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- This is about the League of Legends player-controlled units, and their depiction in the original lore of the game. For other uses of Champion, see Champion (disambiguation)
Champions of League of Legends
(by Riot Artist Jason Chan).
Champions are the player-controlled characters in League of Legends. Each champion possesses unique abilities and attributes.
Contents
- 1 List of champions
- 2 Champion attributes
- 3 Champion abilities
- 4 Champion updates
- 5 Lore
- 5.1 Stories
- 5.2 Old Lore
- 6 Trivia
- 7 Media
- 8 References
List of champions
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Main article: List of champions
As of 2 November 2022 there are currently 162 released champions, with the latest being K’Sante, The Pride of Nazumah.
Champions in battle (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su)
Champion attributes
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Main article: Champion attributes
Champions are categorized into several different categories defined by their standard roles in the game and other relevant traits.
Champions in battle (by Riot Artist Michał Niewiara)
Champion abilities
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Main article: Champion ability
An ability is a unique action (as opposed to summoner spells / active ability items) performed by and only available to a specific champion in-game ( Baron Nashor is currently the only example of a non-champion unit with abilities). Each of these special moves make up a portion of a champion’s ‘kit’. Almost all champions will have an innate ability, 3 basic abilities, and an ultimate one.
Champion updates
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Main article: Champion updates
New champions are added to the roster several times a year, but older champions are often revisited to improve their gameplay and visuals to modern standards.
Lore
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Main article: Champion (disambiguation)
A Champion is the name for a subset of significant Runeterran beings/characters that tend to have more fame, power, importance, or other story significance than others.
Champion is no longer an in-universe distinction, like it was in the game’s old canon.
Stories
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Main article: Champion Stories
All of the champions have their own stories, short stories, reveals, and comics currently canon to the main League of Legends universe as well as Alternate Universes.
Old Lore
This article or section may contain obsolete information, but exists here for historical purposes. |
Champions and Summoners in battle (by Riot Commissioned Artist Tom Barton)
As the League of Legends was established to prevent further Rune Wars on Valoran, the neutral aligned summoners called forth exceptional individuals, referred to as ‘champions’, to battle on the Fields of Justice in order to settle disputes. These champions have joined the League for various reasons. Some are soldiers who have pledged their allegiance to a particular nation and fight in their nation’s interests.
Some are renowned warriors who seek to prove themselves against Valoran’s most powerful beings. Some are prisoners of the League, forced to do the League’s bidding as punishment. Some may even be strange creatures from other worlds, hoping to bring stability or further discord to Runeterra. For whatever the champion’s reason, they have gained the interest of the League of Legends.
In order to join the League, a potential champion, who has proven to possess extraordinary qualities, must travel to the Institute of War to undergo a Judgement. There, a designated summoner will probe their mind in order to determine the individual’s motives. In truth, the intentions of the potential champion has little bearing on whether they are accepted into the League or not. The primary purpose of the Judgement is to determine whether the individual is capable of exposing their mind to the summoner, which would allow the two to share their mental thoughts and act as one. Should the potential champion pass their Judgement, as well as agreeing to the call of the summon, they will have become an official League champion.
Trivia
- The term «Champion» in the previous lore was given to all of the individuals who battled in were tied to the Institute of War and battled in The League of Legends.
- Now, the term «Champion» is mostly a loose term given to all of the playable characters from the world inside the video game of League of Legends.
- Previously champions were controlled by the Summoners (the players).
Champions
Champions in battle (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su).
Riot Games Inc. develops new champions for League of Legends, and each champion is individually designed to have unique abilities and traits that a player must use wisely. Some champions use brute strength and power, others use deadly and cunning precision, while others use supernatural vision and magic, etc.
There were 40 champions released at launch, with one released approximately every two weeks for some time. About 8-10 champions are in development at any moment.
Each week there is a rotation of ten champions that are available to play for free. For those that bought the Collector’s Edition, 20 champions are automatically unlocked; another 20 can be unlocked by buying the Champion Bundle through the game client. Champions can be unlocked with Blue Essence or RP at the Riot Store in-game, or through Hextech Crafting and Blue Essence.
Champions Retrospective
By NeeksNaman[1]
Between a Sad Mummy, a Madman of Zaun, a Blind Monk, a Nine-Tailed Fox and a Dark Child, the League of Legends has seen the introduction of some crazy, unconventional, and downright badass characters over the years.
Creating compelling champions is our passion, and a great deal of care and effort goes into handcrafting every one of them. Your passion fuels our own, and we learn a lot from your forum discussions and heated battles on the Fields of Justice. In this Retrospective, our co-founders, Brandon ‘Ryze’ Beck and Marc ‘Tryndamere’ Merrill team up with some of the Rioters behind the champions to give you a taste of the ‘secret sauce’ that makes a League of Legends champ.
