After being denied his "pretty" reward, League of Legends world champion sneaks his favorite character into his commemorative cosmetic

As well as the acclaim, the money, and the trophy, one of the best prizes available to the winner of League of Legends' annual World Championships is the ability to become immortalized in the game with a bespoke skin. For one of the 2023 winners, however, that dream became a nightmare - until now.

When T1 support player Keria took the title along with his team back in November, he was quickly disappointed to learn that he couldn't have the skin he wanted. Keria's favorite champion is Lux, but the rules state that you have to have played a character during the tournament in order for them to be eligible for a Worlds skin. In a classic example of suffering from success, T1's run through the tournament was so decisive that Keria didn't have a chance to play the character, so he wasn't able to pick her for his skin.

keria's worlds skin recall shows lux crying but bard pats her head and then they hold the worlds trophy togetherlux is the skin he initially wanted but couldn't choose because he didn't play her during worlds 2023good lore pic.twitter.com/HF4fm0DSr6July 30, 2024

At the time, Keria said that he had "only thought about making a Lux skin," and that he wanted something "pretty." When Riot told him that he couldn't have that skin, but it could try and make his alternative good-looking, it was pretty clear he didn't believe them: "I just frowned."

when u take bard's W it shows Lux???