Why almost all mages are either girls or magical creatures?

Sujiren·Jul 24, 2017·3 votes·431 views

We have so many champions, but when it comes to choosing a mage from the male roster we have basically an unstable teenager Ekko and an old man Zilean. Thats basically it, everything else is either some sort of spirits or girls. I gues there is also Vlad and Swain but they are terribly outdated and barely even considered midlaners. Ad midlaners have so many badass human male characters, Yasuo, Zed, Talon, Kayn, Gangplank both lore wise and gameplay wise. Im a diehard human champion player and it upsets me that out of 130+ champion roster there is not a single mage that I could connect to and want to master/ main.

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CandurillJul 24, 20176 votes

Viktor Viktor is male and human :) TwistedFate Twisted fate is male and human :P Malzahar is male AND human. His power comes from the void...Donnoe whether he is possessed or something, but he's human :D Xerath Xerath is male, and he was human...he may not have a human body anymore, but he was very much humanoid before he ascended... Ziggs Ziggs is male...and not a spirit, though if you REALLY want a human then I guess this doesn't count. Same goes for Veigar Veigar and Rumble Rumble

All in all I think there are many male mages...who are also human (or at least mortal) :P Although new champions are always welcome ^^ If you have an idea, I'm happy to hear it :D

PartybringerJul 24, 20175 votes

Kassadin Malzahar TwistedFate

137434Jul 24, 20173 votes

Viktor ? Gragas (ok not common in midlane, but still somewhat mageish) ?

Problem with mages versus AD midlaners is weapons used, and thus theme. AD regularly uses their weapons so you can base the character's theme around it (i.e. shuriken > ninja). Mages just use magic which in the end is just color orbs and particle effects, so it is very hard to make a unique human theme for multiple ones. Hence why there is a tendency to make them spirits, only partially humanoid, etc to make the character more interesting and actually explain why they are a mage.

SujirenJul 24, 20171 votes

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?

Viktor is basically an android at this point hardly a human anymore.

SujirenJul 24, 20171 votes

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? (ok not common in midlane, but still somewhat mageish) ?

Problem with mages versus AD midlaners is weapons used, and thus theme. AD regularly uses their weapons so you can base the character's theme around it (i.e. shuriken > ninja). Mages just use magic which in the end is just color orbs and particle effects, so it is very hard to make a unique human theme for multiple ones. Hence why there is a tendency to make them spirits, only partially humanoid, etc to make the character more interesting.

I mean katarina throws daggers and is somehow a mage.

TequilaZombieJul 24, 20172 votes

Kat is an assassin. Using AP for damage doesn't make the champion a mage.

LostFr0stJul 24, 20172 votes

Ryze is human... well he's blue now from the rune power seeping into him but...

GeauxxJul 24, 20173 votes

I mean with that, logic... most of the male mages are humans, azir was a human before ascending xD

LostFr0stJul 24, 20172 votes

Indeed. At least Ryze doesn't look like an overgrown pigeon now though...

GeauxxJul 24, 20172 votes

No, but he looks like a mutant void creature with humanlike qualities at this point

CrettJul 24, 20172 votes

Vladimir Ezreal Swain Ryze Malzahar riot likes to be more creative in deviating from typical human designs when it comes to male champions. i don't like it but that's just how most media is. (i only don't like it because they don't do the same for female champions. all we really have is reksai and anivia) lore wise these are all humans (even brand) that have magical abilities (i know you mentioned vlad and swain, though i'm only considering lore, not gameplay)

there is an unexplored young mage theme. i want to play as a plain old dude in a wizard hat that throws fireballs and lightning bolts, at least once

SEKAIJul 24, 20171 votes

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Riot likes to be more creative in deviating from humanoids when it comes to male champions. i don't like it but that's just how most media is. lore wise these are all humans (even brand) that have magical abilities

Brand is referring to the spirit residing in that carbonated corpse that once belonged to a man named Kegan Rodhe, though. Brand doesn't really have a gender as far as they are concerned about themselves.

CrettJul 24, 20171 votes

you are right about that. i guess for someone lookin for a dude mage to play as, that is a grey area that i suppose they'll have to decide how they feel about for themselves