New free champion rotation: Blitzcrank, Draven, Evelynn & more!

Riot·Aug 8, 2016·1 votes·27,053 views

Greetings Summoners!

Here are this week's free champions:

Blitzcrank - the Great Steam Golem

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Tank

Secondary Role Fighter

Draven - the Glorious Executioner

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Marksman

Evelynn - the Widowmaker

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Assassin

Secondary Role Mage

Fiora - the Grand Duelist

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Fighter

Secondary Role Assassin

Fizz - the Tidal Trickster

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Assassin

Secondary Role Fighter

Hecarim - the Shadow of War

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Fighter

Secondary Role Tank

Leona - the Radiant Dawn

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Tank

Secondary Role Support

Talon - the Blade's Shadow

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Assassin

Secondary Role Fighter

Tryndamere - the Barbarian King

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Fighter

Secondary Role Assassin

Vayne - the Night Hunter

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Marksman

Secondary Role Assassin

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

See you on the Fields of Justice!

51 Comments

King DellronAug 8, 201625 votes

#A Corporate Matter Episode: We are a pirate

Gnar "I hate Bilgewater."

Soraka "Come on boss, it's not all bad."

Gnar "You sure? The air smells worse than Gangplank's outhouse. Wharf rats bite you at every opportunity. I'm pretty sure we are going to get shanked at any moment and the people swear worse than a ranked player."

Soraka "Well, aren't you a negative nancy."

MissFortune "Thank you all for coming to today's celebration. Here we mark the one year anniversary since we killed the murderous Gangplank."

Gangplank "STILL NOT DEAD!"

MissFortune "SHUT UP, NO ONE CARES! Anyways, we are also celebrating the day I became your leader."

TwistedFate "Well, we didn't exactly vote you in."

MissFortune "No, but because I killed Gangplank. I have the biggest gun, which puts me in charge."

Graves "But, isn't that how Gangplank became the leader?"

Gangplank "Yep, she isn't really any different than me. Except I actually killed me father."

Soraka "Man, she seems almost as full of herself as you sir."

Gnar "Not the same, I actually acknowledge what a terrible boss I am."

Gangplank "Yeah, she's a real piece of work."

MissFortune "Anyways, I have a lot planned for today. We have bobbing for bullets over there. And t-"

Ryze "YO HO HO AND A BOTTLE OF MANA!"

Gangplank "Pirate Ryze, is that you?"

Ryze "YOU BET YOUR SWEET COIN IT'S ME."

MissFortune "What are you doing storming in here like this?"

Ryze "I have come for the booty."

Gangplank "Haven't we all."

Ryze "I figure, since you took over from Gangplank last year. I should kill you and take over this year."

MissFortune "What? No, that's not how it works. I stay in charge, you follow me. We don't need to kill each other once a year."

Ryze "Well, I say we do. And I brought some friends to help me do it."

Gangplank "Is, is that me old crew?"

Katarina "Do what you want, cause a pirate is free!"

Ryze "YOU ARE A PIRATE!"

Swain "Yar har, fiddle di dee."

Rumble "Being a pirate is all right with me.."

Fiddlesticks "Do what you want, cause a pirate is free!"

Tristana "YOU ARE A PIRATE!"

Ryze "You are a pirate."

Shen "Starts waving his sword around without using his hands."

Gnar "ENOUGH WITH THE OUTDATED REFERENCES!"

Ryze "What, it's fun to say. Fine, I guess me and my crew can just take over then."

MissFortune "Wait, hang on guys. Don't do this. SOMEONE, HELP, WHERE IS MY CREW!"

Graves "They bobbed for one too many bullets."

Ryze "GIMME ALL YOUR BOOTY!"

MissFortune "Aha! You can't take over."

Ryze "Oh yeah, why not?"

MissFortune "Because you are not lore skins. Ryze is in no way a pirate. You can't interfere with the lore. And killing me would really interfere with it."

Ryze "What, that can't be true?"

Gnar "It is. Bad things will happen to you. I mean, SKT Sivir tried something and look where she ended up."

Soraka "What, they could have killed Captain Miss Fortune. Why didn't you say something earlier."

Gnar "Honestly, I just didn't care enough."

Ryze "Alright let's go guys. We can hunt that hidden box, with the booty and the locks."

Gnar "Yeah, I'm getting out of here too. I don't even remember why we came in the first place."

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RvpwnsAug 8, 20163 votes

The Time Juncture: Season 1 - Episode 3

Viktor patiently waited as he sat on his intimidating throne. He was stressed by the overwhelming growth of the opposition.

Viktor lightly "Send him in"

The giant doors were supposed to open, but stayed shut.

