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* BetterAsALetsPlay: Having to deal with [[{{Noob}} unskilled players]], {{Griefer}}s, [=AFKs=], and [[PVPBalanced unbalanced champions]] often leads to extreme frustration, so many players agree that simply watching someone else play the game can be a much more pleasant experience.
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** Kayn and Rhaast have become incredibly popular as a romantic pairing akin to the subtext of Eddie Brock and Venom, Rhaast's parasitic reliance on Kayn making for compelling drama and their natural BloodKnight tendencies playing well off each other.
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** ''League'' events are often guilty of ArcWelding and using the InvincibleVillain trope, both of which were beloved during ''Burning Tides'' and ''Shadow and Fortune''-- each of which people felt integrated the game's lore seamlessly into the stories they were telling and combined different characters and arcs, said InvincibleVillain being respectively Miss Fortune, an AntiVillain at worst whose planning out ''Burning Tides'' is generally agreed to be a wonderful twist that has huge consequences on the long-running story, and Thresh-- one of the most popular villains in ''League of Legends'' who, while surviving without much of a scratch, also takes his fair share of losses. Both were also confined to Bilgewater, with fairly limited casts. ''None'' of these factors applied to ''Rise of the Sentinels'', which seemingly picked who became a Sentinel or a Ruined champion at random (With accusations of being MerchandiseDriven), never paying enough attention to ''any'' of its characters due to its enormous scope, and which requires contrivances, TheWorfEffect, and out-of-character heroes to achieve Viego's NearVillainVictory, only for it to be reversed in the last moment and ultimately turn out inconsequential. Suffice it to say that while ''Burning Tides'' and ''Shadow and Fortune'' are still well-received, ''Rise of the Sentinels'' brought these issues to people's attention.
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* ArchivePanic: The ''League of Legends'' wiki lists ''257'' short stories ''alone''; between the short stories, comics, ''VideoGame/LegendsOfRuneterra'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'', the seasonal cinematics, the ''WebAnimation/TalesOfRuneterra'' shorts, ''Literature/GarenFirstShield'' and ''Literature/{{Ruination}}'', and of course, the game itself, there's a positively ''overwhelming'' amount of content-- much of which contributes to plotlines that are [[ArcFatigue as of yet unresolved]]. It can be hard to get into ''League of Legends'' when there's an absolute mountain of content to get through due to the over-160 champions in ''League'', almost all of which have ''some'' lore, and some of whom have a ''lot''.
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** Jarvan IV/Shyvana is a very popular couple in the fanbase, despite certain Riot staff stating a preference for J4/Quinn. The ''Lux'' comic runs with this, with Jarvan IV being very reluctant to marry anyone due to already being in love. He later states this someone is not so different from Sylas in terms of magical ability, which rules out this someone being anyone but Shyvana (since most Demacians have to hide their magic or risk exile or death).
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** Jarvan IV/Shyvana is a very popular couple in the fanbase, despite certain Riot staff stating a preference for J4/Quinn. The ''Lux'' comic [[ArmedWithCanon runs with this, this,]] with Jarvan IV being very reluctant to marry anyone due to already being in love. He later states this someone is not so different from Sylas in terms of magical ability, which rules out this someone being anyone but Shyvana (since most Demacians have to hide their magic or risk exile or death).
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** In actual writing, Lux has [[DependingOnTheWriter spotty]] ShipTease with Ezreal; skin lines like Battle Academia really go deep with their relationship, but in modern canon, she doesn't even know him that well or [[AllLoveIsUnrequited recognize his feelings for her]]. Starting around the point of the first Star Guardian event, Jinx/Lux (a.k.a. "Lightcannon") has taken off in popularity due their established bond in that universe. Continuing even further past the releases of ''Wild Rift'' (where they interact again) and ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'' (which builds on Jinx's backstory), a lot of fic writers have grown attached to their dynamic. Many argue that Lux/Ezreal lacks as compelling a dynamic or stable a foundation as other canon couples, while Lux/Jinx has more parallels that can be drawn between the girls (both being younger sisters to older champs, both having deeply rooted trauma from their nations' oppressive environments, channeling their inner selves through their abilities, etc.). Just for comparison, Lux/Jinx has about ''five times'' the number of works associated with it on Archive of Our Own than Lux/Ezreal.
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** In actual writing, Lux has [[DependingOnTheWriter spotty]] ShipTease with Ezreal; skin lines like Battle Academia really go deep with their relationship, but in modern canon, she doesn't even know him that well or [[AllLoveIsUnrequited recognize his feelings for her]]. Starting around the point of the first Star Guardian event, universe, Ezreal and Lux share heavy ShipTease suggesting the pair are in love with one another. However, Jinx/Lux (a.k.a. "Lightcannon") has taken off in popularity due their established bond in that universe. Continuing even further past the releases of ''Wild Rift'' (where they interact again) and ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'' (which builds on Jinx's backstory), a lot of fic writers have grown attached to their dynamic. Many popularity. These shippers argue that Lux/Ezreal lacks as compelling a dynamic or stable a foundation as other canon couples, while Lux/Jinx has more parallels that can be drawn between the girls (both being younger sisters to older champs, both having deeply rooted trauma from their nations' oppressive environments, channeling their inner selves through their abilities, etc.).as well as an OppositesAttract dynamic. Just for comparison, Lux/Jinx has about ''five times'' the number of works associated with it on Archive of Our Own than Lux/Ezreal.
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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: On the flipside, the Odyssey line, where Jynx is now part of a crew and seems to be fairly stable, suddenly becomes a lot more bright, as many have commented in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaDQB8lOlTk&ab_channel=LeagueofLegends "Welcome Aboard" trailer]] for it.
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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: On the flipside, the Odyssey line, where Jynx Jinx is now part of a crew and seems to be fairly stable, suddenly becomes a lot more bright, as many have commented in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaDQB8lOlTk&ab_channel=LeagueofLegends "Welcome Aboard" trailer]] for it.
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** Zaun, fitting with its WretchedHive nature and focus on powerful technology and [[DrugsAreBad chemical]] [[DeadlyGas substances]], has plenty of evil champions: Multiple flavors of MadScientist between the cold, calculating genius of Viktor and the sadistic experiments of Singed, vicious and strong cult leaders like Urgot, smooth corrupt businessfolk like Renata Glasc, and, of course, the delightfully destructive Jinx, who makes explosive violence look like a good time.
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** Renata Glasc may not be scantily-clad, but her charisma and business-like demeanor, alongside being one of the few older women in the game who looks her age, marks her as uniquely attractive and charming.
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* EvilIsSexy: Evelynn, Katarina, and Morgana are prime female examples, with Jhin and Kayn being the most prominent male examples. Though it's [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation debatable]] if Morgana's [[AmbiguouslyEvil actually evil]] however, ditto with Katarina due to Noxus' DarkIsNotEvil status.
** Renata Glasc is a ruthless, confident, and endlessly pragmatic businesswoman, and someone that players lost their minds for when she released due to her design. It helps that she's a rare case of an older woman in ''League'', something that not many of the existing champs venture into.
** Renata Glasc is a ruthless, confident, and endlessly pragmatic businesswoman, and someone that players lost their minds for when she released due to her design. It helps that she's a rare case of an older woman in ''League'', something that not many of the existing champs venture into.
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* EvilIsCool: ''League'' has plenty of evil factions and characters, and it's unsurprising that, considering the WorldOfBadass it's set in, many of them radiate awesome.
** Noxus is a SocialDarwinist empire where war runs in the very blood, and is nonetheless full of AntiVillain characters, like the demonically-empowered master planner [[OfficerAndAGentleman Swain]], the hulking juggernaut Darius and his narcissistic brother Draven, assassins like Talon and Katarina, and the long-spanning plotters of the Black Rose such as [[TheChessmaster LeBlanc]] and [[BloodyMurder Vladimir]].
** The Shadow Isles produce a number of undead monstrosities such as the sadistic TortureTechnician and manipulator Thresh, the imposing yet cunning EvilOverlord Mordekaiser, the warlike centaur Hecarim, and Viego, a man who nearly pushed Runeterra to its knees in his quest to revive his dead wife.
