History Memes / LeagueOfLegends

* Giga-K'sante[[labelnote:Explanation]]When first revealed, K'sante rugged look and [[LanternJawOfJustice extreme jawline]] causes the fandom to notice the similarity between him and Ernest Khalimov, otherwise known in the interwebs as [[MemeticBadass Gigachad]]. Riot took notice of the comparison and didn't waste any time to [[https://blix.gg/skins/league-of-legends/items/Giga_K'Sante create an emote based on it]].[[/folder]]

* Briar's feet[[labelnote:Explanation]]From as early as her splash art [[ContentLeak being leaked prematurely]], the biggest thing the entire fanbase focused on beyond anything else in her design was her conspicuously [[BarefootCaptive bare feet]], not helped by the splash art's lighting almost putting a literal spotlight pointing towards her toes. As you would imagine, this provoked jokes about how Riot was at long last making a champion for foot fetishists.[[/labelnote]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-6vYobie4 Xin Zhao]] [[RatedMForManly will make a man]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} out of you]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Associating Xin Zhao in general with Shang from ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' and his famous "Be a man!" training montage since they're both quintessential Chinese badass manly men. The linked video (part of [[CholeraNinjaVideo Choleraninja's]] "I'm Bad At [=LoL=]" series) is one of the more famous propagators of the meme.[[/labelnote]]

* Ryze Mains[[labelnote:Explanation]]The Ryze Mains [[Website/{{Reddit}} subreddit]] is... quite something to behold. The members and contents of the subreddit can be summed up as an exaggeration of the playerbase's frustration of how Ryze constant nerf/reworks and how uncomfortable to play Ryze while still playing him like an addict because of his constant underperforming and low numbers, posting almost incomprehensible madness or just visualized frustration akin to a boiling hot wojak in a bitcoin market crash. It got so bad that the subreddit actually pin up a post that gave them access to [[UpToEleven free-for-charge mental health support lines]] and it hasn't been unpinned by the moderators ever since.[[/labelnote]]

--> '''Brolaf''': ''[[http://images.wikia.com/leagueoflegends/images/d/d5/Brolaf.ult1.ogg BR]][[http://images.wikia.com/leagueoflegends/images/b/b9/Brolaf.ultimateeffort2.ogg OM]][[http://images.wikia.com/leagueoflegends/images/e/e3/Brolaf.ultimateeffort3.ogg AC]][[http://images.wikia.com/leagueoflegends/images/7/7e/Brolaf.ultimateeffort4.ogg IA]]!

--> '''Darius''': "[[http://images.wikia.com/leagueoflegends/images/1/14/Darius.joke1.ogg Noxuuu... oh, woah, oof! How does he do it?]]"

--> '''Quinn''': [[http://images.wikia.com/leagueoflegends/images/3/32/Quinn.joke03.ogg "Who's there? Garen who? Yeah, I guess he does say that a lot."]]

--> '''Trundle''': "[[http://images.wikia.com/leagueoflegends/images/8/83/Trundle.ChampionSpecific01.ogg TROLLMACIA!]]"

--> '''Gnar''': "[[http://images.wikia.com/leagueoflegends/images/6/6d/Gnar.tauntGaren.ogg DEMAGLIO!]]"

--> '''Sion''': "[[http://images.wikia.com/leagueoflegends/images/1/15/Sion.R2.ogg NOOOOOXUUUUUUS!]]"

--> '''Ekko''': "[[http://images.wikia.com/leagueoflegends/images/a/a0/Ekko.tauntGaren01.ogg?_ga=1.265458447.1877892590.1411719603 ZAUUUUUUNNNN!!]]"

--> '''Irelia''': "[[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/6/68/Irelia_206.ogg/revision/latest?cb=20180321084524 IONIAAAAAA!! Hmm, that's me, if I was you.]]"

--> '''Fiddlesticks''': [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/leagueoflegends/images/8/87/Fiddlesticks_Original_FirstEncounterDemacia.ogg/revision/latest?cb=20200318212016 "De... ma... ci... a..."]]

* Armut [[SarcasmMode has such a big champ pool]], he can play SSG Gnar, Dino Gnar, Gentleman Gnar, Snow Day Gnar, El Neon Gnar...[[labelnote:Explanation]]A popular copypasta about Turkish pro top laner İrfan Berk "Armut" Tükek, who has a notoriously shallow champion pool, with an infamously blatnat preference towards champions like Wukong and especially Gnar.[[/labelnote]]

* "That TP ''[[PrecisionFStrike sucked]]!"''[[labelnote:Explanation]]LCS caster Sam "Kobe" Hartman-Kenzler [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_6aQGaJtv4 accidentally blurted this out during a game]], seen by many as intruding on the professionalism expected from casters [[SophisticatedAsHell but being so funny that it's worth letting slide]]. Since then, this has become a go-to phrase used by casters for [[EpicFail especially egregious misplays]] [[https://clips.twitch.tv/IcyExpensiveOkapiOptimizePrime with the Teleport spell]].[[/labelnote]]

* "I wish I could say it's been a pleasure."[[labelnote:Explanation]]In early 2021, Riot requested a takedown of ''Chronoshift'', an unauthorized fan emulation designed to revert the game back to its state in 2011. The project was shut down with relatively little incident, but [[https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/mzjc62/just_a_heads_up_the_independently_developed/ the leaked Discord conversation]] between its project head and "Riot Zed" (the corresponding Riot security agent, unrelated to the playablechampion) became a target of mockery due to said Rioter's incredibly unprofessional and laughable behavior, ending the conversation with the line in question, with [[https://www.insider.com/league-of-legends-developer-riot-games-threatens-chronoshift-project-2021-4 even the heads-up at Riot expressing disappointment at how poorly they handled the approach]]. "Riot Zed" and their overly edgy responses has since become a recurring joke on the ''League'' subreddit regarding behind-the-scenes disputes.

** AscendedMeme: In the [=LoL=] Mac trailer, there actually is a BigRedButton with an R on it with this meme as the instructions. The trailer in general is chock-full of references and {{Ascended Meme}}s, some more cleverly hidden than others.
*** And now with his relaunch, Karthus is going to have a joke that says "What's the incantation again... yes, erm... oh, right, R!"

