Which champion is the best example of an anti-hero
From my mediocre understanding of lore I think the champs I listed all have anti-hero characteristics ( not saying they all are though ) if anyone has other suggestions though please list them.
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It is only from different points of view. Noxus surely sees Swain, Darius and LeBlanc as heroes. etc.
Which is the reason that they're called "Champions", not Heroes. Riot doesn't want to make the lore feel one-sided, like for one side to be good and the other bad.
Also, why Teemo, Sivir and Yasuo?
I didn't vote only because I'm having difficulty deciding between three champions. Darius, Viktor, and Yasuo.
Here's my reasoning behind each champion as my choices.
Darius: Darius is a champion that displays some heroic qualities. He has strength in battle, holds a high rank inside of Noxian military and thus is looked up to in a sense. Of course he has non-heroic qualities, ruthlessness being one of the main ones that come to mind. Now one might say that Swain works as well under these stipulations, but I don't agree. Swain desires power, whereas Darius desires the advancement of Noxus. Swain's goals are selfish, where Darius' are in a sense selfless for he wants superiority for his entire group as opposed to for himself exclusively.
Viktor: Viktor I believe displays heroic qualities in that he genuinely believes that creating cyborg-like machine people and having them become the new form of "humanity" is beneficial to everyone, that it's the best way that things could possibly go, and that everyone will be better off for it. His intentions are pure, while his methods are less so.
Yasuo: I actually think that Yasuo may be the top ranking because he's heroic in his initial actions and intentions, but has numerous character flaws, which is pretty much the definition of an Anti-Hero. He's obviously a drunk, he lives in exile, and had to do horrific things to survive (i.e. killing his brother). In the beginning he was literally a hero, he had massive prowess in battle, and was well respected. The issue is that he also possessed a tremendous amount of arrogance, a mistake and poor set of circumstances, paired with this character flaw, brought him down to where he is now. He had the intention of helping his nation, you obviously know the lore as well as the theories behind everything. Was essentially framed for the killing of the elder under his protection because of the use of wind techniques, which he only knew, or at least so they thought.
Bump