@Meddler: What Champion Roles Are In the Pipeline?

Volt Cruelerz·4/20/2015, 1:56:53 AM·2 votes·2,876 views

You've mentioned previously that there are something like 5-6 champions currently in the pipeline at varying levels of completion. Could you comment on what roles these champions will fill (at least the ones that are far enough along that it's actually been decided)? So something like "We're currently working on a mage, a fighter, and a tank. The others aren't far enough along yet to say."

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RiotMeddler4/21/2015, 1:24:04 AM6 votes

What roles upcoming champions are is something we want to leave to the initial champion teaser/reveal, since role's a key part of a champion's identity.

At any point in time we aim to have a wide range of roles under development so that we can mix up the different roles being released. Role is one of the things that's usually locked down really early in a champion's development (with occasional changes if a new direction shows a lot of promise). 2014, by release order, had a mage, tank support, fighter/tank, mage, marksman, fighter and that's the sort of variety we'll be aiming for this year as well.