** The Void produces a number of terrifying EldritchAbomination characters that are nonetheless quite fleshed out, from the inquisitive and disturbing Vel'Koz, the perpetually hungry Cho'Gath and Kog'Maw to the menacing [[ALighterShadeOfBlack yet overall less evil]] Bel'Veth. The Void's influence also created [[EvilSorcerer Malzahar]].
** Shurima produces villainous badasses like the maddened Crocodile demigod Renekton and the incredibly powerful Magus Xerath, each of which has a tragic backstory and an archenemy and the willpower to last centuries.
** Even a good faction like Demacia has evil badasses like the Mageseeker Order, a ruthless organization that nonetheless gets the job done and has awesome outfits, and of course Sylas, a WellIntentionedExtremist who seeks to bring the whole kingdom crashing down as revenge for his and his fellow mages' torment at Demacian hands.
** Ionia may be overall "good," but it still produces champions like the flamboyant SerialKiller Jhin and the shadow-lurking assassin Zed.
* EvilIsSexy:Evelynn, Katarina, and Morgana are prime female examples, ''League'' as a game is deliberately packed with Jhin attractive characters, and Kayn being the most prominent male examples. Though it's [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation debatable]] if Morgana's [[AmbiguouslyEvil actually evil]] however, ditto with little wonder many of them are evil.
** Evelynn is a succubus who weaponizes her attractiveness to lure men into her clutches and wears nothing but black mist around her body.
** Katarinadue to Noxus' DarkIsNotEvil status.
** Renata Glascis a ruthless, confident, scantily-clad assassin from Noxus who balances her ruthlessness with a gorgeous appearance, her scarred face detracting nothing.
** [=LeBlanc=], head of the Black Rose conspiracy, is evil to the core but also heavily made-up in a gothic style, attractive, andendlessly pragmatic businesswoman, and someone that players lost their minds for when she released due not wearing much.
** Qiyana may be an AlphaBitch who's DrivenByEnvy, but it's hard toher design. It helps deny that she's very pretty and has a rare case of an older woman in ''League'', something that not many of domineering attitude.
** Elise, despite being partially a spider, is nonetheless quite theexisting champs venture into.looker, particularly with a large bust she makes little effort to cover.
** Khada Jhin is a vicious, perpetually masked serial-killing MadArtist, but his sashaying SexyWalk and smooth voice mean he still comes off as attractive.
** Shieda Kayn, a very pretty WalkingShirtlessScene, is even considered attractive InUniverse by Akali due to his ripped appearance.
** Viego, the surprisingly young Ruined King, turns out to be a romantic villain who's practically [[WalkingShirtlessScene allergic to shirts]] and is simultaneously shredded and a PrettyBoy in looks, with a perpetually brooding demeanor and a desire to revive his dead wife.
** Noxus is a SocialDarwinist empire where war runs in the very blood, and is nonetheless full of AntiVillain characters, like the demonically-empowered master planner [[OfficerAndAGentleman Swain]], the hulking juggernaut Darius and his narcissistic brother Draven, assassins like Talon and Katarina, and the long-spanning plotters of the Black Rose such as [[TheChessmaster LeBlanc]] and [[BloodyMurder Vladimir]].
** The Shadow Isles produce a number of undead monstrosities such as the sadistic TortureTechnician and manipulator Thresh, the imposing yet cunning EvilOverlord Mordekaiser, the warlike centaur Hecarim, and Viego, a man who nearly pushed Runeterra to its knees in his quest to revive his dead wife.
** The Void produces a number of terrifying EldritchAbomination characters that are nonetheless quite fleshed out, from the inquisitive and disturbing Vel'Koz, the perpetually hungry Cho'Gath and Kog'Maw to the menacing [[ALighterShadeOfBlack yet overall less evil]] Bel'Veth. The Void's influence also created [[EvilSorcerer Malzahar]].
** Shurima produces villainous badasses like the maddened Crocodile demigod Renekton and the incredibly powerful Magus Xerath, each of which has a tragic backstory and an archenemy and the willpower to last centuries.
** Even a good faction like Demacia has evil badasses like the Mageseeker Order, a ruthless organization that nonetheless gets the job done and has awesome outfits, and of course Sylas, a WellIntentionedExtremist who seeks to bring the whole kingdom crashing down as revenge for his and his fellow mages' torment at Demacian hands.
** Ionia may be overall "good," but it still produces champions like the flamboyant SerialKiller Jhin and the shadow-lurking assassin Zed.
* EvilIsSexy:
** Evelynn is a succubus who weaponizes her attractiveness to lure men into her clutches and wears nothing but black mist around her body.
** Katarina
** Renata Glasc
** [=LeBlanc=], head of the Black Rose conspiracy, is evil to the core but also heavily made-up in a gothic style, attractive, and
** Qiyana may be an AlphaBitch who's DrivenByEnvy, but it's hard to
** Elise, despite being partially a spider, is nonetheless quite the
** Khada Jhin is a vicious, perpetually masked serial-killing MadArtist, but his sashaying SexyWalk and smooth voice mean he still comes off as attractive.
** Shieda Kayn, a very pretty WalkingShirtlessScene, is even considered attractive InUniverse by Akali due to his ripped appearance.
** Viego, the surprisingly young Ruined King, turns out to be a romantic villain who's practically [[WalkingShirtlessScene allergic to shirts]] and is simultaneously shredded and a PrettyBoy in looks, with a perpetually brooding demeanor and a desire to revive his dead wife.
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** Quite a few of the more villainous champions have no short amount of fans who'd like nothing more than to see them achieve their goals.
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** Quite a few Noxus' combination of the more villainous meritocracy, an awesome look, and some very popular champions has led many to cheer on their imperialist exploits. Helped by the fact that it's split into two sub-factions, with Swain and Darius heading up a WellIntentionedExtremist faction that spends much of its time fighting the Black Rose and generally being ALighterShadeOfBlack.
** Viktor is the ostensibly "villainous" character between himself and Jayce, but he's such an AntiVillain that you'd be hard-pressed to find fans who ''don't'' want him to win against the {{Jerkass}} Jayce.
** The ''Rise of the Sentinels'' event's clunky writing mixed with a feeling that the Sentinels were UnintentionallyUnsympathetic left many fans wondering why Viego reviving Isolde was a ''bad'' thing-- while he's a world-conquering destroyer, his [[LoveMakesYouEvil seemingly genuine love for Isolde]] and repeated arguments that he would stop his conquests if the Sentinels just let him haveno short amount his goals (A process which would admittedly still require multiple murders) left many, even those who didn't like him or find him sympathetic, pulling for him to win and disappointed when the event ended with Isolde giving him TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and returning the setting to StatusQuoIsGod. This was pre-emptively cut off in later retellings of the story by making it clear Viego was [[DomesticAbuse a terrible husband]] whose "love" of Isolde is clearly [[LovingAShadow objectification]].
** By the end of the Ruination storyline, fanswho'd like nothing more than were overjoyed at Thresh's victory via XanatosGambit-- he may be a pure evil CardCarryingVillain, but the Chain Warden's popularity won out with many hoping to see them achieve their goals.him sweep across Runeterra even further, only increasing when the "A Night at the Inn" short showed Thresh as a more [[FauxAffablyEvil polite]] and manipulative figure.
** Viktor is the ostensibly "villainous" character between himself and Jayce, but he's such an AntiVillain that you'd be hard-pressed to find fans who ''don't'' want him to win against the {{Jerkass}} Jayce.
