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Extra free supports concludes + new free rotation

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Greetings, summoners!

The fourth and final week of our extra free supports experiment is upon us, and we want to know what you think! Did you try out a new support style? Find any new favorite champions? Make sure to tell us your thoughts in the comments section below!

In addition to the 10 support-viable champions that remain free, here are this week's free champions:

 

Blitzcrank - the Great Steam Golem
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Tank
Secondary Role Fighter
Brand - the Burning Vengeance
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Mage
Braum - the Heart of the Freljord
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Support
Secondary Role Tank
Janna - the Storm's Fury
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Support
Secondary Role Mage
Leona - the Radiant Dawn
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Tank
Secondary Role Support
Nami - the Tidecaller
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Support
Secondary Role Mage
Sona - Maven of the Strings
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Support
Secondary Role Mage
Taric - the Shield of Valoran
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Support
Secondary Role Fighter
Thresh - the Chain Warden
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Support
Secondary Role Fighter
Zyra - Rise of the Thorns
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Mage
Secondary Role Support


Annie - the Dark Child
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Mage
Graves - the Outlaw
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Marksman
Kayle - The Judicator
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Fighter
Secondary Role Support
Kog'Maw - the Mouth of the Abyss
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Marksman
Secondary Role Mage
Malzahar - the Prophet of the Void
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Mage
Secondary Role Assassin
Nautilus - the Titan of the Depths
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Tank
Secondary Role Fighter
Poppy - Keeper of the Hammer
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Tank
Secondary Role Fighter
Shyvana - the Half-Dragon
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Fighter
Secondary Role Tank
Talon - the Blade's Shadow
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Assassin
Secondary Role Fighter
Udyr - the Spirit Walker
Attack
Defense
Ability
Difficulty
Primary Role Fighter
Secondary Role Tank

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

See you on the Fields of Justice!

102 Comments

King Dellron57 votes

#A Corporate Matter Episode: Schizophrementalist

Malzahar "I really think we outdid ourselves this time Jimmy. After searching through so many different dimensions we have finally found her. I didn't think it was possible for us to beat Star Guardian Lux, but here is proof I'm wrong."

Lux "Where am I?"

Malzahar "You are in my studio. I am Art Master Malzahar. This is my Voidling, Jimmy. I am in charge of adding new skins to the league of legends. And you are perhaps the most beautiful thing I have ever found or made. A perfect version of normal Lux in every way. Just a simple power over light, nothing else. Perfect."

Lux "But I have power over all elements, not just light."

Lux "He doesn't need to know that."

Lux "What, I'm not just going to lie to him."

Lux "Well you should, he might not let us stay if he knows."

Lux "She's right, do you really want to go back to fighting that giant rock monster."

Lux "You three need to be quiet, he is looking at us weird."

Malzahar "Uhhhh, you okay?"

Lux "Yeah, just having an argument with my other forms."

Malzahar "Other forms?"

Lux Yeah, ten of us. All inhabiting the same body."

Lux "We can change at will, here let me show you." "Transforms into Mystic Lux."

Lux "Great, now he knows."

Lux "Why do you always have to be such a showoff, Mystic?"

Lux "Well excuse me, I'm tired of Light always getting to do everything."

Malzahar "You are even better than I could have possibly imagined. Everyone must have access to someone like you."

DrMundo "Corporate Mundo's money senses tingling. Have you got any spectacular product? Outsourced servant."

Malzahar "You arrived just in time. I have found the greatest thing in all existence. She might be a little odd."

Lux "Awwwww, he's so cute. Roll over so I can rub your belly."

Lux "I love his sweater."

Lux "I hate pets."

Lux "You're just a ray of sunshine, aren't you, Dark."

Malzahar "But her magnificence must be made available to everyone."

DrMundo "Yes, so me make it most expensive thing in game."

Malzahar "Well, at least everyone who truly wants it can get her on her sale."

DrMundo "Me also push sale back until May 2017. And add special loading border for those who not cheap."

