@REAV3 and worldbuilders : clarity on which champions are vastaya
I , like many others, am very confused on which of the many anthromorphic champions are vistaya Now looking at the new lore provided we can say that all the vastaya have two common qualities Magical attunment and Ionian origin There are three groups of vastaya
- anthromorphs: complete animalistic features but walk upright
- Hybrids: blends of human and animal features
- Shapeshifters: those that can freely shift between completely human and completely animal
Some characters share these qualities completely or partially and since some have incomplete lore it we don't know for sure so I'm going to speculate some who may be vastaya and what traits work for or against them to be vastaya
: confirmed vastaya hybrid
: while he has the body of anthro, his current lore speaks of being a species outside of ionia and there are no magical elements in his abilities
: she has all the states to be a shapeshifter but her origin is kumungu.
We know kumungu is canon thanks to 
so now the question now is its location. If it is Ionia then we could safely call Nidalee a vastaya shape shifter
: a possible anthromorphic vastaya but the nature of his stealth is ambiguous in that it could be magical or technological . Also his claim of being the best hunter in runeterra would require him to go far to hunt beasts of different locations so his origin could be of another species outside Ionia
: a very likely anthromorphic vastaya when no cons to say other wise
maybe all races of vastaya (each race having its own special name) within the vastaya taxonomy.
Elise and 
Shyvana maybe special cases of vastaya created not by natural magicks, but with dark magicks.
, 
, 
may also be another form of vastaya from celestial natures.
and 
maybe vastaya through artificial chem tech means.
, Monoliths 
, and Phoenixes 
, tree-beings 
, which maybe also given a special taxonomy for their own natures.