** The ''Rise of the Sentinels'' event's clunky writing mixed with a feeling that the Sentinels were UnintentionallyUnsympathetic left many fans wondering why Viego reviving Isolde was a ''bad'' thing-- while he's a world-conquering destroyer, his [[LoveMakesYouEvil seemingly genuine love for Isolde]] and repeated arguments that he would stop his conquests if the Sentinels just let him have
** By the end of the Ruination storyline, fans
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** Demacia's status as an oppressive AntiMagicalFaction was brought to the forefront with the revelation and release of Sylas, an AntiVillain whose goal is to tear Demacia apart in retribution for the way he and his fellow mages were treated by Demacia. While the ''Lux'' comic, Sylas' own short story, and the 2020 season cinematic focus on this conflict and all made major progress in some regard, a drought of content related to it has left it stagnant-- especially since the 2020 season cinematic ends with [[spoiler: Lux openly using magic to summon Galio and standing at the head of Demacian forces while clearly wielding her staff with magic, seemingly ''backed by Demacia's army'' in doing so]], events that should have huge consequences on the conflict that haven't come to fruition since the cinematic was released.
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** Demacia's status as an oppressive AntiMagicalFaction was brought to the forefront with the revelation and release of Sylas, an AntiVillain whose goal is to tear Demacia apart in retribution for the way he and his fellow mages were treated by Demacia. While the ''Lux'' comic, Sylas' own short story, and the 2020 season cinematic focus on this conflict and all made major progress in some regard, a drought of content related to it has left it stagnant-- especially since the 2020 season cinematic ends with [[spoiler: Lux openly using magic to summon Galio and standing at the head of Demacian forces while clearly wielding her staff with magic, seemingly ''backed ''[[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight backed by Demacia's army'' army]]'' in doing so]], events that should have huge consequences on the conflict that haven't come to fruition since the cinematic was released.
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* ArcFatigue: With a setting as massive and abundant in storylines as Runeterra, it's safe to say that some storylines stall out.
** Demacia's status as an oppressive AntiMagicalFaction was brought to the forefront with the revelation and release of Sylas, an AntiVillain whose goal is to tear Demacia apart in retribution for the way he and his fellow mages were treated by Demacia. While the ''Lux'' comic, Sylas' own short story, and the 2020 season cinematic focus on this conflict and all made major progress in some regard, a drought of content related to it has left it stagnant-- especially since the 2020 season cinematic ends with [[spoiler: Lux openly using magic to summon Galio and standing at the head of Demacian forces while clearly wielding her staff with magic, seemingly ''backed by Demacia's army'' in doing so]], events that should have huge consequences on the conflict that haven't come to fruition since the cinematic was released.
** Noxus is isolated from their typical wars with Demacia and left with its two factions plotting against one another, a plot that has not made progress of any sort with the ultimate goals of Swain and [=LeBlanc=] still completely unrevealed to the audience, with the entire Black Rose plotline pushed on the backburner while simultaneously being the only major story event going on in Noxus at any given time other than Darius' fairly nondescript conquests.
** The Ruination plotline is a lengthy and complicated event, with plot points spread out and one of the messiest continuities in the otherwise mostly coherent ''League'' canon (Riot's official stance is SchrodingersCanon). It primarily focuses on the Sentinels, a group of [[RememberTheNewGuy secretive heroes who've never been seen before]] and Viego, the Ruined King, who quickly became a BaseBreakingCharacter. By the time Viego's conquest had ended, the plotline had taken up a massive amount of time and left relatively little impact on the world, with [[StatusQuoIsGod Viego bound once again in Camavor and the world essentially reverting to normal]] after Viego was defeated by Senna, leaving it a long arc that ultimately accomplished little. Of note is that it also has a ''large'' number of related media (Some of which are just adaptations) by the lore's standards, including ''Rise of the Sentinels'', multiple cinematics, a ''VideoGame/LegendsOfRuneterra'' retelling, the ''Steadfast Heart'' comic, ''VideoGame/RuinedKing'', and the novel ''Ruination'', meaning it sticks around in the lore even after its original plotline finished.
** Demacia's status as an oppressive AntiMagicalFaction was brought to the forefront with the revelation and release of Sylas, an AntiVillain whose goal is to tear Demacia apart in retribution for the way he and his fellow mages were treated by Demacia. While the ''Lux'' comic, Sylas' own short story, and the 2020 season cinematic focus on this conflict and all made major progress in some regard, a drought of content related to it has left it stagnant-- especially since the 2020 season cinematic ends with [[spoiler: Lux openly using magic to summon Galio and standing at the head of Demacian forces while clearly wielding her staff with magic, seemingly ''backed by Demacia's army'' in doing so]], events that should have huge consequences on the conflict that haven't come to fruition since the cinematic was released.
** Noxus is isolated from their typical wars with Demacia and left with its two factions plotting against one another, a plot that has not made progress of any sort with the ultimate goals of Swain and [=LeBlanc=] still completely unrevealed to the audience, with the entire Black Rose plotline pushed on the backburner while simultaneously being the only major story event going on in Noxus at any given time other than Darius' fairly nondescript conquests.
** The Ruination plotline is a lengthy and complicated event, with plot points spread out and one of the messiest continuities in the otherwise mostly coherent ''League'' canon (Riot's official stance is SchrodingersCanon). It primarily focuses on the Sentinels, a group of [[RememberTheNewGuy secretive heroes who've never been seen before]] and Viego, the Ruined King, who quickly became a BaseBreakingCharacter. By the time Viego's conquest had ended, the plotline had taken up a massive amount of time and left relatively little impact on the world, with [[StatusQuoIsGod Viego bound once again in Camavor and the world essentially reverting to normal]] after Viego was defeated by Senna, leaving it a long arc that ultimately accomplished little. Of note is that it also has a ''large'' number of related media (Some of which are just adaptations) by the lore's standards, including ''Rise of the Sentinels'', multiple cinematics, a ''VideoGame/LegendsOfRuneterra'' retelling, the ''Steadfast Heart'' comic, ''VideoGame/RuinedKing'', and the novel ''Ruination'', meaning it sticks around in the lore even after its original plotline finished.
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** Jayce's original lore drew such an outraged outcry from the fanbase (especially fans of Viktor, who was made to look like not only a weakling, but the worst kind of hypocrite) that Riot rushed out a new lore as soon as they could that didn't make Viktor look so bad.
** Xerath's lore after Shurima update drew an outrage that he's reduced to a generic backstabbing CardCarryingVillain, as it was seen from Azir's POV. Eventually, Riot released a series of short stories, one of them from Xerath's POV, and now he's shed that CardCarryingVillain image, and the fandom rejoiced.
** While ''The Burning Tides'' is overall awesome, some fans feel rather justifiably unnerved with the change of Miss Fortune into a vengeance-filled woman who looked like she'll give no shit to anything if it means getting to kill Gangplank and erase his existence. ''Shadow and Fortune'' could serve as such saving throw, depicting Miss Fortune as someone who truly cared for her crews, have more than vengeance in about getting rid of Gangplank (wanting to make Bilgewater strong on its own without latching on Gangplank's authority) and starting to question if it's really worth throwing Bilgewater to chaos and destruction for her vengeance when the Harrowing came...
** After the [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J9NPVR-1Ug4/VwRukcn588I/AAAAAAAA5iE/lnfrsT49WOwtDZ6_WqKbp1t5kUlC2qSNA/s1600/slim.jpg SKT T1 skins to commemorate the team's 2015 World Championship victory were initially announced]], many fans were disappointed by the low-quality designs, the lack of inspiration from the players themselves (similar to how SSW Twitch and Thresh got custom recalls inspired by SSW Imp and Mata), lack of representation of Easyhoon, a major SKT sub, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and giving Ryze yet]] ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking another]]'' [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking skin.]] At first, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/4djtby/riot_kateykhaos_response_to_skt_skins_being_all/d1rrt19 Riot attempted to defend themselves]], but [[http://boards.pbe.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/general-pbe-feedback/Miavcl5e-so-about-those-skt-skins they soon officially apologized and decided to delay the skins in order to improve them, and even produce an extra Azir skin to represent Easyhoon.]] And by god, did they deliver, [[http://www.surrenderat20.net/2016/07/725-pbe-update.html#newskins updating their aesthetics to properly represent the team]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWc_TFWq91g as well as giving them unique recall animations directly inspired by the players themselves.]]
