New free champion rotation: Akali, Quinn, Thresh and more!

Riot·Nov 8, 2014·3 votes·49,999 views

Greetings Summoners!

Here are this week's free champions:

Akali - the Fist of Shadow

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Assassin

Annie - the Dark Child

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Mage

Gangplank - the Saltwater Scourge

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Fighter

Secondary Role Support

Janna - the Storm's Fury

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Support

Secondary Role Mage

Master Yi - the Wuju Bladesman

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Assassin

Secondary Role Fighter

Quinn - Demacia's Wings

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Marksman

Secondary Role Fighter

Shyvana - the Half-Dragon

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Fighter

Secondary Role Tank

Thresh - the Chain Warden

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Support

Secondary Role Fighter

Varus - the Arrow of Retribution

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Marksman

Secondary Role Mage

Viktor - the Machine Herald

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Mage

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

See you on the Fields of Justice!

236 Comments

rafay115Nov 10, 2014131 votes

riot plz stop making 450 ip champs free like this if u agree so riot can see

Xerneas2761Nov 10, 201437 votes

The point of free champions is for low level people to play easy champions and see who they want along with putting a few that more skilled players would like to try

Rew711Nov 11, 201413 votes

I know that this is very untrue. This is because of 3 things:

The Starter Bundle
Cheapest champions that take about 2 or 3 matches worth of IP to unlock
Newbies more than likely, would rather play as a higher priced champion due to how hard it would be to earn said champion, they would rather try that one out than the 450.

SnakeyShakeNov 11, 201412 votes

As an early level you aren't going to put money into a free game
Do you remember your first bunch of matches? If you can get comfortable with a champion it is easier to learn about the game
As a "Newbie" you aren't going for the "Most expensive" champion. They wan't to be comfortable with the game

BlueGash80Nov 13, 20142 votes

From the perspective of a new player, you can see many differences between 450 and expensive champions. First of all, some new players will think that if a champion is super expensive, it must be automatically better than another champion. Also, I think most people would agree that 6300 champions are "cooler" than the cheap ones. And I mean that in every way possible; splash arts, kits, playstyles, and even things as simple as recall animations. Also, of course, its always cool to play a champ that transforms (Elise, Jayce, etc.A new player who tried out Gnar or Zed after playing Nunu? Annie? Garen? They would likely see a difference.

KantiumNov 11, 20143 votes

I speak from experience. Like I know some people have literally EVERY CHAMP but players like me actually want to play "new" champs like Yasuo and Gnar and Ahri and MonkeyKing but Riot doesn't want players who can only play short periods of time to actually play these people. C'mon Riot, we know you're better than that.

HristoNov 10, 20143 votes

yeah agree and wasn't quinn free like a couple weekks ago?

SoryInAdvanceNov 11, 20148 votes

quinn is free a lot.

Surge qui DormisNov 11, 20148 votes

She is free a lot, fortunately. Maybe after one of these times people will actually start playing her.

TheAlmightyLegsNov 11, 20142 votes

Oh, Burn

Quy3nNov 10, 201432 votes

noob hooks incoming item 3070 Thresh

LaowPingNov 10, 20147 votes

Bout to grab all the minions tomorrow.

Faith BreakerNov 10, 20144 votes

What breaks my heart is when you adc Thresh with a Blitz support and wreck bot lane. And I know rekt and wreck are used often, but anytime the enemy jngler game it was basically a triple kill. But we lost, we had 2 ppl top fighting arguing and going afk alot, and a mid Zyra that was trying to make pro plays and mostly ended up dieing before they could contribute to anything. Bad plays from good champs are terrible, but losing when playing high skill cap champs to their best is heart breaking. You can have the best score/stats/kda on either team and still lose.

Starblaster11Nov 11, 20141 votes

Wait shouldn't it be the other way around like Blitz ADC and Threash Support? Blitz can't shield and pull allies.

EnflameNov 11, 20142 votes

Nah thresh is just as epic at adc, his flay can wreck

BIG D BRIANNov 10, 20142 votes

missing the lanterns item 3070

lewd caprisunNov 10, 201418 votes

Swiggity Swoogity he's coming for that booty Gangplank

WereSlothNov 10, 20143 votes

Gonna check the chest before coming for tha booty.

Thresh So FreshNov 11, 201413 votes

HEARD SOMEONE WAS TALKIN' SHIIIIEEEE 'BOUT ME.

FearTheDanknessNov 10, 201415 votes

Oh boy! Blitzcrank last week, Thresh this week, I hope we get Nautilus next week!!!

Ayame IsakiNov 11, 20143 votes

I would love to try Nautilus ! Riot, make it happen please!

PentaWattNov 10, 201413 votes

Akali Pink wards pls for once. Annie Everyone owns her anyway. Gangplank Only good if everything else is nerfed. Janna It gonna be windy. MasterYi Easy hard countered by cc. Quinn Burst adc. Shyvana RAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRR. that is all. Thresh Mlg bronze madlifes 420 scope no fails all day. Varus See above. Viktor Everyone forgot about me item 3070 Viktor

elalphaduckNov 10, 20146 votes

Don't judge my small penis

7ha7guy777Nov 10, 201411 votes

Viktor 48% more Viktories

ZA WARUDO WRYYNov 10, 20148 votes

hey time to upgrade the game with new jg right? Viktor here ill help

General KeithNov 10, 20142 votes

MasterYi "I'll test it"

Rew711Nov 10, 20143 votes

don't know why but i want to play Varus

LoliOGNov 10, 20148 votes

what were u thinking riot just who doesn't have annie and yi?!!!! and varus and thersh were free just a few weeks ago!!! when r u gonna let us try jayce or elise or malzhar or yordle or nautilus?

IceColdIceCreamNov 10, 201444 votes

The infamous yordle champion, one of the most powerful in the game. I hear he has the abilities of 12 champions!

LoliOGNov 10, 20143 votes

dont know,roit has never let me to try him

JackOLaughterNov 11, 20143 votes

They're joking, Yordle is a race, not a specific champion. lol And really, is it worth getting so upset about, they aren't about to change the line up for next week and it only lasts the week and then something new comes up. Maybe look into how they choose the champions for that and see if you can offer a suggestion somewhere, but they'll probably only ignore rude complaints.

SoryInAdvanceNov 11, 20147 votes

i'm pretty sure he was joking too.

Mistress MadokaNov 10, 201411 votes

I think the funniest part is that there's exactly 12 Yordles in the game.

VinovalNov 11, 20149 votes

downvoted Scorripion1 so he becomes -12, representing the fact that he has not yet used 12 Yordles and is missing out in life.

Surge qui DormisNov 11, 20147 votes

QUINN!!! Perfect. The most underrated champion in the current meta, free. Time to play her all week to earn ip to buy her. Cause let's be honest.. we all do it. Quinn

FiniteAppleNov 10, 20146 votes

wtf why is akali's difficulty so high she's one of the easiest champions to play item 3128

Azure PrinceNov 10, 201413 votes

tl;dr: timing is key to a good Akali

Because she requires careful cooperation with teammates, and while dashing around seems easy, learning when is a wise time to dash (so you don't end up like AP Tristana: queen of kill-or-be-killed) to best take advantage of your snowballing. Akali is highly dependent on a well fed laning stage to truly shine late game. In essence, she's the laning version of Udyr in that both have hard counters (cc and cc/pink wards) and they either snowball or get deleted... there is no middle ground. Akali's difficulty is also raised due to unskilled players thinking that farming and last hitting is more important than staying alive to get levels from presence pre-6, so they get put in bad situations before they have any good initiation or escape. Her difficulty is fair in that regard.