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[Survey] Personality Type and Favorite Champion

Sir ArmaMalum··27 votes·21,541 views

Hello all! If you were frequenting the boards a month or two ago, you may remember the time when I asked for people's personality types and what their favorite champions are. As it turned out I wasn't the only one really curious on this and I got a lot of responses. Which is awesome! Except for the part where I couldn't analyze the results well simply because I didn't expect to have enough results to really draw anything from.

So here I am again, prepared this time, to see what happens. The only thing I need now is your all's help!

Take a personality test from this site: http://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test (It's better to have everyone take the same test)

Fill out this survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10uiEnixPqfHWpC6HGmghEQOOH18CWUuy4Q0h_MDSvnA/viewform (It's only 3 questions)

Watch the results here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10uiEnixPqfHWpC6HGmghEQOOH18CWUuy4Q0h_MDSvnA/viewanalytics?usp=form_confirm

This can be a very interesting set of results if enough people answer (and of course, answer honestly). So help me out! results will be shown this time next week with the responses thus far! ^_^

FAQ

Why only one champion?

My thinking is that it's easier to get insight of a preferred playstyle of a personality type of you're limited to "that single one". Allowing more choices will provide more variance, but at the same time inflate results (which in this situation is a good thing, as a high sample is required). I completely admit that allowing multiple choices may have been a better option, but I do have reasoning behind choosing the one.

So many introverts!

That's a sample bias. Right now I'm pulling off of r/leagueoflegends, vBulletin and the Boards for responses, which, by the nature of these medium's audiences will primarily be introverts. A lot of people have noticed the discrepancies between the given test's site's statistics and the ones here, and I assure you this survey's stats are the ones that are currently off. I will probably be revisiting with a validation survey of personality type stats within this subreddit.

Why are the results are so....messy?

It's all raw data right now. I'm planning on re-posting in a week with a trimmed and cleaned update for the results (as well as a call for more responses, never enough!).

What about Roles?!

I've gotten several requests for this already, so I will definitely be coming back around with a separate survey on this. I got burned before on having too many questions so I wanted to keep this one as simple as possible. I'll more than likely hand that survey out in this survey's update post next week (don't want to spam surveys after all!)

What's wrong with the percentages?

Currently the results for each answer are being shown against the entire voting population (all types), this was not intentional. So for now, just ignore the % numbers.

Edit 1: Forms should be unlocked now, sorry to those of you who tried in the first few minutes. Should be working now!

Edit 2: Due to the high number of data points in selecting a favorite champion a graph will not show up unless enough responses happen, so bear with it! Either way, all the responses are being recorded to a spreadsheet that I'll be able to work with later.

121 Comments

Sir ArmaMalum7 votes

PotD and frontpage r/leagueoflegends......

So..many....responses......

Flintfall1 votes

Front page?

Dude....I'd be swamped :P

Also, what's your personality type?

EDIT: Over 6000 from reddit, hey zues!

Sir ArmaMalum2 votes

INTP, favorite is Renekton.

EDIT: Over 6000 from reddit, hey zues!

IKR????

Flintfall1 votes

Kinda funny how I'm drawn to writing, and the famous INFP people are:

  • William Shakespeare
  • J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Homer
  • Virgil

Thanks for the personality survey, I can honestly say I learned a lot!

EDIT: Upon review of the INTP, I now know why you hate grammatical/spelling errors :P

Sir ArmaMalum2 votes

No problem, happy you liked it!

EDIT: Upon review of the INTP, I now know why you hate grammatical/spelling errors :P

So many edits.......so many...

Flintfall1 votes

Haha

EDIT: oh yeah, I guess I do make a lot of these...

EDIT 2: I forgot to add Johnny Depp to the previous list

POSTEDIT: It turns out I've hit my edit cap for today, better not screw anythin

UltimateCryBaby1 votes

ENTP IS BAD OR WHAT????

Kingsgrave1 votes

No type is bad or good compared to any other type. If you want to learn more about "The Visionary" type, this forum is great for it: http://personalitycafe.com/entp-forum-visionaries/

Kingsgrave1 votes

Fellow INTP who favors Renekton REPRESENT!

RiotRiot Baconhawk10 votes

You're welcome :DDDDD

Tasgal3 votes

Out of curiosity, how many extroverts do you honestly think you'll get from a beta forum for a computer game?

Sir ArmaMalum2 votes

Very little. Lol

But there are always exceptions so its better to have the option than intentionally exclude them. Funny enough, a biased sample (in terms of personality types) may help establish any trends that develop because of the extra focus on types like INTP and INSP.

Dudermen4 votes

:( I'm an extrovert...

RiotRiot Baconhawk3 votes

INTJ, Yasuo. :)

cshakes2 votes

INTJ, Janna. (INTJanna?) Tornado salute!

Cuix3 votes

Definitely need the option to pick more champions, with 3 seeming like a really good number. Choosing a preferred role would be nice, but it'd be nicer to see a preferred playstyle (zone control, burst damage, brawler, siege, split push, etc.).

