New free champion rotation: Kalista, Draven, Thresh and more!

Riot·Apr 22, 2015·0 votes·41,540 views

Greetings Summoners!

Here are this week's free champions:

Draven - the Glorious Executioner

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Marksman

Galio - the Sentinel's Sorrow

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Tank

Secondary Role Mage

Jarvan IV - the Exemplar of Demacia

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Tank

Secondary Role Fighter

Kalista - the Spear of Vengeance

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Marksman

Katarina - the Sinister Blade

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Assassin

Secondary Role Mage

Nocturne - the Eternal Nightmare

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Assassin

Secondary Role Fighter

Ryze - the Rogue Mage

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Mage

Secondary Role Fighter

Shen - Eye of Twilight

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Tank

Secondary Role Fighter

Taric - the Gem Knight

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Support

Secondary Role Fighter

Thresh - the Chain Warden

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Support

Secondary Role Fighter

Wondering how we picked this week's free champions? Read up on it HERE.

See you on the Fields of Justice!

125 Comments

King DellronMay 4, 201556 votes

A Corporate Matter Episode 14:

Gnar "Ok, we may have a problem."

Soraka "What have you done this time?"

Gnar "Its a bit bigger than just us right now, look outside, there are two moons."

Soraka "What, did sona bring you the wrong elixir again? Alright, i'll take a look-HOLY EQUINOX, THERE ARE TWO MOONS OUTSIDE!"

Gnar "Yeah, its a bit odd, this is gonna change a lot of people around here. I wonder what we should call it, moon two is a little boring of a name. I know, we shall name it moon moon, gotta give it a smart name."

Diana "Thats no moon moon."

Soraka "Diana, hello there, what do you mean?"

Diana "Its not real. Last night, when it appeard it seemed like the best day ever for people like me, twice the power and all. But when i tried talking to it, it never answered. So, either its a fake, or just a really big jerk."

Gnar "The moon talks to you?"

Diana "Yeah, its a lonely path being a Lunari. We keep each other company when we have no one else."

Soraka "Ooookay then. Why are you here?"

Diana "The moon told me i would get answers here, so i await them."

Gnar "Sorry to disappoint, but there isn't much going on around here."

Diana "Don't worry, the moon is always right, i shall wait."

A bit of waiting later:

MasterYi "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Gnar "Huh, WHAT IS THAT?"

Diana "Its Chosen Master Yi falling out of the sky, better look out he is coming this w-" Crash

Gnar "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! That was my favorite water fountain."

Teemo "OH MAN! That nearly hit me, that laser sword is right next to my foot. I guess i have been here so long that i fell asleep. I wonder what the world is like now.

MasterYi "Shh, i'm meditating."

Gnar "Well, stop meditating and tell us what is going on."

MasterYi "You see, the big moon in the sky. Its not a real moon."

Diana "Yeah, i already told them that."

MasterYi "It is a giant planet destroying ship, piloted by Forsaken Jayce. I attempted to defeat him, but was knocked straight out of the ship. Now i hear he is going to immortalize that moment in a piece of art, which makes things worse."

Soraka "So, what is he doing here."

MasterYi "I do not know. But since he is the opposite of me, it must be something evil. I cannot defeat him however, so we are all doomed."

Diana "The moon tells me that you must go and find Swamp Master Kennen, and he shall train you to defeat your enemy."

MasterYi "Then that is what i shall do, let me just retrieve my sword."

Teemo "AHHHHHHHHH! MY FOOT."

Gnar "Did i just hear someone scream about their foot, who was it?"

Soraka "I don't know, there is some freaky stuff going on again."

A Long journey later:

MasterYi "I have made it to the swamp. Now, where is Swamp Master Kennen?"

Kennen "Hello there."

MasterYi "Hello, i am in search of a great master, do you know where he is?"

Kennen "Found him you have, require what do you?"

MasterYi "I must train, to defeat Forsaken Jayce.

Kennen "Then train we shall, let me hop on your back, and a training sequence will occur."

A bunch of training happens, that will probably not work at first but make him stronger in the end.

Kennen "Alright, final test you must take.

MasterYi "What is it."

Kennen "You must lift that boulder over there with your mind, and move it somewhere else. Blocking sunlight to my house it has been."

MasterYi "What? i can't move things with my mind. You only taught me handstands and how to throw shuriken and junk, i'm just a blade master."

Kennen "You must at least try."

MasterYi "Stares awkwardly."

