Old art] This was way back in October 25th, 2022- a lifetime ago. I did a splash art fanart for a former friend's skin concept of Arcana Syndra from League of Legends.

[shizzleytb]

COVEN SYNDRA - League of Legends Skin

[ohnoitstbskyen]

thoughts on the syndra redesign that just dropped?? including old vs new splash arts!! :D

It's just a splash art refresh, so I wouldn't get too excited - Syndra's been well overdue for one of those for a while now.

It's fairly conservative as a redesign for that reason - mostly just it pulls back on the sexualization of Syndra (which her story has never supported anyway so that's a decent move), and... it gives her a face. Syndra's old splash has a very indistinct face that's mostly smudged out in the shadow of her helmet, but here we get a much more visible set of facial features which has the benefit of making her a lot more identifiable.

Much in the same way that Syndra's story doesn't really support sexualization, though, I would argue that it also doesn't really support immaculate makeup, perfect nails, high-end Dark Queen fashion and flawless smooth skin.

Syndra is a rage-driven, traumatized, magical explosion machine, who spent literal centuries sleeping imprisoned in a pool of magic water and upon awakening tore a mountain out of the ground and flew off to live alone on it, because she fundamentally does not want to be around people. She hates them, they are the source of her pain.

But she's designed to look like a cool, calculated, scheming Evil Sorceress who lives all day in a big opulent castle, sending servants into the world to do her dark bidding while reclining in a bed attended by captured slaves. There's a disconnect there - the design is trying to communicate a rather different character than how she's actually written.

Personally I'd like to see a Syndra who is wild and maybe a little bit feral, or hermit-like, an isolated lonely misanthrope who lashes out against others and uses her power to control and dominate her environment and others by sheer force and power rather than by any form of subtle manipulation or social intimidation. Less cool, calculated Maleficent evil queen self-control, more Carrie, more unstoppable force of nature.

There's this unexamined Default™ priority with female characters in League of Legends to make them look cool, beautiful and glamorous, regardless of whether that's what their story or concept actually invites, and I think it occludes a bunch of more interesting and unique design options. Syndra is an example of that.

Like, the best design Ahri's ever had was in the Ruined King game, where they leaned into her feral and animalistic nature, to better tell the story of how she's struggling between her desire to be human and her Vastayan instinct to feed and hunt

It didn't desexualize her or make her not beautiful in any way, but it did, at least, allow for something other than the immaculately composed not-a-hair-out-of-place silky smooth Default™ beauty that dominates her League of Legends incarnation to be a part of her visual storytelling, and I think she was a lot better for it.

I wouldn't mind if Syndra got that treatment as well.

[viktor-leagueoflegends]

Also, here's what I wrote for the open letter. I don't really know what to say in this preface here without talking about things I already say in the letter itself, but I'll pull what I think is my most poignant topic up, because I think it's the point that people don't understand when they laugh at fans for caring - it's not about the character, it's about the company. It's different in the actual letter (edited to be less mean) but this is the original drag:

The objective of a story is to resonate with its audience emotionally. What we hope you will understand with this collection of letters is that you have a character and story that has already succeeded in this task. It is not protectiveness, or a stubborn unwillingness to adapt to the new; It is that when you as the creators are willing to cast aside this story that so many people have cared about over the years for something so fundamentally different simply for profit, the message we receive is that this emotional resonance is one-sided: that it is set dressing that can and will be turned over for the purpose of attracting more appealing audiences. My question, then, is this: if you as creators do not tell this story with sincerity, if you do not respect the integrity of storytelling as an artform and simply pivot your creative vision as the market demands, then why should we as the audience care about the stories you have to tell? Why should we become invested in any of your characters’ stories if you are simply displaying whatever words on the screen make you the most money — if any one of them could be on the chopping block if the wind blows the right way?

This took a week to get my thoughts together enough to write. Full letter under the cut:

Hi, Riot. 

