At first I thought league lacked Asian characters...

Atuko·Dec 9, 2014·3 votes·2,060 views

But then I realized.

15 Comments

The SoulforgedDec 9, 20142 votes

Yah I guess. Ionia = asia

cshakesDec 9, 20142 votes

The real thing they're lacking is black/dark-skinned characters. There's Lucian and maybe Karma , Malzahar and Nidalee

rdash505Dec 9, 20141 votes

The real thing they're lacking is black/dark-skinned characters. There's and maybe , and

uhh pretty sure karma is black and malz is Arabic or something. Malzahar

NublordDec 9, 20141 votes

But Malza is getting whiter in next update.

cshakesDec 9, 20141 votes

Yeah well Karma and Nidalee appear white in a some of their skins (and Karma was originally white), and Malz's skin tone is relatively unknown. But the fact that there's like 4 black/tanned people out of how many humanoid champions means that they're lacking. There are more blue-skinned champs than dark-skinned ones.

WakamuneDec 9, 20141 votes

Karma could be based on Thai or Pakistan. I don't doubt that China or Japan has dark skinned asians because they still have tribes or very rural places so she could still be based on older Chinese/Japanese traditions.

http://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/img/champion/splash/Karma_1.jpg

I wonder if this skin references thai inspirations.

I think Sona is from ionia but was immigrated to or raised in Demacia. Sona

Nidalee...eh. Living in the jungle tends to make one dark-skinned so idk.

The SoulforgedDec 9, 20141 votes

Not sure if you can tell if zed is asian.

OnegarionDec 9, 20146 votes

Pretty much anyone from Ionia asian. Thats kind of the Asia for league.

Ebonmaw DragonDec 9, 20141 votes

Pretty much anyone from Ionia asian. Thats kind of the Asia for league.

MonkeyKing Udyr Syndra LeeSin Kennen

OleandervineDec 9, 20144 votes

Pretty much anyone from Ionia asian. Thats kind of the Asia for league.

Udyr and Kennen aren't Asian. They're from other continents who have come to live in Ionia.

And I agree with the lack of non-white champions. I was so hoping Kalista would be more African tribal than she was and less ancient Grecian. It's weird to me that we get a female Void creature before a black woman.

Rune OcarinaDec 9, 20142 votes

Don't we have Karma though? Which then brings me to a question. Why is Karma forgotten in discussions like these? We try to think of black champions and Lucian's the only one that instantly comes to mind for a lot of people. Is this a design error? I question if it's an error because Lucian is most notably recognizable by his guns. Doesn't this put a bad image if we can only remember a black champion because of a stereotype like this but we can't remember a black champion (who's female by the way) and also has a unique magical ability? Just sayin'.

OleandervineDec 10, 20141 votes

Don't we have Karma though? Which then brings me to a question. Why is Karma forgotten in discussions like these? We try to think of black champions and Lucian's the only one that instantly comes to mind for a lot of people. Is this a design error? I question if it's an error because Lucian is most notably recognizable by his guns. Doesn't this put a bad image if we can only remember a black champion because of a stereotype like this but we can't remember a black champion (who's female by the way) and also has a unique magical ability? Just sayin'.

Karma is such a gray area. She's not distinctly black, but she is more Asian than anything. Vocally, she's definitely a black woman, but that was from the voice actor trying to channel Storm and Gaia from 90s cartoons. So no, I wouldn't call Karma a black woman and my comment still stands that we got a female Void monster before a black woman.

Klatn YeloxDec 11, 20141 votes

From her skin tone, I would say she is south american, but this isn't about earth races, so why is this even a question?

ApplyForAGrantDec 9, 20141 votes

And all except Karma of them are (or used to be) insanely broken.

CriomhthannDec 9, 20141 votes

Udyr and Kennan are not from Ionia.

Malzahar is not black (his original was closer to either white or "arab", people claimed black because of the in game textures on his fingures). Syndra is absolutely Asian, and Karma is a dark skined Asian.

Lucian is currently the only black champion as far as I am aware.

Ionia is the Runeterra's equivalent to Asia.