* [[SchmuckBait Press D to Dance]]! [[labelnote:Explanation]] A ongoing joke that's been around forever is to say this (or something similar) in the /all chat before minions spawn in hopes that an enemy will press D or F and waste a summoner spell before the fighting starts. A common retort to show that no one is getting fooled goes "Press Alt+F4 to [insert bait here]." While this is obviously more effective against new players, occasionally an experienced player from anywhere on the ranked ladder will grab the IdiotBall and get tricked.[[/labelnote]]
* When ganking, make sure you smite the enemy.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Junglers usually carry a summoner spell called Smite, which is used to deal damage to jungle monsters in order to clear the jungle camps faster for better gold gain. Up until pre-season 5 this spell could only be used against NPC targets -- it simply would not target enemy champions. Cue the completely new and inexperienced jungler fumbling through his controls trying to smite an enemy champion during an ambush and flubbing his gank as a result, with potentially fatal consequences. This was {{jossed}} on pre-season 5, which introduced the "Red Smite" and "Blue Smite" that can be thrown at enemy champions.[[/labelnote]]

* [=Spin2Win=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]This is never said in verbatim, but this has become synonymous to Garen and his Judgment where he spins around doing tick damage. Because of this, if there's a MOBA game that features SpinAttack, if they do not say it by default, they make a reference to this; occasionally you'll see it referenced outside the MOBA genre as well. Cases in point: VideoGame/{{Smite}} (Thor's Ragnarok Force X can make him say 'Spin To Win!' when doing his Spin Attack equivalent (Berserker's Barrage)) and VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm (One of the unlockable skills for The Lost Vikings is titled 'Spin To Win!', though they spin once for burst damage instead.)[[/labelnote]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-fIOrUTIOQ "pro as heck guide to master yi"]] is an incredibly quotable early ''League of Legends'' fanvid, [[AscendedMeme with several lines having been referenced in the actual game itself]]:
** "Get dunked!" It became one of Vi's quotes when using her ultimate, and later formed the basis for the basketball-themed Dunkmaster Darius skin.
** "Watch out! It's the [[RummageSaleReject Swordboots]]." [[AscendedMeme Ascended]] with Yasuo as well -- taunting an enemy Yi prompts him to possibly comment on them and sound utterly baffled while doing so.
--> '''Yasuo''': ''[[http://images.wikia.com/leagueoflegends/images/f/f0/Yasuo.MasterYitaunt03.ogg "Nice... sword... boots?"]]''
** "Nooblord!", repeated ad nauseum in response to a teammate dying.

!!Memes from Phreak
* Oh God it's Yi!!![[labelnote:Explanation]]RIOT community coordinator and web content specialist Phreak was livestreaming a game. He was in the process of boasting about how much more skilled he was than the Tristana he was about to gank when a Master Yi blitzed him from out of nowhere. Phreak smoothly segued from bragging to yelping out this line in the same breath. It ''really'' became epic when it happened again just a few minutes later.[[/labelnote]]
* From Phreak's Champion Spotlight: Whenever he gets First Blood but ends up dying, he will say, "It was worth it." Eventually, the Summoner Showcase did a parody of it, complete with a grayed out wash (to signify a death).
--> '''Nikasaur:''' WORTH IT!!
--> '''Phreak:''' LOL Noob!
** Other phrases known from Phreak's spotlights...
*** I play X as a jungler. Got better in the Lulu spotlight; near the end, Phreak said that even though she's a support, he plays her as a jungler as a joke. HilariousInHindsight when people start considering ''seriously'' playing Lulu as a jungler.
*** Trinity Force. - That is, Phreak building the item is a meme. Mainly because he was building it on practically anyone, for spotlights one after another for a while.
*** Tons of damage. Pretty much an AscendedMeme in the Corki spotlight where Phreak tries to keep an allied Sona alive "by doing the only thing I know how to: Dealing tons of damage."
*** Tons of damage also showed up in the 69th Summoner Showcase, said by the man himself.
*** The two memes above have been combined into one AscendedMeme; Trinity Force's description in the 'Recommended Items' tab of the item shop simply reads 'Tons of Damage'.
*** Also, in Tahm Kench's champion spotlight, he refers to Kench's Tongue Lash ability as "Tongues of Damage."
* Phreak is manly. / WTF Phreak? [[labelnote:Explanation]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpiTdKhO0EQ Phreak was once caught on his stream pretending to fap and making Warwick-like voices saying "Oh yeah," and how "I'm manly."]] Spawned a couple of fan remixes of the scene.[[/labelnote]]

* Kassadin should be banned every game [[labelnote:Explanation]]Comes from a match in the January 2013 IEM Katowice tournament where Team fNatic's xPeke playing as Kassadin made an amazing play to destroy the enemy nexus singlehandedly with two enemy champions attacking him. Granted, he was always known for backdooring, but this incident infamously cemented him (and his team) as some of the most notorious practicioners of backdooring and split-pushing.[[/labelnote]]

* (Nidalee's spear hits someone) Ooh! [[labelnote:Explanation]]When Nidalee is picked in tournaments, she is almost always given a GlassCannon build. Combined with the ImprobableAimingSkills of pro players, every so often, an enemy champion is seen losing up to half their health from one hit.[[/labelnote]]
* *picks Teemo* YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!! *picks someone else* BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! [[labelnote:Explanation]]During LCS or other tournament matches with large crowds, teams have taken to {{troll}}ing the crowds by highlighting champions that are considered poor competitively (most commonly Teemo,) prompting the crowd to cheer loudly to encourage them to lock them in, before switching to the champ they're actually going to play, prompting disappointed boos. Even though the crowd knows that they're NEVER going to pick Teemo (or Karma, Mordekaiser, Heimerdinger or any of the other unused champions) they still go along with it every time.[[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:*]]In one game between Gambit Gaming and Dragonborns, famously trollish support player Ed Ward did this THREE TIMES, picking Teemo, then switching to Evelynn, then back to Teemo, then back to Evelynn, then back to Teemo ''again'' before finally locking in Evelynn. The crowd cheered it ''every time!''[[/labelnote]]
** Hold the phone, Teemo was ''finally'' picked during a professional Tournament game by TSM's Reginald. Granted, it was against the lowest ranking team at the time but it was clear that both teams were just having fun with the game since both were to be eliminated from the Group Stage of Season 3. It counts as a double ThrowTheDogABone for going easy on Gaming Gear (leading to their only win of the Group Stage) ''and'' for the fans everywhere that have been waiting for someone to lock in Teemo for real for 3 seasons now.
*** Appropriately enough, [[http://youtu.be/-h0qQ5aYCBw?t=4m49s the crowd went nuts]].
** Incredibly, Cloud 9 actually picked Teemo in a SERIOUS game [[http://vods.leaguepedia.com/cloud-9-vs-team-solomid-week-1-na-lcs-2014-spring-season/ in the first match of the 2014 NA Spring Split LCS]]. The crowd loved it, the commentators obsessed over it all game and it utterly flummoxed their opposition who simply never saw it coming.
** And how about Mordekaiser in another SERIOUS game by Roccat [[http://vods.leaguepedia.com/?p=28325 in the second week of the 2014 EU Spring Split?]] No one saw it coming either, and Mordekaiser proceeded to dominate the mid lane.
* Chunk (down), Chunking - v. to deal damage, sometimes accompanied by a description of the victim's remaining health (e.g. Taric face-tanks Nidalee's spear, [it] chunks him down to 30%.) [[labelnote:Explanation]]Likely originated from commentators in the EU LCS. Chunk is obviously not normally used like this in normal English.[[/labelnote]]

** Played completely for laughs here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFRpamzFLo0. These Machinima skits promoting their involved coverage of the esports scenesalso play off other well-known memes of professional players like WebVideo/TheOddOne's hatred of yordles, Doublelift's tendency to trash-talk and call people "trash", Ocelote's love of scarfs, etc.

