
The only real contender to DJ Sona’s throne is 2016’s Elemental Lux. Concussive is the best one, and anyone who tells you otherwise should probably be quarantined, but there’s a nice spread of styles.īest Lux skin – Elementalist Lux, 3250 RP

Each also plays a different constant background track that team-mates can choose to have broadcast into their game.

In Sona’s case, it’s a set of three subtle changes to her outfit and equipment that can be switched between in-game. Along with the usual change of duds, Ultimate skins have other unique effects. Naturally, they’re usually on the more expensive side, but the impressive thing is they often look and feel worth it.Īrguably the best League of Legends skin ever, DJ Sona is one of four ‘Ultimate’ skins released. They’re pinnacles of flavour, art, music, extras – they’re the skins that, by themselves, make us want to play League just to kick ass using them. District Court Amsterdam, 09 August 2017, ECLI:NL:RBAMS:2017:5415 (Riot Games).These are the very best Riot have ever made. Want to see Striker Lucian, know more about this case or about image rights in the Netherlands? Read our full case report in June’s inaugural issue of the Interactive Entertainment Law Review (IELR). The Court concluded that in the balance of, on the one hand Edgar Davids’ interest in opposing the commercial exploitation of his image without compensation, and on the other hand Riots Games’ interest in offering an additional skin for payment in LoL, the interest of Edgar Davids outweighed that of Riot Games. In short, the Court held that the Striker Lucian skin was a portrait of Edgar Davids within the meaning of the Dutch Copyright Act, because Striker Lucian was – just like Edgar Davids – dark skined, with a sporty posture, an aggressive playing style, black dreadlocks and sport glasses, all in combination with a football kit.Īfter the Court established that Stricker Lucian was in the image of Edgar Davids, it subsequently considered whether Edgar Davids had a reasonable interest in opposing the use of the Striker Lucian skin. If the answer was yes, was such use of Striker Lucian in the game unlawful?.


Was Striker Lucian in the image of Edgar Davids? and.The Court had to answer two questions to determine whether Edgar Davids’ image right had indeed infringed: In response to this, footballer Edgar Davids initiated proceedings against the developers of LoL, on the grounds it had infringed his image right by offering the skin of the characher “Striker Lucian”. To mark the occasion of the 2014 Football World Cup in Brazil, the developer of the video game League of Legends (‘LoL’) introduced four new soccer “skins” (graphics used to change the appearance of game characters of objects).