Like many others, I’ve been a Viktor fan for some time now. I dropped in around 2020, and the lore of the game as well as the lorefan community was and continues to be an invaluable lifeline to me. I take pride in participating in community initiatives — I was Viktor’s illustrator in two of the Rift Gala events, and I run an archive for the creative works people have made for him as he exists in League of Legends. 

I am rather upset with the recently announced VGU in store for Viktor. I don’t understand the need for Viktor’s new lore to be overwritten so completely with Arcane, which is fundamentally incompatible with the space he occupies in League of Legends — both in terms of his in-game power fantasy as well as his character in the lore. 

Overall, this VGU is disjointed and half-baked, especially in comparison with previous, more well-rounded VGU's. Others have put it more eloquently than me, but to highlight a few points, the stagnancy of his kit in 2024 is appalling, and the changes to his cosmetics are evident of a rush-job to meet the Arcane release-date deadline. If the purpose is truly to make Viktor play and feel like the character shown in Arcane, why is his kit full of abilities we never see him use in the show? If you wanted to improve the gameplay for old fans, why is his W maintained without change, not even adding a grounding effect that would help his survivability in the high-mobility champion economy as well as add to the power fantasy thematically (it is a gravity field, after all)? As for his skins, why do Creator and High Noon actively lose detailing? Why was Psyops’ head, which has been complained about since the skin’s release, not altered? Why is the most prominent change simply making his models skinnier?

More broadly, Viktor as he currently exists in League occupies a very specific and very unique niche in the roster of champions. Runeterra as a fantasy realm is interesting for its merging of technology and magic, and Viktor is one such outcome of that — a cyborg engineer whose power comes from his own inventions and conviction. What he is about to become, however, is an apocalypse mage that encroaches on the thematic territory of other characters like Malzahar, Syndra, and Bel’Veth. This is fine within Arcane as a standalone universe, as these characters don’t appear, but in moving this iteration over to League he becomes a redundancy while losing the unique standout points that he brought to the table, which are incredibly important in a game that has almost 170 characters. Why would I be drawn to this apocalypse-bringer when there are others that play better? 

I don’t think this rework is a good idea on several fronts, and while I understand a great deal of resources have already been invested in it, I firmly believe that continuing forward on the path it sets re: going on to retcon other Arcane-related champs will only be detrimental to the overall health of the IP. Other champions are in more dire need of an update, and I believe it is unfair that reworks such as the one planned for Shyvana have been pushed back even further to prioritize unneeded retcons that don’t actually address the health of the game. I think cancelling Viktor’s VGU and the rest of the planned Arcane VGU’s to focus on updating historically unhealthy champs is a better use of your resources as game developers and as a company seeking to maintain a satisfied player base.

With respect to the lore of Runeterra, it is not a good idea to attempt to merge Arcane with the existing lore. I understand that Riot is a business, and that the objective of this merger is to capitalize on Arcane audiences, but put plainly: this will not work. It is more work than it is worth on Riot’s behalf to go through with changing the foundational lore of a core region, given that it has been built on top of over the years and will require retcons to many champions in the region past those showcased in Arcane. These retcons are highly likely to cause extensive shifts that are actively detrimental to the themes they present, and will only alienate a loving fanbase that the lore universe is very luck to have. To draw an example: the Marvel Comics Universe and the Marvel Cinematic Universe remain as separate canons — they are too different of interpretations, and it is too difficult to implement. Naming a few champions who would be affected in this way, how does Blitzcrank come into being if not for Viktor? And if Viktor is still its creator, why was this not a key point of his story shown in Arcane? For Camille, how does she exist if Hextech was heavily regulated during the time it was around? How was a Shuriman artificer familiar enough with the science to do her augmentations if it is a new technology?

Lore plotholes aside, I’d like to now talk about Viktor’s characterization. 