Dev Blog: Building a Better Bio
During the Bilgewater Burning Tides event, you may have noticed we took the opportunity to update the bios of key champs featured in the story: Twisted Fate, Graves, Miss Fortune and Gangplank. (And if you didn’t, go read ’em now – we’ll wait for ya!)[2]
This was a bit of an experiment with a new format for doing bios: half traditional bio, half short piece of fiction. We really wanted to dive a little deeper with those bios – getting into the champions’ heads, and adding extra depth.
We also wanted to see what you guys thought of them before we plowed blindly ahead. The overall impression has been really positive, so we are now looking to start working on new bios for all our existing champs – though this will take some time!
- Bios back in the day
Some of our older bios are starting to show their age; they’re getting a little creaky around the edges, and some of the details are a little fuzzy.
Back when they were first written, the world of Runeterra was a rather different place than it is now – the world and its civilizations were just starting to get fleshed out. Those were Runeterra’s formative years, when we were still getting our own heads around the world, its history, and the people who inhabit it.
The Foundations team (essentially, our world building team) has been doing lots of work over the last few years to really get a solid understanding of Runeterra (check out this Foundations blog on Bilgewater to get a little insight into what the team does).
Just as our splash images have evolved (read about that here!), it’s time for our biographies and character backgrounds to do likewise.
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We know you guys love your champs. We love them too!
So, what’s our goal with these updated bios? We want to strengthen the core thematic of the champs, and further explore their motivations, personality and background.
For most of our champs, that’s simply adding more depth to what’s already there, and really getting to dive into what drives them.
Bios are also a great opportunity to add a little color to our champs – to give examples of them doing the stuff that makes them who they are, rather than just saying it, as in the classic ‘show don’t tell’ mantra.
For example, we could say, “Gangplank is the meanest pirate of them all”, but it’s much more effective to actually see the dastardly things that helped forge his black reputation. So, in the Gangplank bio we fleshed this out with mentions of the temples he’s sacked in Ionia, the Demacian villages he’s razed to the ground, and the time he stole Swain’s personal flagship. These little snippets are also potential story hooks – something other Rioters (and players) can use as a spark to explore further (e.g. “You know, Gangplank sneaking into Noxus and stealing Swain’s ship would make a cool story. Hmmm…”).
As we work to expand out our bios, the most important thing is that we hold true to the core essence of why players love that particular champ.
- Which champs next?
Having landed on a style of bios that we were pretty happy with, the next question after Bilgewater was which champs to tackle next.
Long-term, we are planning to re-do the bios for all our existing champions, but that’s no small task – we have over 125 champs now, after all. Getting them all done to the level we want isn’t going happen overnight. So, we started having a think about which champions we wanted to do next.
Which leads us to…
- The Harrowing
One of the things that we all wanted to know after Burning Tides: The Reckoning was what happened next.
While that story focused on TF and Graves (and we are looking to explore their next adventure together soon…), one of the things we really wanted to see was what would happen if the Harrowing rolled into Bilgewater while the port-city was still tearing itself apart in the aftermath of Gangplank’s upheaval. One of the writers on Foundations, Graham “Dinopawz” McNeill, took up the challenge and started putting pen to paper (well, digits to keyboard) to tell that story – Shadow and Fortune – which you’ll be able to read very soon.
It was around this time, too, that Foundations was deep-diving into the history of the Shadow Isles, exploring the tragic events that led to its formation. Many of the key Shadow Isles champs featured in this history, and as some of them would also be making an appearance in Shadow and Fortune, it seemed like the obvious choice to tackle them next. We didn’t get to every Shadow Isles champ, unfortunately, but we’ll come back to the others as soon as we can.
- A new way to view the champ bios
As well as working on writing new bios, we’ve also been exploring how to present them in a better way. We wanted a page that would do justice to the champions, and we think we have come up with a pretty cool step in the right direction (which you’ll see soon with the updated bios for Mordekaiser, Kalista, Hecarim, Thresh and Karthus!). Again, this is a bit of an experiment, and we’d love to hear what you guys think. If this is something that everyone really likes, then we’ll be looking to start rolling this out across our other champions as we write them.
- So, when will my champ be done?
The next batches of champions we are looking at exploring are the Shuriman champions and those associated with Mount Targon. After that… we’ll have to see. Let us know if there are some that you really want to see updated.
We hope you guys enjoy the new bios for these Shadow Isles champions. Please let us know what you think of them – and which champs you want to see next!
Cheers!
