User blog comment:Shigfugjum/"Jhin" and the Four Champion Icons/@comment-26269791-20160108043343

It could be that there won´t be a direct reveal of why these champions exactly were used for teasers, but, like many, I think thatt there is an underlying principle: all 4 have a big weakness that they cover up with projected and usually overwhelming strength.

Zed has been passed over for his rival that he seemingly could never reach and had no hope to surpass so he founded and mastered an entire new school and then killed his old master - but his "wound" looks very "Ionian" in nature.

Sona is mute and spent a lot of her childhood unwanted. Then she was recognized and raised on a pedestal for her music. Basically she has little identity beyond her art and there's no mention in lore about any means of communication (because I dont think anyone ever mentions the summoner telepathy there :D ). She is great and compelling and basically a prominent symbol of her time but she probably would have been happier if she had voice instead of that instrument and her fame.

It's been hinted (before the rework at least) that Garen's "paragoniness" is not what he really is, that in fact he's either apathetic to the Cause or burned out. But he's always projecting a vision of unbreakable hero, an unyilding bastion and stuff. So in the teaser he's broken while being armored and with a sword in hard - at his strongest. And in the avatar portrait he's both cracked and tranquil in defeat.

You might have noticed that Vi is slightly butch (lol). Growing up in Zaun had to be tough and so she had to be tough and now being tough is basically her function which is symbolized by her big arms. Pretty similar to Garen but underneath the gauntlets her arms and _pretty_ and in the avatar she's _girly_.

D: Vi is hetero, Rito confirmed!