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For one, she's female. A girl with gauntlets. A violence-addicted girl with gauntlets, who beats up people because she has the gauntlets. 

Riot wanted a skinny character with huge gauntlets. Agreed. But not a girl. Riven was enough, and the giant sword isn't so absurd. >_> but this... :( it just feels wrong.

about her numbers now, she's got so many offensive and defensive aspects that she cannot be countered by any existing solo top. She's got a shield to protect herself, she shreds armor, gains bonus AS, has a high scaling % passive ability and three AoE skills (Q, E and R) that out-scale many AD Ultimates. Not even basic spells. 

Riot has followed the stereotype so far, however, and such a dramatic change stands out too much. Does it feel good for you, having Vi deliver huge punches and crush you hike you're playing Darius or  Pantheon? 

If Riot had been following the MMORPG logic from the start (boys and girls can be everything, from supports to bruisers) it would be okay for me. But they can't give females magic power and dexterity, give males physical strength and sometimes powerful magic, and suddenly "hello, im a tomboy that will beat down your male champion to humiliation."

since riot has followed a certain gender pattern so far (as to what can each gender do), they should stick to it. Riven is an exception, but still she remains on the female side, just as Ez, Varus, Taric, Jayce etc (several male mages as well, but here I'm talking about champs that display some physical strength, since magic doesn't require that), are less "manly" and "brutal" than usual, but they still are definitely boys.

i made a thread about this in the forums, take a look. :)

So from what I gather is that you guys who hate the idea of a woman being a brawler feel sexually threatened by this change? You specifically use the term "beat down your male champion to humiliation," which is kind of telling, because guess what, there are physically strong women out there.

What's wrong with a woman who likes to punch things and beat things up? Gameguy is right, not only is this a common trope in television and fiction, and it's incredibly sexist of you to say that Riot defined the roles as "girls are delicate flowers that must be protected and win through wits while men are frontline fighters and that's all they can do." (Note how you use man and girl, instead of the opposite-sex equivalent of woman). I also notice how you say women get magic power and dexterity, and then men get physical power, oh and then sometimes even more magic power than women have.

Sejuani - Tank. Bloodthirsty, frontline tank.
Fiora - If Taric, Jayce, and Ezreal require some amount of physical strength, then so does Fiora. You ever practice swordplay? It takes quite a bit of power.
Irelia - Almost killed commanding a last stand. Master of a physical martial art.
Poppy - Diplomacy at the end of a mace. This yordle is most comfortable in the mix of things.
Riven - Quickly rose up the ranks of Noxian army because of her strength. Physically, she's a monster in terms of strength.
Shyvana - Half-dragon. Kinda low on the dexterity. She's fast, in-your-face and hits hard. Her resource is FURY.

Varus - Dexterity based champion. Physically frail. Magical blight powers give him the edge he needs.
Twisted Fate - Skill and sleight of hand (dexterity) are his weapons. He's not physically strong at all.
Ryze - Magic, personified. he's magic power personified, and I'd argue that a combo mage is someone with a high amount of skill rather than brute physical strength.
Teemo - Teemo
Heimerdinger - Neither dexterity, nor magic power, nor physical strength. He relies on TECHNOLOGY.
Fizz - Relies on trickery and alacrity moreso than physical strength.
Brand - Made of magic. No physical or dexterous attributes.

Do I need to add more?

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So from what I gather is that you guys who hate the idea of a woman being a brawler feel sexually threatened by this change? You specifically use the term "beat down your male champion to humiliation," which is kind of telling, because guess what, there are physically strong women out there.

What's wrong with a woman who likes to punch things and beat things up? Gameguy is right, not only is this a common trope in television and fiction, and it's incredibly sexist of you to say that Riot defined the roles as "girls are delicate flowers that must be protected and win through wits while men are frontline fighters and that's all they can do." (Note how you use man and girl, instead of the opposite-sex equivalent of woman). I also notice how you say women get magic power and dexterity, and then men get physical power, oh and then sometimes even more magic power than women have.

Sejuani - Tank. Bloodthirsty, frontline tank.
Fiora - If Taric, Jayce, and Ezreal require some amount of physical strength, then so does Fiora. You ever practice swordplay? It takes quite a bit of power.
Irelia - Almost killed commanding a last stand. Master of a physical martial art.
Poppy - Diplomacy at the end of a mace. This yordle is most comfortable in the mix of things.
Riven - Quickly rose up the ranks of Noxian army because of her strength. Physically, she's a monster in terms of strength.
Shyvana - Half-dragon. Kinda low on the dexterity. She's fast, in-your-face and hits hard. Her resource is FURY.

Varus - Dexterity based champion. Physically frail. Magical blight powers give him the edge he needs.
Twisted Fate - Skill and sleight of hand (dexterity) are his weapons. He's not physically strong at all.
Ryze - Magic, personified. he's magic power personified, and I'd argue that a combo mage is someone with a high amount of skill rather than brute physical strength.
Teemo - Teemo
Heimerdinger - Neither dexterity, nor magic power, nor physical strength. He relies on TECHNOLOGY.
Fizz - Relies on trickery and alacrity moreso than physical strength.
Brand - Made of magic. No physical or dexterous attributes.

Do I need to add more?

Still, Senuani doesn't behave the way Vi does.

yordles don't count as humans, really. Poppy does show a great a mount of physical strength. But not in such an offensive way. Irelia doesn't even touch her blade, therefore she's classified as a magic using champion. 

Riven is an exception and I think I mentioned her. Her full armor must've been something like nautilus's one. And despite the fact Shyvana is a warrior that turns into a dragon, she's a skinny thing under the armor. 

Varus is a bowman. if swordplay takes strength, so does bending a compound bow. Also, don't overlook the fact that even the males that are mages - the ones that don't need physical strength - are muscular, (Ryze, brand, Malzahar) whereas even the "strong" girls are always skinny (look at your own examples), and very few of them actually use physical strength. 

So now we will have a new girl, that, ignoring Riot's "policy" about gender roles, will beat down Jayce and Darius with her gauntlets? It just feels wrong to me.

What? No. When the hell don't yordles count as "human" for the purposes of personality? They're essentially furry, short, people and are otherwise COMPLTETY personified as human.

In addition, your argument is basically trying to get off on a bunch of technicalities. So what if women are skinny? It doesn't mean they're NOT STRONG. So what if men are muscular. It doesn't mean they are physically STRONG. Vi is not muscular. Vi is STRONG. Oh, and if bending a bow means strength, I submit Ashe as evidence. And Sivir THROWS a blade at people, so that takes strength too.

Further, history isn't policy. Riot hasn't set in stone gender roles or who gets to be what. That's a draconian view of the world, and downright offensive to me. To assume so is just.... fucking stupid.

What I'm saying is that your idea that women must participate in the "fairer" roles is not only outdated but offensive.

Looks like someone at riot liked Angus then Puncher.

Too bad I don't see any beard here. Nor bacon. A buff may solve this.

didn't morello say there are gonna be 2 supports till the end of the year ? O_o

Steam-Punk themed champion! Me do like!

Someone at Riot saw Strength from Black Rock Shooter....

Eh, it could be a LOT worse. It could have a 4 second cooldown (it has a longer charge time since technically she can chain it), no mana cost, be immune to silence, deal true damage, and have a much larger range :P

In other news, is that Jennifer Hale doing the voicework for Vi? Also I find her endearingly hilarious.

So yeah, sword of the Divine has a use! Whee!