To start: I think Arcane Viktor is fine in a vacuum. I don’t have anything against him or his story — but I believe that using his success as justification for deleting a well beloved character is unfair. You cannot place Arcane Viktor into the space that League Viktor occupies because they are fundamentally different. 

League Viktor as a character is defined by his choice. What he does to himself is calculated and thought out — his augmentations are built through technical ability, his replacement of his limbs a decision made by his commitment to his ideology. His transformation into the Machine Herald is a meticulous process and an informed decision. The conflict between his philosophy and the humanity he can’t entirely let go of makes him compelling, as does the fact that he is the sole person to blame for his own tragedy.

Viktor in Arcane becomes the Herald because he seeks a cure to his terminal illness. What occurs to his body is unintended — when he initially experiments with the Hexcore, he has no idea what is going to happen to him. He could not have predicted what would happen to Sky. There is no meticulous transformation, no true choice in the matter to become what he becomes. He has no true agency — which is an interesting story in its own right, but he is not the Machine Herald.

The objective of a story is to resonate with its audience emotionally. What we hope you will understand with this collection of letters is that you have a character and story that has already succeeded in this task. It is not protectiveness, or a stubborn unwillingness to adapt to the new; It is that when you, the company that owns this character, are willing to cast aside this story that so many people have cared about over the years for something so fundamentally different, the message we receive is that this emotional resonance is one-sided: that it is set dressing that can and will be turned over for the purpose of attracting more appealing audiences. 

My question, then, is this: if you as a company do not publish this story with sincerity, if you do not respect the integrity of storytelling as an artform and instead let the market dictate the path of your creative vision, then why should we as the audience care about the stories you have to tell? Why should we become invested in any of your characters’ stories if any one of them could have their core identities fundamentally altered if the wind blows the right way? 

I started writing this letter at a gala wrapping up a 4-day national engineering conference that I attended as a delegate of my university. Four years ago, loving this character was the final push for me to choose mechanical engineering as the program I would apply for. I would not be where I am today, nor have the community or close friends I do now without the way this character resonated with me. 

The community that this character as he exists in League has fostered is incredibly creative, unique, and passionate. I and many others write this from a place of love for this character and the story you have told with him — which I hope you will understand when you receive these letters. 

Thank you for your time.

[fairycourts]

🎨 ((I’m a big league fan! I’ve been playing for over a decade and would love to know who you’d give to me 💜))

hellooo, Rei!! o: oh wow, I didn't know you play League!! what roles/champions do you like to play? now I feel a bit of pressure to assign your skin hehe >u<

I have picked Dumpling Darlings Syndra for you!! the persimmons are as close to peaches as I can get >u< and the colors are ones I associate with you, particularly the pink in the rose quartz chroma! I just find Syndra to be really cool, she's one of the champions I play when I go mid. in the Dumpling Darlings skin line, she's an exceptional culinary mage—which reminded me of you, since I see food images in your selfship edits!

(no chroma on the left, rose quartz chroma on the right!)

join my latest ask game!

[aurelion-solar]

Chroma Splash Arts from LoL CN

Cafe Cuties Annie - Rose Quartz

Cafe Cuties Jinx - Tanzanite

Dumpling Darlings Seraphine - Catseye & Ruby

Dumpling Darlings Syndra - Obsidian & Pearl

[aspectofthe-moon]

୨🌑ﾉ The Siren's Call 420x420

୨🌑ﾉ The Siren's Call 120x120

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[thehigherthetide]

today i will categorize every league of legends champion as either hot or not. some exceptions and exclusions.

