Most Demacian champions don't look the part... why?

Basilio·2/22/2018, 3:54:59 PM·8 votes·2,242 views

So I just saw the Demacian dev diary and realized the Demacian Champions especially those who stayed in military service have completely different appearance than the ones was portrayed in the video (as well as some pictures in the Universe). This annoys me cause 1) the Noxian Champions look no different from their Universe common military counterpart, and 2) for a city-state of military cohesion and unity their isn't much uniform with the Champions in Demacia.

Okay. Let's take away Fiora, Vayne, Lucian and Poppy they obviously didn't stay in the military and one's a Yordle that just happens to love the place. As well as J4 and Shyv cause they're a rather liberal branch of the military. But what of Xin,Quinn, Garen and Lux?

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SEKAI2/22/2018, 4:30:22 PM13 votes

It's mostly because Demacia used to have a national colour scheme of seemingly equal emphasis on silver, blue, and gold, until Riot retcon it to be white base with gold outlines.

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t/27574526_701705710033069_3613574939262582784_n.jpg

From this fan art it displays the some of the earliest Demacian champions which used the old colour schemes of Demacian champs, they seem indeed very much uniform in colour with each other given that was the colour of Demacia after all. It isn't to say there were not outliners, such as Vayne and Shyv, who had their reasons for having more "personalised" style for similar reasons as say, XIn to some extent, but they mostly share a similar vibe and theme with again, seeming equal emphasis on silver, blue, and gold. But unfortunately that is not matching the now white focused Demacia national colour scheme anymore.

This is the reason why some of the older Demacian champs are now slowly going into visual updates to ensure consistency of this, such as Galio being changed to white from blue during his rework, or Xin's splash art update for instance.

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This also applies to Noxus too, how Swain got changed from his green robe into a black and red colour scheme (Noxus's national colour scheme). Same stuff.

Valor Bot2/22/2018, 4:38:02 PM11 votes

Most Demacian champions were created and designed way before the visual aesthetic of the faction had been locked in and solidified. Out of all of them I’d say Poppy, Taric and Galio are the only ones who are truly representative of its new look and feel (and even then, Taric is more Targonian than anything, after his comic “Ascent”). An argument could be made for Fiora as well, though I suspect she was also designed before the major worldbuilding update to Demacia.

ModWulf Helhammer2/22/2018, 4:07:24 PM6 votes

The champions we see aren't just regular run of the mill soldiers.

Garen is one of the Dauntless Vanguard, they are the elite force, the best of the best (also he is a member of the Crownguard family, who are tasked with protecting the Royal family)
Lux isn't part of the military. She uses her powers in secret (Cause Demacia hates magic) as sort of a spy.
Quinn is a wilderness scout. She isn't going to have large armor or anything like that. She's going to be wearing quick and light protection for better mobility and stealth.
Xin is also a special elite. He is the personal Steward to the Royal family (the Lightshields). Additionally, he is an outsider that was rescued from a Noxian fight pit.