New free champion rotation: Akali, Anivia, Blitzcrank and more!

Riot·Jan 30, 2016·1 votes·48,475 views

Greetings Summoners!

Here are this week's free champions:

Akali - the Fist of Shadow

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Assassin

Anivia - the Cryophoenix

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Mage

Secondary Role Support

Blitzcrank - the Great Steam Golem

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Tank

Secondary Role Fighter

Fiddlesticks - the Harbinger of Doom

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Mage

Secondary Role Support

Gragas - the Rabble Rouser

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Fighter

Secondary Role Mage

Poppy - Keeper of the Hammer

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Tank

Secondary Role Fighter

Quinn - Demacia's Wings

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Marksman

Secondary Role Fighter

Thresh - the Chain Warden

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Support

Secondary Role Fighter

Twitch - the Plague Rat

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Marksman

Secondary Role Assassin

Yasuo - the Unforgiven

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!

67 Comments

King DellronFeb 1, 201647 votes

#A Corporate Matter Episode: Can I ask you a quest-Jhin?

"Dinner is served, Pulled Pork and Banana sauce."

Soraka "And for dessert, Banana cheese creme chili pie dogs!"

Garen "I have been waiting all day for this."

Zed "You two truly are masters together in the Kitchen."

KogMaw "Let us dig in on this magnificent meal."

Warwick "RED ALERT, WE HAVE AN INTRUDER IN THE BUILDING!!!!!" "Goes crashing through the dinner table, destroying everything."

Gnar "You just broke everything and ruined the whole dinner. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO EAT NOW!!!!!!"

Warwick "QUIET IDIOT!! You must all hide, you are in mortal danger."

"What are you talking about?"

Warwick "I smell someone odd in this building. Soraka, Sona, Vi, you three need to hide in the kitchen."

Soraka "Why the kitchen?"

Warwick "It's where you belong, I am sure you three know it best and can hide the best there."

"Listen here bub, I am one second away from Knocking your lights out."

Warwick "We don't have time for this. You three, kitchen now! The rest, well, you are free to hide wherever you want."

"Ok, you are going down now." "Begins beating on Guard Dog Warwick."

Jhin "If I had known you guys would start killing each other. I would have just let this piece of art finish itself."

Gnar "Screams like a little girl." "Ahyguhuah! I-i-i-its h-h-him."

KogMaw "What, that's no murderer. He's an actor in one of my favorite plays, Heimlet. How are you, Khada?"

Jhin "I am fine, much better now that I found all of you. Sorry to cause dismay, but Corporate Gnar is right. The primary antagonist of this story arc has arrived!"

Gnar "But wait, isn't your name Jhin, where is this Khada coming from?"

Jhin "Khada Jhin is my stage name of right now."

Gnar "It seems like your name changes every week."

"Yeah, I thought you went by Deadeye."

Soraka "Pretty sure we are supposed to call him, The Virtuoso."

Zed "Back in my lands, They Called him The Golden Demon."

KogMaw "I still like Khada."

Sona "..."

Jhin "**OH JUST CALL ME JHIN FROM NOW ON! **I am sorry, that is too much emotion. Compose yourself, don't let them bring that out of you. Do re mi fa so la ti do, there we go."

Gnar "Do you talk to yourself often?"

Jhin "It helps with staying in character."

Soraka "How did you find us, you evil, handsome, slightly hot, monster!"

Jhin "Oh, I have connections in the entertainment business. There is only one person in Valoran who watches, so you think you can carry. They had your address. To be honest, I am rather disappointed that it's here. This place is so drab, not the epic stage I was hoping for."

Soraka "Stares angrily at Corporate Gnar."

Gnar "You were right, I shouldn't have watched it. But I can't honestly be the only one who watches it?"

Jhin "The show is an offense to good television. I could have made it better. Told them that me killing all the other contestants would be great for ratings. But alas, they declined. I think it's because that show hog Draven can't stand to have someone more handsome than himself on the show."

Teemo "You are far from handsome, jack."

Jhin "It's Jhin, not Jack."

Teemo "Look at my face, does it look like it cares."

Jhin "I would, but the whole invisible thing is making it difficult. Unless you work on that. You are never going to get anything but a sentence or two each week, if you're lucky."

Garen "I have had enough talk. DIE EVIL VILLAIN!"

Jhin "I don't think so." "Bang!"

Garen "Arrrgh! My shoulder."

Jhin "Yes, there is no getting near me when I have this long range of a root. I must say, you look so much better without that shoulder pad. Are the rest of you ready to Jhiness my true power. Ok, that is where I draw the line. It's bad enough you wrote me like this, but that terrible pun."

