What are skins and how do I get them?

Question

I've been reading up on League of Legends stuff, and there seems to be a lot of people clamoring for this skin or the other on their forums. From their suggestions, I can't tell if the skins are purely cosmetic or do they actually perform some kind of function in the game?

Also, are skins only purchasable by riot points or can you earn them using some other methods?

Asked by yx.

Answer

Skins are diffident looks for you champion, some are given out as promotion or reward from events but most of them are bought with Riot points (the points you need to spend real money on to get). There are two skins that are unlocked from the referrals program and if you reach 5000 referrals you permanently unlock all skins that re not exclusive award from tournaments.

For the most part it is just a cosmetic thing but there is atleast 1 exception, any skin that has sunglasses takes reduced damage(1 less damage) from Leona's Sunlight ability, this is one of the hidden passives in the game.

The free promotional skins that I know of is:

Unchained Alistar from Youtube promotion Riot girl Tristana from Facebook promotion

(If the log in doesn't work make sure the link directs you to the correct region for your account)

Answered by Blem

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