So about those champions that lack magic but can do superhuman feats anyway.

DragonShea·12/20/2016, 5:35:49 AM·6 votes·2,010 views

One thing that has been bugging me for sometime has been the whole deal with some champions having little to no magical power yet can perform out right superhuman or even magical feats without little to no magic assisting in the act. Why can some of them do it anyways. So my question is: Is the magical powers of Runterra something that breaks the limits of normal human beings to the point where they can now do superhuman feats, and is it magical, runic, or even mystical in nature. So I think that it a combination of factors differing between each and every champion.

What do you guys think?

29 Comments

Ralanr12/20/2016, 3:44:24 PM4 votes

Well there are heroes in myths and legends who had no real powers but were still able to accomplish extraordinary feats. Best example is Odysseus who was very clever.

Champions are also not normal people. Even if they have no magical ability, they are extraordinary in certain ways. Olaf for example cannot die in battle (to his dismay) and there are marksmen who are just good shots with fancy gadgets (Graves and Caitlyn).

Talon's rework also showcases how mundane yet powerful he is with how he can effortlessly traverse terrain unlike other people.

MrNhbdy12/20/2016, 6:18:33 PM3 votes

I feel as though you dove too deep into a simple idea. We all know that the game is not cannon, which means that it is possible for certain abilities to be exaggerated.

Ex: Darius probably doesn't jump 20 feet in the air, this could be a "buff" to make him more of legend.

If your going to try to apply logic then at least try to imagine this from a story teller's perspective because we are playing a game about "legendary" individuals.

Ex: A man who is so extraordinarily stealthy that he could sneak up from behind you and kill you with daggers then run away by bounding over a wall could be said to be an "assassin who was invisable. The man was so adept at escaping it appeared as though no terrain could stop him."

Unless directly stated in lore of some form these abilities could be made up or over exaggerated things a commoner saw J4 or another champ do. It doesn't HAVE to be a super human feat.

RookPusher12/20/2016, 3:44:27 PM3 votes

You're assuming all magic is outward. By that logic, Wolverine isn't a mutant.

Oglaf12/20/2016, 4:00:32 PM2 votes

Well, you have to remember that these people are Champions. Creme de la Creme of their factions. Darius isn't an average footman in the Noxian army.

Rebonack12/20/2016, 6:34:56 AM1 votes

You mean stuff like Garen's skysword or Kat's blink?

Or are you talking about something else?

Drakavoid12/22/2016, 2:09:31 AM1 votes

Well, before anyone joins the League of Justice, they go through some examination. So since there are only 160 champions, they gotta be extremely special. So I'm sure everyone who participated have some sort of ability beyond natural.

YouCantClickThis12/20/2016, 8:18:11 AM1 votes

Well once you break the thought that everyone is just a normal "human" in Runeterra is when things might start making sense. There's magicians, wind warriors, yordles, and there's giant talking blobs. Not really sure where this notion that this is a DC type universe where majority of people are just ordinary weak humans. It would be more helpful if you could write down some examples of what you're talking about.

Really, how many "superhumans" wtih no magic are you talking about? I can only see the handful of ones in Noxus.

MaskedHeroman12/20/2016, 2:31:13 PM1 votes

Why did this get down votes?

PermabannedGaren12/21/2016, 8:15:33 PM1 votes

This is honestly just a very common trope in fiction, that of the charles atlas superpower.

Master Yi could rout entire invading armies of Noxians by himself, cutting down hundreds of soldiers with blinding speed in a single battle.

He doesn't do this using magic. He can do this because he's trained all his life to be able to do it, even though no human being IRL could do the same.

Olaf is similar. In the Shadow and Fortune story he fought the giant reanimated corpse of a leviathan and won with nothing more than his axes. He's one of the most "normal" characters in the setting, but still killed it, because he's had experience doing it for years.