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Who is the Poster Child of LoL? *HARD STATS SON*

TzQGRUST39··29 votes·5,355 views

So, I was bored AF and so I decided to find out who was statistically the most recognizable face in LoL. I accomplished by going through every single official piece of artwork from Riot Games that:

  1. Had more than two champions featured
  2. Was not promoting a skin line

I had gone through eleven pictures of this type and tallied up points for each champion when they were featured in the art work, with each appearance equaling "1" point. After that, I had gone through every cinematic officially produced by Riot Games that:

  1. Was not directly tied to lore (That includes Journal of Justice)
  2. Was produced under the exact name "League of Legends"

Champions featured in a cinematic who were not a "skin" version of themselves (Sorry, Demonblade Tryndamere) got "3" points while champions who got their own music video got "5" points, because I feel like it. Alright, and now for the Results in 3rd, 2nd, 1st place ordering.

11th Place: "All the peasants who got no points, move on please." Artwork Appearances: 0-----Cinematic Appearances: 0------Total Points: 0

10th Place: "What game is this from?" Akali Braum Caitlyn Yasuo Shyvana DrMundo LeeSin Olaf Orianna Riven Shaco Shen Tristana Ziggs Artwork Appearances: 1-----Cinematic Appearances: 0------Total Points: 1

9th Place: "Oh Yeah! The Cougar Lady, Crocodile, and Robot!" Blitzcrank Nidalee Renekton Artwork Appearances: 2-----Cinematic Appearances: 0------Total Points: 2

8th Place: "The 'What's their Name Again?'s" Cassiopeia Draven Irelia Jax Nasus Nautilus Rengar Swain TwistedFate Artwork Appearances: 0-----Cinematic Appearances: 1------Total Points: 3 Ezreal Artwork Appearances: 3-----Cinematic Appearances: 0------Total Points: 3

7th Place: "The Recognizables" Darius Leona Malphite MasterYi Morgana Artwork Appearances: 1-----Cinematic Appearances: 1------Total Points: 4

6th Place: "The 'B' Team" Ashe Chogath Garen Graves MissFortune Warwick Artwork Appearances: 2-----Cinematic Appearances: 1------Total Points: 5 Jinx Artwork Appearances: 0-----Music Video Appearances: 1------Total Points: 5

5th Place: "The Star Players" Ahri Alistar Fiddlesticks JarvanIVKayle Mordekaiser Artwork Appearances: 3-----Cinematic Appearances: 1------Total Points: 6 Amumu Artwork Appearances: 1-----Music Video Appearances: 1------Total Points: 6

4th Place: "The Cuteness Factor of League of Legends" Annie Teemo Artwork Appearances: 4-----Cinematic Appearances: 1------Total Points: 7

3rd Place: "The Secret Lover of Riot Games" Nocturne Nocturne Nocturne Artwork Appearances: 6-----Cinematic Appearances: 1------Total Points: 9 Quite a surprise to me, someone at Riot really must have a soft spot for the guy.

2nd Place: "The Duke of League of Legends" Ryze Ryze Ryze Artwork Appearances: 4-----Cinematic Appearances: 3------Total Points: 13 For someone so heavily featured in advertising, he has the be the biggest problem child League has ever had balancing wise.

1st Place: "The Queen of League of Legends" Katarina Katarina Katarina Artwork Appearances: 6-----Cinematic Appearances: 3-------Total Points: 15 This could be for multiple reasons, but I think it comes down to having a very cool and very attractive design.

Well there it is, too much work for too little reward, but it's fine. If you would like links to all artworks and videos I used as sources, I can provide. Katarina is the Poster Child of League of Legends, I don't think anyone was that surprised. Also, it is impossible that I didn't make a mistake somewhere, please point it out if you find an inaccuracy.

51 Comments

LostSoul66622 votes

I say LeeSin is the true poster boy.

LeeSin: Lets nerf him! Player outcry Ok nvm!

then there's Mordekaiser: lets rework Him! Player outcry lol fuck you he's a marksman now.

Anything for the champ who can do #LC$BIGPLAYS.

WestTiger12 votes

But how many points per Teemo hat!

Seriously though, I think merchandise presence should be included, though harder to calculate. Teemo's like Riot's Pikachu IMO.

TzQGRUST393 votes

That is true, but it is data I cannot obtain :(. The list has a lot of flaws with it, try to view it from the perspective of someone who doesn't know about League or knows very little. This is more about fun and discussion rather than concrete proof, thanks!

WestTiger1 votes

Most people who never play League don't watch the cinematics from their YouTube channel though. One time I was watching one of the qualifiers in Melbourne during PAX, lots of people with Teemo hats and the reps were giving out trial accounts/skins. That's possibly they very first thing most non-players see at cons if they're browsing, besides the cosplayers.

TzQGRUST393 votes

I saw the twist of fate cinematic and the jinx music video before I downloaded the game. They are what got me to play it. Don't underestimate the power of a bored person on youtube!

Earthlord Jazz10 votes

Wasn't Mundo featured in the shindig for League of Legends for Mac? I thought that was awesome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbPuz48CFnw

Wheatloaf2 votes

Don't forget Baby ZAC triggering a bear trap like every good amorphous toddler.

supes the lost7 votes

Believe it or not, that video came out before Zac was released. That video came out March 1st, 2013, and Zac was released about a month later on March 29th, 2013.

CubedJustice1 votes

Oh, nice teaser.

Wheatloaf2 votes

I was playing when it was released (hadn't been for long, though). Once ZAC came out, suddenly everyone went back to the video saying "Hey, wait a minute, was that...?"