* Enter !skincode for a chance to receive a free skin! [[labelnote:Explanation]]If there's a League of Legends-related stream, someone will just throw this out as SchmuckBait, and watch the spam of !skincode roll in, from people who don't know better or are just greedy. Guys and gals, Riot never gives away skins on stream chats, and they won't know your in-game summoner name based on your Twitch or [=YouTube=] username. Also appears as /skincode on [=YouTube=].
[[/labelnote]]

** Shots fired! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Despite being professional most of the time, some of the guest analysts can't help but slip in some burns or trash-talk towards other players and each other (both subtle and not-so-subtle). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT8HYa1aa0Y It happened quite a bit]], ESPECIALLY [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggqCHWlydgU at the Championship game]].[[/labelnote]]

* REMAKE [[labelnote:Explanation]]Started from the 2014 LCS Spring match between SK Gaming and Gambit Gaming, where one of Aatrox's skills was bugged at level 1. Despite the bug (arguably) not mattering in the end, because it would disappear when the skill is level 2, and the fact that the referee should've asked SK Gaming if they want to restart the game on the spot with Aatrox disabled, it prompted the LCS to call for a rematch after the game has ended. This has sparked quite a controversy as either Gambit fans feel cheated, or viewers feel the game should've been final because the rules said that if the referee made a mistake in judgment, it should've still been final and unappealable. Nowadays, often spammed in Twitch chat when a bug or something which looks off happens in-game, or whenever the game is paused for any reason.[[/labelnote]]

* CLG Spinner[[labelnote:Explanation]]Reference to Counter Logic Gaming's erratic tournament results and level of play at times, lampshaded by the team's coach (at the time), [=MonteCristo=], in the form of a [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mdkffhjcKj0/maxresdefault.jpg literal spinner]] that decides CLG's strategy during splits. The spinner itself is a fountain of memes in reference to CLG's own players, with entries including:[[/labelnote]]
** Split Push with Solo AD Carry: reference to CLG's ADC Doublelift, who in previous seasons would ineffectually farm for long periods of time in an attempt to build as much gold and therefore items as possible, while the rest of the team got stomped on the other side of the map.
** Trash Talk to Mind Game the Enemy: reference again to Doublelift, who is also infamous for writing checks with his mouth that he cannot personally cash
** Win 1 Game to Give Fans False Hope: reference to CLG's inability to produce major tournament results of recent years, despite being apparently skilled enough to at least take a game off of most teams. Particularly bittersweet given CLG's near defeat of perennial fan-favorites TSM in the 2014 Spring Split Playoffs, which, appropriately enough, included winning one game to produce false hope.

* "Life is one's journey... through life, I guess."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Alex "xpecial" Chu, in the process of explaining why he was benched from Team Solomid, eventually finding his way to Team Curse (Team Liquid) as its new support. xpecial tends to ramble awkwardly in vlogs, leading to such gems as the below:[[/labelnote]]
** "I like girls."

* Yo Jensen, body these fools. [[labelnote:Explanation]]During the C9 vs CLG game during the 2016 NA LCS Spring Split, casters were discussing C9 Hai's ability to lead and shot-call, but OneThingLedToAnother, and Jatt exasperatingly claimed that Hai doesn't give specific commands to his teammates such as the above quote. Since then, the meme has been quoted by both Hai and Jensen, and is generally repeated by fans when Jensen does well.[[/labelnote]][[labelnote:*]]Note that the specific quote said by Jatt was "Yo Jensen, body these guys 1v2"[[/labelnote]]
** [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CkzVUkRUgAEggDg.jpg Body]] [[AscendedMeme by Jensen]]

** The White Whale deleted TSM's loss. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The loss happened in the same week that ''LightNovel/ReZero'' aired its 17th episode, i.e. the episode where [[spoiler:Rem is deleted from the existence by the White Whale]]. Thus, fans of TSM who also were watching the anime used that as an excuse to justify the meme.[[/labelnote]]

** To this day, Syndra's Unleashed Power is referred to as "the skill button" by commentators.
* The Echo Fox Streaming Dream Meme Team [[labelnote:Explanation]]Echo Fox fills its Challenger roster with full-time streamers Voyboy, imaqtpie, scarra and Dyrus along with Shiphter for the 2017 summer split. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEQWVikmjWs Cue stream games]][[/labelnote]]

* Who is Josedeodo? For the blind, it is light. For the hungry, it is bread. For the sick, it is the cure. For the sad, it is joy. For the poor, it is the treasure; for the debtor, it is forgiveness.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Argentinian player Brandon "Josedeodo" Villegas entered the LCS in 2021 for [=FlyQuest=] with a lot of early hype after a breakout performance for LLA team [=Rainbow7=] during Worlds 2020, with many (jokingly or not) [[MemeticBadass hailing him as the savior for the NA region that it needed]].[[/labelnote]]

