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New free champion rotation: Akali, Hecarim, Vi and more!

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Greetings Summoners!

Here are this week's free champions:

 

Akali - the Fist of Shadow
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Assassin
Bard - the Wandering Caretaker
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Support
Secondary Role Mage
Garen - The Might of Demacia
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Fighter
Secondary Role Tank
Hecarim - the Shadow of War
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Fighter
Secondary Role Tank
Jinx - the Loose Cannon
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Marksman
Kassadin - the Void Walker
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Assassin
Secondary Role Mage
Leona - the Radiant Dawn
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Tank
Secondary Role Support
Lucian - the Purifier
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Marksman
Mordekaiser - the Master of Metal
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Fighter
Secondary Role Mage
Sona - Maven of the Strings
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Support
Secondary Role Mage
Vi - the Piltover Enforcer
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Fighter
Secondary Role Assassin

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

See you on the Fields of Justice!

114 Comments

King Dellron49 votes

A Corporate Matter, Episode 9 ¾:

DrMundo "Where is little underling weirdo?"

Gnar "Right here boss, what brings you down to my office?"

DrMundo "Me have word regarding your career here."

Gnar "Alright, tell me what it is?" (Yes, i'm finally going to get that raise i have worked for.)

DrMundo "Well, me has seen what you doing around here, your work has not going unnoticed. Me has decided what we paying you for not equal what you worth."

Gnar "Ok" (I wonder how big it will be, maybe now i can buy that shiny new golden black cleaver for my wall.)

DrMundo "So, me has made decision to"

Gnar (Oh, here it comes)

DrMundo "Fire you and replace you with Corporate Teemo."

Gnar "I'm so glad my-..........."

DrMundo "Me not really that sorry to tell you."

Gnar "..............."

Soraka "Hey, Gragas is here, he said something about going around and collecting all the old cases of Graggy ice. Because they where poisoned or something. You don't happen to have any, do you?"

Gnar ".............."

Soraka "Ok, what did you do to him, did he drink some of the Graggy ice?"

DrMundo "Me fire him, now he just twitch like one of Mundo's play pets."

Gnar "Fire me, you fire me, i will show you."

Gnar "ROAR!!!! YOU DARE FIRE ME, I DO EVERYTHING FOR YOU! FACE THE WRATH OF MEGA GNAR!"

DrMundo "Corporate Teemo, please use sleepy dart on scary thingy."

Teemo "Ok boss." "pfthhh"

Gnar "THAT WONT WORK ON ME YOU LITTLE Y-"

It worked on him.

Some time later:

Soraka "Look, he is waking up now."

Gnar "Uhh, what happened?"

Sona "..."

Gnar "That piece of-"

Soraka "Quick Sona, play a calm song before he gets himself shot again."

Sona "..."

Gnar "Ok, ok. You know i hate that song. boss, How could you replace me with this loser?"

DrMundo "He used be soldier, fought in very tough jungle. Me need that strength around office, keep employees in line."

Teemo "And i will be great at it, no more fun adventures or slacking off around here. I shall trap the whole place up, anyone goes anywhere they aren't supposed to and they get bombed."

DrMundo "Me give you moment to say goodbye."

Gnar "Well, i'm going to miss, the money i get from this job. Oh and you guys a little too, but mostly the money. I might have to go back to that horrible job with renger, i vowed to never do that again."

Teemo "Maybe if you're lucky he will mistake your ugly face for a monster and kill you."

Soraka "Well, looks like i finally found someone more cold and uncaring than you Corporate gnar, i'll miss you."

Sona "..."

Gnar "I know Sona, we have been through a lot, i don't want me to leave either."

DrMundo "You no have to, me only joke about fire you. April fools.

Gnar "I-i-i............"

Soraka "You are one sick and twisted man corporate mundo."

DrMundo "Me know, it ain't easy being mundy."

Teemo "So wait, what happens to me?"

DrMundo "Me no care, Corporate Mundo no like you."

