How would you make your favorite Champion(s) more relatable?

darkdill··4 votes·1,140 views

Some Champions seem too otherworldly for players to relate to them, or just have personality traits that seem... impossible. Making certain characters have quirks can help make them easier to relate to.

So what traits/quirks/etc would you give your favorite Champion(s) to make them easier to relate to?

Here are some of my examples. Humor me on them.

Lux - Flat-chest complex stemming from bullying she received at the Demacian Academy. (Her breastplate is larger than necessary for her bust size, and her other skins involve her wearing pads.)

Ashe - Tends to go all "SQUEE~!" when near Poros. She's loved them ever since she was a kid, and sometimes has a hard time containing herself when they're around.

Swain - Likes to collect pocket watches. Has a huge collection of them in his manor, and he cleans them by hand.

Leona - Wants to learn to cook, but tends to make inedible dishes. One of her dishes was so bad, it almost poisoned Pantheon.

Sona - Has a bit of a cosplay fetish, but has trouble fitting herself into the costumes. Often tries to get her less-endowed friends to wear them for her.


Okay, these aren't the MOST relatable... Try coming up with some of your own.

25 Comments

The Red Warden4 votes

How are any of your suggestions relatable to a normal person, they just seem like anime tropes. Lux is a soldier indoctrinated by her country to serve with unwavering devotion, only discovering this after years of espionage. Relatable with anyone who has been lied to.

Ashe is a leader of her people, to get that excited over an animal as common as a squirrel in New York makes little sense.

Swain is all about the most efficient way to get what he wants, why would he spend time on watches when he has to manage an entire country while menacingly laughing at people.

Leona can become more relatable by showing her struggle with Diana's cult and her relationship with Pantheon.

Sona is a musician who is the only champion who solely joined the league to see how her music can injure people, and who can't relate to a murderous sociopath.

darkdill1 votes

Some of them are a little surreal, sure, but they'd help give some actual personality to the Champions beyond just a few one-liners.

Just look at how they fleshed out TF by making him a dandy.

As for Swain, everybody's got a hobby.

The Red Warden4 votes

I don't know, your suggestions just seemed to make them into anime characters. Which is fine if you want silly, but the idea of the thread seemed more serious minded.

Syndra being overly fond of "ball" puns Nasus throwing his staff out only to then run and catch it in his mounts Riven tries to comvince other champions to let her stay at their homes due to her homelessness. Varus's search for pants

darkdill1 votes

Can't it be both?

Ralanr2 votes

Not everyone wants animesque like tropes.

The Red Warden3 votes

My misunderstanding comes from you saying that the champs are otherworldly with impossible personalities, then suggesting traits only found in cartoons and animes.

darkdill1 votes

Yeah, I kinda contradicted myself there. =/

Shonjl1 votes

At least in the Riven's case, I am fairly sure other than Yasuo, most other champs would more than happily let her live with them. She is pretty strong, very good on the eyes, and actually has a conscious for being a Noxian.

GreenLore1 votes

I think the swain one would actually fit him very well. Yes he is efficient and has his hands full with his job,but that doesn't mean he has no freetime and no hobbies.

Ralanr1 votes

I always imagined him as someone who opens up a good book with a cup of tea to his side. Or plays chess with Beatrice.

But that might not work because he might be playing Chess with himself.

GreenLore1 votes

Well someone can have more than one hobby. I mean collecting watches isn't that time-consuming especially if he doesn't actively search for watches,but just buys a good watch if he sees one.

Ralanr1 votes

This is true.

Ralanr1 votes

What relationship? Childhood friends man.

I mean sure you can ship them, but they don't need to be shipped.

Personally I ship one sided Pantheon with Diana. Because why not?

The Red Warden1 votes

A relationship doesn't have to be romantic. The Solari and Rakkor are two distinct groups that inhabit Mt. Targon. The Solari devote their lives to the sun, while the Rakkor devote themselves to war and the protection of their homelands.

With Diana having killed the Solari elders the leadership of the Solari has been placed entirely on Leona's shoulders. Leona will decide the fate of the Solari whether that means eliminating the Lunari or integrating the order into a functional union with the Rakkor. Pantheon connects to her in this regard as he would be a deciding factor, given his immensely respected status with his other warriors, in whether her goals can be decided.

Ralanr1 votes

I'm fine with that. I guess I just have this knee jerk reaction to assume that people are shipping Pantheon and Leona whenever they mention a relationship.

My apologies for misinterpreting.

The Red Warden1 votes

I only believe in one league shipping: Yorick X shovel

Ralanr1 votes

Best. Ship. Ever.

Ralanr4 votes

Giving Pantheon an actual freaking personality beyond "You have Disgraced war!"

Loving to bake, having to balance the responsibilities of his tribe and his relations to others. Having more worldview. He probably sees a lot from up above!

"Demacia is very green, yet it's more strict than my home. Why is this?"

I also see Pantheon as more Soldier than warrior. He fights for his home, not some concept like honor or justice. He fights to keep his people alive. So he's probably one of the more down to earth champions.

I see the guy who can jump into the stratosphere as more down to earth than the others. Riot please let me be right because that's perfect.

Ironclad Dragon3 votes

Bard strokes his beard in contemplation, and isn't above saving a single life if he isn't busy. He lets the meeps take care of them.

Athenes Lulu2 votes

Lulu Lulu is that one weird girl that is really nice, but people tend to stay away because she is just that weird. They all think she has friends, but is actually very lonely. Any form of popular opinion regarding social issues? Lulu doesn't know any of that, because of "time traveling". Her interests are strange compared to those of normal people, too. IRL comparison = that one "geek" girl at school that everyone finds cute, but never talks to her.

Veigar On the other hand, Veigar is that one guy everyone stays away from, sorta a loner I would say. No one takes him seriously because he is a yordle, despite that he has unimaginable powers of destruction. Rather a mastermind, but is somehow always unlucky. His attitude isn't the best around others either, but is probably really nice if you are his good friend. IRL comparison = the "nerd" of the school that everyone hates for some reason.

Jinx Jinx seems like that one girl who doesn't look like she cares about anything, but is actually very concerned if she ever has friends, and would treasure them dearly. She even has her own imaginary friends, which is CLEARLY an indicator that she is just as lonely. Like Lulu, she has the weirdest interests, which drives people away. Also a fan of sweets (this is actually canon), and COULD also be a fan of food in general. IRL comparison = like Lulu, but this time she isn't your typical "nice girl" you would find out there.

######I like to relate myself as Lulu, my BF as Veigar, and my IRL best friend as Jinx... ok I'm scaring myself now, our IGNs in League are named after the champs too, respectively

ICANTFEELMYLEGS2 votes

MissFortune I remember reading somewhere she was able to hold her alcohol better than GP.

TyroneWatermelon1 votes

Aatrox how he interacts with other champions and what do they think of him Jax same as above Bard same Lucian shadow isles is full of kfc

TurquoiseYoshi1 votes

Anivia Sunburn

NemeBro1 votes

Caitlyn Always had it as headcanon that Cait is a Yordle fangirl who finds them adorable and wants to capture one and take them home with her, an attitude that is found by actual Yordles to be weirdly racist and infantilizing.

Ethereal3111 votes

Swain - Literally Kaiki Deishu.

Syndra - She grew up in isolation, so has social problems that make her fluster under pressure.

Ahri - Enjoys messing with people.

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