Kennen "Mistakes were made, apologize i do, long time with no one i have had. Forget i did, no try there is, only do and do not.

MasterYi "If you are a true master, then you must also still be a student. Let me teach you something. JUST BECAUSE I HAVE A LIGHTSWORD, DOESN'T MEAN I CAN MOVE THINGS WITH MY MIND!"

Kennen "Attitude of you i do not like, train you no more i will."

MasterYi "Alright, then i must go defeat my enemy, i am not afraid."

Kennen "You will be, you, will, be."

MasterYi "Why, its not like i'm fighting my father or anything."

Kennen "No, because father yours i am."

MasterYi "What!"

Kennen "Tell you this way, sorry i am to. Your mother and i, it was only a brief thing. To defeat your enemy, secret is to embrace who you are. Use my power i have given you as my son, now go."

MasterYi "Defeat him i shall, i sense he has left his ship and is nearby, i will go to him now."

Meanwhile, back at the office:

Gnar "So, he said that thing is evil, think we should do something about it?"

Soraka "I guess, but what can we do?"

Gnar "I got this new high powered phonerang, i think i can hit it from here.

Soraka "You are a terrible shot, anyways, even if you did hit it what would it do."

Gnar "I don't know, maybe the ship has some tiny weakness. I'm gonna give it a try." Throws

Soraka "And you just threw it into space, seems like a waste of-" BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

Diana "Nice shot, the moon tells me you hit the self destruct button on the back."

Gnar "That was an odd design choice. Well, better get back inside before the failing chunks of metal from the ship kill us all."

Soraka "I see Kalista is free again, don't you ever get tired of making her free?"

Gnar "Eh, she is never played for some reason, so if i keep making her free then eventually she shall be the most played adc and everyone will be happy."

MattyBainyMay 4, 201515 votes

No free rotation would be complete without "A Corporate Matter"

King DellronMay 4, 20153 votes

And, for the thrilling conclusion to Chosen Master Yi's story, please check out the Forsaken Jayce announcement post.

EgressMay 4, 20154 votes

Haha, May the Forth be with you too, King Dellron.

PokemichaelMay 4, 20154 votes

Best part of my mondays, reading these stories

Wind WhistlerMay 4, 20159 votes

Gnar can speak? What's next, Chogath going on a diet?

King DellronMay 4, 201510 votes

This is Corporate Gnar, not normal gnar, think of it like a legendary skin. He speaks full English with a fancy British accent, and is the guy who runs the free rotation.

Well, i mean cho'gath is lookin' a little chunky over there. Hmmm that may give me an idea for later.

honorspellMay 5, 201518 votes

vegan cho? hmmmm

Sejuani so if you're a vegan, how do you get stacks? Chogath easy, check out my pantry. Zyra help us... Maokai please... Sejuani alright i think that counts.

WaterLord08May 5, 20152 votes

May the 4th be with u Kennen

BB RoyalMay 5, 20151 votes

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Heru RaukarMay 5, 20153 votes

Go back and read Diana's first line...

dabbadonkMay 4, 201515 votes

Draven 99.42% more DRAAAAAAAAAAAAVEN

Galio 67.2% more taunt statues

JarvanIV 37% more flag

Kalista 99.99% more melee mains quitting for this week

Katarina 75.75% more faceroll

Nocturne 37% more Daaaaaaaarknesssssss.....

Ryze 73% more arcane

Shen 48% more lifesaving bubbles

Taric 100% more FABULOUS

Thresh 89.9% more missed hooks, people walking into missed hooks ¯_| ಠ ∧ ಠ |_/¯

Best Veigar FLMay 5, 20152 votes

Thresh 100% people flashing and still dying instead of taking your lantern to safty

sas12May 4, 20159 votes

Hmmmm, Kalista and Thresh again I think sometime Rito like this couple x)

honorspellMay 5, 20158 votes

i ship it.

taran46644May 9, 20153 votes

Karesh Kalista Thresh

CarterCarnageMay 4, 20157 votes

NOOOOOOOOO WHY KAT!!!!!!!! Fuck mid lane this week. Everyone else i'm alright with but KAT?!?!?!?!??

MìnhMay 4, 20154 votes

I play Akali so i don't care that much XD

ToothPaintMay 4, 20155 votes

Katarina thank goodness i'm Annie main item 3070

TheRandomDerpMay 5, 20155 votes

Starts playing more of Draven . Makes joke about league of Draven Draven is in free rotation.

