Extra free supports continues + new free rotation

Riot·Nov 21, 2016·3 votes·30,853 views

Greetings, summoners!

Week 2 of our extra free support experiment continues! 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

Ahri - the Nine-Tailed Fox

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Mage

Secondary Role Assassin

Amumu - the Sad Mummy

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Tank

Secondary Role Mage

Corki - the Daring Bombardier

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Marksman

Ezreal - the Prodigal Explorer

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Marksman

Secondary Role Mage

Fiora - the Grand Duelist

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Fighter

Secondary Role Assassin

Lulu - the Fae Sorceress

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Support

Secondary Role Mage

Shaco - the Demon Jester

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Assassin

Tahm Kench - the River King

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Support

Secondary Role Tank

Trundle - the Troll King

Attack

Defense

Ability

Difficulty

Primary Role Fighter

Secondary Role Tank

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!

52 Comments

King DellronNov 21, 201638 votes

#A Corporate Matter Episode: It's the end of the worlds 2016 as we know it.

KogMaw "So I just wanted to pop in, see how everyone's doing. Anyone want some tea? Morgana? Corporate Kayle? Worldbreakers? Wait a minute, WORLDBREAKERS!"

Nasus "And who is this maggot?"

KogMaw "Why, I'm Gentleman Kog'Maw. I, along with the other Gentlemen, own this company."

Trundle "THEN YOU CAN PERISH TOO!"

KogMaw "Oh jeez, why would I want to do that? How about we all sit down for a round of tea and hash this thing out like Gentlemen?"

Hecarim "I think not, prepare to die!"

Kayle "Wait wait wait. We have to settle this the old fashioned way."

Nasus "Oh yeah, what would that be?"

Kayle "A good old fashioned game of League of legends. You win, break the world. We win, you promise not to ever break anything."

Trundle "Why would we ever agree to anything like that when we can just destroy you now?"

Morgana "Because, the winners get these sweet Victorious Maokai medals."

Hecarim "What? Those are so ugly, who would ever want o-"

Nautilus "DEAL!"

Trundle Nasus Hecarim "NAUTILUS!"

Nautilus "What? They match my outfit."

Kayle "So it's settled then, see you on the rift."

Some time later:

Draven "Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the worlds breaker 2016 finals. I'm your announcer, Primetime Draven. In today's match, we have Breakers Galaxy, versus Corporate T1. Somehow, both these teams made it to the finals, despite not having played a single game in the tournament and only being formed a matter of hours ago. I smell a conspiracy. Now, let us have a talk with the team captains."

Nasus "Hello, I'm Worldbreaker Nasus. And I'm here to win so I can kill all life on Runeterra."

Draven "Ooooh, sounds like there is a lot at stake here. As you all know, you need five champions in order to play. So, who have you chosen as your fifth man, or woman?

Nasus "Well, we thought about Spirit Fire Brand, you know, to complete the look. But we decided we wanted to win, so we picked Yasuo."

Draven "You do know he's not op anymore, right?"

Nasus "I'll believe that when I see it."

Draven And are you at all worried that your whole team is melee?"

Nasus "Wait we are? Teemo! We are doomed. No, I'm not worried at all."

Draven "Please try not to say the T-word on live Television. Alright, you are boring me. Over here we have Corporate Kayle, what say you?"

Kayle "Hi, I'm good. We picked Korporate Kled because he does to Yasuo what Yasuo does to our player base. We also picked Sona because she op. No, I don't have any final statements. Yes, I'm ready. Let's go."

Draven "Wowza, you are making my job too easy. Alright then. LET THE GAMES BEGIN!"

Kayle [03:23] Corporate Kayle: Everyone just needs to buy Frozen Mallet and we win. Easy game. This should be a nice slow game, we outscale them so play safe.

Draven "And there goes first blood, brutal!"

Kayle [03:36] Corporate Kayle: Or not, who did that?

Kled [03:36] Korporate Kled: I did, showed that dumb boy Yasuo a piece of my mind.

