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* FridgeLogic: How does the bird Anivia wear her speed increasing boots? And why is she slower than everyone, even the zombie?
** Why is it that Anivia, Cho'gath, and Rammus are the only non-humanoid but still bipedal champions?
*** Likely most of this is due to time constraints in efficiently making new heroes since anything with more than two legs or flight becomes more difficult to animate without horrible {{Squick}}-inducing animation bugs.
** How come only Corki is the only flying champ who can actually be more than half a metre above the ground?
*** And even that is not as high than Tristana's Rocket Jump?
*** Think TheFlintstones.
** Out of all the skills in the game, Poppy's Ultimate is the only one that does NOT MAKE SENSE. How the hell do you prevent others from whacking her or another champion with some unknown skill!?
*** ''[[DiplomaticImpunity Diplomatic Immunity]]'', ''[[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch!]]''
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** Stealth is heavily hated to fight against, Evelynn and Twitch inciting your team to either stay together all the time with an Oracle's Elixir on someone to avoid letting them take advantage of their stealth, or just forcing you to never go out of the range of your lane's turret while laning. Riot Games has noted this and stated they're want to remake stealth mechanics, but have been frustrated by their attempts in internal testing, and currently a good remake has yet to be attained.

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* AccidentalInnuendo: Teemo's quotation on Tristana could sound like a totally lame DoubleEntendre joke.
--> ''"If there's one person I'd trust to take on a difficult mission, it's Tristana -- all day long!"''



* CargoShip: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn7pceX_Mnk&feature=related Udyr & Innervating Locket.]]

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* CargoShip: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn7pceX_Mnk&feature=related com/watch?v=dn7pceX_Mnk Udyr & Innervating Locket.]]



* CompleteMonster:
** Even as a child, Mundo was a sadistic psychopath who performed horrific experiments on anything he could fetch. Hasn't changed one bit.
** Warwick was a sadistic, bloodthirsty psychopath before the transformation; if anything, the transformation made him even worse.



** Lux. While she is often compared to Morgana, she is still more or less beloved for fun and unique playstyle, DEMACIA, and being the second female champion in the game after Kayle to not have huge boobs and skimpy clothes.

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** Lux. While she is often compared to Morgana, she is still more or less beloved for fun and unique playstyle, DEMACIA, playstyle and being the second female champion in the game after Kayle to not have huge boobs and skimpy clothes.



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** Despite having very little mention, there's a fair number of threads requesting that Professor Pididly be made into a champion.
** Urf was meant to be a one shot joke, but he became so popular with the fanbase that he's been given a spot on Warwick's costume roster and a spot on Summoner's Rift. He's even the star of several fanmade flash games.
* EvilIsSexy: Evelynn, Katarina, and Morgana are all prime examples.
* FanNickname: numerous.Numerous.



* GameBreaker: Inevitable, given the competition-oriented gameplay. Who/ what exactly is one constantly changes, due to rapid updates, and what exactly is a "GameBreaker" is massively different depending on your level of play (For example: Twisted Fate. For most players? Considered to be useless by many people, and there were large numbers of threads asking that he be buffed. He SINGLEHANDEDLY won a match against one of the best teams on earth.)

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* {{Fanon}}: The very popular interpretation of Ryze is that he has ''literally'' been incarcerated in a real place called Rune Prison, which is why he has that rocking physique.
* GameBreaker: Inevitable, given the competition-oriented gameplay. Who/ what exactly is one constantly changes, due to rapid updates, and what exactly is a "GameBreaker" is massively different depending on your level of play (For example: play.
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Twisted Fate. For most players? Considered to be useless by many people, and there were large numbers of threads asking that he be buffed. He SINGLEHANDEDLY Then he ''single-handedly'' won a match against one of the best teams on earth.)earth.
** Kog'Maw was considered pretty weak when he came out, but when play shifted towards really tough characters, Kog turned out to be the best tank-killer in the game.
** After the order of effects upon death were patched, Maokai gained the unique ability to combine the Guardian Angel with his Vengeful Maelstrom to do this quite literally. This bug breaking the game is itself a gamebreaker, meaning Maokai could never lose.
** Morgana's Black Shield, for its ability to make the target temporarily immune to all forms of crowd control (an ''incredibly'' powerful ability given how much of a major role these play in the game).
** It's notoriously hard to balance Mundo on Twisted Treeline.
** Renekton is a borderline example. While he does have a less-than-spectacular early game and does tend to drop off the radar near the end, his sheer speed and power makes him into a near-godlike threat midgame, able to trigger his ultimate, dash in, and kill multiple targets with ease before escaping. He can be theoretically countered here with armor, but the process of getting the armor will allow him to rack up the kills even more and will leave his opponents underprepared for the endgame. It's not uncommon for surrenders to occur well before the teamfight phase even starts simply because Renekton has gained such a large advantage that the opposition simply cannot catch up.
** Ryze is more likely to get hit with this charge than most champions. Extremely short cooldowns, high damage output over a long period of time, and tank-like durability make him extremely effective in almost any situation. He's also one of the cheapest champions in the game.
** Twisted Fate, thanks to being able to teleport anywhere on the map at will.
* GannonBanned: It's '''Ezreal''. Not Ezr''ae'''l.
* GeniusBonus: Lux's MeaningfulName.