** Similarly, in December of 2015, Riot produced an Ahri short story to coincide with sales of a PVC statue of her. The poor quality of the design and anatomy (her neck was ridiculously long and her face was nearly hideous to look at) caused an almost-immediate backlash. Riot quickly cancelled the sales, saying they would try to improve the quality of the statues.
** After the highly-contentious introduction of [[ScrappyMechanic Dynamic Queue]] in Season 6 (see [[BrokenBase/LeagueOfLegends the Broken Base page]] for more), [[https://euw.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/competitive/riot-pls-ranked-pls Riot announced that after Season 2016, Solo/Duo Queue will return]], considering Dynamic Queue a misstep in their direction.
** Within a span of a week nearing the end of Season 6, Riot made announcements that 2 of the most-requested features would be finally implemented in the game: Replays coming during the pre-season (which has been in on-and-off DevelopmentHell for years now), and even more shockingly, a sandbox-esque Practice Tool confirmed to be coming out in the near future. The latter is especially surprising, given Riot's previous stance on the subject, making them seem like doing a complete 180 (Even [[http://euw.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/features/road-pre-season-practice-tool-works the first line of the announcement was]] "Wait, what?"), but not unwelcome by fans in the slightest.
** In 2018, the game's much-hyped and highly anticipated Clash tournament mode was hit with all sorts of brutal [[GameBreakingBug game-breaking bugs]] at launch that forced Riot to cancel it at the last minute. They were, however, very quick to make up for this by instead enabling ARURF for the weekend, [[https://euw.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/riot-games/announcements/whats-next-clash offering refunds to those who had earned Clash tickets]] (something Riot ''very'' rarely does), as well as bonus loot for their troubles as they continued working for a better launch at a later date.
** Pantheon's first post-ContinuityReboot lore was controversial for the decision to introduce the ideas of [[PhysicalGod Aspects]] [[SharingABody cohabiting]] [[EmpoweredBadassNormal mortal vessels]], but then had The Aspect of War in particular [[DeathOfPersonality obliterate the mortal Atreus' original personality]], which fans interpreted as [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter a waste of a character]] [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot with a compelling backstory]] [[ShootTheShaggyDog that was rendered moot]]. With his 2019 relaunch, Riot took the opportunity to flip the entire dynamic in Atreus' favor -- rather than being anticlimactically snuffed out by a nondescript Aspect, it was ''the Aspect'' that bit the dust [[{{Determinator}} as Atreus proved himself to be even stronger]] and ascending to divinity, a plot which was far more universally loved.
** Also from Targon, the 2016 reboots of Leona and Diana's lores were criticized for removing the fact [[WeUsedToBeFriends the two were friends-turned-enemies]] in favor of highlighting them being [[DeityOfHumanOrigin divinely chosen as Aspects]], a decision which many (especially [[DieForOurShip shippers]]) argued took away much of the interpersonal punch of their rivalry, boiling it down to a mundane SolarAndLunar conflict. Their 2020 rewrites[[note]]Which were mainly done to remove excess, now-undone lore, including Leona's relationship to Atreus/Pantheon due to the above change[[/note]] decided to add their longstanding friendship back into their lore, making it a bigger dynamic of conflict between them again, and shippers rejoiced.
** While the ''Lux'' comic miniseries was generally well-received, one prominent criticism was the somewhat [[AntiClimax anticlimactic ending]] where despite [[WhamEpisode changes]] like the death of Jarvan III and Garen's acceptance of Lux's magehood, the already-established status quo of Sylas being an enemy leading a mage rebellion against Demacia [[StatusQuoIsGod was left intact.]] Concerns were quelled with "The Shackles of Belief", showing Sylas making new allies from ''The Freljord'' and thus introducing much potential conflict between the two, formerly pretty non-interacting factions.
** Seraphine's lore on initial reveal triggered a massive backlash as it gave off the impression that she was aware of the souls of Skarner's ancestors trapped inside of the crystals, but continued to use them anyway, a trait that made her seem [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic majorly unsympathetic.]] By the time she was properly released, [[https://twitter.com/JeevunSidhu/status/1321936795597066241 Riot definitively stated that this interpretation was not what they intended]] -- she was supposed to be just as ignorant as everyone who utilizes the crystals are -- and her lore was tweaked and a few lines of unflattering dialogue highlighting this aspect (which were [[https://twitter.com/JeevunSidhu/status/1321939928255623168 reportedly]] DummiedOut early draft recordings) were removed.
** After the negative reception to the ''Rise of the Sentinels'' event, which was meant to be part of the greater Ruination event of 2021, while Riot staff initially claimed the event was canon, [[CanonDiscontinuity they later decided to scrap the whole idea and claimed that the event was not canon]], only suggesting that some version of it happened in BroadStrokes but not as the visual novel associated with the event portrayed it, jettisoning the out-of-character and comedic portrayals of the Sentinels and Ruined champions in question.
*** ''VideoGame/RuinedKing'' -- orignally meant as a preamble to the whole event until development complications ended up shunting it to way after it -- ended up leaving fans on a higher note regarding the whole Ruined King Saga, presenting a much different, but well-received approach to the fight against Viego, with [[TruerToTheText more faithful]] and engaging [[CharacterDevelopment character-advancing]] lore. [[spoiler:The game also concludes with [[TheEndingChangesEverything a radically different ending than expected]] where [[NotHisSled the new team successfully defeat Viego and stop the Ruination right then and there]] -- with ''Ruined King'' [[https://twitter.com/RiotL4T3NCY/status/1460656443065974784 being considered canon]], a lot of people interpreted this as Riot and Airship Syndicate [[CanonDiscontinuity presenting a means to further ignore the]] ''[[CanonDiscontinuity Sentinels]]'' [[CanonDiscontinuity event]].]]
** People were not too pleased with Unbound Thresh during the ''Rise of the Sentinels'' event, due to turning Thresh into another PrettyBoy champion, having it be his only look in ''Wild Rift'' and having little explanation in the event itself. A lot of this changed when Riot released the "Thresh Unbound: A Night At The Inn" cinematic, showing him [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith making conscious use of his pleasing appearance]] to expand on [[ManipulativeBastard a dastardly, manipulative side of his character]] that was sorely missed from ''Rise of the Sentinels''. The high-fidelity animation also helped illustrate that the face itself is much closer to that of [[EvilOldFolks an aging elder]] rather than [[OlderThanTheyLook the almost youthful depiction seen in his splash art and in-game models at the time]], which at least makes more sense for Thresh's backstory. While the entire concept of making Thresh more human-like remains a contentious one, [[WinBackTheCrowd audiences at the very least considered this an improvement]], and Riot further made changes to Unbound Thresh's assets to make him look more wrinkled, aged, and more in line with his appearance in the short.
** For those who were disappointed of Atreus/Pantheon getting [[TheWorfEffect worfed]] during the ''Rise of Sentinels'', Riot manages to at least turn it around with the short story ''In Battle, Broken'', where it shows what exactly happens to Atreus post-event: [[BreakTheBadass He's broken]] and [[DespairEventHorizon hit rock bottom]] to the point of being rejected by his close friend for giving up, surprisingly making him a lot more human and relatable than he was before. Not content with this, Riot made Atreus/Pantheon feature heavily in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDYqT0_9VR4 Season 2022 Cinematic, The Call]] where despite hitting rock bottom as before, he's still shown to be re-climbing Mt. Targon, fought the Solari without his spear, fought Sun Aspect!Leona without his celestial powers and holding still, and after getting knocked down from the cliff by a mysterious comet, [[HesBack he gets back up with new determination and regaining his celestial powers to jump straight at the sky, representing "Those who will rise again" of the song lyrics.]] Many naysayers of the ''Rise of Sentinels'' and fans of Pantheon come to admit that the event improves Pantheon's characterization instead of irreversibly humiliating him and agree to not count his time under Viego's thrall as FanonDiscontinuity, he's ''still'' the [[FanNickname Mantheon]] everyone admired.
