Champions

Top-lane bruiser built around chained sword swings, sustain, and a transformation ultimate that snowballs extended fights.

All who know the name Medarda respect and fear the family's leader, Ambessa.

A nightmarish empress created from the raw material of an entire devoured city, Bel'Veth is the end of Runeterra itself...

A failed experiment by the Black Rose, Briar's uncontrollable bloodlust required a special pillory to focus her frenzied mind.

Weaponized to operate outside the boundaries of the law, Camille is the Principal Intelligencer of Clan Ferros—an elegant and elite agent who ensures the Piltover machine and its Zaunite underbelly runs smoothly.

There is no greater symbol of Noxian might than Darius, the nation's most feared and battle-hardened commander.

Bearing her crescent moonblade, Diana fights as a warrior of the Lunari—a faith all but quashed in the lands around Mount Targon.

The most feared duelist in all Valoran, Fiora is as renowned for her brusque manner and cunning mind as she is for the speed of her bluesteel rapier.

As unpredictable as he is brutal, the dethroned reaver king Gangplank is feared far and wide.

Durable top-lane juggernaut centered on a spinning AoE, passive regen, and an execute ultimate that scales with missing enemy health.

Gnar is a primeval yordle whose playful antics can erupt into a toddler's outrage in an instant, transforming him into a massive beast bent on destruction.

Equal parts jolly and imposing, Gragas is a massive, rowdy brewmaster who's always on the lookout for new ways to raise everyone's spirits.

A former doll transformed and brought to life by magic, Gwen wields the very tools that once created her.

Hecarim is a spectral fusion of man and beast, cursed to ride down the souls of the living for all eternity.

Illaoi's powerful physique is dwarfed only by her indomitable faith.

The Noxian occupation of Ionia produced many heroes, none more unlikely than young Irelia of Navori.

Prince Jarvan, scion of the Lightshield dynasty, is heir apparent to the throne of Demacia.

Unmatched in both his skill with unique armaments and his biting sarcasm, Jax is the last known weapons master of Icathia.

Jayce Talis is a brilliant inventor who, along with his friend Viktor, made the first great discoveries in the field of hextech.

A peerless practitioner of lethal shadow magic, Shieda Kayn battles to achieve his true destiny—to one day lead the Order of Shadow into a new era of Ionian supremacy.

A warrior as fearless as he is ornery, the yordle Kled embodies the furious bravado of Noxus.

Energy-based jungler with a heavy mechanical ceiling, paired skill-shots, and an ultimate kick that sets up cross-map plays.

Intensely shy, the fae fawn Lillia skittishly wanders Ionia's forests.

Master Yi has tempered his body and sharpened his mind, so that thought and action have become almost as one.

Twice slain and thrice born, Mordekaiser is a brutal warlord from a foregone epoch who uses his necromantic sorcery to bind souls into an eternity of servitude.

Nasus is an imposing, jackal-headed Ascended being from ancient Shurima, a heroic figure regarded as a demigod by the people of the desert.

Nilah is an ascetic warrior from a distant land, seeking the world's deadliest, most titanic opponents so that she might challenge and destroy them.

A demonic amalgamation drawn from the nightmares that haunt every sentient mind, the thing known as Nocturne has become a primordial force of pure evil.

An unstoppable force of destruction, the axe-wielding Olaf wants nothing but to die in glorious combat.

Once an unwilling host to the Aspect of War, Atreus survived when the celestial power within him was slain, refusing to succumb to a blow that tore stars from the heavens.

An apex predator, Rek'Sai is a merciless Void-spawn that tunnels beneath the ground to ambush and devour unsuspecting prey.

Renekton is a terrifying, rage-fueled Ascended being from the scorched deserts of Shurima.

Once a swordmaster in the warhosts of Noxus, Riven is an expatriate in a land she previously tried to conquer.

Rumble is a young inventor with a temper.

A leader of Ionia's growing criminal underworld, Sett rose to prominence in the wake of the war with Noxus.

Shyvana is a fearsome half-dragon warrior.

Trundle is a hulking and devious troll with a particularly vicious streak, and there is nothing he cannot bludgeon into submission—not even the Freljord itself.

Fueled by unbridled fury and rage, Tryndamere once carved his way through the Freljord, openly challenging the greatest warriors of the north to prepare himself for even darker days ahead.