Media
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Legends Never Die (ft. Against The Current) Worlds 2017 — League of Legends
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Champion Release Concept (by Riot Artist Albert Carranza)
League of Legends «Dominion» Promo (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su)
Champions in battle 1 (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su)
Champions in battle 2 (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su)
Champions in battle 3 (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su)
Champions in battle 4 (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su)
Champions in battle 5 (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su)
Champions in battle 6 (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su)
Champions in battle 7 (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su)
Champions in battle 7 Concept (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su)
Champions in battle 8 (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su)
Champions in battle 10 (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su)
Champions in battle 11 (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su)
Champions in battle 12 (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su)
Champions in battle 13 (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su)
Champions in battle 14 (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su)
Champions in battle 14 Concept (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su)
Champions in battle 15 (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su)
Champions in battle 16 (by Riot Artist Joshua ‘HUGEnFAST’ Brian Smith)
Champions in battle 17
Champions in battle 18 (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su)
Champions in battle 19 (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su)
Team Builder Concept 01 (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su)
Team Builder Concept 02 (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su)
Team Builder (by Riot Artist Suke ‘hugehugesword’ Su)
Poro Champions
Champions Icon Concept (by Riot Artist Albert Carranza)
Arcade Summoners Rift promotional art
Champion Facebook emotes
Masquerade 2016 Morning Parade
Masquerade 2016 Evening Parade
Masquerade 2016 Night Parade
Masquerade 2016
Worlds 2016 Zedd — Ignite Background Concept 1 (by Artist ‘Jukebox’)
Worlds 2016 Zedd — Ignite Background Concept 2 (by Artist ‘Jukebox’)
Champion Mesh Concept 1 (by Riot Artist Jason Chan)
Champion Mesh Concept 2 (by Riot Artist Jason Chan)
MSI 2018 Champion Promo (by Riot Artist Michał Niewiara)
Season 2019 Champion Promo 1 (by Riot Artist T.
J. Geisen)
Season 2019 Champion Promo 2 (by Riot Artist T.J. Geisen)
Season 2019 Champion Promo 3 (by Riot Artist T.J. Geisen)
Season 2019 Champion Promo 4 (by Riot Artist T.J. Geisen)
League of Legends 10th Anniversary Promo
League of Legends 10th Anniversary Mural Promo
Champion «New Player» Promo Concept 1 (by Riot Artist Sangsoo Jeong)
Champion «New Player» Promo Concept 2 (by Riot Artist Sangsoo Jeong)
Champion «New Player» Promo Concept 3 (by Riot Artist Sangsoo Jeong)
Champion «New Player» Promo (by Riot Artist Sangsoo Jeong)
Season 2020 Champion Promo 1
Season 2020 Champion Promo 2
Season 2020 Champion Promo 3
Season 2020 Champion Promo 4
Season 2020 Champion Promo 5
Preseason 2020 Promo (by Riot Contracted Artist Mathias Zamęcki)
Preseason 2020 Promo Concept 1 (by Riot Contracted Artist Mathias Zamęcki)
Preseason 2020 Promo Concept 2 (by Riot Contracted Artist Mathias Zamęcki)
Preseason 2020 Promo Concept 3 (by Riot Contracted Artist Mathias Zamęcki)
Preseason 2020 Promo Concept 4 (by Riot Contracted Artist Mathias Zamęcki)
References
- ↑ League of Legends Champions Retrospective
- ↑ Dev Blog: Building a Better Bio
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LoL: Champion Roadmap — Who is the Next Champion
More Darkin Champs?
This could be interesting… | © Riot Games
Riot releases the LoL Champion Roadmap every few months. Through the roadmap we get new hints on upcoming League of Legends champions, reworks and much more in scope of champions that Riot is working on.
There is some pretty interesting stuff happening, like more champions in 2023, as well as champion updates coming soon. Are you ready for more mid-scope updates?
- LoL PBE Patch 12.23 | All Changes on the PBE Server Right Now
LoL Champion Roadmap: How Many Champions to Expect in 2023
There is no exact number that has been revealed yet for new LoL champions, but we do believe that in 2023 we should be getting the same amount of new champions as in 2022. We think that getting four or five new champions a year seems feasible.
Riot has not confirmed this yet though and we are just speculating, but in the last few years we’ve received around four to five champions yearly and with the amount of Mid-Scope updates, as well as other updates happening this number seems to likely stay consistent.
Curious about the preseason? Check out the patch notes rundown:
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What Champion Can We Expect Next from Riot?
Milio — LoL Support from Ixtal
The next League of Legends champion is going to be a new support champion called Milio. He will be from Ixtal, something we’ve known about for a while, but now it’s becoming ever more of a reality.
This champion is going to be a young boy from Ixtal on a journey to Ixaocan. Even at a young age he has the ability to wield fire magic, but unlike another child pyro-mancer he uses fire to soothe wounds and heal.