** The HomoeroticSubtext between Graves and Twisted Fate was the subject of controversy for a few years after a former Riot writer called out the company for repeatedly playing up the ''idea'' of them being a gay couple, [[BaitAndSwitchLesbians but refusing to walk the walk]], [[ExecutiveMeddling having previously vetoed the originally-proposed idea of the two being married]]. Riot sought to rectify a great deal of this in 2022, not only making the two their unofficial mascots of the year's Pride Month (providing much more artwork of them ''greatly'' heightening them being gay lovers), but releasing the story "The Boys and the Bombolini", which explicitly describes them as gay (confirming that Graves had been gay "for the better part of four decades") and in a full-blown romantic partnership. It also briefly addresses the case of PlatonicWritingRomanticReading regarding Graves and Vayne from the ''Rise of the Sentinels'' event (stoking concerns that Riot was trying to [[HideYourLesbians wedge apart Graves and TF's implicitly gay relationship for an explicit heterosexual one]]), with Graves confirming that he saw her as a respectable (and terrifying) ''friend'', [[MistakenForRomance nothing more]].
** Jayce's original lore drew such an outraged outcry from the fanbase (especially fans of Viktor, who was made to look like not only a weakling, but the worst kind of hypocrite) that Riot rushed out a new lore as soon as they could that didn't make Viktor look so bad.
** Xerath's lore after Shurima update drew an outrage that he's reduced to a generic backstabbing CardCarryingVillain, as it was seen from Azir's POV. Eventually, Riot released a series of short stories, one of them from Xerath's POV, and now he's shed that CardCarryingVillain image, and the fandom rejoiced.
** While ''The Burning Tides'' is overall awesome, some fans feel rather justifiably unnerved with the change of Miss Fortune into a vengeance-filled woman who looked like she'll give no shit to anything if it means getting to kill Gangplank and erase his existence. ''Shadow and Fortune'' could serve as such saving throw, depicting Miss Fortune as someone who truly cared for her crews, have more than vengeance in about getting rid of Gangplank (wanting to make Bilgewater strong on its own without latching on Gangplank's authority) and starting to question if it's really worth throwing Bilgewater to chaos and destruction for her vengeance when the Harrowing came...
** After the [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J9NPVR-1Ug4/VwRukcn588I/AAAAAAAA5iE/lnfrsT49WOwtDZ6_WqKbp1t5kUlC2qSNA/s1600/slim.jpg SKT T1 skins to commemorate the team's 2015 World Championship victory were initially announced]], many fans were disappointed by the low-quality designs, the lack of inspiration from the players themselves (similar to how SSW Twitch and Thresh got custom recalls inspired by SSW Imp and Mata), lack of representation of Easyhoon, a major SKT sub, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and giving Ryze yet]] ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking another]]'' [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking skin.]] At first, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/4djtby/riot_kateykhaos_response_to_skt_skins_being_all/d1rrt19 Riot attempted to defend themselves]], but [[http://boards.pbe.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/general-pbe-feedback/Miavcl5e-so-about-those-skt-skins they soon officially apologized and decided to delay the skins in order to improve them, and even produce an extra Azir skin to represent Easyhoon.]] And by god, did they deliver, [[http://www.surrenderat20.net/2016/07/725-pbe-update.html#newskins updating their aesthetics to properly represent the team]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWc_TFWq91g as well as giving them unique recall animations directly inspired by the players themselves.]]
** Similarly, in December of 2015, Riot produced an Ahri short story to coincide with sales of a PVC statue of her. The poor quality of the design and anatomy (her neck was ridiculously long and her face was nearly hideous to look at) caused an almost-immediate backlash. Riot quickly cancelled the sales, saying they would try to improve the quality of the statues.
** After the highly-contentious introduction of [[ScrappyMechanic Dynamic Queue]] in Season 6 (see [[BrokenBase/LeagueOfLegends the Broken Base page]] for more), [[https://euw.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/competitive/riot-pls-ranked-pls Riot announced that after Season 2016, Solo/Duo Queue will return]], considering Dynamic Queue a misstep in their direction.
** Within a span of a week nearing the end of Season 6, Riot made announcements that 2 of the most-requested features would be finally implemented in the game: Replays coming during the pre-season (which has been in on-and-off DevelopmentHell for years now), and even more shockingly, a sandbox-esque Practice Tool confirmed to be coming out in the near future. The latter is especially surprising, given Riot's previous stance on the subject, making them seem like doing a complete 180 (Even [[http://euw.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/features/road-pre-season-practice-tool-works the first line of the announcement was]] "Wait, what?"), but not unwelcome by fans in the slightest.
** In 2018, the game's much-hyped and highly anticipated Clash tournament mode was hit with all sorts of brutal [[GameBreakingBug game-breaking bugs]] at launch that forced Riot to cancel it at the last minute. They were, however, very quick to make up for this by instead enabling ARURF for the weekend, [[https://euw.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/riot-games/announcements/whats-next-clash offering refunds to those who had earned Clash tickets]] (something Riot ''very'' rarely does), as well as bonus loot for their troubles as they continued working for a better launch at a later date.
** Pantheon's first post-ContinuityReboot lore was controversial for the decision to introduce the ideas of [[PhysicalGod Aspects]] [[SharingABody cohabiting]] [[EmpoweredBadassNormal mortal vessels]], but then had The Aspect of War in particular [[DeathOfPersonality obliterate the mortal Atreus' original personality]], which fans interpreted as [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter a waste of a character]] [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot with a compelling backstory]] [[ShootTheShaggyDog that was rendered moot]]. With his 2019 relaunch, Riot took the opportunity to flip the entire dynamic in Atreus' favor -- rather than being anticlimactically snuffed out by a nondescript Aspect, it was ''the Aspect'' that bit the dust [[{{Determinator}} as Atreus proved himself to be even stronger]] and ascending to divinity, a plot which was far more universally loved.
** Also from Targon, the 2016 reboots of Leona and Diana's lores were criticized for removing the fact [[WeUsedToBeFriends the two were friends-turned-enemies]] in favor of highlighting them being [[DeityOfHumanOrigin divinely chosen as Aspects]], a decision which many (especially [[DieForOurShip shippers]]) argued took away much of the interpersonal punch of their rivalry, boiling it down to a mundane SolarAndLunar conflict. Their 2020 rewrites[[note]]Which were mainly done to remove excess, now-undone lore, including Leona's relationship to Atreus/Pantheon due to the above change[[/note]] decided to add their longstanding friendship back into their lore, making it a bigger dynamic of conflict between them again, and shippers rejoiced.
** While the ''Lux'' comic miniseries was generally well-received, one prominent criticism was the somewhat [[AntiClimax anticlimactic ending]] where despite [[WhamEpisode changes]] like the death of Jarvan III and Garen's acceptance of Lux's magehood, the already-established status quo of Sylas being an enemy leading a mage rebellion against Demacia [[StatusQuoIsGod was left intact.]] Concerns were quelled with "The Shackles of Belief", showing Sylas making new allies from ''The Freljord'' and thus introducing much potential conflict between the two, formerly pretty non-interacting factions.
** Seraphine's lore on initial reveal triggered a massive backlash as it gave off the impression that she was aware of the souls of Skarner's ancestors trapped inside of the crystals, but continued to use them anyway, a trait that made her seem [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic majorly unsympathetic.]] By the time she was properly released, [[https://twitter.com/JeevunSidhu/status/1321936795597066241 Riot definitively stated that this interpretation was not what they intended]] -- she was supposed to be just as ignorant as everyone who utilizes the crystals are -- and her lore was tweaked and a few lines of unflattering dialogue highlighting this aspect (which were [[https://twitter.com/JeevunSidhu/status/1321939928255623168 reportedly]] DummiedOut early draft recordings) were removed.
** After the negative reception to the ''Rise of the Sentinels'' event, which was meant to be part of the greater Ruination event of 2021, while Riot staff initially claimed the event was canon, [[CanonDiscontinuity they later decided to scrap the whole idea and claimed that the event was not canon]], only suggesting that some version of it happened in BroadStrokes but not as the visual novel associated with the event portrayed it, jettisoning the out-of-character and comedic portrayals of the Sentinels and Ruined champions in question.
