User blog comment:Supp0rt4n00bz/Something about champion design/@comment-5035765-20130728233029

well, if you give a champ lots of legs, you'd have to animate EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.

And you can't just mirror animations because it would look stiff and unprofessional, so each limb would have to move differently.

which is PROBABLY why Skarner only has 4 legs instead of 8.

Basically the more alien you make something, the harder it is to animate.

Also, if you make something very animal-like it becomes less beleivable that it is in the league willingly, and also the more chance that "animal lovers" *coughpetacough* will be all up in your shit and accusing you of encouraging animal abuse... (seriously, you can slaughter humans in a movie or game and they say nothing, but you even look at a dog the wrong way and suddenly you're satan)