The most powerful spirit walker alive, Udyr communes with all the spirits of the Freljord, whether by empathically understanding their needs, or by channeling and transforming their ethereal energy into his own primal fighting style.

Once a powerful Noxian headsman, Urgot was betrayed by the empire for which he had killed so many.

Raised on the mean streets of Zaun, Vi is a hotheaded, impulsive, and fearsome woman with very little respect for authority.

Once ruler of a long-lost kingdom, Viego perished over a thousand years ago when his attempt to bring his wife back from the dead triggered the magical catastrophe known as the Ruination.

To those who still revere him, the Volibear is the storm made manifest.

Warwick is a monster who hunts the gray alleys of Zaun.

Wukong is a vastayan trickster who uses his strength, agility, and intelligence to confuse his opponents and gain the upper hand.

Xin Zhao is a resolute warrior loyal to the ruling Lightshield dynasty.

Dash-stacking mid-lane skirmisher who builds critical strike from attack speed, walls projectiles, and chains knockup ultimates off team setup.

In life, he was Yone—half-brother of Yasuo, and renowned student of his village's sword school.

The last survivor of a long-forgotten religious order, Yorick is both blessed and cursed with power over the dead.

A fallen god wielding both divine and profane power, Zaahen hunts his fellow Darkin while defying the corruption that threatens to consume him.

Always a mighty warrior with a fearsome reputation, Alistar seeks revenge for the death of his clan at the hands of the Noxian empire.

Legend claims that Amumu is a lonely and melancholy soul from ancient Shurima, roaming the world in search of a friend.

Blitzcrank is an enormous, near-indestructible automaton from Zaun, originally built to dispose of hazardous waste.

Blessed with massive biceps and an even bigger heart, Braum is a beloved hero of the Freljord.

From the moment Cho'Gath first emerged into the harsh light of Runeterra's sun, the beast was driven by the most pure and insatiable hunger.

Utterly mad, tragically homicidal, and horrifyingly purple, Dr.

Outside the gleaming city of Demacia, the stone colossus Galio keeps vigilant watch.

Defiant and courageous, K'Sante battles colossal beasts and ruthless Ascended to protect his home of Nazumah, a coveted oasis amid the sands of Shurima.

Imbued with the fire of the sun, Leona is a holy warrior of the Solari who defends Mount Targon with her Zenith Blade and the Shield of Daybreak.

A massive creature of living stone, Malphite struggles to impose blessed order on a chaotic world.

Maokai is a rageful, towering treant who fights the unnatural horrors of the Shadow Isles.

A lonely legend as old as the first piers sunk in Bilgewater, the armored goliath known as Nautilus roams the dark waters off the coast of the Blue Flame Isles.

Once upon a time, there was a boy who wanted to prove he was a hero by slaying a fearsome monster—only to discover that the beast, a lonely and magical yeti, merely needed a friend.

Ornn is the Freljordian spirit of forging and craftsmanship.

Runeterra has no shortage of valiant champions, but few are as tenacious as Poppy.

Idolized by many, dismissed by some, mystifying to all, the curious being Rammus is an enigma.

The product of brutal experimentation at the hands of the Black Rose, Rell is a defiant, living weapon determined to topple Noxus.

Sejuani is the brutal, unforgiving Iceborn warmother of the Winter's Claw, one of the most feared tribes of the Freljord.

Among the secretive, Ionian warriors known as the Kinkou, Shen serves as their leader, the Eye of Twilight.

Singed is a brilliant alchemist of dubious morality, whose experiments would turn the stomach of even the most cutthroat criminal.

A war hero from a bygone era, Sion was revered in Noxus for choking the life out of a Demacian king with his bare hands—but, denied oblivion, he was resurrected to serve his empire even in death.

The ancient, colossal brackern Skarner is revered in Ixtal as one of the founding members of its ruling caste, the Yun Tal.

Known by many names throughout history, the demon Tahm Kench travels the waterways of Runeterra, feeding his insatiable appetite with the misery of others.

Zac is the product of a toxic spill that ran through a chemtech seam and pooled in an isolated cavern deep in Zaun's Sump.

Mobile mid-lane assassin who weaves through fights with a smoke-bomb stealth window and energy-gated burst combos.

