League of Legends (LoL) Question: Skins

The changes only apply to shards you gain after the patch. I have a Soulstealer Vayne shard on my smurf and will have to pay essence to unlock the skin. Unfortunately you'll have to get enough orange essence if you want Elementalist Lux . If you get mythic/ultimate shards in the future, they'll automatically become Permanents and unlock the skin.

I'm not exactly sure but I thought it meant new drops will be auto-redeeming. Anything you already had will need to be redeemed with essence, but if you get a new one after the patch it will redeem itself. The way you phrased that makes it seem like you had that before the patch. If not, then I have no idea. Good luck!