* FanPreferredCouple: Katarina and Garen. Garen's background ''clearly'' shows he has a thing for her, but whether she would reciprocate is undetermined.
* IronWoobie: She feels like she lives an empty life on the inside, but she doesn't let it show.
* LoveItOrHateIt: Veigar's voice is fairly polarizing among the community.
* MagnificentBastard: [=LeBlanc=] is strongly implied to be responsible for the disappearance of General Du Couteau, and the subsequent promotion of her compatriot Swain to the opened position.
* MaryTzu: Swain



* NauseaFuel: Urgot's character design is very heavy on the {{squick}}.
* ParanoiaFuel: Whenever stealth-based characters such as Evelynn or Twitch disappear, you're going to be ''seriously'' worried about an ambush.



** Don't mistake this for some champions you never see like Tristana, Soraka, Gangplank, or Taric (for that matter a lot of the original 40). Unless they're in the free champion rotation for the week, you often don't see them because people, especially veterans, are more interested in the new champions than people they played for years. The original 40 aren't ''bad'', they're just "old news." Unless they get an overhaul, like how Alistar's passive was changed to "Trample." In ranked matches, you see more variety.

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** Don't mistake this for some champions you never see like Tristana, Soraka, Gangplank, or Taric (for that matter a lot of the original 40). Unless they're in the free champion rotation for the week, you often don't see them because people, especially veterans, are more interested in the new champions than people they played for years. The original 40 aren't ''bad'', they're just "old news." Unless they get an overhaul, like how Alistar's passive was changed to "Trample." In ranked matches, you see more variety. variety.
* ToyShip: Amumu is sometimes implied to have a crush on Annie which may not be entirely one-sided.


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* TheWoobie: Amumu.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Kog'Maw doesn't mean harm, he just likes Runeterra and eats stuff he likes.
** Veigar is so very much this.

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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Kennen is a very notable example. He was considered the worst caster in the game, and for a good reason: low damage spells, bad ultimate, easy controllableity. After the remake he is more or less perfectly balanced.

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** Evelynn got this big time. Revive/Smite + AD + jungle + Evelynn = #1 ban in Draft mode or freewin in Normal mode.
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Kennen is a very notable example. He was considered the worst caster in the game, and for a good reason: low damage spells, bad ultimate, easy controllableity. After the remake he is more or less perfectly balanced.balanced.
** In early days, Teemo was reviled for being so cute. Now he's arguably one of the most popular characters in the game and one of the official mascots.
** Vladimir was once hated due to his ridiculous durability, high damage, and obnoxiously effective laning abilities. Has since been nerfed and has fallen off the radar somewhat.


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** Amumu was MisBlamed for [=AoE=] teams' overpoweredness.
** Many players consider Cassiopeia to be one of the weakest champions in the game.
** Evelynn is one of the most controversial champions in the game, having run the gamut of almost completely useless to severely overpowered multiple times.


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** As launched, Sona was considered overpowered due to the sheer strength and usefulness of her buffs and heals (even accounting for the NecessaryDrawback of being a SquishyWizard). Some players have been known to ragequit if they die while laning against her.
** Soraka was a cornerstone of a strategy in which the team keeps a single carry-type character alive to bear down of their opponents by sheer attrition. Later nerfed and considered to be nearly equal to Evelynn in uselessness to many (though rather than potentially, more all the time).

