Champion niche i find oddly unexplored.

Terozu··2 votes·1,995 views

An outright dainty girl.

Prim and proper. Elegant and sweet. I feel like it could be a cool champ idea. Some girls like that kind of image.

The closest we have is Sona, who is trying to keep a serial killer empath weapon under control.

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Ramaero1 votes

I am a guy so I never really gave this much thought, and as as girl champs go I like the figher/assassin ones like Fiora(my favorite one); despite that you actually made me look through all the girl champs and the closest ones fitting what you described aside from Sona I could find was Lux and Janna LOL and both are kinda a stretch to the theme you brought up.[sg-miss-fortune]

Ya I agree and am a bit surprised Riot hasn't made a champion that has that theme...again Sona is there and kinda Lux and Janna. By what you said," An outright dainty girl. Prim and proper. Elegant and sweet," makes me think of like the princess theme with the beautiful dress look and being innocent, kind, and pure of heart. You make a good point.

Lux I think is the poster girl for League, and I believe if they made one like you suggested it might join her in how popular Lux is. You have my upvote. This is definitely a good idea.

[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Terozu1 votes

I'd say Kat is the poster girl for league tbh.

She appears in virtually every promo image, was in every trailer/cinematic and is an older champ.

And yeah a princess type champ is what im thinking of.

MrShunpo1 votes

[katarina-love]

Ramaero1 votes

Ah cool, ya I thought it might fit. Also I think Lux and Kat are both the top poster girls then lol. You make a good point about Kat, but I think lux kinda took over more recently with the Star Guardian cinematics and her Elemantalist lux one also. Lux first came to mind though cause I just see her so often compared to Kat in general.

Anyway as you said they haven't really went too strongly in the princess direction for a champion, and Sona is the closest one for sure.

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

Janna Lux Taliyah Don't these fall in this archetype too? Especially Janna has a really kind personality, she is elegant in my eyes as well. And she has no murder weapon, she just tries to help the people of Zaun as a friendly wind spirit.

The gross girl archetype is something I miss more in this game. Someone who looks creepy and scary, while still being human.

Terozu1 votes

Janna - Call Girl Lux - Battle Mage and trained warrior Taliyah - Tomboy rough and tumble type

Janna seems like she's be right at first glance, and her voice even seems to suggest it, but reading her lore and such you find she's much more violent then one might expect.

Like Ramaero said I'm thinking more princess type then anything else.

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

Janna and violent?

Actually nothing I read in her lore so far supports that statement at all. She is a symbol of hope and grace in Zaun. Her lore tells that she is helping the merchants travelling the sea. Not even really harming the evil pirates and bandits, just hindering them by sending winds to divert them from their course.

The 2 short stories in which she is mentioned she 1. Rescues a falling child with her wind and 2. hugs a sad person to give consolation.


Anyway, princess type... Ok, I get your point about lore and personality. But what would you like such a champion to be in the actual game?

When I think about a princess, I would imagine a completely passive support commanding around her ADC as a servant to protect her instead of vice versa. But completely passive support is probably not something that will be developed so soon, since Riot strives to make supports more active nowadays.

So, what do you suggest how to represent such a personality in gameplay?

Terozu1 votes

Janna knocked everyone on a high balcony system into the mud below after hugging the guy.

I feel like a princess type would have to have a whole new gameplay element.

She would have to have little to no actual direct combat skills.

Something like,

Passive - idm Q - She creates a destructible spire that casts a regenerating shield on allies in range. W - She creates a series of destructible walls to block out the enemies. Alternatively some kind of tethered heal. E - She performs a short dance in a target direction charming enemies who she comes in contact with. R - Passive - She allows herself and nearby allies to move through units. Active - She shoots out a line, the line then splits clearing all units to the sides creating a pathway.

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

I am startled. You call that violent? It was just a prank against some guy discriminating people for being a "sump-rat".

If you consider that violent, what do you expect from your champ then? She would have to be a complete pacifist up to this point that she completely forbids her allies to kill the enemy as long as she is anywhere close.


This is what I meant. This kit is completely passive, it doesn't require any interaction directly with the enemy (and that was your goal, no direct combat abilities).

And this is something that this game tries to get away from. It is not fun for the enemy if there is a support that stays way behind just influencing the battle indirectly through her teammates.


I want to point out: It is not my goal to say the archetype you envision is impossible. Having some kind of Himedere champ could be fun.

I just think that it is pretty challenging to implement this in a right and healthy way, since such a personality will usually be associated with passiveness. If Riot can figure out a way to do this, then it would be a nice addition.

Terozu1 votes

This kit has minimal interaction with enemies yes but not no interaction.

Her shield can be nullified by destroying the spire, her walls are breakable, her E is an offensive ability that puts her at risk.

Her R, not so much, i dont know what her ult should be.

I think they should keep direct enemy interaction small, but let things like her abilities be nullified by destroying sources.

SEKAI1 votes

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Janna - Call Girl Lux - Battle Mage and trained warrior Taliyah - Tomboy rough and tumble type

Janna seems like she's be right at first glance, and her voice even seems to suggest it, but reading her lore and such you find she's much more violent then one might expect.

Like Ramaero said I'm thinking more princess type then anything else.

Janna may have originally been made as a call girl joke because hello 2009, but she's now a goddess, who saves and guides the people of Zaun, the pinnacle of everything feminine and all that is elegant.

I wouldn't say much on Lux, given she has always been pretty adventurous. But she's still elegant and kind-hearted (if you can overlook her obnoxious in-game laugh VO).

Taliyah is the "country girl" type. She's still "proper" and "elegant", just her terms are more 'practical'; hence why she dresses "properly" and "elegant" in her forms, and emphasise things like every girl needing a good pair of shoes. And her heart is pretty good too. Her general design reflects quite strongly of the protagonist template of the "hero's journey" narrative archetype.

The DrBonjigollo1 votes

I think that’d go to Caitlyn. I didn’t read too much into her lore and stuff, but her outfit, love of tea and cupcakes, and the “Did You Know” that says her parents got her the gun for her birthday makes me think she follows “Prim and Proper” archetype. Hell, even Camille follows “Prim and Proper” though she is an Assassin.

However I would be fine with a nice, rich girl character, something like Phoebe from Battleborn.

Hiraeth Oblivion1 votes

so.. kind of like Caitlyn + Sona?

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