Who's your favorite champion(s) and why?
Here are mine,
Illaoi, The Kraken Priestess 
She has a ton of outplay potential and can punish all your mistakes. You cant simply make mistake after mistake when playing against an Illaoi, she WILL punish you. You dont simply facecheck a bush, as Illaoi might be in there with her E ready.
She has a unique kit that is focused entirely on her tentacles' AOE Slam. She has deceptively high sustain, and can easily bait people into giving her free kills. Her ult is THE MOST SATISFYING THING EVER. If you land a perfect ult, you will have just gotten a lot of kills, while the rest are heavily damaged. Having an Illaoi in your game can be game changing. The Illaoi has to have good positioning, timing, and decision making though. Illaoi is more susceptible to being bursted down fast and to crowd control, which is why she can't just initiate herself. Shes an overall fun champion to play, easy to make comebacks with, and can carry her entire team.
Caitlyn, The Sheriff of Piltover 
Caitlyn is probably my favorite ADC. Caitlyn has the option to play passive or aggressive as she pleases, due to ehr long range. Although this range can be very iffy if you dont know how to get into that sweet spot, as I dont yet. Caitlyn is a lane bully and really hurts early game and late late game.
Her traps, are part of what makes her a lane bully. A good Caitlyn will lock you away from the brush, putting a few traps in there, making it hers. Her kit is based entirely around safety, which i like a lot. her E is purely for escape and a quick proc of her passive, and synergizes nicely with her Q for extra damage. her passive, Headshot, is basically a complicated crit that happens every time she gets 6 stacks. Headshot can hurt very badly if the Caitlyn uses it right. Her R is a LONG ranged execution/poke, although if youre not a pro player its probably better for execution (since they communicate so well.) Shes honestly just stuck with me.
Ashe, The Frost Archer 
As Ashe, YOU make the plays. Her ult is an absolute playmaker and if used right, can get her a nice kill. She can provide vision, melt enemy healthbars, and is the kiting GODDESS next to Kalista. She can do so many things with her kit, and its amazing.
A 100% crit Ashe is scary. If theres a 100% crit Ashe, you better not let her catch you alone unless you can lock her down. A 100% crit ashe will kite you hard, while still hurting. Ashe can surprise you with the damage in her Q, can constantly poke you with her W, provide vision with her E, make plays with her R, and kite for days with her Passive. Its an overall fun kit that i love. Ashe was my first main, and i stuck with her through the tough times in early S7.
Vayne, The Night Hunter 
Vayne shreds who she wants, when she wants. Vayne can shred anyones health, regardless of if theyre a tank, squishy, etc. Vayne excels at dueling and can burst down quickly. Shes a mobile ADC that can be very scary lategame if left unchecked.
Vaynes Q is great mobility and a quick way to get a bit more damage in. Her W is the best thing about Vayne by far. Her W does percent health TRUE DAMAGE. This ability is what makes Vayne, Vayne. her E is her safety and playmaking ability. She can push you into a wall and stun you, which gives her plenty of time to proc silver bolts. When playing against Vayne, you cannot position yourself wrong, or shell have you stunned in no time. Her R is what makes her dueling scary. It gives her bonus AD, and empowers her abils. When you use her Q, she can go invis for a second. Her passive MS is increased to 90. Her passive is why she can chase you down hard. she gets 30 MS when moving towards an enemy champ. Its a kit thats all about going ham and melting healthbars. I love going ham so i like Vayne, which is why im interested in her right now.
Karma, The Enlightened One 
Karma is probably my favorite support. Karma has multiple uses from poke, to stuns, and to shielding. Her shields can save an ally at the last moment and will provide them a temporary speed boost to escape. Its just an overall kit that can make you feel like you are the backbone of the team.
Karma's Q is a poke ability that can do massive damage when paired with her R. Her Q shouldnt ever be underestimated. her W is a tether that does a bit of damage, but its mostly for the root. When paired with her R, itll heal you. Her E is the late game focus in her kit. She can make huge team escapes and can save allies with it. Its a shield that may not seem like it can do much, but it does so much at the same time. It provides a speed boost and a shield. her R empowers her abils while her Passive interacts with her R. Its an underwhelming kit considering two parts of it dont do anything on their own, but its still a fun kit where you can make AWESOME saves.
She is fun to play and while very heavily reliant on a team to back her dives up, she can still manage to hold her own in a 1v1.
As my main for a long time now, I feel like I have gotten to a point where I know her mechanics, strengths and weaknesses almost by instinct. Plus sniping shit with her ult is always fun.
Because there is just never a wrong time to choose Thresh for support.
The crits and the number 4.



Are all liked for the same reason: I like the idea of strong women crushing people who defy them, or just for fun. I didn't like all of their kits when I started, but in the process of becoming proficient with them, I learned to enjoy the various aspects of their abilities.
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As a fighting game player, I more or less started playing league because of Riven. Huge fan of her lore and back story, despite not much of it being covered. Since her playstyle is combo oriented, I'm free to basically channel my fighting game mindset into league, like a home away from home. Turns out she shares her voice actress with my fighting game main, which was a pleasant surprise.
: My new top main, I love Galio's lore, his relatable character, and his gameplay. He feels like a colossus when you play him, blasting them away with his wind, enduring hits, and slamming them into the ground. It was so satisfying flying from base to save my team that was getting walloped, allowing us to turn the fight around.
: I love how he's complex and simple at the same time, as his kit is not hard to figure out yet takes skill to play well.
: Also relatable, Lux provides a good look at the fantasy equivalent of being gay in the 1950's, and also has great gameplay. Zoning, rooting, and firing those massive lasers is soooooooooooooo cathartic. DOWN YOU GO YOU LITTLE BASTARDS!
Zed: Who doesn't like the King of Shadows.