Malzahar "Ok, can she at least get an icon for all ten forms?"

DrMundo "Yes, but you only get five with her, pay extra for other half."

Malzahar "Come on man, why you gotta make this so hard for players. Can't you just make her beauty accessible to all?"

DrMundo "Corporate Mundo be honest. When me look at her, me only see giant bags of money. Mountains of money. Corporate Mundo no care about any else."

Malzahar "Alright Elementalist Lux. Go with the nice man over here and be good for him."

Lux "Sneaky little Corporateses, trying to sell our body for money."

Lux "You just have to see the dark side of everything, don't you."

Lux "Well, that is her name."

Lux "Come on girls. This could be fun. Let's give it a try."

Lux "Alright, but I want Tacos."

Lux "You know I'm a vegan!"

Lux "Fine, vegi tacos."

Lux "With lots of hot sauce."

DrMundo "But, all tacos place closed except for one in nearby city. Going there delay us by week."

Lux "Do you have any idea how hard it is to get us all to agree on something to eat. I SUGGEST YOU GET US SOME DAMN TACOS!"

DrMundo "Alright, Corporate Mundo will take you to Taco." "Leaves with Elementalist Lux."

Malzahar "Well Jimmy, it's back to being just us. They grow up so fast." "Holds back a tear."

Malzahar "Alright, let's get back to searching the millions of universes. Maybe we can take another look at that Sorcerer doctor. Yeah, I know he was pretty strange. But that red cloak might look great on Taric."

(Whoa, late one today. So many jokes I could make. Maybe next week.)

Impulse279 votes

Exactly It is like $40 for the full Elementalist Lux Skin... BTW, Love your stories I always login just to up-vote them.

King Dellron5 votes

Thanks. Every upvote means a lot.

Rvpwns6 votes

Beyond the Void: Season 2 - Episode 7

Shaco, Jhin, and Swain continued to limp along for three days straight. Their eyes were dry and all of them were parched and famished. Swain, who was already injured from the previous fight with Syndra, collapsed for the third time. Jhin tried to help him up, but he wouldn't budge.

Shaco "WELP! He dead."

Jhin "Don't lose hope so easily! He is just experiencing a simple coma."

Shaco "A simple coma?"

Jhin "You heard me."

Shaco stares at Jhin with confusion.

Jhin "What?"

Shaco "WHAT THE F**K IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!"

Jhin quickly thinks of a bulls**t response "Well, a simple coma is induced to those who are most worthy of neither dying nor living. So when they--"

Swain wakes up, coughing "Shut up. Please. Let me pass out peacefully...."

Shaco disappointed "Oh! He's alive. Let's keep going... this Hecarim guy has to be somewhere here..."

Swain "No no, I'm going to pass out again. I just woke up to tell him that his bulls**t was making me cringe."

Swain passes out.

Jhin "How does one cringe while they are passed out?"

Shaco annoyed "Are you a doctor?"

Jhin "No..."

Shaco "Then shut the f**k up."

Jhin agrees and places his gadget belt (along with his guns) besides a tree. Shaco does the same with his items. They both sit down on the grassy ground and contemplate.

Shaco "So you--"

Jhin "How did--"

Shaco "Go ahead."

Jhin "How did you see this Hecarim character in your dream?"

Shaco "Are you sure that you want to hear it?"

Jhin nods.

Shaco "Well...."

START OF SHACO'S DREAM

Shaco walks into a gap between what looks like two forests. The ground has a normal amount of grass. Shaco then smells the smell of smoked salmon and continues to walks forward (towards the smell). With every step, the ground turns purple around him. This creeps him out... a lot. Suddenly a strong, bulky horse charges out of the trees in front of him with a axe-looking weapon. Shaco drops a jester box and runs to his left. The horse stops and becomes a mannequin (since the song the box played was "Black Beatles"). This whole situation was so bizarre, that the jester box was unsure if it needed to shoot the mannequin man-horse or not.