Anyway, yeah, ENTP and I decided to go with Janna this time, though Heim and Karma called to me.

Kingsgrave2 votes

I agree with this.

If I were asked to give 3 or even 5 I would say INTP and: Renekton Pantheon Darius MonkeyKing Rengar

With this it is very easy to see a pattern for the individual and it might give better results. You could even look at the results and go "excluding popular picks, a large percentage of this type seems to prefer this Champion"

Jingerbeardman3 votes

I feel like 2 choices when picking favorite champs would have been more useful. Many people will simply pick more popular and viable champions as their first pick as they are more accepted and favored on teams and asked for while their second pick would be more about their personality.

RiotIronStylus3 votes

Where my fellow ENFP Leona players at?!

denipon3 votes

ENFP Leona right here. Praise the sun.item 3069

Frayace1 votes

Where my fellow ENFP Leona players at?!

I'm ENFP! I don't play Leona, but I like to play other tanks, Like Rammus, Taric, and Yorick :D

Byrnes1 votes

Me! :D

And thank you for the awesome pic earlier :3

ModUlanopo2 votes

That's an awful lot of INTJs.

Sir ArmaMalum3 votes

Introverts are going to be naturally dominating this survey in general due to the sample being compromised entirely of forum/Reddit goers.

HemiPoweredDrone2 votes

I posted this on Reddit and happened to find this here so I thought I might put my input here as well. I have no real credentials on the subject, but the test used seemed to be lacking in my opinion. The amount of questions was cut down to reduce the amount of time you'd have to invest, but I feel that severely limited the test by having quite a few vauge, broad questions. There were a few questions that I found myself thinking "Well, I kind of agree with this statement if I think about it one way, but I would definitely disagree with it if I think about it another way." I decided to take this test three times with 10 minutes in between them, I got ISTJ, ISTJ, and INTJ, all because I answered the questions slightly different yet still true when pertaining to myself. It's not like there aren't more detailed versions of the MBTI available for free online, I'm curious whether you chose to go with the first thing they found or if they chose this because it took significantly less time.

For what it's worth, this test is the only one I've ever gotten something different than INTJ, and I've taken various forms of the MBTI for therapy, classes, and internet shits and giggles. That could just be a valid example for how these tests are never perfect and can't completely capture who you are.

Kingsgrave1 votes

The best test for Socionics/MBTI I have seen is similiarminds.

It also helps to go read up on the differences between ISTJ and INTJ specifically to find which pertains to you.

John Berserk2 votes

ENTP, and my chosen "preferred Champion" is Caitlyn

You would think someone like Caitlyn, known for her long range and poke to stay safely away from danger, wouldn't be the Champion of choice for an extrovert, more specifically an ENTP, someone who thrives on arguments and confrontation for the sake of fun and excitement*. Even looking at the results this is true, as by far most ENTP's tend to gravitate towards the Champions that go FULLY in, such as LeeSin, Yasuo, and Zed.

You would think someone who tends to avoid confrontation would play someone safe and long-ranged like Caitlyn. The reason I prefer to play Caitlyn is not only because I just generally prefer the Marksmen role, but because I LOVE the harass she brings. I play her not as a safe ADC, but as a thorn in the enemy's side, one they just can't reach. I challenge them from afar, goading them to come closer, to get them to try and close the distance. If they can, they can have me, because they deserved it. If they can't, well, they're mine, and they'll have to try again.

I don't know, I'm thinking too far into this I think, but I do find this fascinating, why some personality types choose certain Champions based on their styles of gameplay.

*I DONT mean trolling in any way, we really only like to, as the site puts it, play "devil's advocate" so much to get other people thinking, even if what we're defending is wrong. If they can't defend their own points of view, even if they're right, they need to improve how they express and how they believe, and according to that site again with the descriptions, ENTP's are all about self-improvement. We care about the improvement of others as well. It's boring arguing with uneducated people.

missinggrave2 votes

For another example of, "Why would you choose this champion with your personality?" I'm an INFP who tends to be the type of optimistic dreamer that can't handle high stress situations and likes to control what happens around them to help others. This can be seen with Thresh and Lee Sin who although they have high skill caps, they show the battlefield control and ability to contribute to their team while creating less stress for the team (( Lee Sin's ganks and kicks towards/away from the team and Thresh's hooks and Box )).

However, I'm slightly different, enjoying unpredictable or tank-like damage dealers for their role such as Gnar and Graves. Mostly because I like to be able to help my support with not needing as much healing with Grave's passive or being able to CC an entire team and then kite safely with Gnar. I like to take care of my team, even if I'm doing awful, by at least trying to not make myself a burden they have to carry. However, I will admit I also love playing Lulu who is possibly the striking image of an INFP who likes to; 1) Avoid conflict with the shield and MS boost. 2) Control their surroundings with Pix and Polymorph. 3) Have that almost dream-like quality of making one of your team members this giant, magical version of themselves that knocks nearby enemies into the air. Her personality is just too happy to be sad playing with her, even if you lose. :P

But then again, maybe we're BOTH thinking too far into this. ;)

Hydrawolf2 votes

Personally, I think it would also be interesting to see what percentage of different personality types play certain champs as well, but I can deal.