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* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Lux. While she is often compared to Morgana, she is still more or less beloved for fun and unique playstyle, DEMACIA, and being the second female champion in the game after Kayle to not have huge boobs and skimpy clothes.
** The devs and tier list writers consider Mordekaiser one of the worst and most useless champions out there. Now go ask players.
** Nasus has awesome voice acting and is considered one of the most balanced characters in the game.



* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Kennen is a very notable example. He was considered the worst caster in the game, and for a good reason: low damage spells, bad ultimate, easy controllableity. After the remake he is more or less perfectly balanced.



** Similarly, Zileas gets plenty of flak on his post about [[http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=293417 Game Design Anti-Patterns]] from amateur armchair designers who take every opportunity to try to disprove them, point out their presence in game as a form of hypocrisy (while completely missing the point), or try to argue that it's the reason League of Legends will never cater to "hardcore" gamers.

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** Similarly, Zileas gets plenty of flak on his post about [[http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=293417 Game Design Anti-Patterns]] from amateur armchair designers who take every opportunity to try to disprove them, point out their presence in game in-game as a form of hypocrisy (while completely missing the point), or try to argue that it's the reason League of Legends will never cater to "hardcore" gamers.



* TheScrappy:
** Any champion that is "cute" is being regarded this way by the StopHavingFunGuys, especially Teemo, who is a cross between ''TeamFortress2'''s Scout and Pikachu. Except armed with a blowgun. And poisonous.
** Most agree that there are few or no overpowered champions. But quite a few champions are commonly considered useless and many players will ditch out of games when a teammate chooses them.



** Malzahar's Voidlings. Unlike other champion's pets/clones, they are directly uncontrollable.



* TheScrappy: Any champion that is "cute" is being regarded this way by the StopHavingFunGuys, especially Teemo, who is a cross between ''TeamFortress2'''s Scout and Pikachu. Except armed with a blowgun. And poisonous. [[{{Dissimile}} So not really like that at all.]]
** Most agree that (aside from [[strike: Jax]] [[strike: Warwick]] [[strike: Udyr]] [[strike: Yi]] [[strike: Xin Zhao]] [[strike: Heimerdinger and Shen]] [[strike: Vladimir and Soraka]] [[strike: Amumu, Morgana, Sona, Miss Fortune, Kog'Maw and Galio]] [[strike: Rammus, Sivir and Vladimir]] nevermind, they change every patch) there are few or no overpowered champions. But quite a few champions are commonly considered useless and many players will ditch out of games when a teammate chooses them.



* TierInducedScrappy: You don't have time to read them all.
** Don't mistake this for some champions you never see like Tristana, Soraka, Gangplank, or Taric. (For that matter a lot of the original 40) Unless they're in the free champion rotation for the week, you often don't see them because people, especially veterans, are more interested in the new champions than people they played for years. The original 40 aren't ''bad'', they're just "old news". Unless they get an overhaul, like how Alistar's passive was changed to "Trample" in a recent patch. However, in ranked matches, you see more variety.
* UglyCute: Kog'Maw. It helps that he dances the can-can as his dance, chases his tail as one of his idles, and hums a cavalry charge as his joke. awwwww
** And now he has [[http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/attachment.php?attachmentid=78372&d=1289847615 this skin.]]
** And [[http://images.wikia.com/leagueoflegends/images/d/d7/Kog%27Maw_ReindeerSkin.jpg this one.]]
** And now [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110201052054/leagueoflegends/images/9/98/KogMaw_LionDance.jpg this one.]] God, they just keep coming!

