History YMMV / LeagueOfLegends

** And these days, it's becoming more and more common to get new particle effects and secondary changes (like Teemo's mushrooms instead being easter eggs in his Easter Bunny skin).

** Similar to Malzahar's voidlings, Yorick's ghouls are not controllable and can be pretty weak and unreliable at times.

** 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).

* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: When Riot gave people a boost to get a Corki skin and reduced it in price... the people who missed it screamed so loudly they've since been ''very'' careful about that.

* SockPuppet: A special form exists in this game...there are people who not only make accounts to keep at a permanently low level so they can beat newbies very easily, but also to sabotage other games because they won't lose anything if they get banned.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Riot finally answered one of the two obnoxious requests they'd received for several patches. Maokai's selling point being that he is a tree, nothing more. With an already hyped fan-base, they stated during the spotlight he was a supporting tank. Needless to say he was [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin just what the]] [[UnpleasableFanbase Fan-base]] wanted.
** [[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).

* ScapegoatCreator: Many Riot employees get this from the UnpleasableFanbase.

* ParanoiaFuel: Whenever stealth-based characters such as Evelynn or Twitch disappear, you're going to be ''seriously'' worried about an ambush.

* {{Ruined FOREVER}}: Riot gave Fiddlesticks a significant overhaul because he was unpopular and regarded as being too weak to be viable in competitive play. The community almost universally agrees that the remake only succeeded in making him ''[[EpicFail weaker]].''
* 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. He has embraced the title of "Nerf Master Suck Town" bestowed on him in a patch preview comic; other devs often commend him on his impressive forum aggro tanking abilities.

* ItsEasySoItSucks: Even Sona wasn't considered overpowered, she is still considered the easiest character to play ever by many (claimed by many to consist of spamming QWE and pressing R occasionally).
* 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.]]
** Actually, only [[http://v.cdn.cad-comic.com/comics/cad-20110520-ae447.png one]] is needed because it reflects the player attitudes at different levels. (However, many of the fans claim that's only on level 30 ranked)
* 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.

* 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. His skins are also pretty adorable, turning him into a butterfly and a reindeer.
* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: When Riot gave people a boost to get a Corki skin and reduced it in price...the people who missed it screamed so loudly they've since been ''very'' careful about that.

** Twisted Fate, whose most notable abilities are a debuff attack controlled by the RandomNumberGod, and a teleport that reveals ''every player on the map''. Considered to be useless by many people, and there were large numbers of threads asking that he be buffed. Then he ''single-handedly'' won a match against one of the best teams on earth.

** Twisted Fate. For most players? Considered to be useless by many people, and there were large numbers of threads asking that he be buffed. Then he ''single-handedly'' won a match against one of the best teams on earth.

** Twisted Fate, thanks to being able to teleport anywhere on the map at will.

* UncannyValley: Just look at Orianna and you'll realize this was intentional from the start.
** She has this effect in-universe too - Almost everyone in the League finds her incredibly disturbing, including both Summoners handling her Judgment.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Kog'Maw doesn't mean harm, he just likes Runeterra and eats stuff he likes.

* 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.

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

** 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."]].

** 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.

* {{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.

** 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.

* RuinedFOREVER: Every. Single. Patch.

** Despite having very little mention, there's a fair number of threads requesting that Professor Pididly be made into a champion.

* IronWoobie: She feels like she lives an empty life on the inside, but she doesn't let it show.

** 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.

* 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).