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Pantheon is a fighter/assassin-type champion armed with a spear and shield which split his abilities. His spear can be thrown at enemies or stabbed in a flurry of strikes in a cone that deals double damage to enemy champions. His shield protects him from one attack every time he attacks or uses an ability four times and can be used with a jumping strike to stun opponents. For his ultimate, he vaults himself in the air and smashes down far away, dealing damage and slowing enemies.

 

 

'''Associated tropes:'''

* [[Always Accurate Attack]]: There are other abilities that are guaranteed to hit the target aimed at, but they tend to be magical in nature while Pantheon does this with a ''[[Improbable Aiming Skills|spear toss]]''.

* [[Blood Knight]]: Natch.

* [[Critical Hit]]: If a target is at 15% of their total health or less, Pantheon's basic attacks are guaranteed to [[Critical Hit]] against them.

* [[Crutch Character]]: Strong early game, falls off hard late game.

** On the other hand, it's Heartseeker Strike's ''passive'' effect that causes Pantheon's normal attacks to automatically critical on any enemy with low HP, so it ''sort'' of fits.

* [[Difficult but Awesome]]: Pantheon has a bit of a bad reputation amongst the fanbase because a lot of people assume his ult is like Twisted Fate's. If you use it to jump into a fight or to gank someone, most of the time it doesn't work due to the fact they get a pretty obvious warning.

** His moveset is that of the Dragoon class from ''[[Final Fantasy]]''.

* [[Finishing Move]]: His Heartseeker Strike passive makes his autoattack critically hit against opponents at 15% health or less and causes his Spear Shot to do extra damage <ref>Despite the ability's wording, Spear Shot does not truly critically strike and does not benefit from critical strike damage.</ref>

{{quote| '''Pantheon''': They are ''privileged'' to die at my feet. They ''disgrace'' the art of War!}}

* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]: If the fact he's basically a Spartan is not obvious enough, his spear throws ''always'' hit, and his ultimate is ''jumping into the air to drop down 5500 range away from the start point''<ref>To clarify, the maximum range for abilities tends to be a few hundred over 1000. The few abilities that outstrip the range of Pantheon's ultimate are magical in nature or are projectiles flying, no others being powered by two legs. The 5500 range is also around 25% of the distance of the opposite corners of the Summoner's Rift map.</ref>. Before it was [[Nerf|Nerfed]], he could drop onto ''any spot of the map''.

* [[Scary Black Man]]: His Myrmidon skin.

* [[Shield-Bash]]

* [[The Spartan Way]]

 

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* [[Technical Pacifist]]: She wants peace, and makes some references to diplomacy. [[Violence Is the Only Option|Of course, there is none in the game]].

* [[You Killed My Father]]: Noxian spies killed her father, and so she joined their rival, Demacia, to fight.

 

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Rammus is an armadillo from the desert, highly mutated via wild magic into a bipedal, sentient, turtle-like creature with a set of heavy armor and sarcastic streak. Rammus is a tank-type champion who can convert part of his physical defense stat into attack damage, roll into a ball to speed across ground and ram into foes, increase his defenses by withdrawing into his shell, provoke enemies into uncontrollably attacking him, and cause tremors beneath his feet.

 

 

'''Associated tropes:'''

* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: His rage has driven him insane to the point where his only thoughts revolve around slaughtering everything he can get to.

* [[Retcon]]: References to Renekton in Nasus' lore painted him as a treacherous tyrant who attempted to enslave their people. By the time Renekton himself was released, his backstory was changed to a good guy who served as the gatekeeper to Nasus' great library until perpetual contact with evil men drove him insane and sent him into a permanent killing frenzy.

* [[The Reveal]]: {{spoiler|Renekton was the one the League wanted to summon, but they got Nasus accidentally.}}

* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: It's essentially his default setting.

 

* [[Awesome Yet Practical]]: Rumble's mech, for all its scrap parts, is quite the piece of work. And with his lack of mana he'll harass you to hell and back with that flamethrower.

* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: His joining the League is a challenge to Heimerdinger (along with most every other yordle.)