I know, it was bad.

Jhin "Alright Mr. Writer. No more of those puns, and you need to add in some rhymes. Otherwise, I quit."

Fine, but they need to be a reference to something, and one more pun.

Jhin "Great, now they hid somewhere. Guess they were too Jhintimidated by me. Alright, that one was even worse."

I enjoyed it, though.

Soraka "You think he will find us under this couch?"

Gnar "Hopefully not, I sent out a message to the police, so let's hope they get here soon. By the way, is Jhin still talking to himself about how bad his puns are?"

Jhin "I remember a girl. with tresses oh, that twist and twirl. And tempt me to be, nauuughty. Barbara my love was named, and her fair hair a mane untamed. Until one evening, I'm ashamed, I got a little, naaauuughty. The look upon my young lovers face was sweet as lace. but in this case, I realized she, needed space. I never more was naughty, well, maybe not never."

"Hey yo, Freaky Fred, what did you do to that poor girl?"

Jhin "Just a little off the top, if you know what I mean."

"Time to show you how we do things in piltover. SLAAAAAAAAAAAAM!!!!! D-"

Jhin "Nope, can't punch me without those beefy hands of yours. Shot through the heart, and I'm to blame. Darling I give acting, a good name."

"My hands, there are so pale flimsy and useless. DON'T LOOK AT ME, I FEEL NAKED."

Jhin "Don't worry dear. This is your true self, your perfect self. Now, Sona. I see you hiding over there, how about you get the next bullet." "Shoots!"

Sona "Ow! right in my throat. Wait, I can talk. THIS IS AMAZING, I HAVE TO TELL-"

Jhin "Oops, that wasn't supposed to happen. Let me fix that with a grenade!" "Throws grenade!"

Sona "..."

Sona "!!!"

Jhin "There, you sound perfect."

Zed "I have had enough of this. Time to face the true power of Zed."

Jhin "Sorry, but that new item isn't out yet. So you can't kill me. Oh, and it looks like you stepped on one of my flowers. Time to feel my fourth bullet. I saved it just for you." "Final shotdown!"

Zed "AHHHH, MY FACE. IT HURTS SO MUCH."

Jhin "Not as much as the pain you have caused me. You look absolutely beautiful now. I have finished you four, unto the ones who were helping you. I see you two behind that couch."

Gnar "RUN! PHONERANG GO!"

Jhin "Playful little scamp, that really doesn't hurt."

Gnar "MUST KEEP TURING CORNERS, DON'T LET HIM GET A CLEAR SHOT AT ME!!!"

Jhin "Sweet Corporate Gnar, afraid I'll shoot your tail? That would just be weird."

Gnar "SORAKA! WHERE DID MY GUARD DOG WARWICK GO. HE IS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT ME!"

Soraka "I DON'T KNOW, HE JUST LEFT WHEN JHIN GOT HERE!"

Jhin "I grow tired of these games. Allow me to reach our end and bring upon the curtain call."

Gnar "TELL MY MONEY I LOVE IT!"

Jhin "Shot one!"

Gnar "Ow!"

Jhin "Two shot Blue shot!"

Gnar "It hurts!"

Jhin "It's cute how you are trying to run. My range is long enough to allow all to witness my glory. Three!"

Gnar "Getting, so, low."

Jhin "And four means death!"

Gnar "Goodbye cruel wor- Wait, I'm not dead?"

Shen "Huuuuuha. My ult saved you."

Jhin "Shen, we meet again. I didn't know you would be here. This makes things all the better."

Gnar "But, how did you know to ult me?"

Shen "Your guard dog came and pinged non-stop. So I listened."

Jhin "You here to try and lock me up again. Well, I shot Zed in the face. So you won't have his damage to help you this time. And that puny Q of yours won't do much."

Shen "You didn't kill Zed? Shame. But I got a new Q, want to see it?"

Jhin "I think I will just put a couple rounds in you instead. One! Two! Three! Wait, why are these dealing no damage?"

Shen "Yeah, I also got a dodge ability now. WELCOME TO SEASON 6 NOOB!"

Jhin "Well, that is far from fair. Now I have to reload."

Gnar "NOWS OUR CHANCE, EVERYONE JUMP HIM!"

Shen "FEEL THE POWER OF MY NEW SPIRIT BLADE, THAT ISN'T REALLY REAL BUT STILL HURTS."

Jhin "Back! back you dirty apes. You uncultured swine. You insignificant flys. I am true entertainment, I am true perfection. THERE IS NOTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN ME!!!"