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Milio will also be a simple champion. Riot has revealed that the last few champions they’ve released were all on the more difficult side, so they want to change it up and add a few simple champions to the game.
So expect a fun and easy to master support to hit the rift soon!
Ahri ASU Coming Early 2023
Ahri’s ASU is also set to release quite soon. According to the interview done by Riot China, her ASU will be released early in 2023, followed by Aurelion Sol’s CGU and then we will receive the new Ixtal enchanter.
- Champs That Really Deserve More Skins
Ahri is going to have her splash arts updated, as well as her model thanks to the ASU. Riot previously did this for Caitlyn in 2021. It has taken over a year for the ASU to finally be released so fans can’t wait to see how Riot upgraded Ahri.
Riot Planning Aurelion Sol Rework
One of the next big things Riot is planning is a CGU, which is going to be a comprehensive gameplay update for one specific champion. This will be done for Aurelion Sol where his entire kit is being wiped and rebuilt from the ground-up without having to change his lore or visuals, since let’s be real ASol just looks pretty cool, right?
- Curious on what a CGU entails? Check out our article all about it!
Aurelion Sol is going to be an insanely strong late game mage and Riot also revealed some new abilities.
He will be breathing fire and he will be flying and if you’re good you’re even able to fly and breathe fire at the same time. Hopefully this is going to be as fun as it sounds.
Skarner’s VGU Concepts
Riot have just barely started to look at concepts for Skarner’s upcoming VGU. This makes total sense, because Udyr still has a lot of work left before he’s finished. Luckily, they shared some of these conceptual re-designs for LoL’s iconic scorpion. Which one is your favorite?
Skarner Concept Art | © Riot Games
Riot Announce New Darkin Assassin — Naafiri
Of course, we cannot overlook the announcement of the upcoming Darkin Assassin. Yes, you read that right apparently another Darkin is making its way onto the rift.
This champion will likely be the full-monster champion we have been waiting for. In the description during the LoL Season 13 update, it was revealed that Naafiri would have multiple bodies and that they hunt in a pack..:strip_icc()/i.s3.glbimg.com/v1/AUTH_bc8228b6673f488aa253bbcb03c80ec5/internal_photos/bs/2022/I/Y/z6xf0UTB2vkrkgqrmw6g/nilah.png)
. sounds pretty wolf-like if you ask me.
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This is going to be a very straightforward assassin champion in the mid lane. Riot Lexical stated that this is going to be the type of champion that you won’t need to spend hours reading on, instead you can jump right into the action and go on the hunt.
New Jungle and Mid Lane Champion Revealed for 2023
Get ready, because two new champions were just revealed as well. One is going to be a ‘hangry’ jungler, while another will be an artistic mid laner.
Spideraxe on Twitter also revealed that the jungler is being worked on by Riot August. Since the image depicting this champion is a spooky castle and according to leaks the champ will be from Noxus, many believe this is going to be a ‘real’ vampire champion.
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The mid laner will likely be a mage, since Naafiri is an assassin and Riot usually brings out different types of mid laners.
Since Naafiri is the melee mid of 2023, then the other revealed champion will be a mage, but that has not been proven yet.
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New hero K’Sante will enter LoL on November 2 — Escorenews
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2022-10-17 07:03:00
nine0002 Riot Games has announced the release date for K’Sante, the new tank in League of Legends.
The Champion will be in the game with patch 12.21 scheduled for November 2nd. Information appeared on the MOBA website.
The studio also showed off K’Santa’s abilities. Their description completely coincided with early leaks. The character is very mobile and has several control skills at once. You can read more about the hero on our website. nine0007
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nine0002 Previously, the studio released cinematic and gameplay trailers for K’Sante.
In the first video, they told the story of the formation of a character who was assisted in the hunt by a certain archer, and in the second they showed various game situations with the champion.
At the time of publication of the news, the list of changes in patch 12.21 is unknown. The developers will present a full list of changes on November 1. Testing of the update on a special server will begin on the night of 19October.
LoL Ranked Season 12 will end on November 14th
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New League of Legends champion introduced — green-haired Zeri
01/05/2022 09:17
The next MOBA League of Legends champion will be Zeri. An image with it was recently published by Riot Games.
There are few details about Zeri at the moment. It is known that she belongs to the class of shooters and is originally from Zaun. The list of abilities has not yet been published, so you should wait for information from the developers. nine0007
By the way, the biography of this green-haired heroine was previously available on a special page, but at the time of writing this news, it does not work.
Zari appears to use a rifle that fires her emotions as a weapon, and she is also able to move quickly, hinting at her mobility in gameplay.
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