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** Previously considered considerably overpowered, Jax was whacked so hard with the {{Nerf}} hammer that "being Jaxed" has entered the community's parlance as an UnusualEuphemism for a popular champion being brutally and excessively nerfed to near-uselessness. Subsequent patches
have time yet to read them all.
make him very powerful and ignored some issues, but he is at least playable now.
** Katarina at one point considered to be one of the worst characters to have to lane against to the point she was a GameBreaker. She has since fallen behind other champions and is dependent on an easily stopped ultimate, making her dead weight against a reasonably well-picked team with experienced players behind it.
** Don't mistake this for some champions you never see like Tristana, Soraka, Gangplank, or Taric. (For Taric (for that matter a lot of the original 40) 40). Unless they're in the free champion rotation for the week, you often don't see them because people, especially veterans, are more interested in the new champions than people they played for years. The original 40 aren't ''bad'', they're just "old news". news." Unless they get an overhaul, like how Alistar's passive was changed to "Trample" in a recent patch. However, in "Trample." In ranked matches, you see more variety.
* UglyCute: Kog'Maw. It helps that he dances the can-can as his dance, chases his tail as one of his idles, and hums a cavalry charge as his joke. awwwww
** And now he has [[http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/attachment.php?attachmentid=78372&d=1289847615 this skin.]]
** And [[http://images.wikia.com/leagueoflegends/images/d/d7/Kog%27Maw_ReindeerSkin.jpg this one.]]
** And now [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110201052054/leagueoflegends/images/9/98/KogMaw_LionDance.jpg this one.]] God, they just keep coming!
His skins are also pretty adorable, turning him into a butterfly and a reindeer.


* LawfulEvil: In Noxus, all are protected under the law, [[AnimalFarm but some are more protected than others]]. The nation indulges in 19th-Century British-style Imperialism, and isn't afraid of using unsavory tactics like necromancy and chemical warfare to do it.
* LawfulGood: Demacia is said (''by Demacians'') to be a city-state that prides itself on morality enforced by rather draconic laws, rivalling it with the more ChaoticEvil Noxus.



* TrueNeutral: Akali

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* SurpriseDifficulty: Anyone who doesn't read up on a champion a bit before trying them out might run into this. Some champions are listed as "Easy" or "medium" when they're actually a bit tougher than other champions in their "Difficulty" level, and vice versa. Thankfully, people may practice in Co-op vs. AI if they don't know how a champion works.



** Don't mistake this for some champions you never see like Tristana, Soraka, Gangplank, or Taric. (For that matter a lot of the original 40) Unless they're in the free champion rotation for the week, you often don't see them because people, especially veterans, are more interested in the new champions than people they played for years. The original 40 aren't ''bad'', they're just "old news". Unless they get an overhaul, like how Alistar's passive was changed to "Trample" in a recent patch.

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* ChaoticEvil: Noxus is a city-state that is said to only respect power, which may be obtained by whatever means necessary, and [[FridgeLogic probably]] only doesn't fall apart because of [[LawfulGood Demacia]] being opposed to it.


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* ScrappyMechanic: The Flash summoner ability, being an ability that allows a player to instantly move their champion a short distance away to a different spot is considered to be one of the absolute most powerful summoner abilities in the game, considering the emphasis on positioning and coordination within the game. It can be a get-out-of-jail-free card whenever available on the defensive and make powerful ultimates for champions that demand very proper placement, coordination and positioning to be used at their best be significantly easier to use. While initially going for a complete removal, Riot instead recently nerfed it so it no longer dodges [[HomingBoulders homing projectiles]] and has a longer cooldown. So far everything's going okay.

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* ScrappyMechanic: ScrappyMechanic:
** Having an Energy meter instead of Mana makes life difficult if you plan on MinMaxing your characters using Runes (and trust us, you are planning that). Mana-related runes don't affect Energy (and vice versa), and most Energy runes cost ''double''; some of them are more expensive than Champions.
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The Flash summoner ability, being an ability that allows a player to instantly move their champion a short distance away to a different spot is considered to be one of the absolute most powerful summoner abilities in the game, considering the emphasis on positioning and coordination within the game. It can be a get-out-of-jail-free card whenever available on the defensive and make powerful ultimates for champions that demand very proper placement, coordination and positioning to be used at their best be significantly easier to use. While initially going for a complete removal, Riot instead recently nerfed it so it no longer dodges [[HomingBoulders homing projectiles]] and has a longer cooldown. So far everything's going okay.



