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New free champion rotation: Azir, Kog'Maw, Thresh and more!

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Greetings Summoners!

Azir's joining the free champion rotation this week! Trying him out for the first time? Check out our Azir Survival Guide.


Azir - the Emperor of the Sands
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Mage
Secondary Role Marksman

Here are this week's free champions:

 

Ashe - the Frost Archer
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Marksman
Secondary Role Support
Cassiopeia - the Serpent's Embrace
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Mage
Cho'Gath - the Terror of the Void
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Tank
Secondary Role Mage
Kog'Maw - the Mouth of the Abyss
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Marksman
Secondary Role Mage
Leona - the Radiant Dawn
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Tank
Secondary Role Support
Wukong - the Monkey King
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Fighter
Secondary Role Tank
Nasus - the Curator of the Sands
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Fighter
Secondary Role Tank
Skarner - the Crystal Vanguard
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Fighter
Secondary Role Tank
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!

241 Comments

Kamatra80 votes

Azir 50% more losing mid lane. Ashe 25% less moving. Cassiopeia 50% more Azirs dying of poison. Chogath 100% more of your friends "blowing up like that". KogMaw 100% more people raging because they didn't read Kog's passive Leona the 75% missing "no movement" from the bot lane. MonkeyKing 50% more people burning their ult on clones. Nasus 25% more really crappy Q farms top. Skarner 50% more involuntarily going into the middle of the enemy team. Thresh 25% less getting away as well as 25% more getting away

And 50% of statistics are made up on the spot.

Slam Garbage53 votes

And a partridge in a pear tree.

ShawnL6 votes

Thresh----------> <---------Skarner

                     ![Blitzcrank](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.21.1/img/champion/Blitzcrank.png) ?
warpenguin55536 votes

Its nice to see that **Kog'Maw is free this week

TheCarrotSon15 votes

LMAO i thought i was the only one who had kogmaw like that

chichi202027 votes

**Kog'Maw is my new favorite champ

asiangaming34523 votes

yup **Kogmaw KogMaw

General Keith10 votes

Have you seen one of his skins? then it becomes display_skinkog'maw3_name

DannMayhem2 votes

Love the rename. **Kog'Maw is definitely a better name than Kog'Maw. Good work, Rito.

rfB00y9T9v27 votes

!!! Why is it always champions we've already seen... Shaco hasn't been free to play for 7 months! What about Elise? Alistar? Syndra? WHERE ARE MY FAVES????

exiledFromBadmen17 votes

They're hard to play. Riot frequently chooses champions EASY. Hard champions are rarer. And Yorick is REMOVED from the rotation.

Brendanish3 votes

Your right, Azir is insanely easy to play, not arguably the most gimmicky champion in LoL.

Strider Icarus24 votes

Azir is free because he's new and if riot gives people a chance to play him then those that like him are that many more people that will buy him

Peekawboo30 votes

Cassiopeia's difficulty is 10, yet she always seems to be giving herself away for free.

Mistress Madoka7 votes

If she gives herself away, then she's gotta be pretty easy. ifyouknowwhatimean

Pandatwin4 votes

They claim that "every champ will be free eventually." To me, eventually doesn't mean nearly two years. According to the wiki, Yorick was last free on November 6th, 2012. If you're going to fix a champ, at least tell us!

hellraiser22813 votes

Yorick has been banned from free week due to his kit being really broken...

Krozoid1 votes

why is Yorick removed?

Rew7112 votes

I don't think he's removed more over that he is just not put out to be free as much as others. Now what I wish to see is no more Champions that are 450 IP in the free rotation.

insaiyanbacca13 votes

he was actually removed from free rotation due to his kit being broken

mo000o017 votes

Alistar won't be on free rotation because he's a free champ. Google for the promotion code. You have to like their Facebook, follow their Twitter or subscribe to their youtube for free Alistar, Tristana and Garen

Kuz Control6 votes

Alistar is basically free, as well as Tristana and Garen , just subscribe to their youtube, like on facebook and follow on twitter. Thats why they arent free often

Xerneas27611 votes

garen is free? ive only heard of tris and ali

Toa of Death2 votes

You get Garen by following their twitter

dwadwfr2 votes

subscribe to Riot's youtube channel for Alistar

Mermaid Marie21 votes

Why Cassiopeia, Nasus, and Skarner again? They were just around. :/

Patrickx14 votes

It looks like Azir is doing something to Ashe 's ashe..

exiledFromBadmen11 votes

Ashe synergises well with Azir

poopoo peepee26 votes

Tryndamere This will make my right arm even stronger!!!

shanmk313 votes

Damn Cassiopeia was free last week... same for nasus.. come on guys you could be more original for free rotation... :(

SpecializedDaGod6 votes

They were free from the shurima event. People in these comments complain when they don't even know the facts. item 3070 item 3070

Midwest Emo14 votes

But they were still free.

Hero of skyloft13 votes

Don't give us these facts! We want to complain, and complain we shall!

GetToTheLantern9 votes

That moment when you wanna play your favorite champion and someone picks it first then auto locks GG.

Pistor9 votes

Why Ashe , anybody who has played league for over 3 hours has most likely bought or played ashe....

Kfirbros1233 votes

so true

MajorFailage7 votes

Get ready for a horde of Blukongs MonkeyKing item 3022 item 3153 item 3111 item 3025 item 3035 item 3211

Dông7 votes

Azir and Ashe couples confirmed

DeadEquilibrium4 votes

Az-she? Ashir? Ashire? As hire? A shire? names too close for a good shipping

Bigwiener69966 votes

Azir Revive item 1038

5T4RLORD4 votes

Azir is having fun time with Ashe if you know what I mean

WOOFIGHTER3 votes

Yummy, what would their kid look like

D2Vincent63 votes

Anivia

YoMama4878 votes

Wait... How does Ashe give birth to Anivia ? Ashe LAYS EGGS RITO CONFIRMED

53012 votes

Prepare yourself for tanky champions week. (Cho'Gath, Wukong, Leona, Nasus, Skarner, Thresh)

Thresh's passive and his lantern gives a little bit of tools useful for not dying so...

Pørourf7 votes

u wot m8 item 3035 item 3135 gg

530111 votes

item 3083 Huehuehue

Pørourf2 votes

item 3128 item 3153 ggwp get rekt m8

Pørourf2 votes

dont forget item 3071

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