!!Memes originating on the forums:
* When Riot releases a champion, people will inevitably be disappointed because it's not:
** Lee Sin, the blind monk (Done)
** Plant King (Done, sort of - Maokai)
*** Done properly - Zyra.
*** Done even ''more'' properly - Ivern.
** Nasus's brother (Done - Renekton)
** Female tank (Done - Leona)
** Armored bear (Done - Volibear)
** Spider Queen (Done - Elise)
** Water mage (Done - Nami)
** Kog'Maw's "daddy"
** Kassadin's daughter (Done - Kai'Sa[[note]]who isn't confirmed to be Kassadin's daughter, but it is highly implied[[/note]])
** Irelia's brother, Zelos (unlikely, he's dead in the current version of Irelia's lore)
** Vi's sister (Implied at first but fully confirmed with ''Arcane'' - Jinx)
** Caitlyn's rival [[note]]if it isn't Twisted Fate[[/note]] (Done, sort of - Jinx [[note]]Jinx is more of Vi's rival, but Caitlyn is also hunting her down for the safety of Piltover[[/note]])
** And now Jinx's sister (mentioned with her in-game quote and later confirmed to be Vi[[note]]"You think I'M crazy? You should see my sister."[[/note]])
** Manly support (Done - Braum)
* Riot seems to have a few tropers....
* [[Music/LadyGaga Lady]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GyxaeeoXJk Gragas]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaVtinsbd70 It's gaining momentum]].
* "Passion Princess Katarina." A rewrite to Katarina's background rather overused the word "passion", among other things. It was fortunately rewritten again, but an unserious answer to any discussion involving Katarina remains liable to involve this word.
* When is the new map/champion/feature/etc coming out? [[{{Tradesnark}} Soon™]].
* "The answer is always Karthus." [[labelnote:Explanation]]The answer to many questions about champions on the forums. It started off as with questions such as "Who would you hate fighting most if..." or hypothetical ones like "Which champion would be most broken with zero cooldowns"? then became the answer for other things entirely, because, well, it's a meme.[[/labelnote]]
* Olaf is commonly referred to as Brolaf, likely just because it's such an easy pun. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnVLWKsO6CQ Brolaf skin came out]].
** When the skin was released, some of the Riot employees temporarily changed their names slightly to add "Bro" to it.
* riot, pls. riot pls. riot pls. riot pls.
** we r fixin tha bugs.
** "riot plz fix" is so notorious that it's spread to other [=MOBAs=], such as ''VideoGame/{{Dota 2}}''.
** rito plz
*** {{Ascended|Meme}} in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt_5-8OPiEA RiotX Arcane Announcement Trailer]] where at 0:25 "RITO" flashes onto the screen.
* "/singed" and "/Mad Chemist" are fairly common responses to petitions on the forums (a joke on possibly misspelling /signed).
** In a similar fashion, forum-goers will also use "Shen'd" in the same manner than members of another forum would use "ninja'd".
* "Purple Caster Minion is OP." [[labelnote:Explanation]]That's a basic {{Mook}} that spawns. [[http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?p=6555661#post6555661 The thread for an announcement for changes to make matches end faster, mostly by improving the minions, had a field day with that.]][[/labelnote]]
* Patch preview comic. Riot is making videos where their employees discuss the upcoming patch. Some of the frames are kind of funny. [[http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/9793/lol1ec.jpg Long]] [[http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/attachment.php?attachmentid=122129&d=1298254535 story]] [[http://pifro.com/tempmove/ppc/lol3fin.jpg short]]...
** With Morello's infamy from his discussion with players and past role of a lead balancer (he's no longer on the specifics of such duties), [[http://forums.euw.leagueoflegends.com/board/attachment.php?attachmentid=160044&d=1387475351 this screenshot of him laughing]] from the old patch previews is especially common for representing him (likely with an implication recent patch changes are him trolling the players). [[http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg845/scaled.php?server=845&filename=morello.png&res=medium Another especially funny-looking one is second]].
* [[http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=548180 Jarvan IV]]
* Some people created a meme involving Gangplank. but I ate some oranges and it was k ლ(ಠ益ಠლ) [[labelnote:Explanation]]Most killings on [=LoL=] work by stunning (or otherwise stopping) your enemy and then killing him while he is defenseless. Gangplank has one ability ("Remove Scurvy") in which he removes all of those status by simply eating an orange. Therefore "Someone was about to kill me, but then I ate some oranges and it was k".[[/labelnote]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-VBwa2FY5M&feature=related Now in song form!]]
** Now {{Ascended|Meme}} with Gangplank's newest champion spotlight (2015):
-->'''Phreak:'''Whether facing crowd control, sustained damage, or vitamin-C deficiency, all Gangplank has to do is eat an orange -
-->'''Gangplank:''' ''*chomp*''
-->'''Phreak:'''- and it's K.
* Ezreal's release and {{Bishonen}} appearance was quickly accompanied with humorously considering him TheTwink and being paired with the AmbiguouslyGay Taric. It is rare everyone in the match will let this meme slide by when Ezreal and Taric are chosen by a team to lane together.
* (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ [[labelnote:Explanation]]Flipping tables, started from a delay in the release of Leona, whose AffirmativeActionGirl tank character was widely hyped. This emoticon is likely to follow in the wake of other delays by Riot.[[/labelnote]]
** Now an AscendedMeme from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBphxrYgJOg&feature=player_embedded Vi's login music]], including the lyric "Have you ever really wanted to be a total rebel flipping tables on the enemy" while her gameplay does not involves flipping or tables, or any of the usual connotations from the FlippingTheTable trope whatsoever.
*** The emoji itself actually predates this, but it has become popular in the League of Legends community.
* The season 2 popularity of the Atmogs-Triforce (Warmog's Armor, Atma's Impaler, Trinity Force) on tanky DPS characters has become a meme. Particularly on /v/, building Atmogs or Trinity Force or running Flash on all of your champions will cause people to shout METAGAME. Originates from [[http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp36vgmK9P1qiuk8ko1_500.jpg this comic.]] By extension, the "angry Nasus" meme, involving a picture of a dog's head with Nasus's characteristic headdress badly drawn around it, accompanied by vigorous ranting about the Flash summoner spell.
** Similarly, putting together those items with Mercury Treads (which pretty much every melee champion in the game, and thus as well tanky DPS champions) and Frozen Mallet (an alternative to Warmog's Armor) for the picture [[http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/6676/metagolem.png METAGOLEM]].
* Riot, hire this man [[labelnote:Explanation]]A simplistic statement to show approval of someone's idea. Usually used for silly ones or skin suggestions.[[/labelnote]]
* Any phrase about saying Griftrix is not a designer. This meme started after the Rioter Griftrix tried to discuss the thoughts behind some of the game's design over the forums, with a disclaimer that his thoughts were solely his own as he wasn't a game designer.
* The "Look of Disapproval" (ಠ_ಠ) is well-known meme in other parts of the Internet, but is linked within the League of Legends community especially to the senior concept artist [=IronStylus=], having used this as a response to claims of PerverseSexualLust over the character he visually-designed, Leona... [[CrazyJealousGuy because he got there first]]. You may look, but not touch. An AscendedMeme [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120208232314/leagueoflegends/images/1/13/Leona_IronSolariSkin.jpg for the Iron Solari Leona skin splash art]], where ಠ_ಠ can be seen imprinted on the structures at the lower-left corner.
** Mentioning Leona or parrots is considered bait for a response by [=IronStylus=] (he indeed owns a parrot, and a red parrot from the Bilgewater Swain skin splash art serves as his forum avatar). Pictures of either work too. A parrot is also frequently used to represent him amongst fan discussions.
** Since he had a heavy hand in developing Diana and Quinn too, jokes abound about him and his "women-in-armor fetish". Ex: a recurring joke is asking a Rioter to place a Barbie doll at his workstation with a note saying "Use this as a reference next time".

