League Of Legends Reveals New Arcade Map And Pentakill, Battle Boss Skins

(Photo: Surrender@20)The most recent Patch 7.15 for League of Legends was quite a big one with [...]

By Tanner Dedmon

Arcade Skins
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The most recent Patch 7.15 for League of Legends was quite a big one with tons of champions receiving changes before Worlds, but in addition to the patch, plenty more news of new skins and even a themed map came in the same two days that the patch notes were announced and pushed live.

Currently on the PBE, players can enjoy a couple of new skins from the Battle Boss skin line, a loot exclusive skin for Hecarim, the newest addition to the Pentakill band, and some classic arcade-style gameplay with a modified map to help introduce the Battle Boss Skins.

Each of these skins and the map are all being tested on the PBE right now, but if you don't have access to the testing area, check out how each one of the new additions look right here.

Pentakill Kayle

Kayle
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The newest addition to League of Legends' very own metal group, Kayle will soon be providing vocals for the group with her Pentakill Kayle skin that's recently been revealed.

In the recent week, players will recall that more Pentakill content was announced with two new singles off of the upcoming album, Grasp of the Undying, being released. Within these songs and through the teaser video that was shown earlier, people quickly picked up on the fact that there was now a female singer in the group, an addition that wasn't present with the first album. Many speculated as to who that champion singer might be and who would be getting the skin, a champion that's now been revealed to be Kayle.

Below, you can see some in-game action of Pentakill's newest member as Kayle shows off her 1,350 RP skin.

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Battle Boss Skins

Battle Boss Malzahar
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Not to be outdone by Kayle and her new Pentakill skin, Malzahar, Ziggs, and Brand are also getting some new skins that follow with the previous Arcade and Battle Boss skin lines. Each of these champs' skins will fall under the Battle Boss lineup, and from the brief look that we've gotten so far, they look like they're shaping up to be some of the best ones yet.

Seen below, the three new 1,350 RP skins allow the champs to bring some blocky, AP-based death to their enemies. While all of them are impressive, Malzahar's really stands out here with his ultimate ability and his polygon-based Voidlings.

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Arcade Summoner's Rift

New skins come all the time, but one of the big surprises that came with the current PBE cycle was the addition of some new map accents taking over Summoner's Rift, changes that coincide with the upcoming Battle Boss skins.

During the Battle Boss PBE preview that was tweeted under the League of Legends account shown previously, some players picked up on interesting additions to the map, such as different textured towers and gold coins sitting on the walls. Seen above in the video from Skin Spotlights, you can see plenty of the changes made to create an arcade-style map that include the following according to Riot Stephiroth:

  • Arcade themed Turret, Inhibitor and Nexus skins!
  • Arcade Props, including the ever adorable Pixel Poros. :D
  • Top, Mid and Bottom Lane center decals!
  • Arcade Minion Skins!
  • Custom level-up and last hit sounds!
  • Arcade themed music!
  • And moreeee!

Additionally, this map will have a toggle on/off feature, the first to do so. The plan is to also have it enabled in ranked matches since the player can opt out of it if they choose to do so.

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Lancer Zero Hecarim

Lancer Zero Hecarim
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A skin apart from the Pentakill or Battle Boss lineups, this new skin for Hecarim is set to be a cosmetic that's exlusively obtainable from loot, similar to Hextech Annie and Soulstealer Vayne.

The new skins turns Hecarim into a knight in shining armor not long after the jungler also received his Worldbreaker skin. Riot LoveStrut wrote about the details of the upcoming skin that can be seen below:

  • All new model! (Armored up and wielding a mighty lance.)
  • All new animations! (Takes a knee as the heavens shine upon him.)
  • All new VFX! (Blue and golds fitting for a mecha paladin.)
  • All new SFX! (Mecha-magical audio.)
  • Loot-exclusive!
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Arcade And Battle Boss Chromas

Corki
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Rounding out all of the new champion and map skins that are currently on the PBE are some more chromas that return to the Arcade theme, recolors for Battle Boss Blitzcrank and Arcade Corki.

These skins are set to be sold for 290 RP each or can be bought through a bundle that'll cost 1,320 RP, 3,460 RP if you still need the champions and skins. The chromas will come in the following variations:

Corki Chroma
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Arcade Corki

  • Pearl
  • Ruby
  • Turquoise
  • Citrine
  • Sapphire
  • Obsidian
  • Catseye
  • Rose Quartz
Blitzcrank Chroma
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Battle Boss Blitzcrank

  • Catseye
  • Rainbow
  • Citrine
  • Rose Quartz
  • Ruby
  • Sapphire
  • Pearl
  • Turquoise

Blitzcrank has several skins at his disposal to choose from with Battle Boss being one of his best, but with how popular Corki has been recently in both normal and professional play, his chromas will certainly get some good use when they're released.

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