Kayle's Helm

HeresyUntoFedex·7/27/2017, 6:57:43 AM·30 votes·2,161 views

Or rather the lack-thereof in practically all of her skins save for recolors for something so significant and important to her character kind of bothers me.

Silver/Viridian - Recolors of base Helmetless - As the name would imply, literally the only change is the REMOVAL of the helmet Battleborn - Helmetless(also has goofy boobplate but that's a whole other discussion). Aether Wing - Helmetless Riot - riot helmet with the visor up and sunglasses, providing no frontal protection what-so-ever. Iron Inquisitor - While it does have what can be assumed to be a mask covering the face, said mask looks pretty much like a normal face save for the coloration, closed eyes and small trails of blood leaking out of the eyes. Could possibly not be a mask too, the jury's still out on this one. Pentakill - Helmetless

That's 5 skins out 8 that don't have the helm, and considering Silver/Viridian are practically chromas it can be narrowed down to 5 out of 6.

Kayle's supposed to be the Order to Morgana's chaos, and nothing is more orderly than wearing your full suit of armor like a good soldier, helm included. And let's not forget how her lore stated that she donned the helmet and avoids showing her face because she essentially had her soul crushed under the weight of war. Sure, the bio also says she is incredibly beautiful under the helm too, and that's alright, but it doesn't mean you have to rip the damned thing off every chance to make sure we know just how spectacular she looks.

The helmet(and armor) helps to differentiate her silhouette and features from other champs, especially other members of the early female roster than tend to suffer a bit from "same-face", and a cool helmet just makes everything better. Mordekaiser and Pantheon know what's up, you don't see them running around to show off their faces, so why does Kayle need to in practically all of her skins?

Please Riot, stop making The Judicator betray The Fellowship of the HelmetBros! [zombie-nunu-tears]

30 Comments

Malicious Metal7/27/2017, 12:32:33 PM9 votes

Honestly, she's my favorite female champion in terms of overall theme and I really hope we'll get some more helmet Kayle.

I've been trying to get Mastery 7 on her for ages now anyways-

Jeddy0177/27/2017, 1:30:48 PM6 votes

You know what would be cool? If they actually go back & add helmets to more of her skins when her VGU comes. Not all of them, Pentakill & Helmetless (duh) can be exceptions.

Kayle is supposed to be a badass Judicator who's completely cover in armor & you can't even see her face (that includes the lips Riot! *looking the female PROJECT skins*), like Samus from Metroid. There's no other female champ who covers that niche.

Grimm Howl7/27/2017, 7:05:24 AM4 votes

I get what you're saying, but to be frank... Morde doesn't even have a face or a body for that matter under any of that armor. Haha

DarkRitual7/27/2017, 10:57:23 AM4 votes

Expect it to be like Taric's shield. Come VGU time, say goodbye.

Krabohod7/27/2017, 1:57:19 PM4 votes

But.. BUT.. Did you even see how beautiful Kayle is without helmet? She's really pretty

ChompyWulf7/27/2017, 5:20:57 PM2 votes

Another reason for me to hate PentaKayle is a missed opportunity to give her a badass helmet.

yingwhy7/27/2017, 9:48:58 PM2 votes

No love for Judgement Kayle huh? [zombie-nunu-bummed]

Demoncraze3/6/2019, 11:17:58 AM2 votes

I was so excited to start playing kayle with her new rework. Until today when I saw their champion spotlight for her. "At level 11, Kayle's helmet comes off" they said and I saw her with some almost anime type hair style and I thought: I don't want to play her anymore.

I get that they want her to change a little during the game to show that she gets stronger but it makes no sense to throw off a helm. Especially when it defines her, protects her and looks rad.

Don't take off heir cool helm please. Change it.

NekoniClaws7/27/2017, 8:19:26 PM1 votes

Not to disregard your tastes, (or diss their designers) but I personally find Kayle (and Pantheon for that matter) to be lacking.

They're similar to pre-rework warwick. "A werewolf". For Kayle it's "archangel Mi(Kayle); but female" (that's all I get from her)

Kayle, without her helmet, lets me see the determination on her face. It also gives the visual of unrelentant beauty combined with undefiable strength (a nice combination). I'm not against her face being concealed- but that helmet had better be up to Jhin, Zed and Mord levels of personality before I like it more than her face.

KoKoboto7/27/2017, 1:36:23 PM1 votes

It's cause of sexualization and stuff and sex sells and all that. People like looking at females but you can't really look at a female if they got their face covered all the time. Riot believes that they will sell more if they have Kayle with less face covering. It's funny because even in her most recent face hiding skin they cover her face but give her that skin tight body suit xd

Another example of this is with DJ Sona where she shows her lips in in other versions of her DJ to show her femininity, also THA BOOOOOOOOOOOTY. Same with T H I C C Riven. It's just how the world works xd

However Rito has done a lot of good skins that aren't all sexualized. So it's not that they do it all the time, it is waaaaay better than before lolol

StigtriX7/27/2017, 11:06:01 AM1 votes

Let us just wait for a Project skin with a cool helmet and toggleable visor :) Best of both worlds!

Kàyle7/27/2017, 3:37:01 PM1 votes

I interpreted the lore a bit differently, as saying that she "Protected her eyes and soul from war," and basically took it as a metaphor as protection from corruption. It's the face of purity where as morgana is chaorrupted. She's justice where as morgana is unjust, She's utopia where as morgana is dystopia.

In regards to skins, they usually play off of different fantasies. She's an older champion, so i wouldn't really count the recolors or legacy.. (No helm / Recolors are basically the same thing.) We have Riot, Aether Wing, Iron inquisitor, and PentaKayle.

I think in terms of the fantasy of the skin, we really could use more skins like Iron inquisitor, where she explores the dark corners of justice, and maybe some more lighter themed skins as well.

Sinlaire7/27/2017, 5:38:51 PM1 votes

Now I need to know what Pantheon looks like under his helmet...

Armor of the FIfth Age Taric smoulder with some Brad Pitt Achilles action maybe?

Rito it needs be done.