Ahri’s ban rate in League of Legends has skyrocketed due to the player base protesting against the developers for releasing her $450 Hall of Legends skin.
League of Legendshas just released the most expensive skin to ever grace the MOBA. The Immortalized Legend Ahri is priced at around $450 USD and was made to celebrate pro player Faker’s achievements.
The player base immediatelyresponded negativelyto the hefty price of the skin, calling for Riot to drop the price or they wouldconstantly ban out Ahriso that people couldn’t use it.
Riot remained firm in their stance, however, with developersdefendingthe pricing. Now that the skin has been released, the player protests have finally begun, resulting in Ahri’s ban rate skyrocketing.
Originally pointed out by League of Legends streamerCaedreland according to League of Legends statistics websiteLolalytics, Ahri’s ban rate has suddenly spiked. After the release of her Immortalized skin, ban rates went from around 8% to about 16%.
Other statistics websites like OP.GG also echoes a similar statement, with Ahri hovering around an8.3%ban rate in Patch 14.11 only for this number to suddenly double to15.97%.
It’s clear that this form of protest has resonated with some of the player base, as the spike is more than noticeable. It’s highly likely the devs are aware of this protest and are now seeing the effects.
With the protests still in its early days, it’s hard to say if this will have an impact on the sale of the skin. And it’s also unlikely that Riot will make retroactive changes to the prices now that it’s already been released.
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Riot is introducing a newRP bundleandskin tierspecifically for the skin, though it seems the protests aren’t looking to stop anytime soon.
Liam Ho was a Games Weiter on Dexerto’s Australia team and his expert coverage areas include Destiny, Final Fantasy, League of legends, MMOs, and MOBAs. He is a media graduate with bylines at both GG Recon and GameRant.