* TrueNeutral: Akali



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** Don't mistake this for some champions you never see like Tristana, Soraka, Gangplank, or Taric. (For that matter a lot of the original 40) Unless they're in the free champion rotation for the week, you often don't see them because people, especially veterans, are more interested in the new champions than people they played for years. The original 40 aren't ''bad'', they're just "old news". Unless they get an overhaul, like how Alistar's passive was changed to "Trample" in a recent patch.
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** And now [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110201052054/leagueoflegends/images/9/98/KogMaw_LionDance.jpg this one.]] God, they just keep coming!
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** And now [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110201052054/leagueoflegends/images/9/98/KogMaw_LionDance.jpg this one.]] God, they just keep coming!
* UnpleasableFanbase: Everything that happens with the game, ever.
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** Not to mention, there is a special form of {{GIFT}} in play. Because the game is free of charge and no subscription fees are required, it is possible for someone to have a dummy account with only free champions and sabotage games since after all, you'll never see these guys again, and you won't lose anything if a ''dummy account'' is banned - just as long as your main account where the champions you worked so hard for is untouched.
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* ChaoticEvil: Noxus is a city-state that is said to only respect power, which may be obtained by whatever means necessary, and [[FridgeLogic probably]] only doesn't fall apart because of [[LawfulGood Demacia]] being opposed to it. Or at least that's what we think about it, because [[WordOfGod in-game lore is written by Demacians]].

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* ChaoticEvil: Noxus is a city-state that is said to only respect power, which may be obtained by whatever means necessary, and [[FridgeLogic probably]] only doesn't fall apart because of [[LawfulGood Demacia]] being opposed to it. Or at least that's what we think about it, because [[WordOfGod in-game lore is written by Demacians]].
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** One example that its fanbase didn't make up, but the game itself uses - if the servers are full, the position for waiting in the queue will up to a maximum of [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Memes/Anime Over 9000]].
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** Lee Sin, the Blind Monk, ''finally'' being added as a playable champion, possibly working with [[AprilFoolsDay Urf?!]] People are cautious since April Fools Day is next week as of this writing, but if this is true, no doubt there will be very much rejoicing, but...[[UnpleasableFanbase If]] [[RuinedFOREVER it's]] [[FanDumb fake...]]

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** Lee Sin, the Blind Monk, ''finally'' being added as a playable champion, possibly working champion. ESPECIALLY after [[TeasingCreator Riot messed with [[AprilFoolsDay Urf?!]] People are cautious since everyone's head due to April Fools Day is next week as of this writing, but if this is true, no doubt there will be very much rejoicing, but...[[UnpleasableFanbase If]] [[RuinedFOREVER it's]] [[FanDumb fake...Fool's Day.]]
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* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: [[http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/attachment.php?attachmentid=146974&d=1301705370 This picture]] puts it best.
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** And [[http://images.wikia.com/leagueoflegends/images/d/d7/Kog%27Maw_ReindeerSkin.jpg this one.]]
** And now [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110201052054/leagueoflegends/images/9/98/KogMaw_LionDance.jpg this one.]] God, they just keep coming!
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** The Journal of Justice had an article about Blitzcrank creating a sort of dating service. The article was amusing, but the best part was the accompanying illustration in which Blitzcrank shows photos of successful (well, he might have a different definition of it, being a robot and all) pairings from his service - one was '''Rammus and a cactus'''.
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** Lee Sin, the Blind Monk, ''finally'' being added as a playable champion with possibly working with [[AprilFoolsDay Urf?!]] People are cautious since April Fools Day is next week as of this writing, but if this is true, no doubt there will be very much rejoicing, but...[[UnpleasableFanbase If]] [[RuinedFOREVER it's]] [[FanDumb fake...]]

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** Additionally, Annie had a "doublestun" bug that allowed her to start building up charges or even an entire second stun before releasing the first one.
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* StopHavingFunGuys: The fanbase is from DOTA. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement To put it lightly; if you don't know what DOTA had a bad reputation for...it's best just look at the trope name. No. Specifications. PLEASE.]]
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* {{Griefer}}: This is an online game - where the {{GIFT}} is in effect and there are ''shittons'' of players who leave or stay in the corner of the field for the ''entire'' game.
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* GoodBadBugs: For a time during the beta, it was possible for Heimerdinger to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvugzSQwaso block the center-lane creeps]] back at the base... [[OhCrap then let all of them out in one super-wave]].
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* MemeticSexGod: If the Riot employee Jeff Jew is mentioned, his sexiness will be also.