*** ''VideoGame/RuinedKing'' -- orignally meant as a preamble to the whole event until development complications ended up shunting it to way after it -- ended up leaving fans on a higher note regarding the whole Ruined King Saga, presenting a much different, but well-received approach to the fight against Viego, with [[TruerToTheText more faithful]] and engaging [[CharacterDevelopment character-advancing]] lore. [[spoiler:The game also concludes with [[TheEndingChangesEverything a radically different ending than expected]] where [[NotHisSled the new team successfully defeat Viego and stop the Ruination right then and there]] -- with ''Ruined King'' [[https://twitter.com/RiotL4T3NCY/status/1460656443065974784 being considered canon]], a lot of people interpreted this as Riot and Airship Syndicate [[CanonDiscontinuity presenting a means to further ignore the]] ''[[CanonDiscontinuity Sentinels]]'' [[CanonDiscontinuity event]].]]
** People were not too pleased with Unbound Thresh during the ''Rise of the Sentinels'' event, due to turning Thresh into another PrettyBoy champion, having it be his only look in ''Wild Rift'' and having little explanation in the event itself. A lot of this changed when Riot released the "Thresh Unbound: A Night At The Inn" cinematic, showing him [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith making conscious use of his pleasing appearance]] to expand on [[ManipulativeBastard a dastardly, manipulative side of his character]] that was sorely missed from ''Rise of the Sentinels''. The high-fidelity animation also helped illustrate that the face itself is much closer to that of [[EvilOldFolks an aging elder]] rather than [[OlderThanTheyLook the almost youthful depiction seen in his splash art and in-game models at the time]], which at least makes more sense for Thresh's backstory. While the entire concept of making Thresh more human-like remains a contentious one, [[WinBackTheCrowd audiences at the very least considered this an improvement]], and Riot further made changes to Unbound Thresh's assets to make him look more wrinkled, aged, and more in line with his appearance in the short.
** For those who were disappointed of Atreus/Pantheon getting [[TheWorfEffect worfed]] during the ''Rise of Sentinels'', Riot manages to at least turn it around with the short story ''In Battle, Broken'', where it shows what exactly happens to Atreus post-event: [[BreakTheBadass He's broken]] and [[DespairEventHorizon hit rock bottom]] to the point of being rejected by his close friend for giving up, surprisingly making him a lot more human and relatable than he was before. Not content with this, Riot made Atreus/Pantheon feature heavily in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDYqT0_9VR4 Season 2022 Cinematic, The Call]] where despite hitting rock bottom as before, he's still shown to be re-climbing Mt. Targon, fought the Solari without his spear, fought Sun Aspect!Leona without his celestial powers and holding still, and after getting knocked down from the cliff by a mysterious comet, [[HesBack he gets back up with new determination and regaining his celestial powers to jump straight at the sky, representing "Those who will rise again" of the song lyrics.]] Many naysayers of the ''Rise of Sentinels'' and fans of Pantheon come to admit that the event improves Pantheon's characterization instead of irreversibly humiliating him and agree to not count his time under Viego's thrall as FanonDiscontinuity, he's ''still'' the [[FanNickname Mantheon]] everyone admired.
** The HomoeroticSubtext between Graves and Twisted Fate was the subject of controversy for a few years after a former Riot writer called out the company for repeatedly playing up the ''idea'' of them being a gay couple, [[BaitAndSwitchLesbians but refusing to walk the walk]], [[ExecutiveMeddling having previously vetoed the originally-proposed idea of the two being married]]. Riot sought to rectify a great deal of this in 2022, not only making the two their unofficial mascots of the year's Pride Month (providing much more artwork of them ''greatly'' heightening them being gay lovers), but releasing the story "The Boys and the Bombolini", which explicitly describes them as gay (confirming that Graves had been gay "for the better part of four decades") and in a full-blown romantic partnership. It also briefly addresses the case of PlatonicWritingRomanticReading regarding Graves and Vayne from the ''Rise of the Sentinels'' event (stoking concerns that Riot was trying to [[HideYourLesbians wedge apart Graves and TF's implicitly gay relationship for an explicit heterosexual one]]), with Graves confirming that he saw her as a respectable (and terrifying) ''friend'', [[MistakenForRomance nothing more]].
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** Aatrox and Mordekaiser, [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight despite having no canon interactions or references to each other]], are potrayed by fans as ''at least'' [[VillainousFriendship best bros]], as a nod to how much people who main either love teaming up with the other.
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** Seraphine's default outfit caught a lot of controversy upon reveal, with the biggest criticism being that her bright, IdolSinger-influenced design didn't fit the style of ''League'' and is more like a [[MagicalGirlAU Star Guardian]] outfit than something that would fit in base Runeterra. [[OlderThanTheyThink While modern-skewing aesthetics have previously found their way into the game's canon, especially in Piltover and Zaun]] (''VideoGame/LegendsOfRuneterra'' has the [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Chempunk_Shredder_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Chempunk Shredder]], a full-blown rockstar), Seraphine's {{kawaiiko}}-inspired aesthetic combined with her bright pink colored hair doesn't quite gel with the ArtDeco and SteamPunk stylings Piltover is known for, making her stick out like a sore thumb to many. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elhaz9hxyaeo5gq.jpg Her color story official art only further put emphasis on how out of place she looks.]] A nail was even further driven into the coffin when the concept art revealed that she was [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/04_seraphine_3_1.jpg initially going to have steampunk elements incorporated into her idol-esque design]], which many people agreed looked far more fitting than the design she ended up with because it incorporated the aesthetics of her origin place while also sticking with her champions theme.
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** Seraphine's default outfit caught a lot of controversy upon reveal, with the biggest criticism being that her bright, IdolSinger-influenced design didn't fit the style of ''League'' and is more like a [[MagicalGirlAU Star Guardian]] outfit than something that would fit in base Runeterra. [[OlderThanTheyThink While modern-skewing aesthetics have previously found their way into the game's canon, especially in Piltover and Zaun]] (''VideoGame/LegendsOfRuneterra'' has the [[https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Chempunk_Shredder_(Legends_of_Runeterra) Chempunk Shredder]], a full-blown rockstar), Seraphine's {{kawaiiko}}-inspired aesthetic combined with her bright pink colored hair doesn't quite gel with the ArtDeco and SteamPunk stylings Piltover is known for, making her stick out like a sore thumb thumb, perhaps not even in a verisimilitudinous way (where even if she's ''supposed'' to many. be flashy in-universe, it still looks implausible within the aesthetics of Piltover and Zaun). Many fans refer to her earlier concept art [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elhaz9hxyaeo5gq.jpg Her color story official art only further put emphasis on how out of place she looks.]] A nail was even further driven into the coffin when the concept art revealed that she was [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/04_seraphine_3_1.jpg initially going to have depicting her with more steampunk elements incorporated into her idol-esque design]], which design]] as a way to do the concept better justice -- when ''VideoGame/LegendsOfRuneterra'' leaned into this and [[CostumeEvolution subtly redesigned her costumes towards this direction]], [[WinBackTheCrowd she was conversely met with significant praise]], with many people agreed looked far more fitting than the design she ended up with because it incorporated the aesthetics of her origin place while also sticking with her champions theme.hoping they find their way back into ''League'' proper.
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** Lucian in the ''Rise of the Sentinels'' event came off as a major {{Jerkass}}. He constantly berates, yells at, and insults the rest of the cast, including the Rookie, the player character, and Senna, the love of his life, in a way that some believed to be approaching FetishizedAbuser territory, and attempts to deny her agency several times throughout the story despite her being a more powerful Sentinel than he is. Lucian also conspires with ''Thresh'', his mortal enemy, in a particularly stupid way that leads to Thresh escaping the Shadow Isles, free to torture and abuse others in the same way that Lucian had fought so hard to free Senna from in the first place. Fans quickly called foul on this, calling it an IdiotBall at best and OutOfCharacter at worst, given how adamant Lucian was to destroy Thresh before this. The writers stated that Lucian [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness was meant to be bad-tempered due to the stress he was under]], but acknowledged he was not given enough kind moments to not come across as an asshole 24/7.