* [[Determinator]]: During his League Judgement he was confronted with a nightmare vision of Heimerdinger piloting an immense, super-advanced mech (which is actually a dream version of his own) that crushed Rumble's beloved Tristy like a toy. Rumble spat defiance at him and was ready to go on fighting with his ''fists.''

* [[I Call It Vera]]: He calls his [[Mini-Mecha]] "Tristy". Possible connections to Tristana are unconfirmed at this time.

* [[Pirate]]: His Bilgerat skin.

* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: The Equalizer, his ultimate ability.

* [[Mini-Mecha]]: It's certainly large enough to seat him (semi-)comfortably in the cockpit, but there are some champions whose ''bodies'' are larger than it.

* [[Determinator]]: To an absolutely terrifying degree; her lore states outright that no one should have been able to survive the things she's powered through.

* [[Epic Flail]]: Her weapon of choice, and boy is it huge.

* [[Foil]]: Another "relationship character", to Ashe this time. [[Tomboy and Girly Girl|Dour and cruel to Ashe's confident and regal]], unable to let go of a grudge in the face of Ashe's bids for unification and peace, short-ranged [[Ao E]] to Ashe's long-ranged strikes - and most importantly, a [[Stone Wall|beefy, implacable tank]] to [[Glass Cannon|Ashe's fragile Ranged DPS.]]

** [[Not So Different]]: Both have a stunning ultimate and more than one way to apply slows.

* [[Glacier Waif]]: She's a pretty small woman; nonetheless, she wields a gigantic flail with ease and can take a massive beating.

* [[Master of None]]: There's a degree of dissension in the community about this, but most players generally admit that Sejuani is pretty unexceptional at everything she does, with her only real standout move being her incredible ultimate.

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: She trained for 20 years in a frozen wasteland to be ready for her queenship.

* [[Stripperiffic]]: She doesn't believe in making ''any'' concessions to the weakness of her own body, least of all bundling up because of the cold.

An entity from another world that takes the form of a murderous clown, he hires out his services as a mercenary, killing people with deadly toys and gadgets. Shaco is a fighter-type assassin champion who can deal extra damage when attacking foes from behind, teleport and become invisible, plant deadly jack-in-the-boxes that become invisible and cause enemies to briefly run around randomly when they're triggered, wield and throw poisoned daggers that slow enemies, and create a duplicate of himself to increase his damage and cover escapes.

 

 

'''Associated tropes:'''

* [[Humanoid Abomination]]

* [[Knife Nut]]

* [[Monster Clown]]

* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101218123636/leagueoflegends/images/0/02/Shaco_NutcrackoLoading.jpg The Nutcracko.] [[Sarcasm Mode|That's definitely a]] [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|nutcracker and]] [[Blatant Lies|not a]] [[Monster Clown|crazy]] [[Villainous Harlequin|clown.]]

* [[Power Trio]]: With Akali and Kennen.

** Even ''with'' the [[Conservation of Ninjutsu|trivial health debuff they receive if teamed up.]]

* [[The Stoic]]: A necessary requirement for fulfilling his training.

* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]: His Q skill, [[Jabberwocky|Vorpal Blade]].

* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: About 15 feet long with a very bat-like in structure and small wings on the forearms. There were some fans who insisted that Shyvana was ''not'' a dragon, but a wyvern because of this.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: In her old lore, her (dragon) father didn't stick around to raise her, and the family she grew up with her mother were stated to have "perished in disaster." In her new lore, her ''mother'' goes completely unmentioned and her father is killed by another dragon for producing offspring with a human.

* [[Power Fist]]: She attacks with her hands, which have large gauntlets shaped like a dragon's head on them.

* [[Stripperific]]: Her default skin shows quite a lot of flesh, as does her Boneclaw skin. Her Ironscale skin, however, largely covers her like a suit of armor would.

** The remake mitigated this somewhat by changing Richochet to an active ability that added extra damage and reduced its cooldown as you ranked it, rather than a toggle that did nothing but add an aditional bounce. Additionally, her new passive gives her much more scope for poking and kiting. She's now far more interesting to play.

