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New free champion rotation: Azir, Ekko, Nautilus and more!

Riot··2 votes·31,005 views

Greetings Summoners!

WATCH YOUR BACK: The Hunt of the Blood Moon brings 10 extra champions to the free rotation for the duration of the event. These 10 champs will also be selectable for the Hunt of the Blood Moon game mode.

Here are this week's free champions:

 

Ahri - the Nine-Tailed Fox
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Mage
Secondary Role Assassin
Akali - the Fist of Shadow
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Assassin
Diana - Scorn of the Moon
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Fighter
Secondary Role Mage
Elise - the Spider Queen
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Mage
Secondary Role Fighter
Katarina - the Sinister Blade
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Assassin
Secondary Role Mage
Kennen - the Heart of the Tempest
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Mage
Secondary Role Marksman
Lee Sin - the Blind Monk
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Fighter
Secondary Role Assassin
Talon - the Blade's Shadow
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Assassin
Secondary Role Fighter
Yasuo - the Unforgiven
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Fighter
Secondary Role Assassin
Zed - the Master of Shadows
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Assassin
Secondary Role Fighter


Azir - the Emperor of the Sands
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Mage
Secondary Role Marksman
Ekko - the Boy Who Shattered Time
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Assassin
Secondary Role Fighter
Fiddlesticks - the Harbinger of Doom
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Mage
Secondary Role Support
Gangplank - the Saltwater Scourge
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Fighter
Kog'Maw - the Mouth of the Abyss
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Marksman
Secondary Role Mage
Morgana - Fallen Angel
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Mage
Secondary Role Support
Nautilus - the Titan of the Depths
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Tank
Secondary Role Fighter
Olaf - the Berserker
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Fighter
Secondary Role Tank
Varus - the Arrow of Retribution
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Marksman
Secondary Role Mage
Xerath - the Magus Ascendant
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Mage
Secondary Role Assassin

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

See you on the Fields of Justice!

54 Comments

King Dellron35 votes

#A Corporate Matter Episode: The Heart Seeks What The Heart Seeks

Ezreal "Sir, when are you going to get around to addressing these issues? The players are getting restless."

DrMundo "Me no see issue."

Ezreal "Well then let me remind you. Edge of night is the most cancerous thing since Camille released. Everyone is unhappy with the Black Cleaver changes. Over half of the blood moon skins can't be used in their game mode. And adc in 2017, lul."

DrMundo "Shhhhhh."

Ezreal "We need t-"

DrMundo "Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."

Ezreal "But sir."

DrMundo "Corporate Mundo will do what me always do. Pretend nothing wrong and hope it all work out. Now, Corporate Mundo's favorite show on, come watch with boss."

TwistedFate "Hello and welcome to another episode of, The Heartseeker. Where we find out if Piltywood's most eligible Heartseeker can find true love. I'm your host, Jack Of Hearts Twisted Fate. Now let's meet our man."

Lucian "Wait, that's what this show is about. I thought I was going to be the next James bond."

DrMundo "Me think he is so dreamy."

Ezreal "Eh, not enough abs."

TwistedFate "Oh Heartseeker Lucian, you sure are a jokester. Alright, how about we give you some 1v1 time with the girls."

Ashe "Hi, I'm Heartseeker Ashe and I like my men calm cool and collected. I'm not looking for hot-blooded romance. Just someone to chill with."

Lucian "There has been some misunderstanding. Do you know where the exit is? And wait, aren't you already married to Tryndamere?"

Ashe "I'm a young independent Frost Queen. I can't just be tied down to one man. Besides, he constantly goes on his "barbarian guy retreats." But I know he really goes to rape pillage and plunder."

Vayne "Mind if I steal him for a sec, thanks. Hi, I'm Shauna and I think we would be a great match. We both love hunting evil. We are both vigilantes and we both look great in red."

Lucian "Why are you introducing yourself? We already know each other. There was that whole harrowing thing, remember? I mean, I do really like you. But I don't think it would work out."

Annie "Mind if I steal him for a sec, thanks. Hi, my name's Annie and I wove playing with my care bear. His name is Tibbers. I think he would like you."

Lucian "Ok, what is this. Why are you trying to set me up with a little girl? Is this some kind of police sting? I already told you guys, those weren't mine."

TwistedFate "No, she's my niece. Come on Annie, I told you to stay out of the shot. Her mom made me watch after her, last minute. She had to go see some stupid sequel to some movie about boring colors. She told me she couldn't bring her daughter. Because when she took her to the first one everyone wouldn't stop giving her weird looks."

Orianna "I steal him for some seconds, thank you. My designation is Orianna. I like emotion, and killing."

Lucian "Ok, you are creeping me out. Listen, this isn't working, you don't understand. Sigh. Alright, I'll play along and try talking to some of you girls."

Sona "..."

Lucian "Hi."

Sona "..."

Lucian "What's your name and what are you into?"

Sona "..."