Shaco "Ay yo! You're being very creepy right now. I need to go and eat whatever the hell you were cooking over there!"

The song didn't stop playing, so the man-horse kept still.

Shaco "Alright... I'll take that as a yes. Jester, shut the music."

This was a horrible mistake on Shaco's part. The music stopped playing and Shaco casually started to head over to the other forest.

Hecarim in a godly voice "Where do you think you're going?"

Shaco realizing his mistake "I just stopped your mannequin challenge..."

Hecarim threatened "AND YOU WILL PAY FOR THAT!!"

Hecarim charges towards Shaco. Shaco turns towards him and smirks (because he is a cocky little s**t and doesn't know how powerful this man-horse can be). Hecarim then rams Shaco, throwing him in the air and into a tree of the forest. The ram was so powerful that the tree snapped and collapsed. Shaco gathered himself, even though he was bleeding in multiple places. He started to run, but not even that could help his case. Hecarim trips Shaco by placing the weapon in front of him. He then kicks and tramples Shaco until the bruises were visible.

Shaco half-dead, choking up blood "Are you done.... YA PEICE OF S**T!"

Hecarim "Are you finally going to fight... Oh, boy."

Shaco limps (very slowly) towards Hecarim. Then, he punches him with his tiny fists (which ends up hurting Shaco more). Hecarim, who felt bad for Shaco, just shoved him to the ground and galloped away.

END OF SHACO'S DREAM

Shaco "So yeah, that was it. After that, I was in a Revenant situation and then I woke up."

Jhin "Wait, how can it turn into the Revenant? The Shadow Isles are never cold!"

Shaco "Chill. Dreams are weird, ok?"

Jhin "But, that dream doesn't even explain why you've been traveling for three days to see Hecarim!"

Shaco "I'm going to kill him. I like my dreams to be filled with unicorns, daisies, and a lot of personal time with Katarina... And if I miss one night of dreaming about does things, then I become very angry."

Jhin yawning "Well, it's getting late. I'm gonna hit the barn."

Shaco "What? There is no barn, you dumba**!"

Jhin "It's a figure of speech, idiot."

Shaco "F**k off!"

Jhin creepily "I will."

The two of them go to sleep besides the tree. However, it started getting cold in the middle of the night, so they both found Swain and cuddled next to him for the duration of their sleep.

BugLordekaiser7 votes

A Day Of Snow With the Snow Day Champions (And Santas) "In a land that is cold and afar. There is a man named Graves, who needed a cigar" Graves Riot has gone too far. I can have a carrot in my recall, I can have a candy cane in my splash art, but I can't have a freaking cigar TwistedFate Man I thought they got rid of that meme Graves It is dead. But I'm bringing it back Braum I now come with poros summoner 31 summoner 31 summoner 31 summoner 31 WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Karma Hold on... Those are poros with antlers Braum Ehh.. Still the same thing Splat! Graves Alright who threw that? Lulu hehehe... "Graves goes there about to shoot with all his might. But Lulu knew something wasn't right. Lulu I DIDN'T DO IT. Lulu Oh jeez Splat! Syndra HA HA! Karma Wonder what Gnar's doing "While Graves, Lulu, and Syndra had a fight, we're going to go on a quick ride so hold on tight" Singed Wait. How does my snow powder kill people Gnar Because you put poison in the snow remember? Singed Oh yeah. At least I haven't been put on the Naughty List yet. Veigar NYEHHEHEHEHEHEHEHE Drops Coal. Gnar Oh boy. Singed Do you know what this means? Gnar Yeah... Gnar Singed WE'RE RICH YEAH!!! "And as Gnar and Singed sang cheerfully, the narrator's name was DeathLordInfinity Singed Gnar Syndra Lulu Karma Graves Braum Veigar HOLD ON. "Wait what;s going on?" Singed Gnar Syndra Lulu Karma Graves Braum Veigar THERE'S NO Y IN YOUR NAME "Oh.. Right. I forgot to put it in. :("

BugLordekaiser4 votes

Sivir Why am I not in the picture? "Well Sivir. You wouldn't want to throw a giant sharp iceflake at people do you" Sivir Dangit

Aeros Sine13 votes

Actually, I'm very glad Riot put out the supports for four weeks. It gave me enough time to try out different supports to learn the role with. I ended up liking Zyra . She is an aggressive support which I actually enjoy. Thanks to the experiment that Riot put out, I got to meet a possible main for mid/support.Thanks Riot!

