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Here's why the new champions suck. (DOWNVOTE ME, COME ON!)

LunSeiSleidee··5 votes·2,799 views

Yeah, let the downvotes commence! I can't have an opinion unless that opinion is "Riot is always right and everything they make is perfect"! DOWNVOTE ME, FANBOYS!! I AIM TO REACH -100!!! Bury my threads and shun me for being a non-believer!!!

With that out of the way, let me waste my time by expressing a view that will only get me a hundred insults by fanboys and will be completely ignored by Riot devs.

1) There is no reason for Xayah and Rakan to be vasaya. All they have is anime cat ears and bird feet. There is nothing bestial or animal-like about them. You could have made them 100% human and NOTHING AT ALL would have changed about them, who they are, or their design. If Riot has stepped to add random cat ears and fluff only for the sake of it, I shudder at how they follow the logic of the worst Korean mmorpg.

2) Xayah has a very troublesome case of sameface. I thought Riot said they were gonna differentiate their female characters. But if a picture of Xayah was floating on the internet and it was declared that it represents a new Ahri skin, EVERYONE WOULD BELIEVE IT'S AN AHRI SKIN.

67 Comments

deathgod510 votes

Ok 2 things:

  1. have a downvote; you literally ask for it so have a downvote. I never really downvote post but this is literally asking for it.

  2. people might not disagree with you because they are lol fanboys; they might disagree because they have a different opinion then you have(gasp).

LunSeiSleidee3 votes

Different opinion = Riot is always right!

So? Disprove my point. These new characters feel like the generic shit you find on a deviantart page.

deathgod510 votes

So? Disprove my point. These new characters feel like the generic shit you find on a deviantart page.

this is called a subjective opinion. I personally like their style and looks. This is called a contradictory opinion. I feel like they look cool.

also there are quite a lot of thing I hate about riot games despite playing their game, this champion is just not one of them.

LunSeiSleidee1 votes

So tell me, what looks cool about them? Their generic anime looks? The cat ears? The pretty faces? The fact she is Ahri 2.0?

Sharjo11 votes

The passionate love they've got going on, the conflict they struggle with, Rakan's amazing personality, the complimentary thematic and single wing for each of them, the fact they're not boring humans and year, and yes, the ears. The ears look cool.

MavenSong6 votes

The dialogue between the two is pure gold too.

LunSeiSleidee1 votes

I'm sorry to break it up to you, buddy. But they ARE boring humans.

TakeAGuessNerd8 votes

We're talking about the champions, not about your life.

GULAG 4 U2 votes

S H O T S F I R E D

R O A S T E D

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CA4I-OzTfAs/maxresdefault.jpg

https://media.tenor.co/images/6c26eb787cf05133783ac236b2fca0ca/tenor.gif

midnight oil245 votes

They do have the best chemistry of any characters in the game.

"Xayah, when do we stop fighting?" "When we are free. When magic is free." "Is that after lunch?"

10/10 best relationship.

deathgod51 votes

Yes actually I like anime looks and I like the cat ears(I know it is cliche but I really like that way of drawn chimera's). The faces don't really mean shit to(wouldn't care) me, as they could have looked like more of a bird and I would still like him. I don't really see them looking like ahri(i find the female looking more like quinn and taliyah the male looks like).

It is of my opinion that I like their character design, you dislike them. This is a matter of opinion and therefore subjective. You are free to dislike him, others are free to like them. This has nothing to do with riot fanboys it is called a difference of opinion

ToothpickSamurai1 votes

At this point everything is cliche, the very term cliche has become a cliche, there's nothing that's purely unique about anything anymore.

deathgod51 votes

pretty much actually

Xodiathe4bdn18 votes

You know I wonder if people who make posts like this either crave the negative attention or just love being downvoted to hell

Lexyy5 votes

They want the attention. Even if it's negative.

2Charmnot2Charm2 votes

Wish we have something to blacklist them.

Marshbouy2 votes

Too bad FEK broke.

GreenLore6 votes

1)Not sure how a human would produce all these feathers that Xayah is shooting.Or the ones that Rakan uses for his Q.And Rakan is clearly based on a pheasant,which fits his dandy-like personality.Not to mention that Xayahs entire character seems to revolve around the difference between Vastaya and humans. Also by that logic then you could argue that there is no reason for Rengar to be a lionman,or Wukong to be a monkey as their kits could work just as well on a human.

2)I partly agree with that point.She does look a bit like a mix of Kata and Ahri and overall I wouldn't say her face stands out among the female champs,but I wouldn't say that it looks completely identical either.

ToothpickSamurai1 votes

{quoted}

1)Not sure how a human would produce all these feathers that Xayah is shooting.Or the ones that Rakan uses for his Q.And Rakan is clearly based on a pheasant,which fits his dandy-like personality.Not to mention that Xayahs entire character seems to revolve around the difference between Vastaya and humans. Also by that logic then you could argue that there is no reason for Rengar to be a lionman,or Wukong to be a monkey as their kits could work just as well on a human.

There's actually a quote from Xayah that hints that Rengar may be a Vastaya, little fun facts there.

Lexyy6 votes

Someone's triggered. :)

LunSeiSleidee1 votes

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Lexyy7 votes

Not really.

But you are still triggered. :3

Ralanr5 votes

{quoted}

Yeah, let the downvotes commence! I can't have an opinion unless that opinion is "Riot is always right and everything they make is perfect"! DOWNVOTE ME, FANBOYS!! I AIM TO REACH -100!!! Bury my threads and shun me for being a non-believer!!!