Lucian "Do you talk or, do anything?"

Sona "!!!"

Quinn "Mind if I steal him for a sec, thanks. Hi, I'm Quinn. I like hunting people down. Being able to one-shot champions despite being an adc. I like birds. And I like also being a top laner, mid laner, jungler and possible support."

Lucian "Hey, you're pretty cool. I haven't seen you before, are you new around here?"

DrMundo "NO, NOT GO WITH HER. BIRDS EVIL AND STUPID! Go with metal girl, if she ever try leave. You just pull out key and she stop moving. Not hop on bird and fly away. It practical."

Lucian "I can't do this, why can't you guys understand. I'm married."

Ashe Quinn TwistedFate Vayne Orianna Sona Annie DrMundo Ezreal "GASP!"

DrMundo "This episode directed by Mr. Shamalamadingdong."

TwistedFate "Dude, she died and got her soul stolen years ago. You need to get over it."

Lucian "Look, I promised her. And I'm not gonna break. Sorry to disappoint, I know you all wanted this beautiful body."

Quinn "Oh come on Lucian, we can work through this."

Ashe "I can help you forget her."

Vayne "Come with me, we can hunt her killer together and- Wait, where did he go."

Lucian "Yes, you are the one my heart truly seeks."

Varus "Oooh, you are charging my arrow." "Makes out passionately!"

Orianna "What is going on here!"

Lucian "Oh man I'm sorry, I thought we were done filming."

Quinn "But, what about your wife?"

Lucian "I promised her I would never be with another girl other than her. Never said anything about a man."

DrMundo "Shimshamaringrong strikes again!"

Vayne "UGH! This ruins everything."

Quinn "That is so disappointing."

Ashe "Come on girls, how about we go get some Totinos."

Orianna "I do not eat."

Ashe "Don't worry, I'm sure we can find plenty else for you to do."

Varus "Uh, you are going to empty my quiver.

Lucian "If you keep this up, you are going to face The Culling."

TwistedFate "Alright, I've seen more than I ever needed to. Luckily, that's all the time we have. Be good to each other, tune in next week to find out if any of our girls find love. Or if they actually eat the darn pizza pocket. I need some eye bleach."

(Alright, so small delay on the website. The laptop that I was doing most of the work on kicked the bucket. (It's dead Jim.) I should have most things backed up, but this slows me down a little bit.)

Quindec4 votes

i find a heartseeker Lucian x Varus hot

GodSage1 votes

who is the hottest heartseeker!?! in my opinion, it is sona.

Colorful Dream5 votes

She's too much of a sweetheart to seek hearts.

Kazr0th1 votes

Heartseeker Vayne Vayne is so hot <3

IHateTeemo120121 votes

This is... weird. I will never play Lucian

Thorn Fierce Red1 votes

Love u all!!! 😘💘Taric

Suenrg4 votes

Still no Taliyah ?!

Kyouskei1 votes

such a fun champ i would just suggest buying her [slayer-jinx-wink]

The0neSummoner2 votes

Tailyah? I'm thinking of buying her

Kyouskei1 votes

buy her asapTaliyah

72409691_DEL3 votes

Chogath Kled Taliyah not free, ANGRY REACTS ONLY...grarrrg will explain the streak later

grarrrg9 votes

Current longest not-free streaks: Taliyah > ~36 weeks since last free Cho'Gath > ~25 weeks Kled > ~24 weeks And, as usual, honorable mentions to Tristana and Alistar

On the bright side, I'VE FOUND A SOLUTION! ParkourGuruTalon posted in this thread "THIS HAPPENS TO ME EVERY WEEK. I BUY A CHAMP USING IP, THEN IT BECOMES FREE THE NEXT WEEK" We just need to get him to buy Taliyah. PROBLEM SOLVED!

midnight oil244 votes

Gotta try me some gangplank this week. Any tips for a starting gp?

vijen4 votes

max w for most dmg

TSM skunk1 votes

wut are u saying lol

LlamaLegacy4 votes

watch Tobias Fate

haha sadi feed

Don't int, start Saph. Crystal or D Ring, not D Blade. Don't try to do flashy plays early. It won't work.

Flares4 votes

THIS HAPPENS TO ME EVERY WEEK. I BUY A CHAMP USING IP, THEN IT BECOMES FREE THE NEXT WEEK. FUCK YOU.

grarrrg9 votes

Please buy Taliyah next then. We haven't seen her in forever.

Aeszarck6 votes

{quoted}

THIS HAPPENS TO ME EVERY WEEK. I BUY A CHAMP USING IP, THEN IT BECOMES FREE THE NEXT WEEK. FUCK YOU.

What's wrong with that? A Champion being free doesn't really diminish the fact that you bought it and will be able to enjoy it forever (not counting Refund Tokens).