Viktor "I SAID SEND HIM IN!"

Viktor coughs violently, but nothing happens. Viktor then slams the AI button.

Viktor "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!"

Clairvoyance "Your warning system has been initiated."

Viktor "I know the consequences of bringing a duplicate from the Corporate Age! How about you learn to suck it up and carry out my commands!"

Clairvoyance "Sir, I strongly advise you against carrying this plan out. If you do this, his appearance can send ripples throughout the timeline and can potentially destroy life as we know it."

Viktor "And I care because..."

Clairvoyance "Very well."

The giant white doors opened and a monster with a telephone appeared.

DrMundo "Where the hell am I?"

Viktor "Ah, welcome Corporate Mundo! You have a lot to catch up on!"

DrMundo "Ok..."

Viktor "In your time, did you ever meet Lissandra?"

DrMundo "Yeah. She came to our offices from time to time, but no one was really fond of her."

Viktor grabs a snow globe off of his desk "She decided to defy the rules. So, she built a curse and froze everything from Demacia to Noxus."

Viktor crushed the snow globe and watched as his hand bled from the shattered glass.

DrMundo shocked "OH MY!"

Viktor "What?... Oh. That is my most prized possession, his blood runs this office!"

Behind Viktor was the slain Jayce. He was tied to the wall and looked super pale. There were five tubes that were connected to different parts of his body, all drawing blood at a very slow rate.

DrMundo "YOU MONSTER!"

Viktor ignoring Mundo "You see, I built this small machine that can power this office for a week at the cost of one drop of his blood. And it's been four weeks already!"

DrMundo "I'm going to leave now."

Viktor "You leave and the whole world will die. I'm sure that I don't have to explain the consequences of time jumping to you."

DrMundo "F**k it then. What do I have to do to return back to my time period?"

Viktor Taps his glass desk and a picture was projected in mid air "Kill him. His name is Ekko and he can time jump, so be careful."

DrMundo "I can't promise anything. But, I'll try harder than usual. My boss is waiting for me."

Viktor "No, no, NO! I'm going to need more assurance than that. You see, when villains such as myself send you into the wild, we must make sure that the job is complete. SIT DOWN!"

Viktor shoves Mundo into an electric chair. He then opens walks over to the side cabinets and pulls out a wired helmet.

DrMundo "What? So, you're going to kill me now?"

Viktor "No, but this is going to be VERY painful. The helmet is going to read your brain neuron frequencies. When my desk turns red, I know that you are close to dying."

DrMundo getting feisty "I TOLD YOU! I am ready to kill him!"

Viktor "Shhhh! Be quiet! We don't want the people outside this door to hear you."

DrMundo "You're psychotic."

Viktor then takes a piece of metal and shoves it in Corporate Mundo's mouth. The metal cuts the ends of his mouth and blood starts to roll down his chin.

DrMundo sound is muffled by the metal "ARGGGGH!"

Viktor then smirks and pulls the lever. The electric bolts start moving from the bottom of the chair towards Mundo. Mundo screams in agony and then the bolts reach him. He shakes vigorously and Viktor starts to laugh.

All of the sudden, a blue portal opens and Ekko jumps out. The portal shuts immedeatly afterwards.

Viktor "What the hell?!?"

Ekko "Zilean told me everything. Surrender now or regret it!"

Viktor "I hate your catch line. You need to improve on that."

Ekko rushes forward, but is stopped by Viktor.

Viktor "Uh, uh, UH! Take one more step or dive, and I'll kill him."

Ekko grunts.

Viktor "I am going to take this portable lever that controls the chair. If you come after me, he dies."

Ekko "DON'T DO THIS! IT'S ALL OVER!"

Viktor "If you really want to kill me, come to the Shadow Isles."

Ekko "I'm going to kill you!"

Viktor "We'll see about that, Poshspice."

Viktor then sprints to the escape pod vault, enters the key and then immedeatly takes off.

Ekko worried "Oh no! What do I do?"

Clairvoyance "Master Ekko, Corporate Mundo only has 45 seconds until he dies."

Ekko "Master? I have an idea."

Meanwhile in the escape pod...

Viktor "AI, set a course for the Shadow Isles. I want to formally meet Jhin."

Clairvoyance "Very well. And shall I turn off tracker mode?"

Viktor "Yes."

There are three more episodes left in this season.