aatrox: hot

ahri: hot

akali: hot

akshan: hot

alistar: hot

anivia: not hot

aphelios: hot

ashe: my favorite nsfw artist draws her so beautifully so hot

aurelion sol: hot

aurora: cute but not hot

azir: hot

bard: not hot

bel’veth: hot

blitzcrank: not hot

brand: ironically, not hot

braum: very awesome but not hot

briar: not hot

caitlyn: hot

camille: hot

cassiopeia: as she currently is, not hot

cho’gath: hot

darius: ugly

diana: hot

dr. mundo: not hot

draven: situationally hot, he looks good in his newer skins

ekko: not hot

elise: hot

evelynn: hot

ezreal: also situationally hot

fiddlesticks: hot

fiora: hot

galio: not hot

gangplank: ugly

garen: super ugly

gragas: ugly

graves: hot

gwen: hot

hecarim: hot

hwei: hot

illaoi: hot

irelia: hot

ivern: not hot

janna: hot

jarvan iv: only hot in pool party and nightbringer and maybe lunar beast

jax: hot

jayce: not hot

jhin: hot

jinx: not hot

k’sante: hot

kai’sa: hot

kalista: hot when she was alive

karma: hot

karthus: not hot

kassadin: not hot but i can see the potential

katarina: hot

kayle: hot

kayn: hot

kha’zix: not hot

kindred: hot, both of them

kog’maw: not hot

leblanc: lol ugly, lor hot

lee sin: not hot

leona: not hot

lillia: not hot

lissandra: not hot

lucian: situational

lux: not hot

malphite: lol ugly, lor kinda hot

malzahar: please give him an asu please i know he’s hot

maokai: not hot

master yi: lol ugly, lor super hot

miss fortune: hot

mordekaiser: hot

morgana: hot

nami: cutest girl in the world, not hot

nasus: hot

nautilus: hot

neeko: not hot

nidalee: lol ugly, lor kinda hot

nilah: hot

nocturne: hot

olaf: lowkey hot

orianna: not hot

ornn: hot

pantheon: hot

pyke: hot

qiyana: hot

quinn: hot

rakan: hot

rammus: not hot

rek’sai: not hot

rell: not hot

renata glasc: hot

renekton: hot

rengar: hot

riven: hot

ryze: not hot

samira: hot

sejuani: hot

senna: hot

seraphine: not hot

sett: not hot

shaco: soul fighter shaco is kinda hot

shen: hot

shyvana: lol ugly, lor hot

singed: not hot

sion: not hot

sivir: hot

skarner: not hot

sona: hot

soraka: hot

swain: hot

sylas: hot

syndra: not hot

tahm kench: hot

taliyah: not hot

talon: kinda hot in the katarina webtoon

taric: not hot

thresh: hot hot hot

trundle: not hot, not even traditional trundle

tryndamere: ugly please ashe just give me one chance

twisted fate: only cutpurse is hot

twitch: not hot

udyr: not hot

urgot: not hot

varus: hot

vayne: hot

vel’koz: hot

vi: lol kinda ugly, arcane hot

viego: situational

viktor: hot

vladimir: not hot

volibear: hot

warwick: hot

wukong: lowkey hot

xayah: hot

xerath: hot

xin zhao: hot but especially firecracker

yasuo: situational

yone: always hot

yorick: hot

zac: hot

zed: hot

zeri: not hot

zilean: not hot

zyra: not hot

[world-of-iridensia]

Character Profile Tag

Thank you @pluppsauthor for the tag!

For my entry in this tag game I'm going to revisit Lissandra, my main victim character of the story.

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Full name: Lissandra Sylthana-Cooper

Age: 21 (at story start)

Gender: Female

Type of Being: Half-Elf

Appearance: Slim build, standing 6ft tall with shoulder length raven hair and emerald green eyes. Her skin is the colour of alabaster and she has a oval face with a sharpish chin.

Way of speaking: Gentle but to the point. She tries to be kind where she can but when she gets frustrated or stress, she uses a lot more coarse language.

Physical characteristics: She carries herself confidently but will pace a room when she's angry or thinking.

Occupation: Baker

Family: Father, Mother, Elder Brother, Elder Sister, Younger Sister, Younger Brother. Those in red, status currently unknown.