* [[Breast Plate]]

* [[Crutch Character]]: To a lesser extent compared to some other champions as she is ''still'' a carry - however, her lower attack range makes it a bit harder to function in teamfights compared to other carries. Sivir does have very good damage potential late-game even among carries, but it will be fairly difficult to make good use of your spell shield and movement speed advantages with an enemy team barreling to you.

* [[Defector From Decadence]]: Although this was less to do with her objecting to the morality of Noxus invading Ionia than her objecting to the strategy they used to do so. More like Defector From Incompetence, at least in her eyes.

* [[Difficult but Awesome]]: Her "E" skill is a shield that nullifies any one skill used against her in the next three seconds, which can block a ''lot''. Her Boomerang Blade ability does a lot of damage and can go from a very far range - but it's tough to hit against careful enemies without a set-up for it with a large mana cost to make missing hurt.

* [[Glass Cannon]]

* [[Precision-Guided Boomerang]]

* [[Private Military Contractors]]: Sivir's mercenary activities have made her one of the richest people in Valoran.

* [[Magikarp Power]]: Terrible early game; once he gets a Sheen, he instantly jumps from "dead weight to his team" to "oh crap guys please don't feed Skarner if you want to win". A fed Skarner is NOT pleasant to deal with.

* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: His race's description says it right there: "As vicious as they are wise".

* [[Scary Scorpions]]: Averted. He's ruthless, but not particularly more so then the average [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]. Really, he just wants to survive long enough to see his friends and family awake.

* [[Spam Attack]]: See [[Death of a Thousand Cuts]] above: Attacking reduces his ability cooldowns. Using his abilities enables him to stay close to his target and continue attacking. Further, his baseline attack damage is already ''very'' strong, encouraging him to focus on improving his attack speed.

* [[Stealth Pun]]: Where have we seen a scorpion with the ability to [[Mortal Kombat|drag his opponents towards him]] before?

* [[The Speechless]]: Although she talks telepathically to her summoner (i.e. you).

{{quote| ''"Only you can hear me summoner, what masterpiece shall we play today?"''}}

* [[Spoony Bard]]

* [[Wandering Minstrel]]

'''Associated tropes:'''

 

* [[Cherry Tapping]]: Starcall will do at best moderate damage, but the sheer frequency at which it can be cast combined with the magic resistance shred means that it can get pretty damaging if she continues to spam it.

* [[Implacable Man]]: Most heroes have to retreat for healing by the time they've got about 1000 Gold, sometimes 500. With luck and care, Soraka can stay on-station into the 3,000s. Some players will only head back to base ''because'' they've got so much gold that they might as well spend it.

* [[The Medic]]: The most heal- and sustain-focused support champion in the game. (And if you think she's bad now, be aware that there have already been a number of [[Nerf|nerfs]] to her, like removing her ability to restore her own MP and doubling the cooldown of her heal.)

** [[Combat Medic]]: She deals considerable damage if built properly, and is much support-oriented now, using Starcall to weaken enemies and Astral Blessing to turn allies [[Immune to Bullets]] for five seconds.

* [[Plant Person]]: Dryad Soraka

* [[Purple Eyes]]: Well, she was practically a goddess at one point anyway.

* [[Cherry Tapping]]: Swain doesn't burst you with three or four spells (Though his ult hurts!), he basically throws so much stuff at you at once you die.

* [[Crows and Ravens]]

* [[The Dog Was the Mastermind]]: Some speculate that the raven may be the one controlling him.

* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: His [[Pirate|Bilgewater Swain]] skin.

"Seriously? AGAIN? Just DROP IT!"<br />

"Think logically for one sec-CAW CAW CAW CAW CAW CAWCAWCAWCAWCAWCAW" }}

* [[Squishy Wizard]]: Averted. Extremely bulky for a mage; while not as ridiculous as Morgana, he can still take a massive beating with ease and keep on fighting. His ult also helps healing him.

* [[The Starscream]]: Seems to be working with LeBlanc to assume control of Noxus. He's finally achieved that as of the latest Journal of Justice entry, though to what ends and at who's cost are yet unknown.