Teemo "I wish i hadn't quit my old job like that now."

Earlier:

Teemo "I GOT HIRED! I don't have to work at this stupid factory anymore."

Heimerdinger "I though you liked being my understudy."

Teemo "I couldn't hate anything more, my new job will win me back Tristana and pay greatly. Your inventions are stupid. Also, i left some traps around, have fun with those."

Heimerdinger "Ok then, i guess i can work by myself just fine. let my just go get my wrench. "boom"

Heimerdinger "AHHHH OWAHAHOW"

Back to now:

Teemo "Please, can i just have any job?"

DrMundo "No"

Teemo "You'll regret that. You don't seem to realize my situation here. I will not be stopped. Not by you, or the Teemo haters, or Corporate Gnar, or anyone. I will rule this Company or see it burnt to ashes around me! If you try to get in my way—"

Gnar "Just shut up already."

Teemo "You will see me again, then you shall pay." "Disappears"

DrMundo "Well, that fun. Corporate Mundo see you again underling."

Soraka "Do you think we should be worried about him?"

Gnar "Nah, he seems tough, but really isn't that strong. as long as he doesn't know about my secret weakness to knives, we should be completely fine."

Teemo "Interesting, i better start practicing."

(Happy early april fools everybody. And here's to a good urf day this march 32nd.)

Rexhxy16 votes

"You'll regret that. You don't seem to realize my situation here. I will not be stopped. Not by you, or the Teemo haters, or Corporate Gnar, or anyone. I will rule this Company or see it burnt to ashes around me! If you try to get in my way—"

BEST STARCRAFT REFERENCE EVER <3

King Dellron4 votes

One of the best quotes in all of Starcraft. And who would make a better mengsk to my story other than teemo. ♥

manatee1173 votes

i can't believe i didn't catch that mengsk quote

TKOxNight2 votes

I caught that immediately, I thought it was great, haha

honorspell3 votes

if he disappears that means he's just standing there, waiting for everyone to leave and hoping no one steps on him.

X Frady1 votes

Mundo always talks in 3rd person. Just to note that. Anyway, I was about to kill you for the Gnar firing... Good joke!

King Dellron2 votes

Corporate Mundo is more efficient. Not always talk in third person, to save time. He has long name, gets tiresome to say whole thing all the time. Plus, he like to spice it up, say different words to keep employees on their toes.

Whats wrong with firing Corporate Gnar, doesn't everyone love Teemo more? :P

7fIrvwfP3i5 votes

Corporate Gnar needs to be a thing. I can imagine him throwing a Briefcase as his boomerang, wears a cute tiny suit, and when he becomes MegaGnar he loses the overcoat and has just a shirt and suspenders like Corporate Mundo. Think like a miny-tuxedo xD

That would be ADORABLE

SlushieDee1 votes

Riot please hire this man

King Dellron1 votes

The main reason i picked gnar for the job, was because i thought he would make a great legendary skin. I had a similar idea, where he would throw a briefcase from his left hand for his auto attacks. And his Q could be something like a grey curved phone. Mega Gnar could throw a desk, with the monitor having the blue screen of death on it.

It would be awesome to have him running around with his black fur and little grey suit. All the while yelling at people who are playing free rotation champions, in his British accent.

Would make me a very happy person to see this skin become real. I might try and draw fan art of him one day, and make a post about it in the boards. (But i'm not exactly what you call, a good artist.)

TKOxNight1 votes

I agree, I don't play him, but I feel like it would be a great idea to do it. I support you all the way!

blueberrypancake2 votes

I love the 9 and 3/4, dem references

Tentacle Love15 votes

Akali 100% more ganks spoiled by giant ninja cloud circles giving away her position ahead of time. Garen 86% more dangerous bushes. Hecarim 1000% more homeguard enchants used improperly. Jinx 500% more rockets fired wildly into the fog of war. Kassadin 45% more failed attempts to get the xpeke steal. Leona 50% more players packing shades on the rift. Lucian 60% more vampires avoiding the rift. Mordekaiser 32% more heavy metal. Sona okay maybe a little more heavy metal. And 60% more supports stealing kills and carrying the team. Vi 50% more punching first a- BOOM scratch that, 35% more getting hit by rockets fired wildly into the fog of war.

