Left handed champs

Noblebrick·12/8/2014, 5:50:16 PM·6 votes·5,576 views

Why are there soooo many left handed champions in this game?! Seriously, I know I'm not the first to notice it...Pantheon is an example...he is left handed....(he would never have been a spartan because of that..unless he is ambidextrous. Ashe too, and kayle...lots of others. why rito!? who there is left handed?

23 Comments

RiotRiot Reinboom12/8/2014, 9:03:03 PM26 votes

It just seemed right.

Merxamers12/8/2014, 9:32:44 PM9 votes

Pantheon "You are wonderful!" Gangplank "I thankee" Pantheon "I admit you are better than i am>" Gangplank "Yarr, then why ye be havin a worm-eatin grin?" Pantheon "Because i know something you do not know!" Gangplank "Yarrharr?" Pantheon "I am not left-handed!"

S H A Y C 012/8/2014, 7:33:29 PM5 votes

My guess is its just an aesthetics thing... ie the champions just look better or whatever during their animations that way. If you look at pantheons splash art 2 of them he has his spear in his right hand. And he isnt a spartan despite his armor, he is Rakkor a Riot made up tribe, so Spartan references only go so far before its irrelevant.

AbsoluteSadman12/8/2014, 9:51:37 PM4 votes

its because the world is made for right handed people and we need representation, and making a majority of the champs lefties makes us feel included ya damn righty.

IronChefBoyardee12/8/2014, 9:35:52 PM3 votes

The real question is why does it matter?

kayakninja12/8/2014, 9:10:23 PM3 votes

I suspect there are sinister motives at work.

Panwar12/9/2014, 3:33:48 AM2 votes

But Pantheon isn't and never was/will be a spartan because he's a Rakkor. While losely based upon Spartans it's hard to say whether they make shield walls or any other such stuff. And I'm betting that sometime in the future when they flesh out the Rakkor more they will be even more divergent from Sparta. I totally wouldn't put it past Pantheon to be ambidexterity as well.

Also Runeterra doesn't necessarily have the same conventions as Earth. So it could be that left-handedness is simply more prevalent there.

kile14712/8/2014, 11:01:25 PM2 votes

I don't think Pantheon holding the spear in his left hand makes him left handed. From what I remember of this sort of stuff the shield is generally held in the dominant hand because it's larger and heavier, requiring more strength to hold.

Unedible12/9/2014, 4:40:48 AM2 votes

Left hand. Hmph. Stronger. Hmph. RIGHT ARM. Tryndamere

Velivolo12/9/2014, 10:50:25 PM1 votes

Has anyone actually counted the amount of left-handed versus right-handed champions and compared that to a real-world number? I mean, so many champions. Surely many must be righties.

MrBuffington12/8/2014, 11:08:30 PM1 votes

At least for Kalista, I'm assuming that it was (for future skins as well) to help distinguish her visually from Nidalee (who's right handed). For example, base Kalista and Headhunter Nidalee have somewhat similar color palettes. It's probably not the biggest visual difference that could have been made, but it could help in a minor way.

As Emofratparty pointed out, Ashe could very well be ambidextrous.

Hayaishi12/8/2014, 11:40:19 PM1 votes

Varus is ambidextrous

Diana x Me12/8/2014, 11:50:08 PM1 votes

Ambidextrous master race unite!

General Peaches12/9/2014, 6:30:53 PM1 votes

It's interesting to note that the in game models are left handed for the champions you mentioned, but the splash art doesn't reflect that.

GhastlyGhoulMan12/9/2014, 9:43:44 PM1 votes

Because Riot Reinboom has not won a match on blue side of the map since League launched. Developing a personal vendetta against blue-side, he forced the champion concept people to make every champion left-handed so their most awesome/dangerous side could only be seen when fighting from Red side. And now he can relish in the destruction of his enemies on the Blue side as he man-drops them to death from the most awesome visual angle possible.

And that is how left-handed baby champions are born.

Cat Dancing12/8/2014, 7:03:29 PM1 votes

That's very funny. I hadn't noticed. You are very observant. I will have to pay more attention to those interesting details.