Out of curiosity, which champions are left handed?

Blood Mefist·7/13/2017, 4:15:29 PM·21 votes·7,173 views

I noticed Urgot's rework makes him left handed since his right hand is just a big gun. This got me kind of wondering, what other champions are left handed? A Red response is unlikely, but if every hero in Overwatch can love pineapple on pizza, then anything is possible.

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Cowseed7/13/2017, 6:38:35 PM21 votes

Well I think we can all agree Trynamere isn't left handed ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

SEKAI7/13/2017, 5:57:04 PM14 votes

There are quite a few ambidextrous champs.

  1. Ashe for example has different skins where she holds the bow with different hands. This is the same for Teemo.
  2. Yi has his Assassin Yi skin in which he holds his sword with his left hand while all of his other skins he holds with his right. What's more important to note is that if I recall correctly, Yi also switches hands on the sword when he does his double-AA, but I may be wrong on his.
  3. All of the duo-wielders could be loosely considered ambidextrous. Such as Draven, MF, Lucian, Zed, Akali, and loosely Jinx etc, who seem to prefer both hands equally when using tools.
  4. GP may be another example. Since he uses pistol in 1 hand while sword in another, and both are very important to his kits. Though he's probably a right-hander given that he typically uses his pistol on his right hand more.

Left handed champs are also in league.

  1. Jhin could be considered one. Because his primary weapon is used by his left hand. Him favouring his left hand can be somewhat confirmed in that he bows by having his left arm in front of him and his right behind him. (though others said he's confirmed ambidextrous )
  2. Twitch uses his crossbow on his left hand. It's obvious he's left handed. I think most, or all of his skins also holds his weapon with a primary left hand focus.
  3. Similar to Twitch, Quinn is also left handed, whose crossbow is also on her left. This is true for all of her skins apart from her Phoenix skin I think.
  4. Believe it or not, Olaf is probably left handed. Because while he uses both hands for combat seemingly without discrimination between the 2, he throws his axe with his left (iirc). It may indicate that he favours his left hand.
  5. (as mentioned which I stole) Ezreal's gauntlet thingy is on his left, which is central to all of his spells. So he's probably left handed.
  6. (as mentioned which I stole) Fiddlestick wields his sickle on his left, which he uses for his spell. He's left handed.
sumerska7/13/2017, 4:27:34 PM10 votes

It was stated that Zed is ambidextrous, so he does use his left.

DorkunedAuras7/13/2017, 6:22:39 PM6 votes

My understanding is that Ezreal is not necessarily left handed. He got a gauntlet, and it's a left handed gauntlet. That doesn't make that arm his primary arm.

Tin Obliterates7/13/2017, 4:20:16 PM5 votes

I'd say Jhin, since he holds his gun in his left hand.

But then again he also uses his W with his right hand, so it's not really clear.

Eternal7917/13/2017, 5:06:48 PM5 votes

It would kinda suck for him if Urgot wasn't.

CasterGilgamesh7/13/2017, 11:25:22 PM5 votes

ew pineapple pizza?what blasphemy is this?!

PePsiLemoNN7/13/2017, 4:51:35 PM4 votes

Aatrox , maybe LeeSin but he probably is ambidextrous

General Esdeath 7/13/2017, 11:54:37 PM2 votes

Pantheon in all skin splash arts Rageborn DrMundo Twitch Janna in some splashes, but it's just a staff so I don't know Taric unless he's able to use both hands well (I think in some AA animations he switches hands) Veigar

Fefnil7/14/2017, 12:01:05 AM2 votes

Whew, all of them? I will probably miss many of them, but let's see:

99% left handed, for obvious reasons: Aatrox Ashe Fiddlesticks Gangplank Jax Janna Jhin Kalista Karthus Kayle Kayn Kindred MasterYi Pantheon Quinn Taric Twitch Veigar

Uncertain left handed: Braum since he uses a shield with his right hand, and while it's his only weapon, it's also an arm shield (and not a grip shield like Goofy from Kingdom Hearts, just to make an example); this essentially means it uses an unnatural position for the dominant arm. Jinx this was tricky, since she uses both of her main weapons with both hand; I went for left handed only because she keeps her gun on the left side, so maybe it's her preferred side. Olaf definitely ambidextrous, but he throws axes with his left hand, and throwing is generally a movement done by the preferred arm, if one can choose. Singed same as Braum.

Side note: many champions are definitely ambidextrous. However, ambidextrous people still have a preferred side, so they can still be categorized that way.

ReisenTheDos7/14/2017, 6:00:17 AM2 votes

Vi is a confirmed left handed. It was mention by one of the rioters during her AMA when she was first release.

Shadowkirby147/13/2017, 5:24:02 PM2 votes

Fiddlesticks is left-handed.

Leyin7/13/2017, 4:40:49 PM2 votes

Ezreal

mkyner7/13/2017, 11:36:36 PM1 votes

Velkoz

Wolfeur7/14/2017, 12:35:36 PM1 votes

Depends, do you consider in game model or splashes? If splashes, do you consider skins?

For example, splash-wise, all Darkin champs are, but in-game, Varus is not.

Sozan57/14/2017, 6:29:44 PM1 votes

I think Teemo is left-handed on all his skins except Lil' Devil and Omega Squad, as he's holding the blowgun with his right hand during dance and idle animations - on all the other animations he's holding it with both of his hands (well, neither of his hands to be precise, it awkwardly floats in front of him xD).

BabyNaix7/14/2017, 9:29:22 PM1 votes

ezreal i think

Nixtarma7/17/2017, 7:54:41 PM1 votes

My only real contribution to this is that Xerath is probably ambidextrous, as in his auto-attacking animation, he throws bolts of energy from both hands.