Hi Riot! Do the More Powerful Champions In Lore Have Longer Fingers??

StellarPrime·3/30/2015, 7:36:42 AM·2 votes·2,913 views

I've added 4 attachments so you can actually see. As you can tell from the title there's a trend in LoL where powerful characters in lore have long fingers. This trend is particularly noticeable in , , , , and a few others. I noticed one thing that the five of these champions had in common though was that they're not entirely human. Their long fingers continue in the splash arts for all of their skins also. Just look at Bloodstone Lissandra, Galactic Azir, Blood Moon Kalista, and even SKT T1 Zyra. I just thought this trend was really interesting and I wonder if anyone else has noticed or has cared to notice.

I'd love an answer from Riot because I'm sure there's some reasoning and logic to this trend!

11 Comments

Krigjer3/30/2015, 4:38:02 PM5 votes

I want to add onto that artistic explanation.

Long, slender and pointy things generally show something as sinister and inhuman.

Ebonmaw Dragon3/30/2015, 2:55:22 PM3 votes

http://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/img/champion/splash/Veigar_0.jpg

The "fingers" of his "hand" are bigger than his feet

Therefore: Veigar must be the most powerfull champion.

Nameless Hero3/30/2015, 12:12:56 PM2 votes

Hi Stellar, nice observation. However, I think that it is just artistic license to show that they have reach and power. Similar to how in art classes, we are told to exaggerate the length of the fingers if we want to show power, exaggerate the arms to show strength, exaggerate the head to show intelligence, exagerate the length of the nose to show evil/old age.

Not to mention the boobs and hips to show femininity. XD

StellarPrime3/30/2015, 7:41:47 AM1 votes

For some reason I could only add 4 pictures so I went those 4 above. However the trend continues in Elise and Cassiopeia . Syndra Syndra's fingers are also longer but aren't as long as these 6 other champs. Is that perhaps she's still human unlike the others?

GreenLore3/30/2015, 12:20:11 PM1 votes

Actually I don't think azir has such large fingers,I mean keep in mind that he is taller than your average human and wears fancy gloves over his hands.(something similar goes for cassiopeia who wears metal claws on her hands)

Also I wouldn't count Zyra Cassiopeia and Elise to the "more powerful" champions as they seem pretty average in terms of combat skills(from a lore point of view,I mean Lissandra managed to hide her presence for centuries and killed countless queens,azir is shown to create an army on his own in the shurima video,Kalista has become an avatar of vengance and syndra created a floating castle on her own)

Gapybo3/30/2015, 5:21:11 PM1 votes

I think it's meant to emphasize the fact they are not entirely human anymore. I doubt it's a power level indicator.