* Xin. Shhh. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Originated from a PDF file linked on the forums showing a transcript from a match where a Xin Zhao player was doing terribly and everytime he ranted the Sona trying to support him would say "Xin. Shh." This had the effect of angering the Xin Zhao player to further rage, but the Sona persisted in their responses...[[/labelnote]]
* [[http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=1008310 I'm Jarvan. I'm helping.]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]An image of an allied Jarvan IV using his ult, thinking it's helping his team, but in actuality, is trapping them inside while an Anivia uses her AOE spell to slowly kill them while they can't escape.[[/labelnote]]
* Xerath is aiming his Q at me as I'm editing this page.
** Edit: dodged it. [[labelnote:Explanation]][[DontExplainTheJoke An explanation]]: Xerath's Q has a unique form of CallingYourAttacks by having said spell carpet the ground before the delayed cast goes off. It takes quite a fair bit of fast clicking and good reaction to dodge said spell, but the above is the general reaction when the spell was first showcased to the players. Edit: Since his most recent rework, his Q now has a variable range and is faster on the execution and cooldown, making it alot more spammable and dangerous.[[/labelnote]]
* The forum war between Riot staff members Morello (lead champion designer) and [=IronStylus=] (senior concept artist) regarding a remark Morello made about Leona, a League of Legends character. Has merged with the armored bear dispute, with Rioters and forumgoers everywhere taking sides, complete with its own [[http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=1410841 Risk map]].
* Hello Troper, thanks for reaching out to us! Have you taken a look around General Discussion lately? There are TONS of threads about this particular subject. As a courtesy to the rest of our community we try not to split conversations up into multiple threads, so I won't be able to give in-depth answers to these questions here. Take a look in General Discussion and contribute your voice to the existing threads! -The Beard [[labelnote:Explanation]]A short-lived outreach program called the Riot Ambassadors had some largely anonymous but clearly-labeled accounts occasionally reply to questions and threads on the forums. The meme was taken one of the Ambassadors' response to a thread over long-delayed features players were curious about, in retaliation from the lack of a meaningful response straight from Riot. Due to this, the program was officially canceled with words and a question thread headed by Riot Games' President, Brandon Beck.[[/labelnote]]
* [[http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=1792506 PULSEFIRe EZREAL WHERE]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]The Pulsefire Ezreal skin was first introduced to the player-base late in 2011; April 2012, and it still hadn't released yet. Ezreal being a popular older champ with few skins, and none that the community considers good, his fanbase was elated at the news for a while, but have since gotten tired of waiting. The good news is, it's been upgraded since its conception from a regular skin to over a Legendary one, with new voice work, animations and effects, but it's taking so long that a lot of people have stopped caring. The thread in question is over 400 pages long, and was almost a tradition to pull it up to the front page of the GD forum occasionally. One letter is left uncapitalized because the forum software will convert an ALL CAPS message or post title to all-lowercase.[[/labelnote]]
** PULSEFIRE eZREAL HERE! Because, ya know. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's here now]].
* EVE 2012. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Similar to the Pulsefire Ezreal issue, Evelynn (the game's resident JokeCharacter due to Riot deliberately overnerfing her) has been waiting for her remake with the stealth update for an incredibly long time now. Her supporters have taken to posting "EVE 2012" in threads in the manner of a political plug, ostensibly in the hope that Riot will actually manage to get the rework out before the end of the year (Eve has been broken since mid ''2011''). The meme is a DiscreditedMeme now that a Mid-July patch in 2012 finally released the rework of her and Twitch.[[/labelnote]]
* DAT ASHE! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Wordplay on another popular meme "DAT ASS". The champion Ashe not only has her bottom's curves clearly outlined in her splash artwork, but makes for an easy pun![[/labelnote]]
** [[AscendedMeme Ascended]] in a way. Riot now has merchandise in their store that [[http://www.jinx.com/p/league_of_legends_dat_ashe_premium_tee.html?catid=&s=leagueoflegends that clearly displays the meme.]]
** To a lesser extent, Fiora has often attracted the normal form of the existing meme "DAT ASS!" due to... [[http://www.lolreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Untitled.jpg well]]... [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yUG_gKH4qpM/T0vJMMQaorI/AAAAAAAAB7Q/wfMZiBD_jck/s1600/fiora-base-painting.jpg you know...]]
** Irelia in her [[SensualSpandex Frostblade skin]] is memetically considered to have the finest ass in the game, to the point of many players not merely calling it "Frostbutt/booty Irelia''.
* Pendragowned. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A depressingly common occurrence on the forums is someone coming in ranting about how they were unfairly banned from the game and they ''demand'' a Riot staffer [[TemptingFate tell them what they did that was so wrong]]. Quite often, Pendragon himself (Riot's Director of Community Relations) personally sticks his head into the forum to tell them (and everyone reading the thread) EXACTLY what they did that was so wrong. These are commonly regarded as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome on the forums and have attracted the above meme as a response.[[/labelnote]]
** Alternatively, "PENDRAKILL". [[labelnote:Explanation]]In-game, scoring 5 kills in rapid succession -- something very hard to pull off -- is announced as a PENTAKILL.[[/labelnote]]
** Such threads are also usually accompanied with players asking Pendragon to come into it and "smite" the thread poster.
** Now replaced by 'Lyte Smites,' Lyte being Riot's lead social systems designer.
* Bad [=LoL=] Player/Twitch Noob [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bad-lol-player-noobs-in-league-of-legends/photos gallery]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The champion in the images is Twitch who was, until recently, a very weak assassin champion and was easily countered. However, because Twitch just happens to hit right in a common weakness among low-level players (not buying pink wards and red trinket on normals, or Oracle's Extract on Dominion/ARAM), these players are often curbstomped by Twitch players. As a result, Twitch was a "God of Low Elo" who was often picked by new, less competent players who went for what they believed to be the most powerful champion. The joke is that everything said in the images is incredibly stupid in-game and will get the player killed and likely lose the game for the whole team.[[/labelnote]]
* Anivia is naked.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A common method of {{troll}}ing threads discussing the large number of female champions with {{Stripperiffic}} outfits. If you don't know what this exactly means, go look her up. You'll get it pretty much immediately[[/labelnote]]
** Nocturne is black.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Similar to the above, an annoyingly common recurring thread on the forums is someone complaining that the game lacks a "black" champion. This is the potted response; again, if you don't know what it means exactly look him up. You'll get it immediately.[[/labelnote]]
* [[http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=3144872 Crying Ashe.]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Ashe is considered an underpowered champion due to being OvershadowedByAwesome thanks to copious PowerCreep. A series of comics resulted based on everyone mocking, insulting, hating on and abusing poor Ashe, always ending with her being left in tears.[[/labelnote]]
** In extension, the male champions dissing her and saying they have to go [[SymbolSwearing ***]] [[MsFanservice Ahri]] now.
** Nah, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial her husband]] is [[INeedToGoIronMyDog just going bowling]].
** No, her white hair is ''not'' because she is old!
** Probably in response, Riot just massively buffed her attack speed (along with Tristana's attack speed).
* Draven's mustache [[MustacheVandalism on everything]]... [[labelnote:Explanation]]Ever since Riot teased the Sunbathing Leona (now officially Pool Party Leona) skin in a gaming convention and drew Draven's mustache on her as a joke, it's become fairly common to draw Draven's mustache on a lot of things. Especially other League champions.[[/labelnote]]
* Korean Shaco. [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Prepare your anus.]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]The rule of Shaco (basically [=LoL=]'s version of Murphy's law) says "your Shaco feeds and is clueless; their Shaco is Korean and unstoppable by 7 minutes in." This is because of Shaco's notorious difficulty curve: inexperienced ones are less than useless but grand masters are one of the most terrifying things in the game. A few Korean players got famous for being super-competent at him (and for using the Masked Shaco skin). Due to regionalism among the fanbase, this rule is often rendered as "your Shaco is a LAS Bronze; their Shaco is a KR Challenger".[[/labelnote]]

