#runepunk skye

[feralknights]

Runepunk Skye!  Kind of.

As I said in an earlier post, Holt had asked on Twitter about champions and visual reworks.  A lot of folks immediately shouted out Skye, Grohk, and even a few calling for Kinessa though I think her design is absolutely amazing and also does not need to change.

To me, Skye's design is iconic to Paladins-- everyone, especially folks that love or hate her and her polarizing kit, knows who she is from a look, and I don't want to see that go away.  In this, I just wanted to pay respect to that design while also giving it an update, something to make it look and feel good and in place with the Realm.

I haven't really done an update to her Wrist Crossbow-- I think it's such a cool and unique weapon for her that it doesn't actually need updating; maybe a few touches here or there, but it's just that rad.

Also, she has pockets.  And a pouch.  Because carrying things is a thing!

[feralknights]

Why do you like Skye that much?

because she’s radddddddddddddddddddd

Honestly, dead honestly, it started entirely on aesthetics– Skye was the first character I saw in advertising for the game and literally what got me to stop, read the blurb on Steam, and download the game.  I love elves, I love purple, I love ninjas, and I love techno-fantasy.  Slamming all four of these things together called to me like a siren on the sea, and despite how people in the competitive and pro scenes sandbag Skye, I did not regret it.

I like that she’s not the classic “honor duty honorbound ninja honor but honor honor from honor” stereotype on the ninja front, even if she’s fitting in the femme fatale thing.  I like that she openly snubs the idea of a super-secretive “fabled” organization, and she’s striking out on her own and not being shy about doing it.  Skye makes it clear that she’s going to live her life on her own terms, and to hell with anyone that criticizes her for that decision.

I love that kind of thing.  I feed on it.

I thrive on it.

I’m hoping we get the lore for the game put in soon, because most of what I’ve got written for personal projects (comics, etc.) is rather speculative.  Normally that’s something I don’t like to do, but the themes of the character and the crystaltech/runepunk/tech-fantasy feel of Paladins is so familiar to me that I feel a lot more comfortable writing my own material for fun.

Of course, I’ve said in prior posts that I will gladly talk about anyone on the roster– Skye just tends to be the character I get the most asks about, and I always rep my favorites!

P.S.: My friends have joked I also have a thing for latching onto the underdog/weaker characters in most games and figuring out how to make my own fun with them.  And really, that’s the most important thing– make sure that at the end of the day, you have fun.