Is champion's appearance a factor to you when you decide to pick one?

Maddéy·12/23/2016, 2:43:07 PM·7 votes·1,590 views

Simple as it is, can you get driven off the idea of playing a given champion just because he looks bad? Like, for example - I like the way how Corki and Ezreal play out, their kit and overall gameplay, but I dont pick them due to the so said fact that they are simply disgusting. I mean, Ezreal is outdated and has a potential to look cool when (hopefully soon) he gets a VGU, but Corki on the other hand is not a champion im ever going to pick up. That comes off with another factors too. I mean, an old man flying in his copter, that throws off from time to time his cringe lines at you? Nay man.

Also, it's worth mentioning that there is another category worth considering - champion that is not outdated, that has great lines and overall great backstory/lore but simply looks bad ingame due to his model.

Twitch Jhin ( Twitch can look cool with some of the skins, but Jhin is straight up terrible IMO)

30 Comments

Laxfan5212/23/2016, 3:22:40 PM4 votes

I think zyra has a cool concept but I wont play her because she looks like a pornstar for plants

Akali is SO HOT12/24/2016, 3:49:51 AM3 votes

possibly :^)

Maximum Morde12/23/2016, 3:23:38 PM3 votes

Yes, it's a huge point for me. I cannot play something that I don't find aesthetically pleasing.

Korillo12/23/2016, 2:48:38 PM2 votes

wow rude

AcidTheWarlock12/23/2016, 9:54:19 PM2 votes

I like playing Urgot and the champs with pizza feet.

u wanna go mate

in all seriousness, yes, I think Rumble looks dumb af and I can't take him seriously (which is why I want Super Galaxy Rumble) but his gameplay and personality/lore are both amazing.

OurLestrade12/23/2016, 2:57:36 PM2 votes

Very much so. One of my life long gripes with the support class in most games is that in the vast majority of cases they're either pretty women in revealing clothing designed to star in porn, cutesy little kids bouncing with naive enthusiasm, or withered old geezers who can't walk straight. There was a reason my laptop got glued to the ceiling when Thresh and Braum were revealed - they were characters I actually felt cool with.

Lots of people disagree, but the fact is that the look of a character is generally the first thing that grabs you. I honestly think that a core reason that support isn't liked by a lot of people is that no one picks it up when they're new to LOL because the roster - until recently - doesn't have the badassery and edginess that others have. No Yasuos or Zeds or Rengars and junk, who to a new player with zero understanding of mechanics and junk could look at and instantly say "Wow, they look cool!"

Knight Sky12/23/2016, 3:40:45 PM2 votes

When I first started playing I only picked up champs that I thought looked cool but now I pick champs based on gameplay because I can become inspired by any.

That said I will never play walking pile of poop Urgot

DunkinNoobs12/23/2016, 9:51:22 PM1 votes

Is Leona's appearance a factor in why I like her so much? Yes. Yes it is.

DoktorKaiser12/23/2016, 9:57:06 PM1 votes

I picked 2 champs based on looks alone - Hecarim and Aatrox

Hauling Ashe12/24/2016, 3:57:00 AM1 votes

Yes. Almost all my champions are chosen based on playstyle + appearance. I don't play a lot of the 'monster' champs because I don't find many of them visually appealing.

Of the champs I own, I think I appreciate Nami the least aesthetically.

Catastrop12/24/2016, 4:18:24 AM1 votes

Yep, although it's not just whether they look ugly or not. It's more about how well a champion's theme is done and if it appeals to me.

Mountain Warden12/24/2016, 7:11:00 AM1 votes

to this day I refuse to play Jinx . I find her kit overall absolutely nuts how good she is, but I just can't get over her neurotic looks and personality.

Aptest12/24/2016, 7:29:55 AM1 votes

yes. the aesthetics do matter. for instance there are champions i do not find aesthetically appealing at all. Thresh Lucian

Leblancs Boob12/24/2016, 7:53:24 AM1 votes

Aesthetics are absolutely important for me. The champion's appearance/kit/lore all need to appeal to me to even consider being play-worthy. When I was a mage main I didn't even consider picking up Karthus even though I liked his kit because I just found him so thematically boring. An undead mage. Wow, never seen that before.

RastaBrotha12/24/2016, 10:55:07 AM1 votes

my dude appearance is the only reason aatrox is my 3rd most played champ

bad arcade kitty12/24/2016, 11:16:08 AM1 votes

it's kind of complicated

i mean i like to play cute champions but i also like to play effective and simple champions

funnily but it is often the same champions because riot caters to us :3

but then, if i can't play a champion i switch, i had to do it with nidalee... i also tried a few champs (even urgot, ditched him because i couldn't kill anybody as he), but, let's say mundo vs shyvana, shyvana is cuter, but she is also simpler, i jungled as mundo and getting low on health all the time was unnerving so i returned to shyvana, etc.

ScissorsNstuff12/23/2016, 2:58:37 PM1 votes

it changes the order I try them in, not really whether or not I will play them so much

46312/23/2016, 3:05:01 PM1 votes

You can make the ugliest looking MF

as long as his auto's hit as hard as Draven axes and I don't have to catch nuffin'

then I will play him all day every day any time any where

PhDs Nuts12/23/2016, 3:33:18 PM1 votes

Nope

ChíckenDaddy12/23/2016, 8:31:32 PM1 votes

Annie DrMundo Garen LeeSin Malphite Nami Nidalee Nunu Pantheon Udyr Tryndamere Taric Warwick Zilean I cant stand any of these champs visually.

Ralanr12/23/2016, 8:32:45 PM1 votes

I mean...kinda? It's the reason I haven't really tried to pick up Skarner. Playing a scorpion feels completely unexpected.

Athenes Lulu12/23/2016, 8:34:35 PM1 votes

I mained Lulu solely because of how her kit works ingame. I hate how fans perceive her, thus making everyone I know labeling me the wrong way and making me hate being a Lulu main sometimes.

On the other hand, I love Veigar, but can't 1v1 or play him for jack shit.