Bard 30% more ul- SHINY GOLD CHAMPION Bard "Hehehe, I love that ult"

okay, in a short while, more ultimates gone horribly, horribly awry.

WizStealth221 votes

Bard is currently disabled. So Leona will be taking his place in the free rotation this week, Can't wait to try him out.item 3070

Tentacle Love4 votes

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Bard is currently disabled. So Leona will be taking his place in the free rotation this week, Can't wait to try him out.item 3070

hence the "in a short while." It's like he ulted himself.

Icathian Creed17 votes

Veigar IS THAT A SHORT JOKE?!

Ingale2 votes

"Classic" Claps

Cat Secretary1 votes

Bard bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Titanic Monarch7 votes

Hecarim free week? I guess the jungle will be puts on sunglasses a nightMARE.

ItsGoT1me1 votes

More like he's gonna wreck the top lane

JMumf82 votes

More like gg Urf

RapidCaramel1 votes

Also known as what I have been doing for the past 5 hours.

ActuallyArrow5 votes

Vi and Jinx on the same Free Rotation? I see what you did there, Rito.

atomwalker5 votes

Hidden passives between champs always get put on rotation together. Khazix Rengar Vi Jinx

WizStealth221 votes

Vi And Jinx ?

ActuallyArrow1 votes

Yeah, they have a secret passive. When the two are in a match against each other, every time one kills the other they get like bonus gold or something. As well as special taunts.

Thunderbird3301 votes

Doesn't Caitlyn also have the "Catch me if you can!" status when playing against Jinx?

To be honest, I never knew that brought anything special into the game. I thought it was just Riot having fun making references to the lore.

ActuallyArrow2 votes

Caitlyn does, yes.

It doesn't add anything special, I believe its like 1 extra gold per kill or something silly like that.

CheshireTrick73 votes

As a newer player (level 8), the next champion I was going to buy was Sona ... I plan on maining her if I like her enough. This helps.

chaosokami3 votes

Mordekaiser es número uno hue hue hue Mordekaiser

Keterroc1 votes

why did you bring that up again D:

SlushieDee3 votes

Hecarim GET TO DA CHOPPA!

RapidCaramel1 votes

Meanwhile in URF: Q Spam Intensifies

ExiaTheAngel2 votes

Riot why? I own all, but Morde item 3073

Silverlight1282 votes

Did you really just put Hecacopter and Sona on free week for URF??????? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

honorspell2 votes

funny thing, the new game mode is called NURF basically everything that was faster in urf is now slower more mana costs, longer CD.

Thunderbird3301 votes

Well, supposedly.

I have a nagging suspicion that it's all just a horrible prank.

Icathian Creed1 votes

if it is a prank, mana cannon KogMaw OP if its not a prank, better go mobile RekSai if its neither, better nerf irelia

Ardond1 votes

*NURF irelia

Cinnamon Bread1 votes

They are prob gonna be perma banned like last year

TheMobius401 votes

LOL Garen is one of my mains, so Garen vs. Garen in Blind Pick is gonna be hilarious.

bad arcade kitty3 votes

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LOL Garen is one of my mains, so Garen vs. Garen in Blind Pick is gonna be hilarious.

garen is 450 ip and also free with a skin if you follow riot on twitter, so everybody who cares has garen already

Jetchri1 votes

urf mode is back moreNidalee q way moreKarthus q

Lux Plot1 votes

lol i found the story funny

Lux Plot1 votes

DrMundo Was so mean :I

Lux Plot1 votes

Bard Galio Aatrox Kalista Pantheon Shaco Nocturne is legit the best champion rotation

Kychiii1 votes

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