84 male champs with the addition of bard
And only 40 females... All the epic kits get soaked up by male champs, sometimes I feel this is intentional.
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I would rather they let the champion genders roll naturally rather than forcing any given champ to be female just to fill the difference. I personally don't think it matters... I would bet that most gamers identify with each champ's persona rather than their gender.
And i'm just gonna throw this out there at the risk of sounding like a bigot--but I think gender roles aren't necessarily a bad thing when it comes to identifying with a character. Sure, any gender can fill any role, but that doesn't mean that the stereotype doesn't help enforce the personality. Draven just makes more sense to me as a male, whereas Ahri doesn't translate well to me as a male. Besides, no kitsune was ever male... so why force the issue when the profile fits? I do realize there are several that could have been ambiguous; i.e., Vi could have been male--but that character just seems so much more bad-A due to the fact that she is a super female bruiser.
And i hardly agree that the best kits get soaked up by males. Rek'Sai, Jinx, and LB have extremely loaded, very interesting kits just to name a few.
tl;dr Don't get me wrong, I'm all for more female champs. But I don't really think it's worth saying, "Hey, let's make a bunch of females to help balance the roster" when it might make the upcoming champion profiles suffer.
There's 42 female champions 82 Male champions.
This is fantasy, not the military. There were thousands of female goddesses, seers, witches, hunters, healers, spirits and so forth in mythology/history. Your argument is irrelevant. It shows a hint of bigotry even, aimed only on the western European, view of "One man rules everything." while throwing out the window the mythology, legends, history and culture of hundreds of other regions and peoples. Even Europe during the age of the vikings, women were often healers and witches, which... Are perfectly viable in LoL, it's not a game of only big burly fighters, it's full of mages and healers and assassins.
Eastern culture has had loads of female assassins for a long time, and all cultures not influenced by monotheistic male focused religion have loads of mythological female characters.
Interesting kits is subjective, I see most female kits as more convoluted, for example Brand who is super simple and fun, vs Syndra who is very complex. Kassadin or Zed who are easy to play, vs Akali or LeBlanc who are hard to play.
So? The audience is male? Most males in MMOs make female toons. I am male, most my male friends want more female champs.
Just for reference.
Amphitrite: - Greek Goddess of the sea and consort of the God Poseidon.
Aphrodite: - Olympian Goddess of love and beauty. She is certainly the most popular Deity of this Greek Goddess list.
Artemis: - The Greek Goddess of the hunt, nature and birth.
Asteria: - Goddess of the stars and the last immortal to live with man
Atalanta: - A competitive warrior Goddess, adventure and amazing runner. She was turned into a lion by Aphrodite.
Athena: - Goddess of war, wisdom and domestic crafts. She was one of the Olympian Goddesses
Baubo: - The bawdy crone Goddess who lifted her skirt in front of Demeter. She is one of the lesser known deities in the Greek Goddess list.
Demeter: - Goddess of the harvest and is most notably linked to the growing, preserving and harvesting of grain. Mother of Persephone.
Dike: - She was the Greek Goddess of moral justice.
Eos: - The beautiful Goddess of the dawn who brings the hope of a brand new day.
Eris: - Goddess of strife, discord, contention and rivalry.
Eirenne: - The Greek Goddess who symbolized peace.
Hebe: - Goddess of youth. She served nectar to the Gods.
Hecate: - Goddess of the wild places, childbirth and the crossroads. She is associated with magic and witchcraft.
Hemera: - Primordial Goddess of daylight.
Hera: - Queen of the Olympian Goddesses and Goddess of marriage
Hestia: - One of the original Olympians, she gave up her throne to become Goddess of the hearth and home.
Hygieia: - Goddess of health, cleanliness and sanitation.
Gaia: - Ancient Earth Mother Goddess.
Iris: - The Greek Goddess of the rainbow and servant to the Gods
Leto: - Titan Goddess and mother of Apollo and Artemis
Maia: - Spring Goddess and the eldest and most beautiful of Atlas's seven daughters who made up the Pleiades.
Mnemosyne: - The personification of memory in Greek mythology. She was also the mother of the Muses.
Metis: - Titan Goddess of wisdom and prudence. According to Myth Zeus swallowed the pregnant Metis whole and later gave birth to his daughter Athena from his head.
Nike: - The Greek Goddess of victory.
Nyx: - Ancient Goddess of darkness and night time
Persephone: - The Maiden Goddess and Queen of the Underworld.
Phoebe: - Described as bright and golden crowned, she was said to be a moon Goddess.
Rhea: - An Earth Goddess, responsible for the fertility of the soil, women and motherhood. She took over many of these roles from her mother Gaia.
Selene: - This Goddess was the Titan personification of the moon itself, unlike the later moon Goddesses
Theia: - Ancient Goddess of sight and the bright sky. She was mother Helios, Selene and Eos. Her name itself means Goddess.
Themis: - Greek Goddess of divine justice, order and customs. She also had the gift of prophecy as she was responsible for the Oracle of Delphi before it was passed onto Apollo.
Greek there are more gods yes, but then Norse there are actually more goddesses.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_deities
Just a few more
http://www.paranormalhaze.com/magical-femininity-womanly-creatures-that-kick-ass/
Even in the bible there are female figures with important roles, just usually less so as the cultures involved in it were more male orientated.
In Asian there are nearly limitless female spirits both benevolent and malevolent.
Keep in mind, "Spirits" is a weary word, many of these were just figure.
http://www.paleothea.com/LadyMonsters.html
Heck, even the Greeks had a female as the "Mother of all Monsters"
http://www.paleothea.com/Humans.html
Asking for female champions is no more disruptive to artistic creation than asking for more ADCs or asking for more technology users. And the ratio is really sad, considering the only role that genetically women are disadvantageous in is straight up fighter, which doesn't matter, this is a magical world where puny muscle-less humans wield swords large enough to crush somebody with just it's weight.
Not that I am not a feminist, I am not even a female, I just want more diversity, and more simple - straight forward - female kits.
Lol, so what? Most champs played are female anyway. Or things/animals.
Intentional? Not at all. True? Still not at all. I guess 
etc. all have bad kits.
About 14.5% of the U.S. Military consisted of females in 2011 Reference About 33% of the League of Legends cast consists of females.
Seems pretty generous, honestly. Keep in mind that not every single person in the world of Valoran is a League of Legends champion. In fact, a very, VERY small percentage of them are. Champions in League are grand heroes, mythical creatures, legendary warriors. These are the people that impact the entire world with their actions. These are people that little kids are told stories of around the fireplace, that lone travelers whisper about over a hushed meal on a lonely road, that drunken sailors rave and rant about in the back table of a tavern. Considering that, 33% is actually pretty generous. How many completely well known historical, mythical, or legendary figures can you think of off the top of your head? Now what percent of them are female?
Not that I see the big deal. The gender of champions is just one small part of their identity. I wouldn't want Riot to delay a bunch of cool champions because they need to make more female characters.
Female champions have a lot of my favorite kits, and that's true of a lot of people, as well. What I think is important here is that no champion feels like they were made male or female for obvious, arbitrary reasons. They just happen to be people who feel more like characters, for the most part, so I can appreciate any champion that comes out on this basis.
What is 
It isn't. It is just how thing turn out.