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* TransAudienceInterpretation: One oft-discussed aspect of Taliyah during her development is that [[WhatCouldHaveBeen her lead writer and creative team originally drafted her as being a transgender woman]], and while this was left out of the final product, they and many of her fans still hold onto this as a personal headcanon. The fact that much of the core of her story -- a young girl who wants to accept herself and her powers, as well as be accepted by a loving tribe -- is still intact makes it fairly easy for audiences to interpret as a transgender parallel.
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parallel. Riot is also not above nods to this aspect of her creation. The shapeshifter Neeko was released with a voiceline towards Taliyah saying "Neeko not the only one who changes." Hints are also found elsewhere, such as the Riot Games Music twitter account [[https://twitter.com/riotgamesmusic/status/1548714149009506305 posting art]] of a series of doodles by Taliyah, including triangle shapes colored in pink, blue, and white, the colors of the transgender pride flag.
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** Despite initally being a CrackPairing, most people ship Aphelios with Sett. Many got attached to the [[HugeGuyTinyGirl Huge Guy Tiny Guy]] OppositesAttract relationship they'd have in fanwork. It should say that alot that they are the 10th favorite League of Legends ship on Archive Of Our Own. When Spirit Blossom had Sett finally call Aphelios [[AscendedMeme 'mooncake']] for real, it made the fans go wild!
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** Despite being a CrackPairing, most people ship Aphelios with Sett. Many got attached to the [[HugeGuyTinyGirl Huge Guy Tiny Guy]] OppositesAttract relationship they'd have in fanwork. It should say that alot that (again despite being a crack ship) they are the 10th favorite League of Legends ship on Archive Of Our Own!
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** Despite initally being a CrackPairing, most people ship Aphelios with Sett. Many got attached to the [[HugeGuyTinyGirl Huge Guy Tiny Guy]] OppositesAttract relationship they'd have in fanwork. It should say that alot that (again despite being a crack ship) they are the 10th favorite League of Legends ship on Archive Of Our Own!Own. When Spirit Blossom had Sett finally call Aphelios [[AscendedMeme 'mooncake']] for real, it made the fans go wild!
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** Due to being released together, Sett and Aphelios have been shipped together. They are given an OppositesAttract relationship in fanworks. They are surprisingly popular despite (as of now) never interacting.
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* MemeticPsychopath: Teemo has been interpreted as an AxCrazy psychopath for years, and Riot has taken notice. Many, ''many'' characters express fear, horror, or revulsion at him. Thresh, one of the game's many [[BigBad big bads]], flat-out says Teemo is more evil than ''he'' is, and Gatekeeper Galio[[note]]A skinline in which Galio is depicted as an archdemon[[/note]] refers to him as "my lord". Riot further acknowledged Teemo's psychopathic reputation with two skins for him: Little Devil Teemo, which depicts him as [[BigRedDevil Satan,]] and Omega Squad Teemo, in which Teemo is a ShellShockedVeteran planning to murder every other champion on Summoner's Rift.
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* MemeticPsychopath: Teemo has been interpreted as an AxCrazy psychopath for years, [[AscendedMeme and Riot has taken notice. notice.]] Many, ''many'' characters express fear, horror, or revulsion at him. Thresh, one of the game's many [[BigBad big bads]], flat-out says Teemo is more evil than ''he'' is, and Gatekeeper Galio[[note]]A skinline in which Galio is depicted as an archdemon[[/note]] refers to him as "my lord". Riot further acknowledged Teemo's psychopathic reputation with two skins for him: Little Devil Teemo, which depicts him as [[BigRedDevil Satan,]] and Omega Squad Teemo, in which Teemo is a ShellShockedVeteran planning to murder every other champion on Summoner's Rift.
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* MemeticPsychopath: Teemo has been interpreted as an AxCrazy psychopath for years, and Riot has taken notice. Many, ''many'' characters express fear, horror, or revulsion at him. Thresh, one of the game's many [[BigBad big bads]], flat-out says Teemo is more evil than ''he'' is, and Gatekeeper Galio[[note]]A skinline in which Galio is depicted as an archdemon[[/note]] refers to him as "my lord". Riot further acknowledged Teemo's psychopathic reputation with two skins for him: Little Devil Teemo, which depicts him as [[BigRedDevil Satan,]] and Omega Squad Teemo, in which Teemo is a ShellShockedVeteran planning to murder every other champion on Summoner's Rift.
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"Pretty much", "due to the fact that", "an entire", and "basically" are Administrivia.Word Cruft.
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** While the ''Lux'' comic miniseries was generally well-received, one prominent criticism was the somewhat [[AntiClimax anticlimactic ending]] where despite [[WhamEpisode changes]] like the death of Jarvan III and Garen's acceptance of Lux's magehood, the already-established status quo of Sylas being an enemy leading a mage rebellion against Demacia [[StatusQuoIsGod was left pretty much intact.]] Concerns were quelled with "The Shackles of Belief", showing Sylas making new allies from ''The Freljord'' and thus introducing much potential conflict between the two, formerly pretty non-interacting factions.
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** While the ''Lux'' comic miniseries was generally well-received, one prominent criticism was the somewhat [[AntiClimax anticlimactic ending]] where despite [[WhamEpisode changes]] like the death of Jarvan III and Garen's acceptance of Lux's magehood, the already-established status quo of Sylas being an enemy leading a mage rebellion against Demacia [[StatusQuoIsGod was left pretty much intact.]] Concerns were quelled with "The Shackles of Belief", showing Sylas making new allies from ''The Freljord'' and thus introducing much potential conflict between the two, formerly pretty non-interacting factions.
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* BizarroEpisode: Patch 8.11, particularly on the competitive scene (it was the first patch played at the start of the 2018 Summer split). A ''massive'' nerf to critical strike items that basically eviscerated most marksmen led to a competitive meta straight out of wackyland, with very serious, hardcore, professional teams running comps that completely eschewed running a marksman whatsoever in favour of mages or even double bruisers in the botlane, running a support (as in a ''pure'' support like Taric, not a [[NotTheIntendedUse support/mage being played as an off-mage like Karma]]) in the midlane, and seeing a ridiculous surge of champions [[TierInducedScrappy who hadn't been considered valid picks]] in competitive [=LoL=] for ''years,'' such as Nunu, Nocturne, Karthus, Mordekaiser, Aatrox, ''Master Yi, Heimerdinger'', and more. The commentators in every single region were ''constantly'' [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] what a weird and wonderful meta they were watching, regularly being on the verge of hysterics at just how bizarre things were.
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* BizarroEpisode: Patch 8.11, particularly on the competitive scene (it was the first patch played at the start of the 2018 Summer split). A ''massive'' nerf to critical strike items that basically eviscerated most marksmen led to a competitive meta straight out of wackyland, with very serious, hardcore, professional teams running comps that completely eschewed running a marksman whatsoever in favour of mages or even double bruisers in the botlane, running a support (as in a ''pure'' support like Taric, not a [[NotTheIntendedUse support/mage being played as an off-mage like Karma]]) in the midlane, and seeing a ridiculous surge of champions [[TierInducedScrappy who hadn't been considered valid picks]] in competitive [=LoL=] for ''years,'' such as Nunu, Nocturne, Karthus, Mordekaiser, Aatrox, ''Master Yi, Heimerdinger'', and more. The commentators in every single region were ''constantly'' [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] what a weird and wonderful meta they were watching, regularly being on the verge of hysterics at just how bizarre things were.
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** [[http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/player/NA/Jaredan Jaredan]], mainly due to the fact that he's the ''only'' person from Narrative who actually talks to the players. Plus, he promised lore updates, and better lore, and by god [[http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/site/bilgewater/ did they deliver]].
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** [[http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/player/NA/Jaredan Jaredan]], mainly due to the fact that because he's the ''only'' person from Narrative who actually talks to the players. Plus, he promised lore updates, and better lore, and by god [[http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/site/bilgewater/ did they deliver]].
