A champion skin refers to an alternate appearance (skin) and/or color scheme (chroma) for any given League of Legends: Wild Rift champion.
Most skins can be purchased from the games store using
while some are only available for a limited time, with a very select few being unobtainable aside from the time they were first released.Every skin comes with its own unique model and splash art, while some skins also give champions different particle effects, voice-overs, and sound effects (their price varies accordingly). Chroma only give a separate color palette to an existing skin or model.
Pricing[]
Tier | Cost | Features / Notes |
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Ultimate | Price type and value varies | Pushes the boundaries of development by completely re-imagining the champion. Brings something new and unexpected to the game. Includes a new model that evolves into different forms, new textures, new splash image, new animations, new visual, new voice over and sounds, as well as additional/bonus content. |
Mythic | 500/1000/1500 | To date, Mythic skins are comparable to Epic/Legendary skins in quality or superior. Mythic skins can be purchased from the Exchange Store or obtained from a events. However, some these skins can drop from loot.
The price of the skin in Orange Gemstone are according to its rarity (Mythic Chroma, Special Edition, Prestige and Prestige Select) in the Exchange Store. |
Legendary | A complete re-imagining of the champion from the ground up, with total and complete immersion in the fantasy. Includes a new model, new texture, new splash image, new animations, new visuals, new voice over and sounds. | |
Epic | Drastic changes to the champion bring the fantasy to life. Includes a new model, new texture, new splash image, new animations, new visual effects, new sounds. Sometimes includes: voice processing. Almost every new skin will be released at the Epic tier and above in the future. | |
Rare | Pushes the champion a step beyond a simple costume change, with more immersive qualities. Includes a new model, new texture and new splash image. Sometimes includes: new animations, visual effects, and sounds where appropriate for the skin's theme, or where the lack of would be detrimental. Only a small number of these skins may be released in the future. | |
Normal | A simple "costume change" for the champion. Includes a model changes, new texture and new splash image. Sometimes includes: new animations and visual effects. These skins are unlikely to appear often in the future, with the last deluxe tier skin released being . | |
Chroma | Chroma Orb | New texture for the champion. Often includes: texture changes for other models used by the skin, such as champion summoned units or entities that appear during emotes.[s 1] |
- ↑ This unfortunately means that the quality of a chroma will vary based on how an individual champion's spells are implemented. A champion like particle effects that cannot be retextured in the same way and thus the amount of work required to "simply recolour them" is beyond the scope of this price-tier. (who's and are "units") has texture files for his spells that can be repainted by one of the Chroma artists, whereas spells are implemented using
- Exceptions
- Some epic/ legendary skins like Crystal Rose are not released with , but similar to mythic there it can be obtain in a event specific chests and/or obtained with event token in a event redemption shop.
- , and are epic released at during a limited time.
- , , and are epic released at during a limited time.
- were released at during a limited time.
- were released at during a limited time.
- China Differences
In the Chinese version of Wild Rift, it also have a skin tier called Collection (no current official English name, and is translated). This tier is currently preserved for , , & , and could be purchased for 2000 during limited time.
Artwork[]
Artwork Differences[]
While many of the game assets are directly ported from LoL, some assets have been tweaked/updated to better match newer assets. Some assets have gone through censorship due to cultural reasons.
- The following skins have received a new splash art
- The following skins have received an adjusted splash art (censored or general)
Exclusive/Unique Skins[]
These skins are released uniquely to Wild Rift, as either exclusive- or First to Wild Rift.
Skins ported over to League of Legends[]
Some First to Wild Rift skins are directly ported from Wild Rift to LoL
Skins ported over to Teamfight Tactics[]
Some First to Wild Rift skins are directly ported from Wild Rift to TFT
Skins ported over to Legends of Runeterra[]
Some First to Wild Rift skins are directly ported from Wild Rift to LoR