Should there eventually be a Champion with a "Robin Hood"-esque story?

darkdill·Jul 16, 2015·1 votes·996 views

So far, League doesn't have a Robin Hood-esque character in its roster, and I'm thinking that could be a nice addition to the roster. Basically, League needs a thief, and said thief could be the type who steals from the rich and gives to the poor. Charitable heroes like that are always a nice addition to a fantasy story, IMO.

But I doubt everyone would agree with me on that. They could say "cliche" or "boring", so how could we "Leagueify" it? (Well, for starters, I'd have said thief NOT be a bow-user, because Ashe monopolizes that already.)

Anyone want to discuss? Or is it just going to be a torrent of "wrong board" reports?

10 Comments

Deep Terror NamiJul 16, 20153 votes

Gangplank "I take from the rich and give to...Meself! Yeaharr!"

FrozenMistninjaJul 16, 20151 votes

I am only approving this idea if the character is visually a fox like in the old cartoon!

darkdillJul 16, 20151 votes

Sadly, we already have Ahri .

FrozenMistninjaJul 17, 20151 votes

NO! SHES A HUMAN :P, I want an actual FOX

Kamiroo WolfJul 16, 20151 votes

Never too late to make one of Evelynn . She just happens to be a bit more angry and bloodthirsty than Robin.

Melancholy ExileJul 16, 20151 votes

I certainly wouldn't have a problem with that so long as it was handled well.

My immediate thoughts (Literally top of the head ideas):

Noxian from the slums who deliberately targets the rich and powerful who have done nothing to deserve their wealth, coasting off the labours of their ancestors and suffering of others. Is tolerated to an extent by the powers that be because anyone of means who can't stop a lone thief from humiliating them clearly got what was coming to them.
Zaunite who poaches tech from both the local megacorporations and Piltover's outskirts to try and improve the lives of those around them, maybe working with sympathetic groups to try and reverse engineer harmful designs into something better. Perhaps even make them more of a revolutionary figure who wants to break the hold of the corporations on Zaunite politics, clean up the city and rebuild things from the ground up.

Kamiroo WolfJul 16, 20151 votes

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I certainly wouldn't have a problem with that so long as it was handled well.

My immediate thoughts (Literally top of the head ideas):

Noxian from the slums who deliberately targets the rich and powerful who have done nothing to deserve their wealth, coasting off the labours of their ancestors and suffering of others. Is tolerated to an extent by the powers that be because anyone of means who can't stop a lone thief from humiliating them clearly got what was coming to them.

Zaunite who poaches tech from both the local megacorporations and Piltover's outskirts to try and improve the lives of those around them, maybe working with sympathetic groups to try and reverse engineer harmful designs into something better. Perhaps even make them more of a revolutionary figure who wants to break the hold of the corporations on Zaunite politics, clean up the city and rebuild things from the ground up.

Demacian rebel whose sense of security and mother have both been taken away from him via corrupt Demacian ideals. Singling out the nobles who dare exploit the weak and personify themselves holy, our rebel utilizes range to not only kill from a large distance, but spot out and locate riches belonging to the slain “1%" for anyone in the slums who pledges themselves to his cause. Currently targeting King Jarvan III and his son, the prince, our rebel and his globally crafted weapon have a lot of work cut out for them.

OuttaControl56Jul 17, 20151 votes

There are already a lot of thieves in LoL.

You got plunderers like Gangplank and MissFortune .

You got swindlers like TwistedFate and Graves .

You have champions who have roguish tendencies that could also lead to a fair bit of stealing: Ekko , Twitch , Evelynn , MonkeyKing and Fizz .

You have artifact hunters like Cassiopeia .

I mean, if you're gonna try for a Robin-hood archetype, you're going to have to make it a Robin-hood archetype because all of the other branches are already occupied. But unfortunately I don't think that a Robin hood is really feasible in the Runeterran universe.

Kamiroo WolfJul 17, 20151 votes

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There are already a lot of thieves in LoL.

You got plunderers like and .

You got swindlers like and .

You have champions who have roguish tendencies that could also lead to a fair bit of stealing: , , , and .

You have artifact hunters like .

I mean, if you're gonna try for a Robin-hood archetype, you're going to have to make it a Robin-hood archetype because all of the other branches are already occupied. But unfortunately I don't think that a Robin hood is really feasible in the Runeterran universe.

Wait? Wukong? What'd he steal? He leaves a clone behind...not exactly super stealthy xD

OuttaControl56Jul 18, 20151 votes

Some of these people have thief mentalities, not actually recorded to have stolen anything. But you can imagine Wukong doing a dine 'n' dash with his clone, leaving Master Yi to foot the bill, can't you?