Question: Are all bandits in Runeterra going to be cannon fodder? Or are there any a cut above?

darkdill·Feb 29, 2016·1 votes·701 views

It'd be nice to actually have a Champion who is a super-experienced bandit lord. A guy who's all "sack'em, boys!" or who loves to rape captive women as a pastime (which may or may not be elaborated on in lore; I mean Riot DID lightly allude to it in Leona's short story).

Sivir might be a mercenary, but she's no bandit. She doesn't just kill or femdom people for fun; it's only if she's paid enough. And Sejuani's a conqueror, so she's got more on her mind than just endless looting and slaughter.

To put it in perspective, it'd be awesome to have someone like Kano from the Mortal Kombat series (minus the laser eye), though less mercenary and even more repulsive.

16 Comments

Mirage NightFeb 29, 20163 votes

TwistedFate Gangplank Are crying now.

GreenLoreFeb 29, 20161 votes

twisted is more of a thief and a trickster,while gangplank is a pirate(granted that is more or less a sea bandit).

The opener is most likely referring to a character who pillages villages and robs people with force.

Laughing FishFeb 29, 20161 votes

Olaf (When he is not killing monsters)

GreenLoreFeb 29, 20161 votes

He's a viking/berserker and actually works for sejuani,so he is part of an organized army.

HandheldBrandonMar 1, 20162 votes

Ahem

Gangplank Is/Was a pirate lord and pretty much the king of Bilgewater and any and all pirates around.

He was not just some shitty sea bandit you peasant.

SuperLuigiLXIVFeb 29, 20163 votes

Well, that's kind of the thing about banditry: it's something you do when you're not very good at doing anything better.

Anyone with the strength, skill, or ability to make it into the League of Legends is, by default, going to at LEAST have the skillset to be either a higher class criminal or a larger scale villain.

One-Tooth Zomo who runs a band of cutthroats to ambush wealthy merchants in remote places where there are no peacekeepers to speak of is simply not ready to step into the ring and throw down with master ninjas, spirit callers, giant crystal scorpions, and eternal undead avatars of suffering.

Lost RFeb 29, 20162 votes

The Bilgewater-based champions that aren't Illaoi, Nami, Fizz, Tahm Kench or Nautilus - Gangplank, Miss Fortune, Graves, and Twisted Fate, in other words - are all basically bandits (bandits of the sea, or pirates), but a combination of determination, brutality and a little bit of luck have set them apart from the rest of the pack. Vi, before she became deputy of Piltover was a heister (urban bandit who goes after the big scores). Sivir is a bounty/treasure hunter with no supernatural abilities or background (aside from a royal/Ascendant ancestry) that makes her distinct; basically she's a champion because she was the right woman in the wrong place.

Even so soon after the Bilgewater event, people forget so easily how many badass normals we have in the roster; people who can hold their own against champions with phenomenal cosmic powers.

HandheldBrandonMar 1, 20161 votes

Sivir Is pretty much the most skilled mercenary in all of Valoran.

Shes already way above the rest of her peers in terms of skill and ability and on top of that she is a descendant of one of the greatest emperors of Shurima and one of the more powerful beings alive.

OurLestradeFeb 29, 20161 votes

Glad someone pointed this out. So much of the new lore just has a scene where the main character slaughters a bunch of bandits, or Noxians if they're feeling giddy :l

Laughing FishFeb 29, 20161 votes

TwistedFate Gangplank Graves

Vistha KaiFeb 29, 20161 votes

Only Gankplank fits and that's a stretch.

Not exactly what OP was staying.

FasmodeyFeb 29, 20161 votes

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Twisted Fate doesn't bully and kill innocent people because of why not, neither Graves I think. They're thiefs and they steal from rich people, generally bad ones.

They're more likely true neutrals. They think about their goodness.

GreenLoreFeb 29, 20161 votes

I guess they could make a champ like that eventually,they actually worked on one at one point(called rob blackblade),but he got cancelled(granted he looked rather lame).