Best friend: Syndra Misteel, a former crush and daughter to the local blacksmith

Pets: None

Relationships: Very tight knit family unit, filled with love and affection. Ties start getting tested as the story continues. She has a small group of friends she shares a drink with after work who mostly lovingly tease each other.

Describe their room: Prior to the attack on her city, Lissandra shared a room with her sisters. Aside from beds and basic furniture, there wasn't much in the way of decoration as the family couldn't afford much. Post attack her room is a dark, windowless room lit by small lanterns furnished by a sleeping mat, wash bowl and chamber pots.

Items in their bag/purse: She doesn't carry either.

Hobbies: Baking

Favourite sport:

Abilities/talents/powers: Currently she is a normal woman with an above average resilience.

Fears: Losing what's left of her family.

Faults: Self-sacrificing to the point of risking her own life and limb.

Good points: Kind, compassionate, hopeless romantic

What they want more than anything else: At the start of the tale: to fall in love and be happy. Later on, she just wants to keep her family safe and alive until such a time they can be free.

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Hope you enjoyed learning a bit more about Lissandra! I look forward to seeing how much this changes in the future.

ONTO THE TAG LIST!

@paeliae-occasionally @an-indecisive-nerd @thelovelymachinery @mysticstarlightduck @illarian-rambling

@thecomfywriter @the-letterbox-archives @sennasanthia

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Full name: Age: Gender: Type of Being: Appearance: Way of speaking: Physical characteristics: Occupation: Family: Best friend: Pets: Relationships: Describe their room: Items in their bag/purse: Hobbies: Favourite sport: Abilities/talents/powers: Fears: Faults: Good points: What they want more than anything else:

[guardianasdelrpg]

Si alguien conoce un sitio que ofrezca lo mismo que en su día ofreció SE, háganlo saber, hay muchos que ahora no tenemos a donde ir.¿Alguien? / ¡Hola! Yo estoy armando un proyecto de pb ficticio con razas, grupos y el tipo de libertinaje que uno espera para rolear de todo. Todavía se está puliendo ambientación y skin, ¡pero espero venir muy pronto con promoción para gente interesada!

Foro en el horno 💜

Syndra ⭐️

[leaguesbottombitch]

I'm not sure how much other people will agree with me but. It's personal gripes I guess.

I know I'm not alone in expecting syndra was going to be the 1820.

Nami is good, and nami deserves good skins. I think the tentacles could use a little more work. I think if they were going to go with a sea witch or sea coven, it could have been an off but connected by universe skin line. Elderwood, Lunar/Solar Eclipse, and Old God are all connected to the Coven skin line.

I was sputtering at the idea that MORDE would be Nami's leviathan old god- BELVETH is right there and fit the shape of the god in the video. Velkoz is right there. If they wanted a suit of armor character, NAUTILUS. but after seeing the actual preview it seems like (as is with the other 1820s) the god isn't included as a champion skin.

I really don't think Akali fit this skin line at all. Nilah fits under the pretense of sea witches, or if they were to turn her whip into brambles etc. Elise's color scheme feels kinda off to me.

It really feels like this years skin lines have been picking a few champions that fit, a few champions that need skins and they don't know what to do with, and filling it with champions that will sell. It leaves me wondering why some champions were entirely overlooked for skin sets- even with the knowledge of what they said before on how they decide who gets put into skin sets and how and why they pick what skin line and what tier skin.

It could be reasoned they thought syndra's voice lines and aesthetic fit too much to make her the 1820.

But then looking at the illusion skin set. Renata and Draven's last skins were Halloween themed skin sets. Viego was in Soul Fighter so sure he was overlooked, but then Milio, the character everyone was making Coco/Encanto/General Disney Spanish jokes about, wasn't included...?

The 1820 Soraka skin, when she has a Variant 1820. Zeri being in the Immortal Journey skin line at all was off- street demon was right after and far more fitting.

I could go on and on. Obviously its all personal opinion, but thats a good part of what this blog has always been.