A prodigy from the rough streets of Zaun, Ekko is able to manipulate time to twist any situation to his advantage.

Elise is a deadly predator who dwells in a shuttered, lightless palace, deep within the oldest city of Noxus.

Within the dark seams of Runeterra, the demon Evelynn searches for her next victim.

Fizz is an amphibious yordle, who dwells among the reefs surrounding Bilgewater.

Cutting a burning swath through the darkest places of the world, Kassadin knows his days are numbered.

Decisive in judgment and lethal in combat, Katarina is a Noxian assassin of the highest caliber.

The Void grows, and the Void adapts—in none of its myriad spawn are these truths more apparent than Kha'Zix.

Mysterious even to other members of the Black Rose cabal, LeBlanc is but one of many names for a pale woman who has manipulated people and events since the earliest days of Noxus.

Across the sands of Shurima, a chorus of howls rings out.

Raised in the deepest jungle, Nidalee is a master tracker who can shapeshift into a ferocious cougar at will.

In the jungle city of Ixaocan, Qiyana plots her own ruthless path to the high seat of the Yun Tal.

Rengar is a ferocious vastayan trophy hunter who lives for the thrill of tracking down and killing dangerous creatures.

Crafted long ago as a plaything for a lonely prince, the enchanted marionette Shaco now delights in murder and mayhem.

Talon is the knife in the darkness, a merciless killer able to strike without warning and escape before any alarm is raised.

Utterly ruthless and without mercy, Zed is the leader of the Order of Shadow, an organization he created with the intent of militarizing Ionia's magical and martial traditions to drive out Noxian invaders.

Innately connected to the magic of the spirit realm, Ahri is a fox-like vastaya who can manipulate her prey's emotions and consume their essence—receiving flashes of their memory and insight from each soul she consumes.

Anivia is a benevolent winged spirit who endures endless cycles of life, death, and rebirth to protect the Freljord.

Dangerous, yet disarmingly precocious, Annie is a child mage with immense pyromantic power.

Aurelion Sol once graced the vast emptiness of the cosmos with celestial wonders of his own devising.

From the moment she was born, Aurora navigated life with a unique ability to move between the spirit and material realms.

Azir was a mortal emperor of Shurima in a far distant age, a proud man who stood at the cusp of immortality.

Once a tribesman of the icy Freljord named Kegan Rodhe, the creature known as Brand is a lesson in the temptation of greater power.

Cassiopeia is a deadly creature bent on manipulating others to her sinister will.

Something has awoken in Runeterra.

The eccentric Professor Cecil B.

Hwei is a brooding painter who creates brilliant art in order to confront Ionia's criminals and comfort their victims.

No mortal exemplifies the spiritual traditions of Ionia more than Karma.

The harbinger of oblivion, Karthus is an undying spirit whose haunting songs are a prelude to the horror of his nightmarish appearance.

Born to a Targonian Aspect at the height of the Rune Wars, Kayle honored her mother's legacy by fighting for justice on wings of divine flame.

More than just the lightning-quick enforcer of Ionian balance, Kennen is the only yordle member of the Kinkou.

Lissandra's magic twists the pure power of ice into something dark and terrible.

Long-range mid-lane mage built around a binding root and a wave-clearing laser ultimate that doubles as a sniper finisher.

A zealous seer dedicated to the unification of all life, Malzahar truly believes the newly emergent Void to be the path to Runeterra's salvation.

Mel Medarda is the presumed heir of the Medarda family, once one of the most powerful in Noxus.

Hailing from a long lost tribe of vastaya, Neeko can blend into any crowd by borrowing the appearances of others, even absorbing something of their emotional state to tell friend from foe in an instant.

Once a curious girl of flesh and blood, Orianna is now a technological marvel comprised entirely of clockwork.

Widely considered one of the most adept sorcerers on Runeterra, Ryze is an ancient, hard-bitten archmage with an impossibly heavy burden to bear.

Jericho Swain is the visionary ruler of Noxus, an expansionist nation that reveres only strength.

Raised in one of Demacia's lesser quarters, Sylas of Dregbourne has come to symbolize the darker side of the Great City.

Syndra is a fearsome Ionian mage with incredible power at her command.

Taliyah is a nomadic mage from Shurima, torn between teenage wonder and adult responsibility.

