League of Legends has a huge selection of champions. However, a former pro wishes that the “Disneyland characters” would be removed.
Who is it about? Marcus “Dyrus” Hill (31) is a former professional player of League of Legends who gained particular fame during his time with the US eSports organization TSM (March 2012 to October 2015). Before that, he was active for the team Epik Gamer.
- Dyrus played on the top lane for TSM and won 3x the NA LCS as well as 1x the IEM World Championship Season IX alongside Bjergsen.
- In October 2015, Dyrus ended his career as a LoL eSports player and subsequently worked as a streamer for TSM until 2017.
- In 2017, Dyrus briefly returned and mixed up the Challenger League with four other ex-pros.
On January 3, 2024, Dyrus agreed to answer some questions on X.com (formerly Twitter) that his followers could ask him. In doing so, he also revealed which champions he would like to delete from LoL.
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Which champions would he delete? When asked which champions Dyrus would delete if he could, the 31-year-old replied: “Zoe, Lillia, Yuumi, Neeko, anyone who looks like a Disneyland character except Gwen. I would be happy if any of them were deleted.”
You can see Dyrus’ reply on X.com here:
However, Dyrus did not reveal why he would delete precisely these characters and whether their visual design or their abilities were the decisive reason.
In particular, the magical cat Yuumi is considered by many players a candidate for the list of champions that Riot Games should delete.
Yuumi was originally intended as a kind of “beginner champion” that new players could latch onto an experienced teammate. However, the cat became overpowering in the hands of experienced players and professionals.
Ultimately, Riot Games intervened, weakened Yuumi, and broke the dominance of the support character in the summer of 2023: LoL has finally ended the dominance of the 2 most hated champs: Fans rejoice