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* MemeticSexGod: If the Riot employee Jeff Jew is mentioned, his sexiness will be also.also.
* MostWonderfulSound: "Pentakill!"
* RuinedFOREVER: Every. Single. Patch.
* ScapegoatCreator: Many Riot employees get this from the UnpleasableFanbase, but Morello is a particularly big case as the Lead Champion Designer. Occasionally crosses over with MisBlamed for people who don't realize what he, or other reds, actually do.
** Shurelia has her own personal hatedom that partially stems from her [=DarkShurelia=] persona. Naturally, she also has legions of fans WhiteKnighting [[TheDulcineaEffect for her]] as well.
** Similarly, Zileas gets plenty of flak on his post about [[http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=293417 Game Design Anti-Patterns]] from amateur armchair designers who take every opportunity to try to disprove them, point out their presence in game as a form of hypocrisy (while completely missing the point), or try to argue that it's the reason League of Legends will never cater to "hardcore" gamers.
** Everytime someone complains about the Magma Chamber map not being released while saying that a new champion being announced for the next patch shows the Riot Games needs to be working on it more, someone has to be reminded that the map designers are not the same people who make the champions. Or for that matter, people complaining about characters being released while bugs aren't being fixed when, again, the designers and the programmers are likely different people.
* ScrappyMechanic: The Flash summoner ability, being an ability that allows a player to instantly move their champion a short distance away to a different spot is considered to be one of the absolute most powerful summoner abilities in the game, considering the emphasis on positioning and coordination within the game. It can be a get-out-of-jail-free card whenever available on the defensive and make powerful ultimates for champions that demand very proper placement, coordination and positioning to be used at their best be significantly easier to use. While initially going for a complete removal, Riot instead recently nerfed it so it no longer dodges [[HomingBoulders homing projectiles]] and has a longer cooldown. So far everything's going okay.
* TheScrappy: Any champion that is "cute" is being regarded this way by the StopHavingFunGuys, especially Teemo, who is a cross between ''TeamFortress2'''s Scout and Pikachu. Except armed with a blowgun. And poisonous. [[{{Dissimile}} So not really like that at all.]]
** Most agree that (aside from [[strike: Jax]] [[strike: Warwick]] [[strike: Udyr]] [[strike: Yi]] [[strike: Xin Zhao]] [[strike: Heimerdinger and Shen]] [[strike: Vladimir and Soraka]] [[strike: Amumu, Morgana, Sona, Miss Fortune, Kog'Maw and Galio]] [[strike: Rammus, Sivir and Vladimir]] nevermind, they change every patch) there are few or no overpowered champions. But quite a few champions are commonly considered useless and many players will ditch out of games when a teammate chooses them.
* TierInducedScrappy: You don't have time to read them all.
* UglyCute: Kog'Maw. It helps that he dances the can-can as his dance, chases his tail as one of his idles, and hums a cavalry charge as his joke. awwwww
** And now he has [[http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/attachment.php?attachmentid=78372&d=1289847615 this skin.]]
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* MemeticMutation: [[Memes/LeagueOfLegends Has its own page]].
* MemeticSexGod: If the Riot employee Jeff Jew is mentioned, his sexiness will be also.
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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: [[http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=159466 Riot Games introduced Journal of Justice]], a completely free feature devoted only to the lore, and it's not just a wall of text somewhere on the web, it's a built-in fictional newspaper with interviews with the champions. A notable exception to the general rage that surrounds most recent announcements (See Unpleasable Fanbase).
** The announcement that Renekton, Nasus' Brother would become a playable champion was met with near universal approval, as opposed to the other previous champions which were more or less hit or miss.
* BrokenBase: [[FlameWar Game balance will be forever flamed over.]]
** [[ItGetsWorse Try reading the forums some time, about... any topic.]]
* CargoShip: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn7pceX_Mnk&feature=related Udyr & Innervating Locket.]]
* ChaoticEvil: Noxus is a city-state that is said to only respect power, which may be obtained by whatever means necessary, and [[FridgeLogic probably]] only doesn't fall apart because of [[LawfulGood Demacia]] being opposed to it. Or at least that's what we think about it, because [[WordOfGod in-game lore is written by Demacians]].
