New LoL Bee skins announced for Orianna, Ziggs, Nunu & Willump and Heimerdinger

Riot Games has shown off fresh bee skins in League of Legends (LoL) for 2022.

There are four new skins in the bee line – these are:

• Orbeeanna (pictured above, Orianna)
• BZZZiggs (Ziggs)
• Nunu & Beelump (Willump)
• Heimerstinger (Heimerdinger)

The splash arts for these bees skins were published on the League of Legends UK, Ireland and Nordics Twitter account just now:

The bee skins feature a yellow and black colour scheme, with honeycomb, flowers and honey effects. Orianna’s ball has been (see what we did there?) made into a bee for the Orbeeanna skin.

There are also various chromas available for the 2022 bee skins – you can see them in this video by Matty Love Gaming.

And the in-game animations for the new 2022 bee skins can be found in this preview video:

The bees are expected to hit the rift in patch 12.5, which is due to go live around Wednesday March 2nd 2022.

Prices have not yet been confirmed, but they’re expected to cost around 1,350RP (around £9) – the price of the current bee skins in the game.

Other existing bee skins in League of Legends include Beemo (Teemo), Yuubee (Yuumi), Bee’Maw (Kog’Maw), Beezahar (Malzahar) and Beekeeper Singed.

The new bee skins were first teased during the League of Legends 2022 Season announcement, which also revealed the new mythic essence currency and skin lines.

Update: Riot Games said it has raised $5.4m for Ukrainian relief through sales of the bee skins:

In other LoL skin news in 2022, Riot revealed an updated Firelight Ekko Arcane-themed LoL skin a few weeks ago, and last month Porcelain, Withered/Crystal Rose and new Firecracker LoL skins were announced for 2022, including another Prestige Edition Lux and Prestige Brave Phoenix Xayah.

Other skin lines planned for 2022 include High Noon, Star Guardians, Battle Bunnies and Monster Tamers.

Earlier this month, new LoL support champion Renata Glasc was officially revealed.

Dom Sacco

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