* [[http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/fio954Ms0t0/maxresdefault.jpg Lucian stole my bike.]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]An unfortunate side effect of the release of Lucian (the game's first undeniably "black" champion) was him getting labelled with every black stereotype out there. One of the more amusing ones was an adaptation of the "Nigga stole my bike!" meme from ''VideoGame/PunchOut'', portraying Lucian [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eICpR1tPbDI stealing his archnemesis Thresh's bike in petty revenge for Thresh stealing the soul of his wife.]][[/labelnote]]
* Better give NA RP [[labelnote:Explanation]]In light of the persistent server problems that EUW suffers from the general opinion of players is that EUW is TheUnFavourite of Riot and that they're ignored in favour of other servers. Whenever problems come up with the EUW servers the phrase is one of the first things the players utter.[[/labelnote]]
* #[=LCSBigPlays=], Big Plays, Muh Esports/E$port$[[labelnote:Explanation]]the very derisive response of players to Morello essentially saying Lee Sin, who he acknowledged needs nerfs, won't ever be nerfed because of player response and the professional players saying he's balanced. It's gotten so bad Riot has stopped even mentioning the hashtag. Just check the boards, and you'll likely see a thread about Lee Sin needing nerfs, and other champions instead being nerfed into unviability instead.[[/labelnote]]

* SEX KING IS COMING [[labelnote:Explanation]]A reference to [[http://i.imgur.com/PbsmRE8.jpg an anonymous player's encounter with a Korean Shaco]], which quickly became well-known on 4chan's /vg/ board - to the point where Sex King is synonymous with Shaco and vice-versa.[[/labelnote]]

* [[http://i.imgur.com/uRATMzE.jpg "i will change ur experience of yasuo."]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A player who thinks he's hot shit at Yasuo claims [[BlatantLies that he will totally change the opinion of the person doubting him towards the champion.]] [[LeeroyJenkins He doesn't.]][[/labelnote]]

!!Memes originating outside of the official forums:
* I want you to be like the wind: always by my side. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A meme that originated in the Facebook group LOL Mexico Army in which people would text this variation of Yasuo's champion pick quote to a person they liked and post the reaction. If the reaction was favorable, the poster had to ruin it with "SORIEKETON!" (when Yasuo casts his ult).[[/labelnote]]
* Official LOL advice from major brands. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A meme from LOL México Army where people would send a message to a big brand's Facebook inbox asking for LOL advice, with the hopes that their social media staff would have a LOL player among their ranks. Known examples of success include baked snack manufacturer Marinela and multiplex cinema chain Cinépolis.[[/labelnote]]
* Meme(X). [[labelnote:Explanation]]A generic nickname on 4chan's /lolg/ threads on /vg/ for an item that is widely held as ridiculously broken or ridiculously useless. "Mememask", for example, stands for Liandry's Torment, because supposedly its slow-effect damage is only useful on Vel'koz as it procs on every single tick of his ultimate.[[/labelnote]]
* Le <[adjective] noun> of free/infinite <stat/ability>. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A generic nickname on /lolg/ for champions that are notorious for having a lot of a certain stat or ability. Nasus, for example, is "le jackal god of infinite AD", and Katarina is "le knife slut of free cooldown reset".[[/labelnote]]
* Dubs chooses X.[[labelnote:Explanation]]On /lolg/, the first post replying to the requester whose number ends with two repeated numbers chooses whatever the poster has asked. Common candidates include new summoner name, next champion to purchase, next ranked champion, etc.[[/labelnote]]
* >riven mains[[labelnote:Explanation]]Riven mains on /lolg/ are infamous for being incompetent, having a terrible attitude, and viewing themselves as far more skilled than they really are because of the "sick combos" her kit is designed for.[[/labelnote]]

** Azir disabled. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Azir is known as the most buggy champion in the game due to having unique mechanics involving his Sand Soldiers, being disabled right after his release and being a ridiculous GameBreaker that no one could play due to the bugs. As such, anytime someone complains about bugs or asks a feature to be added in game, someone is bound to comment that said change will cause a new bug on Azir and [[ForWantOfANail force him to be disabled]].[[/labelnote]]
* Urgot has a dark, secret past.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Coming from the [[https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/2t2y96/2017_urgot_rework_is_released/ Urgot's 2017 rework]] post. While basically the ENTIRE POST is a FountainOfMemes, the one line mocking the new three-line lores became the most known one.[[/labelnote]]
** Urgot's light and dark form.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Also from the above post. This one mocks the release of champions with two forms that often have way more skills in their kit than the usual 3 basic + ultimate.[[/labelnote]]

