Riot gave up on these skins for Renata. LoL players regret seeing the official concepts

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What were the early skin designs for Renata – League of Legends’ newest heroine?


Probably most LoL players know that Renata Glasc is the newest character, and her premiere took place just a few days ago. Riot announced that the new support will be unique, not only in terms of mechanics but also in terms of the project itself – the creators wanted to move away from the charming presentation of support champions who were usually colorful and friendly.

Renata was announced to be completely different. More dark, ruthless and even brutal. After all, she is a heroine who can confuse her opponents in such a way that they throw themselves at each other’s throats.

As we know, with the premiere of a new character, Riot gives each one a skin. Often it is an event skin, but it is not a fixed rule. In the case of Renata, the first skin was not related to the event.

However, not everyone knows that this skin could have looked completely different. It’s not just that it originally had different colors, but the fact that Riot was considering a completely different subject matter. What were the early concepts of Renata Glasc’s first skin?

Official Renata skin concepts

One of Riot Games’ artists – Sunny Pandita – is publishing early ideas for various League of Legends skins in his gallery. He presented, among others, what DJ Sona, Elementalist Lux, and more could look like. The list also includes the newest heroine from the game – Renata Glasc.

Most players know that the first skin for a new character was the Admiral skin. As it turns out, this was not the only idea of Riot. What’s more – the initial concepts show that the skin that appeared in the game could have been slightly different.

This is the final concept of the Admiral skin:

An interesting fact is that in the early stages, Renata had dark hair and other colors of clothing:

It’s worth moving on to other skin ideas for the newest champion. Riot’s graphic designer revealed that two other concepts were also being considered. One of them comes from the well-known demonic series, which includes, among others Little Devil Teemo, Demonic Vi or Little Demon Tristana.

Another unused concept was Pulsefire Renata, which also looks quite interesting.

It is difficult to say which of the presented ideas is the best. Some people think that the Admiral skin best reflects the personality of the heroine.

It is possible that Riot will come back to some concepts in the future. Perhaps, someday, players will see Demonic or Pulsefire Renata.

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