More female champions and practical armor.

ybp1U6B1N9·3/19/2015, 6:03:11 AM·4 votes·3,366 views

I really enjoy this game, that's a given, but it really makes me sad seeing all these female characters that are all, basically boobs. When using them that's all you see from top down, and the females with armor, all they have are basically boob pockets. It's impractical. Here's your average male champion with armor, and your average female champion with armor, same with your aver male champion with out armor, and average female champion without armor.

Champions with a skin where it's like "OHOHO THEY GOT ACTUAL ARMOR HERE" doesn't count. I'm talking default wise and Rek'Sai doesn't count as she is a monster. Which we need way more off.

I'm not saying there shouldn't be "sexy" female characters or anything like that. I'm just wondering where are the female characters at that have normal armor? Or just female champs in general.

41 Comments

skyfall6193/19/2015, 6:19:44 AM7 votes

this is annoying. how practical is darius shoulders or his giant axe that no man can swing or gong into battle with long cloth draping from your back. if you going to talk stupid like this dude you got to be fair all around and not just cater to things that dont fit you.

the vast majority of all the gear that the champs are wearing is unpractical male or female but guess what....................its a fucking video game where practicality is irrelevant. item 3070

Bears Dont Care3/19/2015, 7:09:50 AM4 votes

I think Leona's armor set is glorious, it really sets the tone for the sun powered warrior.

Sinister Snail3/19/2015, 6:33:00 AM3 votes

Braum's chest puts MF's to shame.

The Bearded Bard3/19/2015, 6:23:30 AM3 votes

Anivia Annie Diana Fiora Irelia Kalista Jinx Leona Lissandra Lux Kayle Lulu Orianna Quinn RekSai Nami Sejuani Riven Tristana Vayne Poppy All have a pretty decent amount of clothes on.

And these ones are scantily clad for reasons:

Ahri Is based off a succubus. Cassiopeia Lore used to say she was basically a rich prostitute that whored herself out for information. Leblanc Mesmers are always scantily clad. Nidalee Lives in the wild. Not much clothes there. Sona A muse, not usually well armored. Zyra A plant, not usually a known wearer of clothes.

I could go on.

Sir Yamazuki3/19/2015, 6:06:13 AM3 votes

This has been brought up 1,000 times, there are some non-sexualized females. You are simply ignoring them are saying they don't count just to fit your stance.

TheDevice3/19/2015, 12:43:31 PM2 votes

I can actually agree a bit. The only armored female is a support. Thats kinda lame. Would be nice to see another fully armored warrior chick. I didn't read ur whole post lol but i can see the appeal for some more badass armored chicks in the game.

gr8job3/19/2015, 1:20:39 PM2 votes

My one gripe is that there is a skin to please every male's porn fantasies, but hardly any to please those of females. Rito pls

Jamaree3/19/2015, 6:04:43 AM2 votes

Everytime they do, people bitch and are like "OMG Ironstylus, stop that, we want our sexy females", then again, people will bitch no matter what, so whatever I guess.

Ironclad Dragon3/19/2015, 6:18:56 AM2 votes

Shouldn't the men wear more practical armor as well?

bad arcade kitty3/19/2015, 6:18:13 AM2 votes

y do you care r u an ugly female? a gay male? or may be you just think that whining about that kind of stuff makes you a trendy person?

Zarddramon3/19/2015, 8:14:06 PM1 votes

I think the real issue here is not really about practical armor, or armor that completely covers you up. Yes, it's a fantasy game and nothing has to be practical. Look at Darius and his ridiculously exposed arms just asking to be chopped off in a real fight.

The real difference in this game's male amor versus female is their chest armor. The female armor emphasizes boobs, and when you emphasize boobs you do it to add a sexy factor. Of course, just adding boob plate doesn't make them automatically HOO WEE MAMA SEXY, but it's still being added in to sort of be like assurance that, yes, under all this strong armor is boobs, don't worry.

Now, in this silly fantasy game where people can wear impracticable shit into battle, some impractical boob plate is totally ok. But when you add boob plate to all the female armor to the point where it looks obligatory, then it's not ok.

And yes, they do all have boob plate. Except Diana. Just Diana.

Pluto Nash3/19/2015, 6:05:05 AM1 votes

Poppy.

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LoRdJeSuS69694203/19/2015, 6:11:21 AM1 votes

I don't really see a big problem with it...it's a fantasy game, not a real one; the armor doesn't need to be perfectly realistic, and I don't think there's anything wrong with making the champions nice to look at (and there are plenty of fully clothed females anyways). I don't think Tyndamere's sword being as big as his body or Gragas being practically naked are very practical either, but they are fine. Champion designs are caricatures.

Jamaree3/19/2015, 6:14:58 AM1 votes

On that note, out of the 35 adult human or humanoid shaped females in the game, 17 out of the 35 are properly dressed, not that bad of a ratio honestly.

IcyPepper3/19/2015, 6:30:33 AM1 votes

Heartseeker Varus.

You could hear the "yum" of women and homosexual/bisexual men from a mile away.

2000boxes3/19/2015, 6:52:15 AM1 votes

league battles are a lot like gladiator battles in which the armor gladiators had was either their fat/muscle or armor that was basically to show off and very impractical what does darius's armor do? it shows off how he can be so efficient in battle while lugging those ridiculously large shoulder pads and axe what is gragas's armor? his fat

basically the armor/clothing on league champs are all for show not because it is practical and even if it was to be practical runeterra has magic and better tech than the real world how do you know if the armor isn't enchanted or made from some advanced alloy

AHeroNamedHawke3/19/2015, 6:52:33 AM1 votes

TL;DR: women can only appear in videogames if they look like men

Retillin3/19/2015, 12:38:16 PM1 votes

You are right! There this sexism is just wrong! I mean all the male characters wear armour that is strong and powerful. They never run around almost nude...

Gragas

ModEvangele3/19/2015, 4:30:34 PM1 votes

Nami I personally don't take issue with the armour in the game. There are female champions that have varying degrees of practical armour just as the males do. I think once it was said that in order for a character to exude the fact that they were female their "assets" had to be more pronounced. While there is some issues with that, I can see the general point of it.

I think it's pointless to argue armour practicality in a game based around something as non-practical as the ability to preform magic.

There are some amazing examples of females who have amazing armour sets that aren't really excessively impractical or sexy, such as Diana and Quinn and as for the mages, it's standard in any fantasy roleplay or mmo or anything like that for mages to wear less armour than melee or physical damage based classes because they are meant to hang back and it hampers their abilities.

The only thing I wish Riot would provide their female characters with is a variety of body types and ages. While we have Annie, we don't really have an old hag of a character, etc. Rek'sai was an amazing step in the right direction and she is a loved champion (though she sometimes still gets referred to as a he). I think there's lots more that can be done.

I think armour is the least of concerns anyone should have about the game. While is has merit somewhat, if you want to really make a difference in armour practicality you have to also include the males in this game, as a lot of their armour makes absolutely no sense either. I for one, prefer the interesting differences that can occur from having both practical and impractical armour in the game....if we didn't everyone would look the same because there's only very minute differences that can occur in armours and have them still make sense in a real situation (which League of Legends is not).