Solari FortuneAug 8, 20161 votes

SKT Sivir item 3070

CaptainD58Aug 9, 20161 votes

Eat oranges and be K

DentenAug 8, 20168 votes

Blitzcrank Bring me dat ass Draven Where did my health bar go Evelynn WHERE DID YOU COME FROM Fiora When you're about to kill her and she uses her W Fizz Lord help us all Hecarim Gotta go fast Leona I. Cant. Move. Talon Where did my health bar go Tryndamere Can you just die? Vayne More Gosu/Doublelift tryhards

Lkjfdsay1Aug 9, 20161 votes

too true

ToaDistraxxAug 8, 20165 votes

#The Arcade Season 2: Episode 1: The New Guys. Hecarim "Hello everyone and welcome to The Arcade, the show where we try to be funny, and fail." MissFortune "Uh, Hecarim?" Hecarim "I'm trying to have a normal episode here, so wait until were done recording please." "But, it's an emergency!" Hecarim "Fine, I'll check it out." 1 Minute Later.. Hecarim "The Toilet being clogged is an emergency?" "Nope, this was a distraction so the new guys can appear." Hecarim "WAIT WHAT" Corki "WHO WANTS SOME PRINGLES" Ezreal "Hello." Ahri "Hi! We're the new Arcade Skins!" Hecarim "Shouldn't there be a 'Battle Boss' skin also?" Ahri "Idk we weren't supposed to be leaked" Hecarim "OH" One eternity later.. Corki "PRINGLES PRINGLES PRINGLES PRINGLES PRINGLES PRINGLES PRINGL-" Riven "Please stop." Hecarim "Welp, now we have more employees." Sona "..?" Hecarim "Anyway, back to our normal shenanigans. MF, say the free champ rotation." MissFortune "The new free champ rotation includes annoying champions such as Fiora, Fizz, and Blitzcrank." Riven "BASICALLY DONT PLAY TOP, MID, OR BOT THIS WEEK" "Or, just ban those champions." Riven "That works." Corki "PRINGLES" Hecarim "We also have a new champion coming, Kled and skaarl." Sona "???" Kled "What this girl sayin?! Are you threating my Skaarl?" Hecarim "Oh right Sona can't talk." Kled "What was that? I should go for the Septakill? Well, if you say so." Hecarim "Uh no, what is it like almost being a champion?" Kled "Oh, uh, GET OFF MY LAWN!!" Hecarim "Ok... Well, that's all the time we have for today, join us next week when we talk about Kled again." Kled "ITS MY PROPERTY! ALL 100 GAZILLION ACRES OF IT!!"

Hecarim "See you next week. someone shut these yordles up"

SquareIndividualAug 8, 20165 votes

Dear god I've never hated a rotation this much

PyrogamaAug 8, 20164 votes

This Week is cancerous GG Riot

Chip BonkAug 8, 20163 votes

"Do what I want 'cause a pirate is free, I am a pirate! YARR HARR, FIDDLE DEE DEE! Eat oranges is what makes me OP, who gives a $%!# about any CC! I AM A PIRATE! YARR HARR FIDDLE DEE DUM! Heart of Gold used to be the best item, but they removed it 'cause Riot are dumb. I AM A PIRATE!"

Captain TinymeatAug 8, 20163 votes

i swear to god leona was free like 2 weeks ago rip

Destruction10Aug 8, 20163 votes

Whenever Blitzcrank rocket grabs, an adc dies.

Draven DRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVEN!

Evelynn Splash art looks great, in game still looks terrible though.

Fiora 50% will play this champ because of youtube montages.

Fizz People complain too much.

Hecarim CHAAAARGE!

Leona Apparently sunlight can kill you.

Talon Going to be a very easy mid lane this week.

Tryndamere Right click to kill.

Vayne Feeders, feeders everywhere.

EmojayAug 8, 20161 votes

Lol #Evelynn rework

Necro Warrior87Aug 9, 20161 votes

Blitzcrank how can you miss every single hook. Draven ok so, draaaaven gets 1 B.F sword and you lose lane, kk. Evelynn wait. wtf do you do again? Fiora ok. a bunch of try hards and bronze players who don't realize she is hard. Fizz you know, this champion would be okay if people weren't so dumb. Hecarim and Leona ? i guess im gonna be stunned and thrown into the enemy team. Talon well i get to learn zed against bad talons. :D Tryndamere F### you. Vayne oh ok. time to open up vayne spotting

LazymanCreationsAug 8, 20162 votes

Fizz in free rotation. What could go wrong?

MakotoAmadaAug 8, 20162 votes

Vlad hasn't been in rotation for months now, neither has Zyra. rip in pieces

Necro Warrior87Aug 9, 20161 votes

because vlad is a a## hole. and is the definition of unfun

MakotoAmadaAug 11, 20161 votes

Opinions my friend. They exist :^).

bill84Aug 9, 20161 votes

Neither has Yorick. Oh wait...

