If you play LoL, you probably have heard of the Legacy skins. But what are they exactly, and why are they special? Find out everything about the legacy skins.
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Legacy skins in LoL – What are they?
There are a lot of skins in League of Legends. At the start of 2023, we have around 1,500 unique skins in the game, and we can only expect the number to grow throughout the upcoming years. While some skins are available all year round, some can only appear for short periods. After the period ends, they might be no longer available: some until the next event or year, others forever.
Regardless, when opening Hextech chests in LoL, you might find some skins labeled “Legacy Content”: those are all the rare skins that are only available for limited periods and then are added to the Legacy Vault. At that point, they can no longer be bought.
How to find the Legacy skins?
Once the skins are placed in the Legacy Vault, the only way to unlock them is through the Hextech Crafting or the Mystery Skin Gifts. Some of them can become available again for sale during special events: they are either sold individually or in bundles.
With Hextech Crafting, though, you will have to hope for the right skins since they are randomly chosen. You’ll need lots of luck to receive the skin you wish for. There are two different types of
Hextech Chest: 125 RP (50% skin shard)
Masterwork Chest: 165 RP (70% skin shard)
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Types of Legacy Skins
There are a bunch of Legacy skins in League of Legends. Here is a list briefly summarizing the different types of legacy skins:
World Game Event Skins – available for specific World Game events
Event Skins – available for specific holidays, like April Fools, Christmas, and St. Valentine’s.
Riot Skins – can be earned by either meeting a Riot employee or attending official Riot Games events
Traditional Skins – created to capture the original feel of our first fully reworked champions. Any player who owned the champion before the rework received the skin.
Esports Skins – special skins released at Worlds or MSI
To know exactly all the legacy skins, you can head over to Riot’s official page where they list them all.
Retired Legacy Skins
These skins are no longer available for purchase during the events. Here are some examples of retired Legacy Skins:
Glacial Olaf
Freljord Ashe
Prom Queen Annie
Void Nocturne
Imperial Xin Zhao
Hextech Janna
Striker Lucian
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Difference Between Legacy Skins And Limited Skins
Retired and Normal Legacy skins are available during various events and can be obtained in the Hextech Crafting System.
Limited skins, on the other hand, are not available in the LoL Hextech Crafting System. They can only be obtained available by either completing certain tasks or purchasing in a one-time-only event. For these reasons, they are considered some of the rarest skins in League of Legends.
All Limited Skins:
Rusty Blitzcrank
Urf the Manatee/Urfwick
Victorious Skins from every season
Grey Warwick
Medieval Twitch
Triumphant Ryze
King Rammus
Judgment Kayle
UFO Corki
Riot Girl Tristana
Unchained Alistar
Riot Squad Singed
PAX Twisted Fate
PAX Jax
PAX Sivir
Silver Kayle
Black Alistar
Young Ryze
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