What champion do you think is the WEAKEST thematically?

i cant move wtf··2 votes·262 views

Not that I think anyone will have a problem with this thread being in gameplay, but I actually think this is a genuine gameplay discussion. From my own observations I feel thematically weak champions tend to get overcompensated in their stats and power in order to make their play rate reasonable. Case in point, Kayn was pretty weak on release but it didn't affect his play rate at all since he's relatively strong thematically and will get play regardless.

For me, I think Xayah is one of, if not the weakest champion in the game thematically. If you take away the novelty that she's part of a lover pair there's almost nothing separating this champion from a block of wood. She has the personality of slowly drying paint and the "Feather's fly!" line sounds like a mom's attempt at LARPing with her kids (I still can't believe they used that soundbyte in a bunch of montages for the 2017 World's promos).

Who's the weakest champion thematically in your opinion?

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SEKAI2 votes

Xayah is an emo edgylord (and I don't just use it casually, she has race issues and anti-social tendencies. Now that's real edgy), and well... her feathers are pretty sharp too, so there's that...

I think the worst thematically designed champs are Kindred and Thresh.

Kindred gets up here because their 2 core themes of being a Death God and being a ""duo"" are both completely unused in gameplay. You play as Lamb, and Wolf kinda just hangs around, and there is little going into their kit that solidify their identity as literal manifestation of the very concept of Death - Bad.

Thresh is up here because his entire kit makes ZERO sense. First of all, his kit is almost entirely a ripoff of Blitz, that already is a big problem. Secondly, why is a sadistic self-serving evil spirit monster who likes to torture others, kill them, and lock them away from the great cycle for eternity for their perverse pleasure, a team player who saves people in gameplay? What?

They are the worst.

i cant move wtf2 votes

Honestly I think Kindred and Thresh are really strong thematically. Kindred I agree though her theme doesn't really translate to the way you play her. Thresh is kind of the same. His playstyle doesn't really support what his theme is about. The hook and flay make sense but why would he have a lantern to save people? lol

Ralanr1 votes

Thresh is going to torture the enemy and is nurturing you to get a better target later.

WolfChases1 votes

Answer is simple. Weakest are probably all warriors as they are just common people, lets say, Garen, Jarvan, Xin, Gangplank, etc. Strongest are Aspects, ascended, demons and mages. I would list Kindred as well as they are something like Death.

PhearBunny1 votes

weakest thematically is mordekaiser.

Rename him to mobile trash can, for more accurate theme.

Sasogwa1 votes

I think the weakest thematically are the people that are just mere mortals, yet not quite 'living legends'. Xayah is a great example, I'd say Teemo doesn't seem like an insanely powerful being, neither does Quinn

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