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The new Season One CG cinematic. The ''whole'' thing.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The Journal of Justice has this in spades. Along with giving extra info and backstory on the champions for the interested (quite a few) there are a number of "joke" articles which are just meant to be amusing. Special mention for Annie doing advertisements for dental hygiene. [[BlackMagicianGirl Yes]], [[EverythingIsWorseWithBears that]] [[TykeBomb Annie]].
** For Thanksgiving 2010, [[http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=361942 the Forums]] organized a AYAM game, or All Yordles All Mid day. At the start of the game all players must pay their respects for Urf the Manatee by dancing in front of his grave, then fight to the death in a 5 vs 5 match with no retreating allowed. [[{{Understatement}} Things get a little crazy]].
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Urf Day. Following the huge success of Warwick's Urf the Manatee skin, Riot donated the proceeds they had received during April Fools to an organization devoted to the preservation of manatees.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B3JIL7xhjY A Champion Approaches.]]
* FanNickname: numerous.
** All champions with more than 5 symbols in their names have shorter nicknames for typing. Usually just first letters of the name, but Veigar is sometimes called [[FinalFantasyIX Vivi]], Gangplank is {{Pirate}}.
** Second accounts are called "smurfs" (more or less officially, as Pendragon himself has one and calls it a smurf too).
** Flash is the "[[{{Monopoly}} Get out of jail free card]]"
*** Sometimes called a "Get out of fail free card."
** Champions are called "toons". Maybe a reference to cel shading and "cartoony" style. Though more likely simply the same terminology borrowed from [[OlderThenTheyThink MMOs and older games]] where it's a debate between whether your character is a toon, an avatar, or a character.
** [[CurbStompBattle Getting a kill without taking much damage]] is called "facemelting", in a reference to a WorldOfWarcraft meme [[hottip:*:"You will melt faces in PVP as a shadow priest."]].
* GameBreaker: Inevitable, given the competition-oriented gameplay. Who/ what exactly is one constantly changes, due to rapid updates, and what exactly is a "GameBreaker" is massively different depending on your level of play (For example: Twisted Fate. For most players? Considered to be useless by many people, and there were large numbers of threads asking that he be buffed. He SINGLEHANDEDLY won a match against one of the best teams on earth.)
* GrowingTheBeard: Not the game itself, but the skins. Back in the days all the skins were just recolors (of both the loading screen and the champion itself). Now you will have to look hard to find a new skin that is not a remodel with brand-new loading screen art.
* LawfulGood: Demacia is said (''by Demacians'') to be a city-state that prides itself on morality enforced by rather draconic laws, rivalling it with the more ChaoticEvil Noxus.
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!! MemeticMutation
For a relatively new community, the game has its fair share of community memes, a fair share of them originating in fanworks.
* Gentleman Cho'Gath. Recently became an AscendedMeme as seen [[http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=77948 here]].
* Everything about Mundo.
** Mundo goes where he pleases.
* Armored bears. Nuff said.
* Oh God it's Yi!!!
** [[OhCrap CAWCAWCAWCAWCAWCAWCAWCAWCAWCAW]]
* [[LadyGaga Lady]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GyxaeeoXJk Gragas]]. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaVtinsbd70 It's gaining momentum]].
* Delayed "Bro" on the forums.
* When is the new map/champion/feature/etc coming out? [[{{Tradesnark}} Soon™]].
* ok (This came from Rammus' [[TheQuietOne extreme concision in speaking.]] "Ok." is one out of his four one-word lines.
*** Due to some balance issues, you may also hear "Op".
* DEEEEMMMAACIA!, line brought to you by Garen.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8ZensTnIXw&feature=related Yup.]]
* Olaf is commonly referred to as Brolaf, likely just because it's such an easy pun. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnVLWKsO6CQ Brolaf skin came out]].
** Now some of the Riot employees have changed their names slightly to add "Bro" to it.
* "Trundling" has become another term for Trolling since the champion's release.
* "/singed" and "/Mad Chemist" are fairly common responses to petitions on the forums.
* Riot Games has a few of its employees do a video previewing of the some changes on the upcoming patch. In light of this, adding text to specific images taken from it are a new meme. The subject tends to vary.
* Purple Caster Minion is OP. (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.]])
* From The Nunu Bot Show:
** Push push push push push push push
** I'll do X and surprise them with my decision.
** You guys fight them at top while I secretly push bottom.
** Great! Even stupid bird is here.
** I'll do X. [{{Beat}}] Or not.
** [[HeroesOfNewerth BOTTOM LANE IS FAILING HARD!!11]] [[FanDumb AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA]]
* From Grasshyren's channel:
** Yes™
** Ghosting to battle!
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