Seriously, it was heartbreaking to see Keria lose last Worlds’ finals and break down in tears, because it was really the very last match, the 5th of a Bo5 and his team ended up losing. Now, he finally gets to win Worlds, he is allowed to get a skin to leave his mark on League… and seemingly none of the champions he can pick are even liked by him. Now, don’t get me wrong, I know the limit is “champions that the player picked during Worlds”, so one can argue that Keria could have picked Lux at some point, but honestly, according to Gumayusi, he wanted to, but he couldn’t because he wasn’t in blue side, in which he could better use Lux. Quote from the translated Gumayusi livestream post:
Keria seems very sad because there are no options he likes and has to choose between Bard and Renata. Keria originally liked Thresh and Lux the most, and he seemed to really want the Lux skin. If we went to the blue side, we might choose the Caitlyn Lux once, but we were on the red side for three consecutive games and won 3-0.
As well as a quote from Keria himself, highlighted by Ashley Kang on Twitter:
Look, I only thought about making a Lux skin. I never thought about any other skin. So I went to the Riot meeting and spent most of my time talking about Lux. I asked them to make it pretty, and they said they can make Bard pretty too. And I just frowned-_-
I know it sounds like entitlement, but… is he not really entitled to it? He is a Worlds champion, for fuck’s sake, he earned that, let him leave the mark that he wanted. He did play Lux last Worlds, and I’m pretty sure he played Lux at some point this year as well, so why deny the guy the skin he wants the most? The worst part is not that he isn’t getting Lux, it’s that he doesn’t like his options, which means he made his picks for his team, but ended up not getting the reward he wanted. Change the rule to be “champions that the winners picked this year” or at least “champions that winners picked in the last two editions of Worlds”. Because sometimes the champions the players like are not gonna be meta and they will prefer to not pick them to be more helpful to their team. But this should be about them and not just who they pick.
I know it would be just another Lux skin, but you know what? These guys work hard to win Worlds, there is a lot of training, focus and teamwork involved. Sure, it was a 3-0 this time, but it’s not like their opponents didn’t face a bunch of tough competition throughout Worlds. #GiveKeriaHisLuxSkin
I kinda agree actually, if this rule is just going to make players want to troll pick champs that don’t fit just to be able to pick them for the skin that’s a bit ridiculous and kind of undermines the seriousness of Worlds Finals. Keria probably feels punished for playing well and picking champs that fit his team comp, which makes no sense, why punish him for that?
Like maybe the only restriction should be that the champ can or has been played in their role. Like it’d kinda suck if the support picked Riven which most support players don’t play so it’d feel a bit like a role got gipped out of a cool new skin. But otherwise they should be able to pick any champ they have played previously, not just in the finals or that worlds series.