Free Champion Rotation Indexabase November 21st Forecast

Back with a zenkai, it's this week's Free Champion Rotation Indexabase Forecast! We have a-

Wait.

What.

I woke up late today, and expected to have to work on this in a hurry.

Folks, I don't know everything and don't claim to, but it is very, very rare that I get genuinely surprised. That happened this week. An extra TEN champions on the rotation, all of them everyone's favorite champion type? Wow. In the articles posted, there were some explanations on this. To be honest, extra champions on the rotation and the Support class' popularity are subjects that get brought up regularly, so this is especially puzzling after the possibility of it not even being mentioned once.

As for how this relates to the forecast, seven of the Support Ten are in The Pool. Statistically speaking, this shouldn't be a big shock, since The Club is largely made up of Supports and Supports have the second smallest roster(after Marksman).

Crazy stuff. Well, let's get riiiiiight to the newsforecast.

HOW THINGS WORK Welcome to the free champion rotation, where everything's made up and the points don't matter! I'll give you the Type Casting Log each week, and the forecast for the next week. For the Type Casting counts, I note everything whenever it comes up. For example: if Gangplank and Jarvan IV were on the rotation, I would count that as two Fighters and one Tank.

TYPE CASTING LOG ((Key: A=Assassin, F=Fighter, MAG=Mage, S=Support, T=Tank, MAR=Marksman))

1. A) 3, F) 4, MAG) 4, S) 2, T) 1, MAR) 2 ((<--- Current Week))
2. A) 3, F) 5, MAG) 3, S) 3, T) 2, MAR) 3
3. A) 3, F) 4, MAG) 5, S) 2, T) 2, MAR) 2
4. A) 3, F) 5, MAG) 4), S) 2, T) 2, MAR) 2
5. A) 1, F) 2, MAG) 5, S) 3, T) 1, MAR) 3
6. A) 1, F) 6, MAG) 4, S) 2, T) 2, MAR) 2
7. A) 0, F) 3, MAG) 7, S) 3, T) 5, MAR) 2
8. A) 3, F) 4, MAG) 2, S) 2 T) 2, MAR) 3

For this week, I'm not going to count the Support Ten as part of the counts, and will keep any future Tens separate from the main count.

ACCURACY AND FORECAST FOR NOVEMBER 21st You'll never guess what's coming: next week, there will be TEN more Support champions than usual!

Okay, okay. Well, this was actually one of my most accurate weeks yet: four squads(Assassin, Mage, Support- not counting the Ten-, and Marksman), and four(Gangplank, Jarvan, Jhin, and Vel'Koz- again, not counting Taric and Sona, part of the Ten). Due to the Support Ten, my accuracy in the Support area may trend a little higher for the next month- keep that in mind.

FORECAST FOR NOVEMBER 21st: Assassin: The Assassin squad holds steady again this week, sending out three champs. With the variety of the squads over the last month, you know it's only a matter of time before Ezio and the Murder Kitty arrive. In the mean time, keep a weather eye out for Kha'Zix, Lee Sin, and Teemo. Two to four Assassins should be coming next week, but I think the squad size will shrink a bit now that the big rush is over; expect two.

Fighter: The Fighter squad has been pretty stable over the last month. I'd expect a slight change lower or higher, and due to the roster size, I'll usually go higher. There should be five next week. Keep a look out for Diana, Pantheon, and Udyr.

Mage: After another good week for the Mages, I think they'll either hold steady or dip down to two, so I'll go with three. Check the smoke signals for Heimerdinger, Syndra, and Morgana.

Support: Yup, there were still Supports in the rotation despite the extra Ten. I think that, despite the good variety in the Ten, there will be even more of everyone's favorite character type next week. Expect three(or more), and keep an ear to the ground for Anivia, Tahm Kench, and... Kayle.

Tank: After another low week, and with the Support Ten, the Tank squad will definitely be bigger than this week. Expect four. The heart of the cards says to expect Cho'Gath, Shyvana, and Rammus.

Marksman: Another surprising and completely unexpected week for the Marksman squad. I think they'll stick with two for next week. Watch the stars for Ashe, Urgot, and Miss Fortune.

That's all for this week. Remember, Ignite is the best Summoner Spell, and always clear the Scryer's Blooms when counter-jungling.