TranscendVirtual1 votes

Whats wrong with that is that a champion being free gives you the chance to try them out before spending the IP on them, as well as if it's free for the week, depending on the champions popularity you might not be able to play it all week because banning and people who want to try it out for free all week

I have nò skìll 3 votes

Where is Taliyah ???? item 3070 item 3187

KitsuneChaos182 votes

Amazing. I have half of these champs. Good thing there are 10 other champs!

Roronoaaa ZoRooo2 votes

hi

Gifted1802 votes

This is the same champion rotation as when i started playing league - the assassins im so sad

Noveross2 votes

Tmw when Yasuo and Fiddlesticks have a higher/same difficulty as Azir and Gangplank but you know I'm perfectly fine with that [slayer-pantheon-popcorn]

TSM skunk1 votes

well yasuo can be hard if you actually try to bring out his full potential, ex. Beyblades airblades. Im practicing that so people wont call me a brainless yasuo main LOL*[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]*

HeartseekerVarus2 votes

Seeing my main on rotation (Varus) just made me realize: this is... the BEST time to turn off a skin XD I always wonder if a no-skin champ is free rotation or owned by that Summoner, after all.

HiDá1 votes

I own 14/20 O.o

King Dellron3 votes

I got you beat, 19/20.

Lauchmelder3 votes

20/20

I own all champions though, so I doubt it counts.

Kraft Devon1 votes

Siege Weapon

Best Kog NA1 votes

Heyyo, my baby's on the free rotation. To bad he's still trash tier as an ADC [slayer-jinx-unamused]

72409691_DEL1 votes

I miss S6 machine gun kog [zombie-brand-facepalm]

Best Kog NA2 votes

It was OP, but there was so many better options other than reverting his rework.

Squìshy1 votes

Riot please not another week of assassins. I can't handle the full lethality Talon or cocky first time Diana players who bought her skin and think they now main her.

TuagTsisTuSiab1 votes

Azir's attack and ability needs to be lowered and his difficulty be 10 in my opinion . Some how Yasuo is harder than Azir . I've played Azir ever since he came out and I've even tried playing him recently . He does almost little to no damage . I have to build full AP because during every team fight I can only get 2-5 auto's off when I go a normal Azir build . I understand buffing him will make him probably too strong but at least try and give him something . If possible give back his W working on towers . This meta is all about that first tower and Azir can help destroy first tower . Since this is an assassin and lethality meta this patch Azir will die regardless . But I think Azir should get his W that hurt towers again . Or we could turn all ADC's as APC . Since ADC in 2k17 Lol . Kappa

DuskDaUmbreon1 votes

Yasuo is not harder than Azir whatsoever. I can play - and carry - as Yasuo by face rolling. He's literately easier than pre-rework Katarina, because at least she had to watch for CC. Yasuo has no such obligations. Azir requires extreme multitasking skills. It's more than just learning basic combos. He requires near-perfect timing to pull off most of his kit well. When people say that Azir is the hardest champion in League to master, they're not joking. Kalista, Taric, and Kindred, while somewhat difficult to master, mostly just require a damned lot of teamwork to reliably be good. Fiora's a decent amount of timing - possibly more than Azir takes - but you only need to watch yourself and your opponent as her (as well as any significant spells, as always), since she's tanky as hell. And Yasuo? Really, he's Riven with no (real) combos, AND what amounts to two spellshields in his kit, one from walking, the other from a 0 mana ability, plus the easy harass on his Q, minus the tankiness that Riven has. Azir takes timing, the ability to focus on at least 5 different things in the MOST MINIMAL of fights, and a helluva lot of speed. I've lost count of the times I've almost died because I simply lost track of my health, because it was just too much.

And stop whining about the meta. I've trounced supposed counters and what's "viable" rather easily. If you're having that much issue with assassins, stop whining and play a damned tank. It's that easy. Or, better yet, learn some basic counter play - if someone tries to all-in you, CC and escape.

TuagTsisTuSiab1 votes

"Some how Yasuo is harder than Azir" meant it as sarcasm.

haha sadi feed

Or we can all just agree Gangplank > Yasuo Azir

[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

angry d0ritos1 votes

why Ekko are in free to play ekko zed and yas 3 Op champ #ritopls all THE real bronze gonna play those 3 OP champ

Afro Zaunian2 votes

Tfw you see someone who shit talks your main and you just smile.

haha sadi feed

At least you ain't shit talking my main man Gangplank

SKT Marulk1 votes

sandbox have in old client or not

Pxartist1 votes

Why is there only one supportMorgana champion in a selection of twenty champs?

ammarthedestroye1 votes

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BioRobinNick1 votes

Darius

Aejax501 votes

I've been playing for the better part of a year now. I started at the beginning of summer. NOT ONCE have I been able to try Taliyah to see if I want to buy her. I think she's super cool, but I've already regretted buying characters without playing them before. This is absurd. And what on earth can be the point?

PringlyMustache1 votes

I like this one but most of the free characters are the same from last rotation I would like it if you put gnar for the next free rotation thx

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