Yasuo [04:02] Yasuo: "So, much, damage. So, much, death. My windwall does nothing. Just when I was about to kill him, he gets half his health bar back. It's just not fair.

Kled [04:07] [All] Korporate Kled: You think your so tough. Just you wait until I get my Infinity Edge, then we can have some real fun together.

One boring early and mid game later:

Draven "For those of you just joining us. Welcome, you now get the watch the only good part of any match. The teamfights. As you can tell by the score, not many of them have died. Aside from Yasuo, who has given Korporate Kled 7 kills. There were a couple of close calls though, so that was pretty exciting. Despite this, Corporate T1 is losing miserably. I blame it on the fact that everyone, even Sona, bought a frozen mallet. It's like watching a bunch of bronzes out there."

Morgana [34:12] Morgana: Good job sis, we are going to lose and the world is going to end.

Kayle [35:42] [All] Corporate Kayle: GG, my team is all noobs."

KogMaw [35:57] [All] Gentleman Kog'Maw: Hey, it's not my fault you guys can't decide if you like my rework or not."

Nasus [36:11] ]All] Worldbreaker Nasus: Wow, we have this Yas on our team and we are still winning. Why don't you surrender already? gg ez noobs.

Sona [36:22] Sona: ...

Morgana [36:26] Morgana: She's right, why don't you just ban them all?

Kayle [36:34] Corporate Kayle: I didn't think about that, hmmmmm.

Draven "Whats this, all of the Worldbreakers are just disappearing. Hang on, I'm getting word that they were permabanned because they used to just run down mid whenever someone stole their kill. I guess that's justice."

Yasuo [38:09] [All] Yasuo: My whole team just left.

Kayle [38:20] [All] Corporate Kayle: Yeah I banned them all. GG Yas boi.

Yasuo [38:26] [All] Yasuo: Why didn't you ban me as well?

Kayle [38:34] [All] Corporate Kayle: And make the whole League player base jump with joy? Not likely.

Draven "And here to present the medals to our team that won in a completely fair way. Victorious Maokai!"

Draven "Wait wait, I'm being told that he is so depressed that no one is using him and everyone hates him that he wouldn't get out of bed. Well, I guess you guys can just go grab a medal off the tray there. Anyways, we know who the real winner is. That's right, It's me. DRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVEN! Because I get paid a whole lot more to talk about matches than you will ever get playing them."

RvpwnsNov 21, 20166 votes

Beyond the Void: Season 2 - Episode 6 (Thanksgiving Special)

Kled had been walking north for three days straight. He tried to overcome his boredom by firing his machine gun at random creatures, but soon not even that could please him. Finally, he reached the sketchiest part of the Shadow Isles where there is green fog everywhere.

Kled yelling "Ay, I have the money you asked for!"

(No response)

Kled "Look, I've been traveling on foot for three days. I'm hungry and weak.. so just take the money and let me leave!"

A horse-like figure steps towards Kled. The whole "scenario" would've been a whole lot more frightening, but Hecarim was viciously munching down on a turkey leg.

Hecarim with a Scottish accent "Want to join us for a feast, lad?"

Kled awkwardly "Uhh... No. I must've traveled in the wrong direction."

Hecarim "Did you send your death warrant?"

Kled ashamed "Yes..."

Hecarim "AHAHAHAHAH! Murkev! We would have eaten you by now, but since your name is Klob, we feel bad."

Kled "Klob...? WHAT THE -"

The mist cleared up and Kled could see the fascinating dinner table. It was made out of elderwood and there were only two seats. Hecarim rushed over to his seat and instantly started to devour his meal.

Kled grabbing a seat "Wow. This food looks AMAZING!"

Hecarim "I try my best."

Kled "You do this all by yourself?"

Hecarim "Why, of course!"

Kled "I'm very hungry. If this is a f**king scam, you best tell me now."

Hecarim offended "Do I look like a scammer to you?"

Kled "It's a joke. Calm down."

Hecarim "That was not very funny."