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Due to the nature of the game, it's quite regular for some champs to be very favored in certain regions in detriment to others. It's especially noticeable in competitive play: one specific example involved Rumble, who upon release was deemed worthless for the NA pros while the European scene realized he was pretty much [[GameBreaker broken]].
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Due to the nature of the game, it's quite regular for some champs to be very favored in certain regions in detriment to others. It's especially noticeable in competitive play: one specific example involved Rumble, who upon release was deemed worthless for the NA pros while the European scene realized he was pretty much [[GameBreaker broken]].
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*** If the [[ImageBooru booru sites]] are to be trusted, Lulu is pretty much the second most popular characters for the Japanese/Asian player-base, only beaten by Ahri.
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*** The "[[https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/comic/jinx-ziggs/paint-the-town/0/ Paint the Town]]" comic already had a harsh moment where Jinx -- upon blowing up a warden station -- [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness feels genuine shock and guilt]] when it hits her that she probably just killed ''a lot'' of innocent people from it (though thankfully, everyone made it out safely). With ''Arcane'' revealing that [[spoiler:[[DarkAndTroubledPast her big screw-up as a child]] was creating and setting off a bomb so big that it both obliterated an entire building ''and'' [[AccidentalMurder killed her friends]], it's easy to guess retroactively that she was having a very personal flashback.]]
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*** The "[[https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/comic/jinx-ziggs/paint-the-town/0/ Paint the Town]]" comic already had a harsh moment where Jinx -- upon blowing up a warden station -- [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness feels genuine shock and guilt]] when it hits her that she probably just killed ''a lot'' of innocent people from it (though thankfully, everyone made it out safely). With ''Arcane'' revealing that [[spoiler:[[DarkAndTroubledPast her big screw-up as a child]] was creating and setting off a bomb so big that it both obliterated an entire a building ''and'' [[AccidentalMurder killed her friends]], it's easy to guess retroactively that she was having a very personal flashback.]]
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** [[OurCentaursAreDifferent Lillia]] is pure, concentrated Moe on four delicate hooves- sweet to the core, but not so much a ShrinkingViolet as [[ExaggeratedTrope an entire shrinking thicket of violet bushes]].
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** [[OurCentaursAreDifferent Lillia]] is pure, concentrated Moe on four delicate hooves- sweet to the core, but not so much a ShrinkingViolet as a [[ExaggeratedTrope an entire shrinking thicket of violet bushes]].
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** Battle Academia Ezreal follows in the same path as Kayn, doing basically everything -- from his visual design to his personality and voiceover to little details like a ToastOfTardiness while using Homeguard -- to be [[ClicheStorm the most clichéd]] StockShonenHero [[{{Animesque}} ever]], [[{{Troperiffic}} and it's done with such hilarious sincerity that it becomes genuinely awesome]]. His voiceover especially runs off serious "[[IntentionalEngrishForFunny bad anime dub]]" vibes, a source of inspiration [[SoBadItsGood whose appeal widely relies on this concept as well]].
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** Battle Academia Ezreal follows in the same path as Kayn, doing basically everything -- from his visual design to his personality and voiceover to little details like a ToastOfTardiness while using Homeguard -- to be [[ClicheStorm the most clichéd]] StockShonenHero [[{{Animesque}} ever]], [[{{Troperiffic}} and it's done with such hilarious sincerity that it becomes genuinely awesome]]. His voiceover especially runs off serious "[[IntentionalEngrishForFunny bad anime dub]]" vibes, a source of inspiration [[SoBadItsGood whose appeal widely relies on this concept as well]].
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*** French Maid Nidalee became "Nidalee Mon Amour".
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*** French Maid Nidalee became "Nidalee Mon Amour".[[note]]"My Lover Nidalee"[[/note]]
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** JP made Jinx yell "Sukireta!" when she uses Zap! and made her sing "bai bai!" when she fires her Super Mega Death Rocket.
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** JP made Jinx yell "Sukireta!" when she uses Zap! and made her sing "bai bai!" when she fires her Super Mega Death Rocket.Zap!
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* [[MagnificentBastard/LeagueOfLegends Magnificent Bastard]]
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** Lucian in the ''Rise of the Sentinels'' event came off as a major {{Jerkass}}. He constantly berates, yells at, and insults the rest of the cast, including the Rookie, the player character, and Senna, the love of his life, in a way that some believed to be approaching FetishizedAbuser territory, and attempts to deny her agency several times throughout the story despite her being a more powerful Sentinel than he is. Lucian also conspires with ''Thresh'', his mortal enemy, in a particularly stupid way that leads to Thresh escaping the Shadow Isles, free to torture and abuse others in the same way that Lucian had fought so hard to free Senna from in the first place. Fans quickly called foul on this, calling it an IdiotBall at best and OutOfCharacter at worst, given how adamant Lucian was to destroy Thresh before this. The writers stated that Lucian [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness was meant to be bad-tempered due to the stress he was under]], but acknowledged he was not given enough kind moments to not come across as an asshole 24/7.
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** Many fans of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'' have commented that many of the previously fun or funny things around Jinx ([[UpToEleven even her name itself!]]) are much grimmer having seen how she becomes the Jinx we know.
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** Kog'Maw. It helps that he chases his tail as one of his idles, hums a cavalry charge as his joke, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9yOdkGdSkI does this as his dance.]] His skins are also pretty adorable, turning him into a butterfly and a reindeer. Then it was taken UpToEleven by ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRSVvpRRUiY Pug'Maw]]!''
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** Kog'Maw. It helps that he chases his tail as one of his idles, hums a cavalry charge as his joke, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9yOdkGdSkI does this as his dance.]] His skins are also pretty adorable, turning him into a butterfly and a reindeer. Then it was taken UpToEleven up to eleven by ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRSVvpRRUiY Pug'Maw]]!''
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** Act 2 for Taliyah's story in Another Sky has her call Kai'sa "...the captain of sucking" for making a mistake in their practice duel, which probably isn't really something that teenagers would say ''without'' intending to be crude.
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** Despite being a CrackPairing, most people ship Aphelios with Sett. Many got attached to the [[HugeGuyTinyGirl Huge Guy Tiny Guy]] OppositesAttract relationship they'd have in fanwork. It should say that alot that (again despite being a crack ship) they are the 10th favorite League of Legends ship on ArchiveOfOurOwn!
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** Despite being a CrackPairing, most people ship Aphelios with Sett. Many got attached to the [[HugeGuyTinyGirl Huge Guy Tiny Guy]] OppositesAttract relationship they'd have in fanwork. It should say that alot that (again despite being a crack ship) they are the 10th favorite League of Legends ship on ArchiveOfOurOwn!Archive Of Our Own!
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** Despite being a CrackPairing, most people ship Aphelios with Sett. Many got attached to [[HugeGuyTinyGirl Huge Guy Tiny Guy]] OppositesAttract relationship they'd have in fanwork. It should say that alot that (again despite being a crack ship) they are the 10th favorite League of Legends ship on AO3!
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** Despite being a CrackPairing, most people ship Aphelios with Sett. Many got attached to the [[HugeGuyTinyGirl Huge Guy Tiny Guy]] OppositesAttract relationship they'd have in fanwork. It should say that alot that (again despite being a crack ship) they are the 10th favorite League of Legends ship on AO3!ArchiveOfOurOwn!
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** Despite being a CrackPairing, most people ship Aphelios with Sett. Many got attached to HugeGuyTinyGuy OppositesAttract relationship they'd have in fanwork. It should say that alot that (again despite being a crack ship) they are the 10th favorite League of Legends ship on AO3!
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** Despite being a CrackPairing, most people ship Aphelios with Sett. Many got attached to HugeGuyTinyGuy [[HugeGuyTinyGirl Huge Guy Tiny Guy]] OppositesAttract relationship they'd have in fanwork. It should say that alot that (again despite being a crack ship) they are the 10th favorite League of Legends ship on AO3!