[slayer-jinx-catface]

Itsbeghdev4 votes

She is the only properly squishy champion that I actually like playing. She's just great.

The Last Zica6 votes

I agree that more supports in the rotation and a somewhat bigger rotation is a good thing. I don't think having Blitzcrank or especially Brand available overly often is a good thing though, and I think both should be excluded, or at least severely less common, in any future "support" slots. Too much Blitzcrank is liable to wear people out and too much Brand will only continue to give supports a bad name.

I also think simply fixing the # of champions in the free rotation at 10% rounding up of the number of total champions would strike a good balance going forward. 14 for now with 6 of the slots dedicated to serious supports, rising to 15 sometime in 2017-2018 when champion 141 comes out. Probably keeping the % of support slots roughly proportional... around 3/8ths perhaps? Attention should probably be given to ensuring there's always a tank support, a healer support, a strong shield support, and a cc-heavy support (it usually won't take 4 champions to fill all these slots since there's a fair bit of overlap, such as with Morgana being strong in both cc and shielding,) and that at least 2 of the 6 support champions are highly newbie-friendly.

I believe this will strike a fair balance between consistently giving users enough options to play support when they get autofilled while still selling support champions to people who grow attached to them. That's the main reason I'm not suggesting keeping the rotation at 10 supports long-term (though I'd be OK with that) - there aren't really enough support champions to fulfill quite so many without severely devaluing buying any of them. I do definitely want to see the rotation permanently raised at least a little from the previous 10 total to fit a greater variety of support champions in.

InklingsAreLegal5 votes

I had tons of fun experimenting with Thresh. Aside from Support, I had played him as an Top/ADC hybrid, and it works mid-late game with enough souls. Definitely buying him after Camille.

SteelSoul149 votes

I tried out Leona and loved her, so I'm glad this happened. Gonna try zyra before it all expires too

Tufts Ellis8 votes

The support makes filling a fun option

Impulse277 votes

Really like the Extra free supportsAnnie

Luiji Ninja6 votes

The 20 free champs every week has seemed pretty good. It feels like there is always more choice, and with how many champs there are now, it seems like a pretty good idea.

gregorypoet6 votes

I'm already main support, but I loved the idea of offering the extra support so that everybody gets a chance to try new support styles. I own all of the supports, but I didn't know Brand was considered a support so I reckon I'll give him a try. Thanks Riot :)

62278028DEL15 votes

lel im always the first to comment on this thing and then i ask where the comic is ;P

SignError4 votes

Free champ rotation came in late today. Either Corporate Gnar has been slacking off, or the extra support champs have him overworked.

King Dellron4 votes

So I have lately been a little late in posting the stories. But this time I was finished and ready to post extra early. But no says Rito. They wait until I am busy.

slepy5 votes

I loved the extra free supports! I wish it was longer!!!

SkellyTM5 votes

I played a ton of supports and I almost never do it but I had a ton of fun! Thanks Riot!

Herbal Kent5 votes

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Wont0n3 votes

I kind of agree, but that would make it so that riot doesn't make as much money. A funny idea that would hopefully not lose riot money would to be to add a couple skins to the free rotation, but if you use a free skin the loading screen splash will be replaced with a white background with the text : "FREE SKIN USER" on it, and have the character say "wow my summoner is such a cheapskate!" every 3 seconds in game. 100% solved riot I'm such an innovator hire me now.

