We’re just a week away from the long-awaited release of the League of Legends World Championship skin set, inspired by T1’s victory in Korea last year—and with it, Faker’s seventh skin. Funnily enough, the 28-year-old mid laner now has more skins honoring him than nearly a quarter of champions actually have skins.
Faker's $500 Skin is f@*king ridiculous
This fact didn’t go unnoticed by the League community this week, with one eagle-eyed Redditor listing all 41 champions who now have less complete cosmetics than the Unkillable Demon King. Faker’s “collection” includes next week’s T1 Orianna skin, his three hall-of-famer skins Ahri and LeBlanc, and older cosmetics for Ryze, Syndra, and Zed, each of which represent a Summoner’s Cup he’s won over the years.
Most of the champions who don't have as many skins as Faker are either relatively new or widely unpopular, but there are a few outliers in the group; Viego (13th), Kayn (24th), Smolder (25th), and Lillia (30th) all have pick rates above 7.5 percent, according to stats website U.GG at the moment, and yet you'll find more Faker skins than any of them.
A few other champions in the pool without skins have been in the game longer than Faker’s career, while he’s tied in skin count with Zilean—who celebrates his 15th anniversary in League this year. What makes the statistic even funnier is Faker’s insistence on never using cosmetics while playing; not even the $400 Immortalized Ahri skin that celebrated his Hall of Legends induction earlier this year.
