League of Legends players are expressing strong disapproval towards a mobile gacha game, criticizing it for using nearly identical ability icons for their characters.
In League of Legends, champions play a pivotal role, boasting over 160 unique champions, each characterized by distinct playstyles and lore that resonate with players. These champions wield four abilities and a passive, each accompanied by distinctive VFX.
The ire of League players has been directed at a mobile gacha game called War Spell: Tactics RPG, where several champions bear strikingly similar ability icons to those found in League of Legends.
Notable champions like Xayah, Tristana, Graves, and Soraka have been singled out for featuring notably comparable icons, prompting a wave of criticism from the League of Legends community.
The concern extends beyond ability icons, as players have noted resemblances in character designs as well. In particular, certain champions in War Spell: Tactics RPG share similar weaponry or damage-dealing methods with their League of Legends counterparts, like shurikens of Zed or lanterns of Thresh.
The community has even drawn parallels between War Spell and Heroes of the Storm, raising suspicions that the developers may have incorporated artwork from the latter game.
Multiple social media platforms have become a place for players to voice their discontent, with many asserting that such striking similarities could potentially lead to legal lawsuit for the War Spell developers.
Speculation abounds regarding the possibility of a lawsuit, particularly if Riot Games, the developer of League of Legends, takes notice of the situation. While it remains uncertain whether Riot Games has any concrete plans to pursue legal action, the increasing attention garnered by the issue suggests that the League of Legends community’s concerns may not go unnoticed for long.