InklingsAreLegal5 votes

After nearly 9 months, Poppy is a free champion for a week.

blaze79082 votes

poppy is only 450 ip though, id rather have a more expensive champ in her spot

grarrrg6 votes

Cheap yes, but if I buy someone and wind up hating them, then I still wasted IP, and am now stuck starting them forever. Add in ARAM, and I'd rather try before I buy.

Yama Kaji5 votes

I would play the free champs more to try out if there was a way to get key fragments with them. Personally turns me away by making it that you have to own a champ to get a key fragment.

Xs and Os4 votes

This idea really makes playing adc suck. I love all the new supports having no idea how to support and just go selfish builds and not build for the team.

PureSilvrr2 votes

Yet when a support builds a support build, they get yelled at for not building full damage

Lumina Flowlight3 votes

when does a support ever get yelled at for building a support build? lol

Jadeflame10164 votes

I actually quite liked the extra support thing. I was working on a lot of support before (mostly Sona), but now this gives me a lot of options to play with for free, and I think it will be helpful to a lot of support players like me. It''s honestly been really fun trying out new champs, so whenever I need a different option, I know that I'll be helpful to the team. Please kep this! ❤️❤️

Lumina Flowlight4 votes

Brand Annie "support viable" champs lmao more like "I can't heal or shield you but I can instakill after 6"

Emojay4 votes

BRAND WILL NEVER BE A SUPPORT

The Last Zica4 votes

I support this comment.

With fire.

Emojay3 votes
  1. Graves Malzahar Talon Thanks riot. Just thank you. Just REALLY REALLY THANK IS YOU! I JUST LOVE YOUR COMPANY SO MUCH RIGHT NOW
Itsbeghdev1 votes

A lot of people probably feel otherwise, but yeah

PureSilvrr3 votes

I mained malz, and he isn't that bad Graves is just op when fed Talon broken af You need to ban either malz or graves, because if Graves camps an ally malz mid hes getting fed, and he will get 40 kills

Itsbeghdev1 votes

And also the Malz is going to be unbelievably easy to gank for when he's not shoved up too hard (which I believe is more difficult to have happen with the voidling changes concerning swarm growth? IDK TBH) with that ulti.

PureSilvrr2 votes

That's exactly why graves will get fed

Emojay1 votes

I usually ban graves. Other rimes malz. I'm starting to ban talon.

xDarkxFieldx2 votes

why do they even put Kayle on the free champion rotation after the ten year event every one owns her, so why waist the spot.

PureSilvrr6 votes

for the smurf accounts that don't own her, or the ppl that just joined

DORl2 votes

Nami this champ is probably one of the best f2p champ for last week and this week. loving it!

PorkyPlayzLoL2 votes

Thanks guys during this week ive found many fun champions id like to play like, shyvana, braum, blitzcrank,and ap nautilus. Thank you guys for doin this for the community. Maybe in a few weeks we can do a jungler or top laner one? that'll be fun.

FreQaZoiDzaBezT2 votes

Hey riot! Can you please keep the free supports but I also believe that you should implement them into ranked because of the chance of being autofilled support and not having a good support to play for your adc. Thanks, much appreciated

Critdizzle1 votes

Well, my thoughts are that this was an interesting/nice idea, but in reality it just meant that I constantly had to deal with Rocket Grabs from Blitzcrank. 3/10, hope this doesn't happen again. :/

Aloix6 votes

Blitz grabs are easy to avoid. Just always evaluate your position, and make sure he can't grab you.

The Last Zica4 votes

Mostly agree, but having to do it in too many matches in a row for weeks on end does get a little old, so I hope they'll make him relatively rare in the rotation again after this. I wouldn't really support any champ being in the rotation more than a quarter of the time, and Blitz gets old faster than most.

PringlyMustache1 votes

this rotation is retarded and has stupid characters and some of them are the same characters from other rotations you never put high price characters next rotation please ad zac

The Last Zica4 votes

Geez, I've seen rotations where half the champs were 6300s. Ride the wave. They're not picked based on price. Zac will probably show up in one of the next half dozen rotations.

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