Has anyone noticed...

Valor Bot·7/9/2016, 4:40:23 AM·6 votes·1,421 views

...that Champions who occupy similar thematic spaces tend to come in male and female pairs?

**The Snipers: ** Caitlyn and Jhin

**The Plants: ** Zyra and Maokai

**The Scouts: ** Quinn and Teemo

**The Demolitionists: ** Jinx and Ziggs

**The Pirates: ** MissFortune and Gangplank

**The Blade-Assassins: ** Katarina and Talon

**The Earth Benders: ** Taliyah and Malphite

**The Air Benders: ** Janna and Yasuo

**The Fire Benders: ** Annie and Brand

**The Water Benders: ** Nami and Fizz

**The Malicious Specters: ** Kalista and Thresh

**The Robots: ** Orianna and Blitzcrank

**The Felines: ** Nidalee and Rengar

**The Dragons: ** Shyvana and AurelionSol

**The Peace Ninjas: ** Akali and Shen

The Duet: Sona and Bard

and of course,

Draven: Draven and Draaaaven

26 Comments

Chase Me Daddy7/9/2016, 9:01:32 AM3 votes

Fizz isn't really a water bender or mage. He just comes from an ancient race and found an ancient trident. While most of his abilities have some little water particles it's more about the trident than water itself. Now that I think of it a offensive non support water mage could be amazing if done right. R1t0 plz. But for the rest you're right. Never actually noticed that if there are champions with similiar themes the counterpart is mostly the opposite gender.

Silly Neeko7/9/2016, 8:10:39 AM3 votes

Kennen is with Akali and Shen in ninjas.... and Trista is with teemo, dont make her jealous or she will blow up your house with her buster shot :o

Arakadia7/9/2016, 6:55:14 AM2 votes

Valor Bot is a cool name.

Mysterydoggy7/9/2016, 12:32:57 PM2 votes

wouldn't it be Riven and Yas since she has a special type of wind power?

Digielf7/9/2016, 1:53:05 PM2 votes

some of them don't really fit at all

GreenLore7/9/2016, 3:25:26 PM2 votes

In a few cases you seem to forget a few things. For example "the peace ninjas" also has Kennen And when it comes to malicious specters you could also count Hecarim

Mogarl7/9/2016, 4:47:15 PM1 votes

I'd guess that it's because if two characters do similar things the male - female difference is to ensure that even if they talk about similar things the voices are easily identifiable. If Yasuo would have been cast as female and the voice actor didn't sound significantly different from Janna's someone could easily mistake between who's talking.

Ozag the Mighty7/9/2016, 9:04:42 AM1 votes

You forgot Twisted Fate for pirates

MavenSong7/9/2016, 9:09:14 AM1 votes

Does bard even have a gender? .. I honestly cant recall.

SlyTactician 7/10/2016, 1:29:13 AM1 votes

Poor Kennen being forgotten in the Kinkou. D:

Though with the amount of champions having been released, it's inevitable for some to fall into similar thematics. Jhin and Caitlyn definitely do stand out as the snipers; however (though I feel Jhin was a much better executed vision of a sniper based champ imo).