Volibear "THIS IS THE POLICE, COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP AND NOBODY GETS HURT!"

Gnar "What took them so long?"

Jhin "IT'S MUCH TOO LATE FOR THAT! I'M AFRAID PLENTY OF US GOT HURT, MYSELF INCLUDED."

Trundle "WELL, COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP AND NOBODY GETS CLUBBED!"

Jhin "Oh, would you club a few of us in here? I am sure they deserve it."

Caitlyn "Don't worry Vi, I will save you. I'M TAKING THE SHOT!" "BANG!"

Teemo "YOU MISSED, YOU IDIOT! THAT THING LANDED THREE INCHES FROM ME!"

Jhin "Another sniper, how beautiful. But, she isn't perfect, not yet any-" "Gets shot."

Caitlyn "Second times the charm."

(It seems that I made this one too long, and it is cutting off the ending. So I am going to put the end in a comment to this story. Sorry for any trouble this may cause.)

infinty87Feb 1, 20162 votes

Lol nice! Just a request though. How about jhin roasting tahm kench because of his fattness?That would be hilarious and its in the special interaction too! :)

King DellronFeb 1, 201630 votes

A few minutes later:

Caitlyn "Go on, get in that police van."

Jhin "These things are quite uncomfortable. How am I supposed to show emotion or captivate the audience if my hands are locked up in these cold metal shackles."

Caitlyn "Sorry Jhin, but I leave the fuzzy cuffs at home."

"You know you do!"

Soraka "Guard Dog Warwick, you're back! That was a really brave thing you did, leaving all danger yourself and getting Shen to come and save us."

Warwick "All in a days work."

Volibear "Well, it seems all is taken care of. The threat is over and you can go back to living your normal lives. The ones who got shot, we will have a specialist look at you and try and get that weird crystal and flower stuff off."

Warwick "I am so glad to have helped on the case!"

Volibear "And, who are you?"

Warwick "Guard Dog Warwick! I am an officer of the law, just like you."

Volibear "Hahahaha, that's a good one. What are you, a comedian or something, haha. Well, we had better take Jhin to jail. See you guys when someone else inevitably tries to kill you."

Gnar "Wait, there is one thing we never found out. Why did you choose those four as your targets?"

Jhin "It's simple really, I just picked your name out of a hat. You guys won the lottery in my opinion. You got to be feature characters in this production. And I was able to get you closer to perfection."

Zed "All this, this insane hiding and you shooting. Is because of you just drawing names?"

Jhin "Yep, I am the secret Santa of killing. Getting you was just an added bonus."

Gnar "Take him away. I am ready to go back home and be by myself for once. But because I now know what its like to be locked up like that for so long. I am finally making poppy free. Soraka, go tell her the news."

Soraka "Oh sir, I am so glad you finally decided to do it. She is going to be so happy."

Jhin "So ends our little story. But fear not, no prison can hold me for long. Hahahahahaha!"

infinty87Feb 1, 20164 votes

Characters*

King DellronFeb 1, 20163 votes

Yeah, I fell behind on writing this one and had to get it done really quick. So I made a lot more mistakes than I care to admit. Got time to proofread it now and should have most of them fixed.

RvpwnsFeb 1, 20165 votes

Beyond the Void: Season 1- Episode 7

Reader discretion is advised for violence, language and intense thematic elements.

In the invention hall of Bandle City

Azir Rushing towards the office "Corki!!! What the hell are you doing? Everyone is dying out there!You have to get in your copter and kill that void bastard!"

Corki gloomily "Nothing makes sense anymore. It's not like we are the strongest nation anymore..."

Azir "What the f**k are you talking about?"

Corki Noticing Azir's presence "Oh! I'm sorry. These past few months haven't been kind to me or the council."

Azir "The council is dead. Heimer shot all of them."

Corki "Well, gives me more of a reason to pack my bags! I've always wanted to get away from this mess. Who knows? Maybe I can finally take my vacation trip to the Shadow Isles."

Azir "Why would you EVER go to that creepy a** place?"

Corki "Why are you really here? I'm pretty sure it's not only to ask me to help this cursed city."

Azir "No... that's the only reason I showed up here."

Corki "Listen, Azir. You might be the mightiest king of all this land, but no one can defeat the power of the void. Especially, the power of the void's prophet..."

Azir "And who is that?"

Corki "His name is Malhazar, and you'll know when he shows up. He hasn't set foot on Runterra in more than 145 years. When he does, all hell will break loose."

Azir "You're probably the most morbid leader I've ever seen."