With that out of the way, let me waste my time by expressing a view that will only get me a hundred insults by fanboys and will be completely ignored by Riot devs.

1) There is no reason for Xayah and Rakan to be vasaya. All they have is anime cat ears and bird feet. There is nothing bestial or animal-like about them. You could have made them 100% human and NOTHING AT ALL would have changed about them, who they are, or their design. If Riot has stepped to add random cat ears and fluff only for the sake of it, I shudder at how they follow the logic of the worst Korean mmorpg.

Having bird like feet on a human is more impactful than having something like fox ears, which Ahri herself has.

Plus there's all the feathers on their skin. I have a feeling you're just really salty because this reason was really poor.

2) Xayah has a very troublesome case of sameface. I thought Riot said they were gonna differentiate their female characters. But if a picture of Xayah was floating on the internet and it was declared that it represents a new Ahri skin, EVERYONE WOULD BELIEVE IT'S AN AHRI SKIN.

Riot trying to diversify their lineup doesn't always mean they have to do it for every champion. As much as I like diversity in body type, not everyone has to be a Illaoi or Taliyah.

Stars Shaper4 votes

  1. Except both also have a natural cloack of plumes that acts as a single wing (God, seeing them attempting to fly away alone and fail because of 1 wing is nearly moving).

  2. Xayah only similarities with Ahri are the animal ears and straight hair, if you are so strict about looks we would need just 1 Yordle.

yukumari4 votes

The new Characters are really great to look at. Very well done.

Idk if you know this, but they're from the same Race as Ahri is now, so it'd make sense that they look similar.

You need to chill. I literally didn't read the rest of your post because you started it by saying anyone who disagree's with you is a fan boy. Have your downvote my dude. You and your shitty attitude earned it.

LunSeiSleidee1 votes

So, your idea of a good design is a generic anime face with cat ears?

DrCyanide5 votes

Are you ignoring animation, and attire, focusing only on a face?

The fluid movements they make (particularly the guy when he's shielding someone) wouldn't make sense on a human character. There's something very animal like about that motion, and it either needs to be highlighted by the character design or abandoned if favor of a human that just points at someone and says "you've got a shield now". The more interesting choice is if course to keep the fluid dash to the Ally.

Having wings as cloaks is pretty cool to. What's drawn my eyes over and over again are the dead Razorbeaks as part of their attire. I think it's fascinating, since most of the time when you see animal people depicted the idea of animal hide clothing is completely taboo. Think of Zootopia, could you imagine anyone in that movie wearing an actual fur coat? This apparel detail tells us they don't see themselves as animals, or "animals are our friends and we should live in harmony", they see themselves as better than animals.

Very few characters in League have a face that you could look at on it's own and identify the champion, but I think these two might actually have some of the more distinctive faces in the game.

So... Is it just the ears that are bugging you?

Sharjo5 votes

Idk if you know this, but they're from the same Race as Ahri is now, so it'd make sense that they look similar.

Same taxonimical classification, not race. Vastaya's a broader term than that.

DNFVixen3 votes

Rofl I downvoted you just to help you read -100. Goodluck hope you reach your goal. <3 Vi

MysterQ2 votes

Do birds have ears?...

deathgod53 votes

http://www.britishbirdlovers.co.uk/questions-answers/do-birds-have-ears

yes apparently

LunSeiSleidee1 votes

{quoted}

http://www.britishbirdlovers.co.uk/questions-answers/do-birds-have-ears

yes apparently

Define "ears".

If you mean "holes for hearing", then yes they do.

If you mean "cute long cat ears", no they don't.

deathgod53 votes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear

The ear is the organ of hearing, which is a thing that birds have also, if you would actually click the link I provided in my first answer you would see where that cliche comes from

LunSeiSleidee1 votes

I know better than you that birds have ears, smartass. But birds don't have ANIME CAT EARS.

Sharjo5 votes

Chimeric people that have features of animals beyond birds might just have anime cat ears though.

LunSeiSleidee1 votes

Lol what a convenient coincidence.

Sharjo6 votes

Not a coincidence considering vastaya are literally described as "chimeric" from the get go, which straight away says they've got a bunch of animal parts going from different species.

Lyndris1 votes

{quoted}

vastaya are literally described as "chimeric"

Pretty much all you need to know

deathgod54 votes

for the love of god, owls do look like they have ears as the picture showed.

LOOK AT THE FUCKING PICTURE THAT I INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL COMMENT

MysterQ1 votes

Well that picture is misleading. I mean whatever they have.

TakeAGuessNerd1 votes
  1. Yeah might as well make all the champions humans and give nothing unique about them
  2. Little agreement, but they don't look too similar imo
LunSeiSleidee1 votes

They ARE humans. Humans with anime cat ears.

Whiskeejack3 votes

{quoted}

They ARE humans. Humans with anime cat ears.

Humans have one wing? It's not a cloak as Xayah has an animation where she starts to fly with it and then falls.

Marbelara2 votes

they are confirmed as a humanoid race. they AREN'T humans :)

LunSeiSleidee1 votes

{quoted}

they are confirmed as a humanoid race. they AREN'T humans :)

Yeah, and Shyvana used to be "confirmed" daughter of a human and a dragon.

What Riot says doesn't mean shit. They can change it in a month.

TyrekGoldenspear3 votes

Then pray tell why we should care what you say? Not trying to be mean, but realistic.

LunSeiSleidee1 votes

{quoted}

Then pray tell why we should care what you say? Not trying to be mean, but realistic.

Because you keep pestering me and asking me to answer?

By all means, please don't care about what I say. I sure don't care about what YOU say.

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