Welcome to the league of Draaaven.

honorspellMay 4, 20153 votes

cool i finally get to try JarvanIV jungle.

SymbolicFearMay 4, 20153 votes

Katarina... lovely... all the trashy kids will be playing this week... I wish they would just remove her all together, she is the most pathetic champ in the game... skill not involved with spin to win....

darkbentleyMay 4, 201518 votes

You've never played kat before then, she becomes overpowered if you know what you are doing. By calling her pathetic is labeling you as a person who tried and failed at kat or one that loses to her in lane. The difficultly comes with playing versus champs who can cs, especially stun. Ahri does a good job of countering, but seeing as you dislike kat, then im guessing that you cant skill shot either since you cant kill her. I recommend playing intro bots until your skill can be able to play beginner bots again.

Starblaster11May 4, 20153 votes

also people should save their CC for kat when she ults.

SymbolicFearJun 3, 20151 votes

Okay, let me clarify how all that you say is incorrect...

Katarina becomes a massive nuisance and pain at exactly level 6. She can q you, e you, then ult and you are dead. If not, then a simple w instantly will finish you off. I have Katarina on other accounts, and use her extremely rarely as I find it unfair, cause I go 20/1 and get penta's when I play her. Super simple to use, and overpowered. She has higher than 2.0 ratio on ap with her Ult. Even with champs that can cc her ult to cancel it, when there is a massive team fight going on, its hard to maneuver a skill shot cc around Minions, other enemy champions and etc. to stop her when she goes in. Or, that person might have used the cc to initiate the team fight. Katarina needs to be nerfed, there is no reason that she can melt an entire team with full health in less than 3 seconds. You'd think that with a champion that is this powerful, it would be much more skill demanding, but no. Just like Master Yi, its for the pathetically unskilled people who get off by being cheap and not playing with a diversity of champions like the rest of us do. Another thing, is that not everyone is a level 30 who has all the ip in the world to buy all these champions that counter these other ones, its stupid for a level 10 to spend his saved 4800 ip on Ahri just so they can finally counter Katarina on the off chance someone else plays her.

I call her pathetic cause she demands 0 skill, can easily become fed at level 6 by a little bit of roaming down bot lane, and the fact she is just too strong at the moment and is way too overused. Not because I lose to her in lane, I enjoy playing against Katarina cause I do know how to stop her and face roll her whenever I want, but not everyone else does and it has a negative effect on the community.

RockaltarMay 4, 20152 votes

i feel the same man kat is kinda hard to cs with tho so if its a bunch of noob kats im fine but kat on free rotation stinks

exiledFromBadmenMay 4, 20152 votes

Why does Kat have an eight rank of difficulty?

justpixelsMay 4, 20159 votes

easy to play hard to master

DumpringzMay 4, 20152 votes

# Thresh top

DumpringzMay 4, 20152 votes

or adc

UADECwolfMay 4, 20151 votes

Or ap mid ;)

muscomanMay 4, 20155 votes

Maybe Thresh support?

Starblaster11May 4, 20153 votes

JG!

HMS SiriusMay 4, 20151 votes

Fountain guard!

RussoRedMay 4, 20152 votes

crap draven and kat uh reminde me not to play normals this week

Starblaster11May 4, 20152 votes

The're not that bad... (Remembers those times getting 1 shot combo'd by kat and 2 shot by draven.)

amazinick1213May 4, 20152 votes

I JUST GOT Kalista ON SUNDAY! NOW I CAN'T PLAY HER BECAUSE THEN I WILL SEEM LIKE A NOOB! I also have Katarina and Ryze already. Not as bad as last week, Zed and Yasuo free. I am a mid laner that mains Zed

pyrokev181May 4, 20157 votes

If you just got her, then you are new to playing her. Just play her. Toxic people will be toxic, regardless of how you play her. Just enjoy yourself =D

amazinick1213May 4, 20152 votes

Ur right, im not too good with Kalista but im not horrible either. You can check my match history xD

YOLO1903May 5, 20152 votes

I suck so much... I was on a losing streak because I am trying to play all the champions equally, but to those who are reading this right now----ONLY USE ONE CHAMPION AT A TIME!! XD

CookieKitKatMay 4, 20152 votes

lol nice they put galio in rotation with kat

iBlackLabelJPMay 5, 20152 votes

Ahri Oi

revliledpembrokeMay 5, 20152 votes

Nocturne This week's forecast? DAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRKKKKKKNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS with a chance of pain. ( Kalista is the pain, btw)