Corki "I'm not usually morbid, it's just that I found out something very odd today when I checked the jail cells. We never had to use a single jail cell, but today I found a psychopath in there."

Azir "A criminal turned himself in without being seen? Well, you don't see that everyday."

Corki "He claims to know you. You want to go see him?"

Azir Intensely "Yes."

Meanwhile...

Xerath "Bang! Bang! BANG!"

Xerath shot plasma out of his hands and killed 5 yordles in one shot. On the side of the road, the civilians placed the dead in a line. If they didn't do anything to stop Xerath soon, their would be too many dead bodies to place on the sidewalk.

Tristana "ARGH! My cannons are doing no damage!"

Teemo "Hand it over. And come here!"

Tristana dives into a nearby bush for cover.

Teemo "Heimer didn't only suspend you, he also blocked the max damage on this weapon."

Teemo twisted the knob until it clicked.

Tristana "Time to kill this son of a b**ch!"

She ran out of the bush and fired the cannon three times and all of the shots hit Xerath.

Xerath "NOOOOOOOO!"

Something very odd was happening. Xerath was bleeding out, but not with blood. Blue ooze slipped out of his wound and he started to pixelate. In a matter of seconds, he was gone. The men and women that were left started to cheer for their new hero, Tristana.

Teemo "That's my girl!"

Tristana "Don't ever say that again!"

In the invention hall's basement (or the jail)...

Corki "I'm afraid I cannot go any further with you. I will be monitoring the discussion to make sure nothing kinky happens up there in the tech room."

Azir Holds his hand out "Thank you for everything, Mr. Corki."

They shake hands. Corki then heads up to the tech room and Azir walks down the isle, intensely.

In a very deep, threatening voice "Well, well, well. I finally get the pleasure to meet Azir, the king of the sands!"

Azir "Who are you? Where are you? And how do you know my name?"

Azir turns towards the sound of the voice and sees who it is. Azir is shocked to see the man in the jail cell as he steps into the light.

Jhin "All very interesting questions. But, you must know that this is all part of my intricate plan."

Azir "And how many people will die because of this plan?"

Jhin "Aww, come on! Have some fun, Azir! You know that all I ever wanted to do is make this world more beautiful."

Azir "Your definition of beautiful changes every time I run into you. So no, I don't know what you want and why you want it. All I know is that you need to die before you get too far into this plan."

Jhin "I have grown, Azir. More than you can ever imagine! And thanks to the tech of this very fine city, I can move about this world so much quicker."

Azir "You already killed someone, didn't you?"

Jhin "Yes, traveling back in time is so much fun!"

Azir "You're working with the boy who shattered time?"

Jhin "It doesn't matter, since when did you start caring about who I kill? All I did was travel back in time and kill Zed."

Azir "How does that make any sense? You would have had to pass the security system of the Corporate Officies!"

Jhin "Nothing can beat my paintbrush, Azir. Not even a stupid security system of a major business company."

Azir "Your going to pay for what you have done!"

Jhin "Well, I'm afraid that this all the time we have left to chat. I have to go bother Miss Fortune now... I'll be seeing you later. But, before I leave I must take something of yours."

Azir Gets closer to the jail cell "And what the f**k might that be?"

Jhin Points towards the tech room "Your resources."

Azir turns towards the tech room.

Azir "NO! NO! NOOOOOOOO!"

The tech room bursts into violent flames and pieces of glass and tech fly everywhere. Azir turns back towards the cell and see the emptiness.

Azir Punching the cell gate "DAMMIT!"

Miss Fortune picks up another drink and chugs it down as her fellow pirates cheer her on. All of the sudden, a loud thud stops the ship from moving. Miss Fortune rushes on to her deck and to her shock, sees Gankplanks boat.

MissFortune Shouts "What in the hell is this?"

A plank drops from the other ship to her's and a man who she once feared now walks on it.

MissFortune "I...I though you.. you... were dead!"

Gangplank "Death is a symbol, miss. You never really killed me, I was always alive when you reigned the seas of Bilgewater."

MissFortune Cautiously yet confused "Why the f**k are you here and what on Runeterra do you want from me?"

Gangplank "I want what every man and woman yearns for in their sub- consciousness. To make this world... BEAUTIFUL!"

Jhin steps forward, pulls out his gun and hands it over to Gankplank.

Jhin "Art requires a certain... cruelty. Seize her! We need some answers."