Poppy My CherryAug 8, 20162 votes

"Wondering how we picked this weeeks champions?" Yes you guyd just like to see the world burn and everyone in agony, why else would they have put Fizz AND Blitzcrank in the same weekly rotation? xD

EmojayAug 8, 20162 votes

Whoever makes these things was having a bad day.

EvilUnicornLordAug 9, 20161 votes

Or maybe they main Teemo .

KittyVioletAug 8, 20162 votes

Can you put Kindred in the rotation next?

Whitedog354Aug 9, 20161 votes

Riot just chooses the free champs randomly.

grarrrgAug 9, 20163 votes

At worst, semi-randomly. They generally shoot for 2 per lane, but they most definitely have 'favorites' that show up quite often. As Kindred is a 'newer' champ, she/they are less likely to show up (not sure why Jhin is free so often though...)

Necro Warrior87Aug 9, 20161 votes

jhin needs about 5 games for you to get good at him. hes actually not that hard, which is why hes someone who gets in the rotation a lot

SilentJ86Aug 9, 20162 votes

BRING BACK URF!!!

DemoralizedAug 8, 20161 votes

Time to bring in the Train

charliebitme28Aug 8, 20161 votes

Why is everyone so broken.

REDSUPERCARR87Aug 8, 20161 votes

Time for nothing but Fizz and Tryn in my matches.

EmojayAug 8, 20161 votes

And Blitzcrank :D

oompa loompaaAug 8, 20161 votes

rIP BOT LANE new draven players new hectarim players [zombie-nunu-bummed]

StealthMechanicsAug 8, 20161 votes

OMG my Baby Evelynn is on rotation? PogChamp Kreygasm Other than that this rotation sucks... I own all these already

I dont like sandAug 8, 20161 votes

It's been two months since Kalista was free, but Leona has been accessible twice within a month, what the fuck Riot

EmojayAug 8, 20162 votes

Well, they usually have, like, two supports each rotation. They dont have THAT many. Although I do want to try her out, Blitzcrank will DEEEEEEEFINITLY not be EVERYWHERE!!!! :(

UfaRussiaAug 8, 20161 votes

How long until they show up, I want to give a try to Vayne and Hecarim

CritdizzleAug 8, 20161 votes

Second week in a row where there aren't really any "new" free champions to play, because all of these champions have been on the free rotation in the last few months. Also, what's with all the assassins, fighters, and tanks with this batch. Only two ranged characters, and no mages whatsoever.

Why don't you just release a pool of about forty "healthy" champions, make the group permanent, and stop it with this "free rotation" thing. ._.

ItsbeghdevAug 9, 20162 votes

Well, then we'd be stuck having to acquire any other champions to play them at all outside One For All or something of the sort. The free rotation is about letting people try champions out before committing to actually purchasing them. And if you have any problems with the lack of a certain type of champ, then you ought to own at least one.

And they can't exactly make a whole forty champions permanently free. Ever since they decided way back whenever that champions would be purchasable, and in particular with RP, they basically committed to never making champions permanently free, since those who had purchased the champion beforehand, especially with RP, would feel cheated. Not as much as, say, a Championship Riven owner if the skin was made available again, but you get the point. Also, such a "permanent" selection of champions considered particularly healthy would be more trouble than it'd be worth to curate in a game that gets patched every two weeks.

Necro Warrior87Aug 9, 20162 votes

there are always just 2 adc's also it would be so boring if it was just a certain group of champs that were free. also barely any of these are cancerous, your just bad at countering them. take a chill pill

CritdizzleAug 11, 20161 votes

I'm not saying any of the champs this week are cancerous(I actually like playing some of them, like Fizz), although I definitely am not so great at countering most of them. I'm just kind of PO'd at the lack of diversity among the free rotation, hence my suggestion of making just a pool of about forty or so permanently free. And I know there are usually certain positions and character types that are usually filled- ADC, tank, etc. No mages this week just amplified the frustration.

Itsbeghdev made some good observations about why having a permanent pool of champions wouldn't be such a great thing, which I agree with, now that I think about it... but to be honest, that only makes it worse. If having a permanent pool of free champions would be negative, then why is the apparent range of free to play champions so narrow? This whole issue just baffles me.

I realize I came off as angry, and I was. I just wanted to bring some attention to something that it seems like no one talks about. As was suggested when I made a thread in the forums about this last week, I'm going to make a chart/spreadsheet to keep track of what characters pop up on the free rotation, so the lack of surprise won't be so much of a surprise(five bucks says Taric is back on the rotation within the next month). :| Have a good week, everyone.

UldimierAug 8, 20161 votes

Where Elise at? Haven't had her in a while