!!Memes originating from Streamers
* Anything [[http://www.twitch.tv/trick2g Tri]][[https://www.youtube.com/user/Trick0850 ck2G]] says.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Trick has a very unique manner of speaking while streaming, and [[{{Keet}} is very exciteable most of the time]], making him one of the most memorable streamers.[[/labelnote]]
** "I'mma [=Trick2G=] them" - Doublelift [[labelnote:Explanation]]Trick's become so well-known for backdooring that even some pros are calling backdooring "Tricking" instead of Xpeke now.[[/labelnote]]
** THE GODYR! [[labelnote:Explanation]]What he calles his manner of playing Udyr[[/labelnote]]
* [[https://youtu.be/LimM9a2ajE4 I WAS IN ALPHA!]][[labelnote:Explanation]]A notable RunningGag from Cowsep, famous for his high-level Master Yi plays, which he screams whenever a mishap occurs regarding a bug in Master Yi's Alpha Strike ability, causing him to die in the middle of the ability when he is supposedly "untargetable."[[/labelnote]]
** AscendedMeme [[http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/patch/patch-621-notes as of 6.21:]] the phrase was used as one of the patch headlines for Master Yi regarding Alpha bugfixes. Nevertheless, Alpha incidents still occur.

!!Memes originating in the fan works
* Gentleman Cho'Gath. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Became an AscendedMeme as seen [[http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=77948 here]].[[/labelnote]]
** Similarly, Human Anivia, Catgirl Ezreal and other common reinterpretations via fanart.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JW2xM80qGI EPIC YORDLE DANCE PARTY!]]
* From WebAnimation/TheNunuBotShow:
** [[AC: Push push push push push push push]]
** [[AC: I'll do X and surprise them with my decision.]]
** [[AC: You guys fight them at top while I secretly push bottom.]]
** [[AC: Great! Even stupid bird is here.]]
** [[AC: I'll do X. [{{Beat}}] Or not.]]
** [[AC: [[VideoGame/HeroesOfNewerth BOTTOM LANE IS FAILING HARD!!11]] [[FanDumb AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA]]]]
* From [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Grasshyren Grasshyren's channel]]:
** Yes™
** Ghosting to battle!
* MemeticBadass: [[http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=14761 Jesse Perring]].
* Ryze Bot makes you ragequit your own IP farm games. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The champion, before being reworking, used to have very effective burst damage and was simple to play even for the otherwise [[ArtificialStupidity fairly stupid AI]]. While it was the only trait the champion which other mages shared with other advantages over Ryze making him be considered overshadowed, as the meme says, Ryze bot could still easily kill you while you're complacent about how you expect the AI to be utterly incompetent.[[/labelnote]]
** Annie and Soraka bots had even more of this, one of the first things this Troper was told upon playing league was to run if they saw Annie bot. And it was true, due to Annie's simple playstyle, like Ryze she was very easy for the AI to play and because she also deals more damage, Annie bot can even give lvl 30 players a hard time if left to farm. Soraka was almost as bad
* From [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-fIOrUTIOQ "pro as heck guide to master yi"]]
** "Get dunked!"
*** This one recently [[AscendedMeme ascended]]: it's one of Vi's quotes when using her ultimate, and further when there's a Dunkmaster Legendary skin... only that it's for Darius, who also dunks for his ultimate.
** "Watch out! It's the [[RummageSaleReject Swordboots]]."
*** [[AscendedMeme Ascended]] with Yasuo as well. Taunting an enemy Yi prompts him to possibly comment on them and sound utterly baffled while doing so.

* "F**k off, clown." [[labelnote:Explanation]]From [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caWg4Vx_SvQ this video]] where the [=LoL=] characters have a cypher. Jax has no idea what a cypher is and kindly tells Shaco to "f**k off".[[/labelnote]]
* "Not even close, baby!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]One of Videogamedunkey's catchphrases. Usually said ironically/tauntingly after barely escaping death. [[/labelnote]]
* "There is no team in Teemo", now in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwUXJe8lam4 form of a song]].
* "Now Im putting a wall behind Olaf" "We are doing a good job" [[labelnote:Explanation]]From this Guide, as other anivia-themed Memes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJAN1oDRJpk [[/labelnote]]
* "Brushy-brushy never fails! Solid tactic!" [[labelnote:Explanation]] A named technique from [=SivHD's=] Juke City video where he uses [=LeBlanc's=] high potential for ConfusionFu by tricking enemies into chasing a clone while he safely recalls in the brush he was last seen dashing out of. Deceiving enemies with hard-to-pull-off jukes isn't unheard of, but [=SivHD=] well known for popularizing it. [[/labelnote]]
* The Spanish-speaking community often says "bronza" instead of "bronce". [[labelnote:Explanation]]It comes from Spaniard channel CooLifeGame's series [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45dHu5pstik La Vida de Bronza]], in which they mock hilariously bad low-ranking players.[[/labelnote]]
* Sona 'speaking' in emoticons. [[labelnote:Explanation]] In the game's lore, Sona is mute. And Sona Bot speaks like this in chat boxes in the beginning or end of matches.[[/labelnote]]
* [=Spin2Win=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]This is never said in verbatim, but this has become synonymous to Garen and his Judgment where he spins around doing tick damage. Because of this, if there's a MOBA game that features SpinAttack, if they do not say it by default, they make a reference to this; occasionally you'll see it referenced outside the MOBA genre as well. Cases in point: VideoGame/{{Smite}} (Thor's Ragnarok Force X can make him say 'Spin To Win!' when doing his Spin Attack equivalent (Berserker's Barrage)) and VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm (One of the unlockable skills for The Lost Vikings is titled 'Spin To Win!', though they spin once for burst damage instead.)[[/labelnote]]

** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIzGXt--Ig4 Breaking Point]]''[[labelnote:Explanation]]As Season 6 (2016) was winding down, a one hour and 48 minute documentary called ''Team Liquid: Breaking Point'' was released via their partnership with HTC Esports on Website/YouTube and produced by the film studio [=1Up=]. The film followed Team Liquid's very rocky 2016 season and chronicled the internal strife, notably that between the team's rookie Jungler Joshua "Dardoch" Hartnett, coach Choi "Locodoco" Yoon-sub, and ADC Chae "Piglet" Gwang-jin, and the effect it was having on the team. It highlighted Dardoch's [[InsufferableGenius impressive skill as a jungler, marred by his incredibly abrasive and toxic attitude]], which nearly ended with him benched for the Summer Split, [[VetinariJobSecurity only to be given another chance thanks to Team Liquid's not having a comparably skilled jungler at the time]], Locodoco habit of being dismissive about team members concerns while showing what Dardoch views as favoritism to Piglet, while Piglet himself is burned out due to the stress of playing in the LCS, taking an offer from TL's management to send him down to the TL Academy Challenger team. Ultimately, these issues and others reach the [[TitleDrop breaking point]], where Team Liquid couldn't justify to themselves the value of keeping Dardoch on the team or Locodoco as head coach. Esport fans have in turn discussed whether airing team issues like this is good or bad for a team, while TL fans often point to this as a summary to the start of TL's [[DorkAge troubles through out 2016 and most of 2017]].[[/labelnote]]

