Champion name's origins
Lee Sin= Listen Shacos=Chaos Thresh was named after a famous gamer I heard gnar came from boomerang, gnar backwards being rang
anyone know any others? i find it pretty cool to find out where champs names came from
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rengar=ranger (i guess) hecarim=chimera maokai=i am oak mother-in-law=woman hitler wait what was i talking about again?
anivia is based on latin for snow-white, niveus syndra is based on a character called Sym from i don't remember where draven is the word 'hunter' in a celtic dialect if i recall correctly azir is based on the word vizier varus is a reference to publius quintillus varus, a roman general responsible for the loss of three roman legions during the battle of teutoburg Darius is based on king Darius the great, a persian king responsible for quelling rebellions in Ionia and annexing part of greece Lux=Light in latin Volibear=Volibar, a rioter who supported the concept of an armored bear champion Zilean=Zileas, a rioter who opposed the concept of an armored bear champion, thus why zilean and volibear have special interactions against each other ingame mordekaiser is german for lord of death pantheon and olaf are almost self explanatory gragas, if you look at it from a french perspective. Gras gars=fat guy riven, the exile, is from the myst series of games, two of which bear the titles of riven and exile :P zac is an abbreviation of what he is, Zaun's Amorphous Combatant ahri was chosen by fanvote in korea, it means 'elegant' nami is japanese for wave warwick is the name of the city in which poutine was invented, which i'm pretty sure riot wasn't aware of at the moment of his creation :P Diana is the roman goddess of the hunt and the moon, and Leona is spanish for lioness, making diana a big game huntress :P