Battle Bunny Riven was a huge success. Even after numerous Riven skins being released after it, a lot of players still prefer using Battle Bunny. While I won't go into the details why people like using it, it's a little surprising that Riot only decided to make more of them 10 years after Battle Bunny. In any case, we're not complaining. The Anima Squad skinline introduces Battle Bunny Prime Riven, Battle Cat Jinx (+ Prestige), Battle Bunny Miss Fortune, Battle Bat Vayne, and Battle Wolf Sylas.
All of these skins are currently in the PBE server and is expected to hit live servers on Patch 12.6.
Battle Bunny Miss Fortune – 1820 RP
“Sarah Fortune is the second to take on the title of Anima Squad Commander, after her predecessor Riven's mysterious disappearance. They're big leporine shoes to fill, considering Riven's status as a war hero, but Sarah is smart, skilled, and courageous enough to forge her own legend in the fight for humanity.”
Battle Bunny Miss Fortune features the rest of the Anima Squad members in her splash art, except Riven. She sports a black an white clothing with pink accents that carry over to her guns. Her shoes, while barely visible, are shaped like rabbit feet, and has something shaped like rabbit ears. Speaking of rabbit ears, Miss Fortune has headwear shaped like rabbit ears.
Being a Legendary Skin, this skin has a lot going for it, including a new voiceover. I won't put them all in words, but one thing I would point out is the HUD that appears when she casts her ultimate.
She also does a cute little dance in reference to a popular GIF of a certain Japanese streamer.
Battle Bunny Prime Riven
Riven volunteered for what would eventually become Anima Squad after losing many comrades in the early days of the Primordian invasion. A string of victories later, she is famous: a war hero looked up to by all. …So why has she suddenly vanished when the world needs her most?
This iteration of Battle Bunny Riven focuses more on the “Battle” side rather than the “Bunny” side. She ditches the classic black bunny suit for futuristic techwear with orange accents. In the splash art, her shoes are shown in extreme detail along with its carrot themed highlights. Her outfit comes with a fluff that serves as her tail. Her sleeveless top is now accented with a cropped coat consistent with the carrot theme. Riven also sports bunny ears, because, well, Battle Bunny Prime Riven.
In-game, her model looks more contrasted. Riven's pants look more blue, and her carrot holo-sword stands out. Her normal attacks have the same green/orange color theme. When her passive is empowering her attacks, the sword gains a slight glow. All casts of Q are outlined by orange streaks, with the third hit being accompanied by an explosive sound effect. The range of W is clearly outlined by an orange circle around Riven, and the area inside has an imprint of a cute little bunny. The carrot theme carries over on Riven's E, wherein the shield she gains has carrot marks around it. Her Ultimate is also clear, with the carrot sword changing shape and growing slightly bigger. The second cast of R launches three black bunny-like shapes in a wave.
In general, this skin is a lot more hologram-y than Battle Bunny Riven. I don't think people will stop using Battle Bunny, but Battle Bunny Prime is also looking great.
Battle Bat Vayne – 1350 RP
Vayne is Anima Squad's premiere intel expert, infiltrating enemy strongholds to strike first, strike fast, and strike hard. She's willing to do anything it takes to ensure humanity's survival, even if sometimes that means butting heads with the leadership of Commander Fortune.
Battle Bat Vayne shares her splash art with Battle Wolf Sylas. In it, they seem to be on top of a building. Vayne's overall outfit has a fuchsia and black theme. At the forefront is her quilted sleeve and gloved hand. She sports her signature visors, this time complemented by pointy bat ears. The bat theme continues with the bat wing shaped crossbow on her back. Of course, Vayne also gets to keep her cape, following the bat theme of the skin.
In-game, her bat shaped wrist crossbow is more visible. Vayne gets a faint circle underneath here when her passive is granting her movement speed towards enemies. Her normal attacks are shaded pink, as with all of the special effects for this skin. After casting Q, Vayne's cute little arm crossbow gains a strong glow and she assumes a crouching position. W stacks are also very distinct, its pink colors highly contrasts the map's green-ish hue. When all three stacks are popped, small holographic bats fly off of the target. E causes a huge exclamation mark to appear above the target, but aside from that, this ability really has no room for effects. After casting R, Vayne's whole in-game model changes colors to a fuller pink, as well as gaining an aura under her.
For 1350 RP, I'd say this is a great Vayne skin to get. While not overtaking the PROJECT: Vayne skin, Battle Bat offers a quieter but still as stylish choice for Vayne mains.
Battle Cat Jinx – 1350 RP
Jinx is a one-cat demolitions squad, her natural destructive impulses turned toward more productive ends: fighting off the Primordians. She's not really a soldier, doesn't seem to care about humanity's cause, and doesn't follow orders — but there's no arguing with Jinx's results.
Jinx is once again bringing destruction in her splash art as she walks away from a trail of explosions. Battle Cat Jinx in her splash art is fairly simple, she has three guns, all sporting the cyan-yellow color scheme. As with the rest of the skinline, her headwear resembles the “animal,” so Jinx gets cat ears. Another charm point of this splash art is her shoes, which are also cat themed and has a little cat paw sole.
Jinx's in-game model keeps her silhouette unique with blonde twintails, and as far as I know, none of her other skins (excluding chromas) has her wearing this dark of a suit. Her minigun auto attacks are fully blue, while attacks with rocket have a yellow tint accompanying the blue. When rocket auto attacks hit, a faint cat emblem appears amidst the explosion. Casting W makes a blue-line denoting where the skill would hit, before spawning the actual Zap particle. Nothing special about the particle itself, and what's unique is the cat aura that appears under the hit opponent. Her E are cat paws, and enemies who step on them spawn a yellow-green exclamation mark on top of their heads. Jinx's Ultimate is a blue cartoonish cat that results in a yellow explosion on impact, as well as her signature cheeky smiling doodle.
Cute skin. Get it.
Battle Cat Jinx Prestige Edition
Unleashed and brandishing an arsenal of squid-stomping explosives strong enough to knock over a Primordian warship, Jinx has the enemy right in her claws. With this Battle Cat on the prowl? The war is as good as over.
Battle Cat Jinx Prestige Edition no longer looks like a gold chroma like the other Prestige skins. Her in-game model sports pink twintails, and she gets rat(?) shaped guns.
Battle Wolf Sylas
Sylas is the leader of Wolf Team: a daring, ruthless strike force under the banner of Anima Squad. Though he rejects anyone claiming authority over him (Commander Fortune included), Sylas knows that if humanity falls, there will be nothing left to fight for.
Battle Wolf Sylas sports a sleeveless quilted vest, and his chains are attached to his gauntlet that has a wolf shape. Sylas' facial hair combined with his wolf ears and white hair gives off a cool vibe. He's what you would imagine Wolverine would look like if it was the year 2077.
Sylas doesn't really have much room for particles and effects. Sylas' auto attacks generate a purple glow on impact, and when his passive is active, his spin is also shaded purple. His Q has a yellow to purple gradient on it, and the point of impact has a wolf emblem. His W doesn't generate a lot of effects in the first place, and this skin isn't any different. In my opinion, though, his second E is easiest ot see in this skin as the yellow and purple stands out on Summoners' Rift. His R has the same color scheme, and enemies on cooldown have a faint purple ring under them.
All the skins above feature 8 chromas each, and is expected to hit live servers on Patch 12.6.
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