Hallow's End

Tints

Hero Skin # of Tints Added Xul Scarecrow 2 Arthas Count Arthas 1 Genji Steel Dragon 2 Oni Genji 1 Cassia Pirate Queen 2 Valla Vampire Slayer 2 Zarya High Gravity 1

Pump'kin Cho'gall

Creepie Chromie

Paperbag Gazlowe

Bewitching Brightwing

Shambler Murky

Conclusion

Vampire Slayer V

Themed Abilities

Themed Animations

Conclusion

Doctor Wolf & Stein

Themed Abilities

Themed Animations

Conclusion

Fallen Junkrat

Themed Abilities

Themed Animations

Bonus

Conclusion

Scarecrow Xul

Themed Abilities

Bonus

Conclusion

Closing

Good Day! I have collected and compiled information of the skins throughout the game. I thought I would share my insight on the skins after each patch to help the community understand each one.I use the term "skin" as the model and do not use the term for the different tints. My data is used seperating these two terms.Here a link to the spreadsheet of all the skins in the game. The data's goal is to have some understanding on the skins in the game and how the skins being added shift the overall skin pool. My spreadsheet skills are rather limited and this format is likely to change over time.Hallow's End has brought 7 skins to it increasing the pool of already segregated skins for the event by 117%. If we compare with the previous Sun's Out event the large increase of added skins can be attributed to the guarantee of events items in loot boxes.This patch had many nice additions to the skin pool as well as some of the most basic rares seen in the game. The percentages of each rarity in the skin pool shifted with about .8% being taken from epics and split equally into both rares and legendaries. The average number of skins per hero rose .06% closer to 4, which I would think will just continue to rise.There is a trend since 2.0 for skins to have 5 tints and it seems to be a kind of goal. As such I look to see how close skins are to getting to this 5 tint mark. There is currently room for a whopping 472 skin tints in the game to have every skin get to 5. While this might not be a goal, this shows that Blizzard has a long time to space out skin tints ensuring they have easy content they can release.Below are the tints added with the patch, this brings the number of tints still "needed" in the game to 461.This patch consisted mostly of new Hallow's End tints and Overwach tints. Since we have been in a kind of Overwatch event this follows a trend in the last patches which added many other Overwatch tints. Notably the Ana patch saw the completion of D.Va tints for all her skins.There are few Hallows End tints added which means they can continue to sprinkle them into the event for a few years.The Count Arthas tint that was added does not changed the themed mount to match. This was most likely an oversight as it's pretty obvious that his clothes should stay the same color when mounted.I will sum up these skins together since they are roughly all the same. None of skins have extra features and they all add hats to the base models. Although I believe a few extra things could have been added to a few, the fact that they all only get hats makes no one better then the others.While being basically filler they serve the purpose of having low price point skins which is important to loot boxes and increasing the number of Heroes affected by the event.Many of her abilities have purple smoke and small bat effects and sounds. These include Sinister Strike(Q), Blade Flurry(W), Cloak of Shadows(R), and Smoke Bomb(R).Her Eviscerate(E), Vanish(D) and all of her stealthed abilities have the purple smoke effect but no bats.When at full combo points her blades glow purple.This skin has a custom Hearth animation, which include the purple smoke and bats.The bat effects on her abilities could be contributing to this tag as the bats actually flap their wings.This skin follows what would normally come with an Epic skin. Although the Themed Animation tag is a little weak it doesn't reduce the overall quality and the abilities have an extra touch by changing the sounds.His ranged basic attacks have become green lasers, with custom sounds. His melee has a green impact color. When using Inner Beast(W) both weapons have green sparks, along with the coils on his back. These effects are the same in his Wolf form.Gilnaean cocktail (Q) has become a beaker that explodes into purple/green fire and sparks.Darkflight(E) also has a green spark and smoke effect both going into it and disengaging. While in Wolf Form his Razor Swipe(Q) have the same effects and custom lightining sound.His heroics both have (you guessed it) green lightning effects. Notably they have more sparks and less smoke than his basic abilities.Just the massive amount of lightning effects added to all this abilities, basic attacks, and model might require this tag.He has a custom dance in his human form as well as custom hearths both in human and wolf form.This is the poster child of Hallow's End this year and it shows. While Legendary skins historically have around three features, the skin stays so true and strong to its theme its worthy of the classification. Most epic skins don't have this level of detail and customization in the themed abilities.His basic attacks, Total Mayhem(D), and Frag Launcher(Q) all have the same projectile which are visually different from his base skin and change colors with the tint you are using.Concussion Mine(W) becomes a small demon (like the one on his back) that appears to sit in a small hole awaiting to explode. His RIP-Tire(R) has the same type of demon, sitting in a spiked metal wheel.Steel Trap(E) has the appearance of a metal skeletal mouth with sharp teeth and glowing eyes. The rocket for his Rocket Ride(R) will also have a metal skeleton face and a caged body that shows the rockets flames.All his abilities will change color based on the tint, with the demons being the same color and the metal skeletons glowing mouth and eyes matching the color of the bombs on his chest.The demons both on in his RIP-Tire(R) and in his Concussion Mine(W) both are animated looking around and while on his back the demon in the tire will occasionally scratch his belly.RIP-Tire(R) when activated has the demon bouncing and if the tire expires the demon will look out of tire before disappearing.A custom voice line "Rakanishu!"The level of change to his abilities are significant since there wasn't any one ability left out and the fact that they change colors with the tint is an added bonus. The animation tag is a little on the weak side with the two abilities being the only contributor. The most common reason for the tag is a changed walking animation, with things like custom dances and hearths a big second. The skin features straddle a line between an excellent epic and an alright legendary. However the theme is strong and the abilities have vastly changes models so I still believe it is worth the price.Raise Skeleton(D) summons the same skeletons, but with masks! Masks include an ogre, mummy, bat, and murloc. Skeletal Mages(R) also wear masks, both these are witches and clowns that cackle when they die.Spectral Scythe(Q) uses the same scythe as the model with a brown glow and wheat splash effects. These effects are also used in his Cursed Strikes(W) with added crows cawing and flying away.Bone Prison(E) produces stalks of corn and pumpkins instead of bones around the target. Both the corn and pumpkins have faces which laugh when summoned.Poison Nova(R) summons pumpkins that open and close their mouths while a laugh follows at the end of the ability.Bone Spear (Talent) has him throwing his pitchfork with a custom wood sound and splinters at the end.The skin has a custom Hearth animation.The reason I chose to look closer at this skin is because it was upgraded from its release rarity of Epic into a Legendary. This skin falls in with many converted rarity skins that have only one feature. The themed abilities are strongly thematic, however they are not as customized as Fallen Junkrats above. I think it is now slightly overpriced, however the skin itself is great.On a personal note I was disappointed with the two new tints this skin received. The tints are very monochromatic making them feel like there is just a green and blue overlay to them.If there is anything that the community would like to see or suggestions on my spreadsheets please let me know and I will see about doing it. I looking forward to keeping this up!