Kled grabs for a turkey leg "Anyway, how's life?"

Hecarim "Well, the Shadow Isles economy is booming since every creature that isn't a ghost is being consumed by mys-"

Kled spits out the turkey.

Hecarim "Well! Excuse you!"

Kled "WHAT THE F**K DID YOU COOK?!"

Hecarim "Turkey..."

Kled "THAT WAS NOT TURKEY!"

Hecarim "Would you please simmer down? This is a Thanksgiving dinner for crying out loud. Be thankful for what you're given you ugly piece of s**t."

Kled "Stop crying."

Hecarim confused "What?"

Kled "You just said that you were crying out loud. Stop crying!"

Hecarim breaking his formal character "It's a figure of speech, a**hole. I'm clearly not crying."

Kled "Yeah, sure. OKAY."

Hecarim "THAT'S IT!"

Kled "Come at me, whimp."

Hecarim "I'm gonna stick this knife in your eye."

Kled "You're gonna what?"

Hecarim threw the knife at Kled's eye and it drove right through. All of the sudden, Kled woke up. He was sweating and panting heavily. He looked around at the mayhem that he and Syndra had caused. He was scared even though Syndra's corpse was lying right in front of him.

Kled "Did anyone else have a nightmare?"

Thresh waking up "I did. Hecarim threw a rock at my lantern and my powers went away."

Kled "Where is everyone else?"

Thresh "They all had the same nightmare as us... So, they left to go find Hecarim."

Kled "Does this mean that I'm stuck with your creepy a**?"

Thresh proudly "Yup!"

Kled "S**t."

Have a great Thanksgiving!

FlameHalbrdOkidoNov 22, 20163 votes

another funny, great story, also did the T-word just become a curse word? Nautilus "They match my outfit" LOL

Otarie53Nov 22, 20162 votes

10/10 - "it's ok" - IGN

ChestnutSageNov 22, 20161 votes

Fiora I long for a worthy opponent, and to be 30/0/10

DarthWatermeloneNov 21, 20166 votes

Still no Shen or sion?!?!? Those two haven't been free for months!!! Consider them for the next rotation plz

62278028DEL1Nov 21, 20162 votes

dude their so cheap just buy them ;D

EmojayNov 22, 20167 votes

Still takes a decent amount of games. Maybe, like, 8 or 9. Not counting losses and remakes, of courses. Then again, you also have the win of day bonus.... Ah, oh welll. To each their own. I think he just wanted to test the champ out before buying it. I did the same with Janna , and if I had not, I probably would have either saved up or bough someone else. I'm going to do this method before I buy TAHM Kench CATFISH FOR THE WIN TahmKench [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

grarrrgNov 21, 20162 votes

Fun Fact: Currently the champ who's been waiting the longest is Poppy, coming in at ~8 months since last appearance. Sion is #2 with ~7 months. (not counting Tristana and Alistar who are not in the rotation).

Sora LeonhartNov 22, 20161 votes

why arent Tristana and alistar in rotation?

The Last ZicaNov 22, 20161 votes

I think he means Garen and Tristana. They're both in current well-announced promotions (google it) where you can get them for free. Alistar's promotion is much more dodgy, so I don't know if he's in or out. I also question whether Ashe is in rotation - haven't seen her in it and she's always offered by your first hextech chest. If anyone could clarify, that'd be good.

grarrrgNov 23, 20161 votes

While Garen can be gotten for Free, he is still in the rotation, unlike the other two (been a few months, but there are champs with longer 'since last free'). Garen, Tristana, and Alistar can be gotten for free (with bonus Skin!) by "liking" (or similar) League's Official Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube pages, respectively. The Youtube>Alister is broken, but a quick message to the Support page and they'll probably fix you up. https://support.riotgames.com/hc/en-us

As for Ashe, it's been ~4 months (longer than average, but not out of line).

62278028DEL1Nov 21, 20165 votes

wait wat is brand a supp now?

