About Champion Model Sizes

Tony Tomato·9/30/2014, 9:09:05 PM·6 votes·1,743 views

After the reveal of the new Sion and seeing how absolutely HUGE he is compared to his old model, I realized something that not many people take into account. Champion hit-boxes and model sizes are actually a component of gameplay and not many people realize this. The likeliness of clicking a fully sized Cho'Gath compared to say a small Tristana is definitely not even. It's just basic mathematics and statistics. While the factor may not significant that it dominates gameplay, it surely does create a psychological effect on players. When you are in a team fight and you have this massive Nautilus walking at you in plain view while a Ziggs dwadles behind throwing bombs from a distance, there becomes a certain instinct to aim for the bigger target. Even though you are consciously saying to yourself "aim for the Ziggs, he's the bigger threat, he does more damage", there is that sense of urgency that the bigger champion is a bigger threat, simply by their intimidating size. In my opinion, this is GOOD for gameplay. If the main goal of a tank is to soak up damage for his team, then perhaps by being simply ***large *** they can deter the enemy from attacking his team. While this may be a tiny factor among the many variables in League of Legends, it is still something that I believe Riot can dig deeper into when updating old champions or creating new champions.

10 Comments

PhoenixSlayer1310/1/2014, 5:11:02 AM3 votes

And then we have Amumu Amumu

Certainly a tank, but doesn't look anything like one.

TheySeeMeColeing10/1/2014, 1:06:46 AM2 votes

I really feel like this applies to a lot of tank champs who don't have the pure size and intimidation factor that they should cough cough malphite cough cough

Hís Lamb9/30/2014, 10:07:19 PM2 votes

I totally agree with your point. A champion with a vast size does come off intimidating. While they may not always have a high amount of damage, sometimes one's instincts take control and have you panicking over the giant brute in your face, rather than, say, the tiny bomb-wielding Yordle nuking your team to bitsZiggs . With all said, I think it fits well with the theme of tanks and such.

KIei10/1/2014, 6:24:06 AM2 votes

Taric anyone? Not much intimidation there though. Leona? They're tanks too.

The Red Warden10/1/2014, 1:09:24 AM1 votes

Now that you mention it a lot of the tanks do have big model sizes. Such as Alistar Chogath Galio Gnar (mega form obviously)Hecarim Malphite Maokai Nasus Nautilus Sejuani Shyvana dragon form, Skarner Swain bird form soaks up the damage of tank and feels a hell of a lot more threatening,Volibear Zac Braum

Now champs that probably should have bigger models include: DrMundo Mordekaiser Gragas Nunu the yeti should be massive, not shorter than most humans,

7ha7guy77710/2/2014, 2:51:16 AM1 votes

full build health tank Zac is huge.

Hullabaloo90710/2/2014, 2:45:11 AM1 votes

Honestly i think there is some size creep for champs models in lol. Not for all of them, but looking at braum and sion, they are huge, compared to old sion or taric, who are around the same size and have similar roles. Im sure there are more, but those are the champs i can think of.

Tony Tomato10/1/2014, 1:25:31 AM1 votes

I was not aware that Renekton and J4 had their model sizes reduced...