Also, INFP and karma main.

Literal Karma1 votes

My bro! INFP Karma main here as well. :)

shadowsaotome1 votes

ISFJ, and I <3 Sona. Very cool to sift through the results, what do you make of all this?

ShadowKnight12242 votes

My personal conclusion is that people care most about winning than playing the things that suit their personality the best. If you pay close attention, the most popular champions in every personality closely match LoLKing's list of champions sorted by popularity (Thresh, Vayne, Lee Sin, Yasuo, Lucian, Zed). Since practically every personality type favours what is already considered widely popular, it means people prefer champions that are perceived as powerful or have the capacity to make "flashy plays".

333lom1 votes

Then I'm not one of them! Really, people tell me: "why you don't play some champions that are strong?" My response is that I just like playing champs that suit me, regardless of their reputation.

ShadowKnight12242 votes

Yeah, there are definitely exceptions, as we can see from the results, and it's nice to see cases where a champion matches someone's personality. It's just a little disappointing that the data is going to be so distorted by champion popularity.

333lom2 votes

I think this survey is a great idea. It's a problem that many people tend to play champions which are said to be "winners" a lot. How about a survey which asks summoners with which champion they correlate the most? Which personality does remind them of themselves the most. Is it possible to include that in this survey? Just a thought.

ShadowKnight12242 votes

All great ideas for future surveys. I feel that since League is such a competitive game, results will always be skewed towards champions with high skill caps or win rates (or general perception of "OPness" by the community).

This does shed some interesting data: it proves that regardless of your personality, people play whatever they think will help them win.

Pryotra1 votes

INTP - Heimerdinger.

Assertive variant

Was close between him and anivia, but I have always had a spot in my heart for the little engi.

chriserit1 votes

For this survey there is just one problem .... popularity Popularity just ruin this survey giving bad results.

Edit: there is also a problem with the results this morning there was 9 Cassiopeia INTJ prefers (i was one of them) and now there are 0 prefers

Sir ArmaMalum1 votes

to the reply, while I made sure not to allow response editing there are roundabout ways to change your vote (like using the same gmail account but a different IP) as well as the occasional bugs with things like switching between public wi-fi routers. Usually they're quite rare but of course with this many people 'rare' is a matter of perspective. I have not touched the results myself yet, as that would defeat the entire purpose of the survey (on top of the fact I'm studying for thermodynamics test) so really that's all I got besides a "I have no idea how that could have happened".

On the popularity, while unfortunate it's unavoidable. Allowing multiple choices, asking for roles, or anything along those lines would be heavily influenced by popularity rule and skew the results. Here it's at least easy to see the popular champions (-cough- thresh -cough-) and analyze the data around that as well.

chriserit1 votes

Oh well about the edit I never thought you touched them i was just reporting the problem ... just to let you know this wasn't meant to be a critic, sry if you thougth so :(

Sir ArmaMalum1 votes

oh np at all! Sorry for the wall o' text, I'm in debate mode :P

I'll definitely be keeping a better eye on the results though just in case

Earl Eulrich1 votes

INTP/Graves

seems to be the most common personality around the boards and reddit for some reason.

Kingsgrave1 votes

Introverted Thinking tends to make you all about forums and asking questions and pondering things. The INTP section of personalitycafe.com/forum is one of the most active out of all the types.

ManiacalCoin1 votes

INTP, Teemo (don't hate me please)

Kingsgrave1 votes

I'm an INTP and you counter literally every single one of my faves except for Pantheon

lol

0beliskTormentor1 votes

WOW. I cannot believe how spot on this survey was. I play a lot of thresh and I enjoy improvisation and have to say ENFP personality types was the highest for thresh. Wow. I enjoy making decisions in game and dictating play.

bump

Pika3101 votes

Whilst choosing an apparently unpopular champion for ISTJs, the most popular(Thresh) was my 2nd most played champ last season. Still remains my go-to support this season, but my main role changed to ADC.

TouchMyNautyBits1 votes

ENTP

Shaco the Demon Jester!

Possta1 votes

I noticed a lot of people with SJ like thresh, while a lot of people with IJ like high mobility, high damage carries like vayne, ahri, and riven.

Personally I'm ISFJ, Riven

Kingsgrave1 votes

I find it interesting that most INTP and INTJ prefer Assassins.

Maybe you should compile new surveys asking the following:

  1. Are you Introverted or Extroverted? Which role do you prefer? Assassin/Support/Tank/Mage/Fighter
  2. What is your personality type? Which role do you prefer? Assassin/Support/Tank/Mage/Fighter

You might get clearer results that way. I'm willing to bet that most NT types are going to prefer Fighters and Assassins.

You might even have more fun making a survey that asks what roles people think Introverts and Extroverts would prefer.

Yeah so, us INTPs never stop thinking of questions to ask and things to edit. We are interesting aren't we?

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