ItsbeghdevNov 21, 20162 votes

yes

yes he is

grarrrgNov 21, 20162 votes

Someone is unaware of the Banana-Burn Index http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/page/bards-big-birthday-datapalooza

EmojayNov 22, 20161 votes

It has been h*** on the rift ever since....

The Last ZicaNov 22, 20162 votes

He really isn't, and the results when people try to use him as such are usually an abomination. A support who cripples his ADC isn't a support. If you see Brand "support" you may as well run dual mids in bottom lane because the entire point of having an ADC and support is most likely going to be defeated.

Brand is an AP mid-laner. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

62278028DEL1Nov 21, 20164 votes

what happened to the comic thingy at the end :(

King DellronNov 21, 20164 votes

Sorry, I got delayed. But it's there now if you want to read it :)

62278028DEL1Nov 21, 20162 votes

hurray! ;P

The Last ZicaNov 22, 20164 votes

Brand ... is not ... a SUPPORT! [slayer-jinx-unamused]

TarizzleNov 21, 20163 votes

tfw support main

Hippie ShacoNov 21, 20162 votes

Where is my bby shen? Shen

disowned kidNov 21, 20162 votes

TahmKench [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Jon1174Nov 21, 20162 votes

Fiora is free....well crap

Question MarksNov 21, 20162 votes

still no bard

grarrrgNov 21, 20161 votes

He was just free a couple weeks ago. Of course, the "10 extra Supports" thing is messing with stuff, so he may be back sooner than normal (like Lulu).

EmojayNov 22, 20162 votes

2 weeks ago.... or 3.

RxptureNov 21, 20162 votes

TahmKench [zombie-nunu-hearts]

blob5theknightNov 21, 20162 votes

[zombie-nunu-tears]

AgeOfTheMageNov 21, 20162 votes

Kench is free? i might just play kench in blind pick just to see how badly the enemy kench does ;)

IlmboNov 22, 20162 votes

Xerath Xerath PRIMARY ROLE-Mage SECONDARY ROLE-Assassin Wait, Xerath is a assassin(he was a assassin in his history)?[slayer-pantheon-rainbows]

midnight oil24Nov 21, 20161 votes

lulu was on here, like, three weeks ago. I like how I haven't seen any more supports even though they're doing the free support thing.

SilvrMehNov 24, 2016

Lulu was actually on last week.

Rawrbot5000Nov 21, 20161 votes

Can we not have the extra free champ supports? Seriously RIOT no one wants this, every thread about free week champs since the support addition gets down voted. Take the hint and knock it off.

grarrrgNov 22, 20163 votes

They're doing it as an experiment to collect data. Not everyone who plays the game also goes to the forums.

Rawrbot5000Nov 22, 20163 votes

Experiment on the PBE :P leave my aram alone!

grarrrgNov 23, 20162 votes

Hmm... there's a thought... I wonder if it's possible to do "multi-stage Free Rotation".

"Main" Free 10 would be available for all game-modes "Special" Free would not show up in ARAM (and/or would only show up in certain game-modes). Would give them slightly more options to "try stuff".

EmojayNov 22, 20162 votes

It's an experiment. Respect your supports. We may be few, but have the strength of a Thousand Braums!

Rawrbot5000Nov 24, 20161 votes

I main support lol but I go to ARAM to play random champs, not 1 class of champ. Skews the "random"

EmojayNov 22, 20161 votes

Oh. My. Gooslings. That moment when the champion you were gonna just flat out buy, but goes free so you can test it out before purchasing... FEELSGOODMAN TahmKench

sznd octopusNov 23, 20161 votes

PLEASE PUT BARD IN THE FREE CHAMPION ROTATION!!! I do not want to spend that much IP and then not like him. SO FOR GOD'S SAKE BARD IS A SUPPORT PUT HIM IN THERE.

Thorn Fierce RedNov 23, 20161 votes

A advice to everybody when all the Supports are free to play, never play Aram Mode because u will lose the most of games. Nerf Sona E movespeed to allies!!