PePsiLemoNN2 votes

That doesn't mean it's not inspired from his passive , who knows how long he was in development before being relased ? Maybe they decided his passive 3 months earlier than this video :^)

Captain Aishi1 votes

zac was (at least visually) designed by the time battle bunny riven was released, the splashart made it's appearance in april 2012 and you can see zac on it as an easter egg

GreenLore2 votes

I'm pretty sure that Zac was already close to being finished when that video came out.

Remember that his official teaser came out roughly a week after the mac video. http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=3200242&page=1#post35356351

GreenLore1 votes

he only counted non-skin appearances and that is corporate mundo,not regular mundo

TzQGRUST393 votes

Was Corporate Mundo, srry bb

Earthlord Jazz1 votes

It wasn't exactly promoting the skin line but I see your point

Infinite Daps1 votes

The author did state something about the champion being in a skin other than their default. Seeing as Mundo in this video is not in his default skin i can see why it's not included.

Nechronia8 votes

You forgot to give Draven an extra 30 points on the basis of being Draven.

ProjectRay125 votes

Ziggs needs honorable mention for the amount of summoner icons with his face on them.

Raka Flaka MD4 votes

Wheres faker?

TzQGRUST391 votes

Damn, lol.

Igotlazy4 votes

Honestly I think Darius should be much higher up. He's been the Icon for their Facebook and YouTube channels for a while now.

Koori no Tenshi3 votes

Isn't Shyvana in 2 artworks? The new season picture and the Riven vsShyvana that is the feature picture on twitch.tv

Then again she is constantly going into dragon form. Not exactly her character image.

Ravenhale2 votes

I was pretty certain the old Dominion Cinematic included Lux. Maybe it was a skin version of her?

I also distinctly recall a Veigar cinematic, though it might not have been an official LoL release. Beyond the Rift (Jax vs Veigar).

TzQGRUST391 votes

That is true, just a simple mistake when translating my data to the post. She should have 4 points.

GreenLore2 votes

cool list. Though I think that the iconicness of the champs can't be made clear only due to stuff like that. I mean like you said,nocturne is surprisingly high on this list,despite the fact that nocturne isn't really iconic to the game. Meanwhile Mundo who is pretty iconic is only on the 10th place.

However I think that Katarina and Ryze being the poster childs of the game is pretty accurate.

EDIT: However what I wonder is: What does count as cinematic?Bard Kalista Ekko RekSai TahmKench all had a video teaser for them,but that seemingly doesn't count,yet Jinxs music video does count,despite the fact that the music video was just a teaser for her as well.

BastionKross2 votes

I thought the title said "Who is the Pornstar Child of LoL?" and was all ready to jump in here and say Urgot.

Maximum Morde2 votes

I'm pretty sure it's caster minion.

dunkeroni2 votes

Did you look into Icons? I say this because Ziggs has his face in more Icons and similar pieces than anyone else.

junglerboy161 votes

Yeah, but that doesn't show up outside the game and therefore isn't what would qualify as "poster child" material.

He's talking about the champs who you know even if you've never played the game. For instance, I new who "that purple mage guy" (Ryze) was a long time before I ever actually played the game.

PapaGreg211 votes

Come on, Ms Fortune is way too low. She was the main protagonist in the Harrowing as well as a key player in the Bilgewater event. Storywise, 2015 was basically one long arc for her.

TzQGRUST391 votes

I made the list from the perspective of someone who has never played LOL or has barely playes it. I love miss fortune, trust me, but someone who has minimal knowledge of LOL wouldn't be reading the lore.

charcharmunro1 votes

I wonder how you would determine the actually most instantly recognisable by somebody who's... Vaguely familiar with League. Garen is probably the most memetic.

ProjectRay12

Teemo. You mean teemo.

SchaakaKon1 votes

Awesome list man.

Dont forget Riot has statues of Ziggs, Kat and Tryn in their offices.

I seen the Ziggs statue with me very own eyes, I did!

Merxamers1 votes

Nice! Pretty interesting stuff, especially how high Nocturne is.

TallyZrg1 votes

Kalista and Jhin had their own cinematics. Braum had a cinematic, TahmKench had a cinematic, Ekko Bard RekSai Velkoz (list goes on).

Can you define cinematic please?

Nidalee SO NYAAA1 votes

Those champs really new and they are not what people think of when it comes to LoL. He said talking the ones with more one champ in it

GreenLore1 votes

The "more than one champ"-thing was about the artworks,not the cinematics.

Otherwise theJinx and Amumu video would hardly count.

TzQGRUST391 votes

It had the same rules as the artworks, with the exception being music videos. It's pretty unorganized, I apologize.

GreenLore1 votes

It seems a bit unfair though that Jinxs music video counts and puts her above a lot of other champs,despite the fact that said music video was just her teaser video,just like the videos of the above champs.(Amumus is a bit more understandable since his video wasn't a promotion for him).

Also Vel'kozs video has helmet bro,doesn't that count ;_;?

WadeWilson13371 votes

Tbh the only champions that people know about if they dont play League are Ahri and MF, because tits.

Weathered1 votes

Two things.

  1. Is there no Lux anywhere? Odd since I see her a lot (or maybe not)
  2. Poor Shaco
bobbery51 votes

I always felt like Ashe was the front runner of the game.

Frickface1 votes

Note for 5th place: 2 cinematic appearances, both J4 and Ahri were in separate ones

Zedex1 votes

Ryze and Katarina are the two poster children of League, and they have been since the start.

Captain Aishi1 votes

and in every cinematic, katarina gets owned, making her the official punching bag of league of legends!

Fefnil1 votes

I don't know if it would pass your selection, but Imagine Dragons' Warriors video for 2014 WC featured Yasuo Riven Ashe Lissandra Vi Jinx Nasus Renekton Garen and Darius , even though they were just silhouettes.

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