male vs female human* mages

SAIZOxRYOMA·8/13/2017, 10:16:02 AM·9 votes·1,706 views

Before going into this, i would like to clarify that when i mean mage i am speaking thematically and not in reference to their gameplay. *I am also including human-like champions like rakan and soraka because they consist mostly of human features but are not actually human

for clarity, here is a list of the champions i am talking about in no particular order, separated by gender: Karthus Malzahar Brand Zilean Rakan TwistedFate Vladimir Viktor Swain Ryze

Ahri Janna Karma Cassiopeia Leblanc Lissandra Lux MorganaSoraka Syndra Taliyah Zyra

When comparing the male vs female human mage one could quickly gather that the women are all reasonably beautiful while the cast of male mages consist of a diverse range that lacks the amount of attractiveness that the ladies do.

league of legends would benefit from increasing the amount of attractive male mages to balance out the female favored attractive mage ratio.

The current mage situation in this game reminds me of the time in black desert online where one could only play as either an old man wizard or the much more customizable woman witch. Eventually players were granted the ability to customize their wizards to be younger and better looking. In other RPGs such as skyrim, final fantasy, fire emblem, etc, there is a reasonable ratio of attractive vs unattractive mages of both genders.

It seems as though in league, the more nefarious male champions are depicted as less attractive or even subhuman. This is especially true for male mages. It does not have to be this way. You can be evil and still be good looking. In the past, malzahar's second splash art made him look like a regular handsome human mage. Now, he is all voided out to the point that he has a spooky eye on his forehead and is almost wraith like. Viktor leaves nothing to be desired while his rival jayce the good guy is the dashing superman of piltover.

On the other hand, female mages such as syndra and zyra are great examples of how mages can be sexy and evil. Even cassiopeia looks good in her own way. It may be true that women can get away with wearing less in video games but for mages armor is not as important because 1) you have your spells for protection and 2) you shouldnt be getting hit or tanking heavy blows in the first place.

TL;DR: future champion releases/updates should involve the addition of more attractive male mages onto the roster

16 Comments

MysterQ8/13/2017, 10:23:14 AM6 votes

I for one would prefer for less attractive female characters in my game, but in the same spirit of your post.

BestJhinUniverse8/13/2017, 10:30:01 AM5 votes

I agree more handsome mages for our lady and gay players.

Leylania8/13/2017, 10:41:51 AM5 votes

I think it was about 1-2 months ago that a Rioter asked what kind of new champions we would like to see in the game and there were tons of answers saying that we want hot dudes in the game so the ladies have something to drool over aswell. The Rioter said they will definitly note this and look if they can influence male champs more into this direction or make a REALLY hot male champ soon. So hopefully in the future we will get some male fap material.

ChunLii8/13/2017, 10:56:07 PM2 votes

It's funny you mention Viktor as not good looking because he has a lot of fanart and maskless fanart that make him good looking, leaving only his eyes and jaw at most robotic. He is not even full robot under the mask and the write for Viktor's bio and color story has said Viktor is able to remove the mask and eat normally.

I mean yeah you're comparing him to Jayce but Jayce looks like a frickin movie star and is just outright conventionality handsome and most if not all male champions would look bad in comparison "objectively".

Moreover, a lot of people don't find Taliyah attractive or even cute.

Zyranium8/13/2017, 4:29:39 PM2 votes

Stop the SJW thing please...

We had normal/Usual looking women since 2012... They said they will stop with the hourglass design.

ModAcademy Kayn8/13/2017, 2:31:07 PM1 votes

In other words, Water is wet, Grass is Green.

Ebonmaw Dragon8/13/2017, 6:47:46 PM1 votes

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Viktor leaves nothing to be desired while his rival jayce the good guy is the dashing superman of piltover.

Well talk for yourself... Its not Riot fault that you can't see the BEAUTY and PERFECTION of the METAL