User blog comment:Reilock/List of League's Great Mistakes/@comment-26113496-20140413173953/@comment-5331854-20140414110234

It also helps that Runeterra, while having a dramatic backstory, is pretty much driven by Rule of Cool.

Best example? Everyone can keep their disintegrating eye-lasers, golem-gauntlets, weaponized diplomatic immunity, ajunta poison, sunlight-rays and time-manipulating powers, but ALL HELL WILL BREAK LOOSE IF YOU GIVE JAX A REAL WEAPON!