ok ok jokes aside, if you want my honest opinion. I think the characters are not what failed the game. The gameplay is what failed the game. It's too complicated for new players, this game is built for fighting game die hard fans like from tekken/street fighter. If they had made the game more accessible like smash bros style, it would've performed better. There is no game like that outside of Nintendo, so the market gap is there. It's a missed opportunity because Riot are really good at making quality games with solid net code. They also have a huge roster of characters everyone is already familiar with.
@riotgames@Play2XKO should've just made a game with smash bros style. Instead they make another tekken/street fighter where only die hard fighting game players play