* [=Spin2Win=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]This is never said in verbatim, but this becomes synonymous to Garen and his Judgment where he spins around doing tick damage. Because of this, if there's a MOBA game that features SpinAttack, if they do not say it by default, they make a reference to this. Case in points: VideoGame/{{Smite}} (Thor's Ragnarok Force X can make him say 'Spin To Win!' when doing his Spin Attack equivalent (Berserker's Barrage)) and VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm (One of the unlockable skills for The Lost Vikings is titled 'Spin To Win!', though they spin once for burst damage instead)[[/labelnote]]

!! Mundo
* Everything about Mundo. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Mundo's [[HulkSpeak manner of speech]] is, in a similar vein as the [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Heavy]], very popular with the fan base.[[/labelnote]]
** [[AscendedMeme Ascended somewhat.]] Corporate Mundo frequently runs the champion/skin sales.
** Mundo goes where he pleases.
*** Formally ascended with Tahm Kench's line to Mundo.
-->'''Tahm Kench:''' I could show Mundo new places to go, if he pleases.
** Mundo say his own name a lot, else he forget. Has happened before!

* [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Tank Mage Support Bruiser]] [[MasterOfAll Assassin Fighter DPS Burst]] Ornn[[labelnote:Explanation]][[https://clips.twitch.tv/ScaryAdorableNigiriSuperVinlin Popularized by LCS caster CaptainFlowers]], Ornn was seen as especially dominant through early 2020 after he received buffs to his [[StoneWall usually-negligible]] damage, with many (jokingly or otherwise) referring to him as such, including [[https://clips.twitch.tv/OddAmorphousCheetahOSsloth other casters who]] [[UpToEleven take the titles even further.]][[/labelnote]]

* "Muahahaha! Hahaha! Muhuhuhahahaha!" - Singed [[labelnote:Explanation]]Singed's /laugh is probably the most memetic of any champ. People playing Singed often have it bound to a key and spam it constantly as they run circles around people spreading poison gas. It's also an AscendedMeme because that's exactly what Phreak tells everyone to do during the Champion Spotlight, and then taken UpToEleven after one set of buffs made him ''automatically laugh when he flings someone.''[[/labelnote]]

** "Nooblord!", repeated ad nauseum [[RantInducingSlight in response to a teammate dying]].

* Korean Shaco. [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Prepare your anus.]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]The rule of Shaco (basically [=LoL=]'s version of MurphysLaw) says "your Shaco feeds and is clueless; their Shaco is Korean and unstoppable by 7 minutes in." This is because of Shaco's notorious difficulty curve: inexperienced ones are less than useless but grand masters are one of the most terrifying things in the game. A few Korean players got famous for being super-competent at him (and for using the Masked Shaco skin). Due to regionalism among the fanbase, this rule is often rendered as "your Shaco is a LAS Bronze; their Shaco is a KR Challenger".[[/labelnote]]

* Have you seen my bear Tibbers? [[labelnote:Explanation]]A very common phrase said by [[LittleMissBadass Annie]]. And by common, I mean every two or three times you tell her to go somewhere. This, combined her [[TastesLikeDiabetes very, very cutsie voice]] lead to many players finding her almost intolerable to play.
[[/labelnote]]
** This has been addressed by Riot in her graphical rework. She keeps the iconic line, though a wider quote pool makes it more tolerable. And upon summoning Tibbers, her quotes include "Found him!" and "There he is!"

* Cheering for ward kills. [[labelnote:Explanation]]During the season 2 championship series, a game between Counter Logic Gaming EU and World Elite came down to an agonising stalemate due to one team's dedicated GradualGrinder strategy. By about the 45-minute mark, practically ''nothing was happening'' apart from the two teams placing wards in their jungles, only for them to be swept out by the opposing junglers with the Oracle's Elixirs. The game was so boring that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZQkOf6EcRo the commentators started sarcastically getting worked up whenever a ward was killed and the audience joined them, cheering loudly for each ward kill as though it were an exciting play.]] Even after the match, in more fast-paced exciting games, the audience has persisted in cheering loudly whenever a ward dies.[[/labelnote]]

* Church of LS[[labelnote:Explanation]]Nick "LS" De Cesare is a longtime caster/coach whose profile increased dramatically during the 2022 season as he became head coach of LCS team [=Cloud9=]. LS is famous for being vocally harsh on questionable player decision-making, describing overly risky plays as "sinning", which evolved into a joke that certain players were "sinners" or "saints", in turn hailing his judgement as religious-style gospel. Upon becoming C9's coach, he immediately drew attention for his idiosyncratic leadership, drawing up very strange drafts and unconventional champion picks (the first match against Golden Guardians saw them pick ''Ivern mid'') [[CrazyEnoughToWork that managed to be impressively successful]], leading to an even further degree of [[MemeticBadass memetic celebration]], transforming into [[TooGoodToLast precedented mourning when he was abruptly released from the team less than a month into the season]].[[/labelnote]]

* Church of LS[[labelnote:Explanation]]Nick "LS" De Cesare is a longtime caster/coach whose profile increased dramatically during the 2022 season as he became head coach of LCS team [=Cloud9=]. LS is famous for being vocally harsh on questionable player decision-making, describing overly risky plays as "sinning", which evolved into a joke that certain players were "sinners" or "saints", in turn hailing his judgement as religious-style gospel. Upon becoming C9's coach, he immediately drew attention for his idiosyncratic leadership, drawing up very strange drafts and unconventional champion picks (the first match against Golden Guardians saw them pick ''Ivern mid'') [[CrazyEnoughToWork that managed to be impressively successful]], leading to an even further degree of [[MemeticBadass memetic celebration]].
[[/labelnote]]

** Originating [[http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=316408 here]]. Version 2.0 [[http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=966173 here]]. Popularized with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD8tHh9-nbw these]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLHKg0HtOaE videos]]. Safe to say, looks like it's getting a WeirdAlEffect on Mordekaiser, being that the meme may be dead, but "Huehuehuehue" to League Of Legends players is going to always be linked to Mordekaiser.