RvpwnsFeb 3, 20161 votes

*there not their... sorry wrote this in a rush

RealIandmeFeb 2, 20162 votes

You guys are great at the stories but can Garen be evil one time

lightdragoon88Feb 1, 20168 votes

Oh my god...Poppy is back on rotation! O_o

Jeddy017Feb 1, 20166 votes

Yorick "I,too,will join the rotation once my transformation is complete"

BrokenKiteFeb 1, 20164 votes

My opinions on free rotation (2/2/2015 - 2/9/2015)

I legit don't know how this champion works
I...am a crystal bird!
My best support that I own
Have you ever seen this guy walk? It's the best!
Jax's drinking buddy...thats all i know
The lollipoppy skin holds a dark secret in the dance
Nobody likes you, Valor!
Prepare for the madlife hype
AND YOU THOUGHT TEEMO WAS BAD
Time to use pulverize .... Could be better (balancing wise) but I could see many of these being tried by others (and myself) (8/10)

-BrokenKite I got 19 champs but you won't be 20!

CoppelionFeb 2, 20164 votes

When you see your main is free item 3070

NicoI BoIasFeb 3, 20161 votes

When you see difficult champions on free week and know people will be trying them in your team item 3070

FaZe HaXFeb 1, 20163 votes

wtf is this rotation. Akali Blitzcrank Poppy Thresh Yasuo Twitch

Shadowpants18Feb 1, 20162 votes

I think I did it guys!! .../
../..
./....\ ILUMINATI CONFIRMED FROM LAST SALE

RhinoRage124Feb 6, 20161 votes

But you need to add the Velkoz icon

nigel shrekberryFeb 1, 20162 votes

What the hell is this? Yasuo on free week?!?!!?

time to see all the tank yasuo's who max W -_-

BeefSmoothieFeb 1, 20163 votes

Wait, that isn't meta!?!?! Kappa

WitchKing007Feb 2, 20162 votes

Prepare yourselves... Yasuo 's op-ness is coming

Ad InfinitumFeb 2, 20161 votes

Yasuo is actually in a pretty horrible place right now tbh

Blazirt456Feb 3, 20161 votes

Yasuo woah woah when did I fall from my windcliff, (my training area) ThrelNari what is the meaning of this

Ad InfinitumFeb 4, 20161 votes

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woah woah when did I fall from my windcliff, (my training area) ThrelNari what is the meaning of this

Lets look at him. He's statistically under par in win rates, has a worse average death count then karthus (who's point is to basically throw himself into a team and die) and honestly, he gets dicked by all conventional mid laners nowadays.

NicoI BoIasFeb 3, 20161 votes

Annie dunks him pretty hard. R>Q>W>Ignite>ded

SkyBlade79Feb 2, 20162 votes

Literally just bought Quinn this week, what a coincidence.

KiritoeFeb 2, 20162 votes

Yasuo? Free? lol no bye summoner 6

marco361231Feb 1, 20161 votes

i have been wanting to play quin. Any good tips for her build?

SkyBlade79Feb 2, 20161 votes

Not in the meta, but she's a hecka fun jungler, amazing ganks. Try it out.

mhotshot106Feb 1, 20161 votes

summoner 6

mhotshot106Feb 1, 20161 votes

Yasuo plebs incoming Draven

jkubedFeb 1, 20161 votes

I literally just bought half of these champions because of the IP boost weekend lmao

SlugOperatorFeb 1, 20161 votes

I'm scared to even go mid now ;-; Yasuo

Ad InfinitumFeb 2, 20163 votes

he's really not that bad though... I'll help you out. Annie Malzahar Zed Swain

Ad InfinitumFeb 2, 20161 votes

he's really not that bad though... I'll help you out. Annie Malzahar Zed Swain

PokemichaelFeb 1, 20161 votes

For one trillion years I've been waiting for Poppy to be free! Finally, that time has come. (Now I'm waiting for Yorick)

SkyBlade79Feb 2, 20163 votes

She's only 450 ip, to be fair

SheeporothFeb 1, 20161 votes

Why... It happens every time... I just bought Yasuo, now he's free

DemoralizedFeb 1, 20161 votes

Zed Wait Wat

LMAOisbeastFeb 2, 20161 votes

Well I'll be playing mid a lot, it's time to wreck all the people who think they can play my main, and all the people who think they can play against her. Anivia go!

ADC KingdomFeb 2, 20161 votes

Time to see if anybody can beat my mid lane main

Final GirIFeb 2, 20161 votes

Tis a season to rejoice! This is the first time I've seen Poppy on freeweek and I've been here since 2013! Rumors have it that she hasn't been here since 2012.

Ad InfinitumFeb 2, 20161 votes

Poppy : For the first time in forever...