Roman Champions

King Crispinator··1 votes·1,596 views

I, like a few others, would love to see a Roman style champion. I was imagining the look of him in my head, while thinking of possible abilities that would do justice to the Roman fighting style. Then, I realized that the champion I was describing was Azir. Everything about his abilities is Roman. He is an emperor of a great nation. He has soldiers form shield walls. His turret creation reminds me of how the Roman line always took a while to set up and was well defended. (Obviously this is an over-simplification of Roman Tactics) It seems, to me, that a high quality, legendary skin for Azir based off of Rome would be better than a new champion. If you take his ult and replace the spears with the Roman swords (Gladius), it would be perfect. The more I think about it, the more it makes sense. Remember, the Egyptians were one of very few peoples whom the Romans did not think were barbarians. Arguably, the Egyptians were the only ones that Rome actually respected. Azir is clearly based off the Egyptians.

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Trídent2 votes

SPQR

King Crispinator1 votes

Senatus Populusque Romanus

CamboBambo1 votes

??? Pantheon ???

AmazingBeaver1 votes

Pretty sure he is based of Spartans .

GoodHotFreshFly1 votes

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Pretty sure he is based of Spartans .

Greek and Roman culture were extremely similar. Look at the mythology.

Chicken Sailor1 votes

Yeah I think Panth is about as close as you're going to get to what you want

AmazingBeaver1 votes

Yeah but Spartans are NOT the same thing as Romans they even fought each other at some point in history .

King Crispinator1 votes

The difference between Greece and Rome is that the Romans destroyed the Greeks militarily, and they absorbed the good parts of their society. Yeah there is Jaximus as a Roman skin, but Jax has no similarities with Rome. Azir on the other hand is inherently based on Rome, ability wise. Yes his lore and design are Egyptian, but his play style is Roman. A Roman Azir skin would be awesome.

GoodHotFreshFly1 votes

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The difference between Greece and Rome is that the Romans destroyed the Greeks militarily, and they absorbed the good parts of their society. Yeah there is Jaximus as a Roman skin, but Jax has no similarities with Rome. Azir on the other hand is inherently based on Rome, ability wise. Yes his lore and design are Egyptian, but his play style is Roman. A Roman Azir skin would be awesome.

That "difference" is irrelevant though. And Azir has a Roman kit? I'm pretty sure you could take the aesthetics of any culture's, especiallt empires, military and apply it to Azir's kit. It's not specifically Roman in any way, I do not know where you got that.

Considering that Runeterra is completely different from our world, an extremely and annoyingly specific approximate from our world such as a small difference between Greek and Roman, would only complicate things. Therefore, it can be correct to associate Pantheon with both Rome and Greece.

King Crispinator1 votes

It is dumb to associate skins with Runeterra. There are so many that are completely unrelated. Also, the longest lasting, most advanced, and most popular empire is Rome. Prior to Rome Alexander the Great's Phalanx was the dominant battle tactic. The Romans besting it in the invasion of Carthage marked the start of their reign for hundreds of years as the most powerful military. Of course, later on others used it, but they were all inspired by Rome. It would be cool for Azir to have a Roman style skin, because the abilities he uses resemble that of Roman battle tactcs.

King Crispinator1 votes

I left out a comma. Whoops.

GoodHotFreshFly1 votes

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It is dumb to associate skins with Runeterra. There are so many that are completely unrelated. Also, the longest lasting, most advanced, and most popular empire is Rome. Prior to Rome Alexander the Great's Phalanx was the dominant battle tactic. The Romans besting it in the invasion of Carthage marked the start of their reign for hundreds of years as the most powerful military. Of course, later on others used it, but they were all inspired by Rome. It would be cool for Azir to have a Roman style skin, because the abilities he uses resemble that of Roman battle tactcs.

I'm sure the Romans used many battle tactics. I'm still not sure how you get "Roman" out of Azir.

Francisco Pires1 votes

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Pretty sure he is based of Spartans .

Are you sure? Gotta remind you his name is Pantheon, a monument in Rome

AmazingBeaver1 votes

Pantheon may also mean important person or tomb for one .

King Crispinator1 votes

Pantheon is Roman only in name. He is Greek.

Lugg1 votes

Draven is like a gladiator. Jax Jaximus skin

King Crispinator1 votes

Yeah there is Jaximus as a Roman skin, but Jax has no similarities with Rome. Draven doesn't either. Azir on the other hand is inherently based on Rome, ability wise. Yes his lore and design are Egyptian, but his play style is Roman. A Roman Azir skin would be awesome.

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