Doubling-down on League of Legends' worst PR disaster in years, developer Riot locks hotly anticipated cosmetic behind $240 gacha wall

A screenshot shows Sahn-Uzal Mordekaiser absorbing red flame into his hands.
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League of Legends fans are in unfashionable tatters after developer Riot recently decided to trap an in-demand, story-rich cosmetic behind its hugely 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:unpopular gacha system.

"Death is simply another conquest," Riot writes of its upcoming Sahn-Uzal Mordekaiser skin, which restores the unruly, li💞ch tyrant to his ancient, human form. But I think what Riot really meant to say is "this skin can technically cost over $240."

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So League players, understandably, are upset. To their credit, they've been upset since 2023, when Riot made it so that ꦡ澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:a recolored Jhin skin could cost $200 in gacha pulls. But this Sahn-Uzal cosmetic feels more pointed, personal – players have been begging for it for years, just for the sake of League's story. But, now that the skin is finally schedu❀led to be released, they've given up on owning it.

༺"One of my all-time most waไnted skins ever was Sahn-Uzal/pre-resurrection Mordekaiser," League streamer NickyBoi , "but all that hype is obliterated knowing it's stuck in a $200, FOMO gacha store. I should feel happy [right now], but I am just sad."

"[Riot] really saw a skin people have been ask꧒ing about for years," agrees , "and said, 'Bet, we're gonna do it, but only for the ones who have oodles of cash to burn.'"

As League of Legends players blast 800-hour grinds, Riot says this "wasn't meant to get harder" and "we messed up" on the whole First Blood thing too.

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