Twisted Fate is an infamous cardsharp and swindler who has gambled and charmed his way across much of the known world, earning the enmity and admiration of the rich and foolish alike.

An enthusiastic master of dark sorcery, Veigar has embraced powers that few mortals dare approach.

It is unclear if Vel'Koz was the first Void-spawn to emerge on Runeterra, but there has certainly never been another to match his level of cruel, calculating sentience.

In the black heart of the Shadow Isles, a lone yordle trudges through the spectral fog, content in its murky misery.

The fully biomechanical evolution of his former self, Viktor has embraced his Glorious Evolution and become something of a messiah to his followers.

A fiend with a thirst for mortal blood, Vladimir has influenced the affairs of Noxus since the empire's earliest days.

Xerath is an Ascended Magus of ancient Shurima, a being of arcane energy writhing in the broken shards of a magical sarcophagus.

With a love of big bombs and short fuses, the yordle Ziggs is an explosive force of nature.

As the embodiment of mischief, imagination, and change, Zoe acts as the cosmic messenger of Targon, heralding major events that reshape worlds.

Born in an ancient, sorcerous catastrophe, Zyra is the wrath of nature given form—an alluring hybrid of plant and human, kindling new life with every step.

Raising an eyebrow in the face of danger, Akshan fights evil with dashing charisma, righteous vengeance, and a conspicuous lack of shirts.

Emerging from moonlight's shadow with weapons drawn, Aphelios kills the enemies of his faith in brooding silence—speaking only through the certainty of his aim, and the firing of each gun.

Iceborn warmother of the Avarosan tribe, Ashe commands the most populous horde in the north.

Renowned as its finest peacekeeper, Caitlyn Kiramman is also Piltover's best shot at ridding the city of its elusive criminal elements.

The yordle pilot Corki loves two things above all others: flying, and his glamorous mustache...

In Noxus, warriors known as Reckoners face one another in arenas where blood is spilled and strength tested—but none has ever been as celebrated as Draven.

Skill-shot bot-lane marksman whose blink keeps him safe at range and whose long-range ultimate punishes uncoordinated rotations across the map.

Malcolm Graves is a renowned mercenary, gambler, and thief—a wanted man in every city and empire he has visited.

Jhin is a meticulous criminal psychopath who believes murder is art.

Hyperscaling bot-lane marksman who swaps between minigun attack speed and rocket AoE, snowballing kills via a passive movement-speed buff.

Claimed by the Void when she was only a child, Kai'Sa managed to survive through sheer tenacity and strength of will.

A specter of wrath and retribution, Kalista is the undying spirit of vengeance, an armored nightmare summoned from the Shadow Isles to hunt deceivers and traitors.

Separate, but never parted, Kindred represents the twin essences of death.

Belched forth from a rotting Void incursion deep in the wastelands of Icathia, Kog'Maw is an inquisitive yet putrid creature with a caustic, gaping mouth.

Lucian, a Sentinel of Light, is a grim hunter of wraiths and specters, pursuing them relentlessly and annihilating them with his twin relic pistols.

A Bilgewater captain famed for her looks but feared for her ruthlessness, Sarah Fortune paints a stark figure among the hardened criminals of the port city.

Quinn is an elite ranger-knight of Demacia, who undertakes dangerous missions deep in enemy territory.

Samira stares death in the eye with unyielding confidence, seeking thrill wherever she goes.

Sivir is a renowned fortune hunter and mercenary captain who plies her trade in the deserts of Shurima.

Hidden amongst the craggy cliffs of the Noxian frontier, under the watchful eyes of his mother, a young dragon is learning what it means to be heir to the Camavoran imperial dragon lineage.

Undeterred by even the most dangerous and threatening of obstacles, Teemo scouts the world with boundless enthusiasm and a cheerful spirit.

While many other yordles channel their energy into discovery, invention, or just plain mischief-making, Tristana was always inspired by the adventures of great warriors.

A Zaunite plague rat by birth, but a connoisseur of filth by passion, Twitch is not afraid to get his paws dirty.

One of the ancient darkin, Varus was a deadly killer who loved to torment his foes, driving them almost to insanity before delivering the killing arrow.

Shauna Vayne is a deadly, remorseless Demacian monster hunter, who has dedicated her life to finding and destroying the demon that murdered her family.

Deadly and precise, Xayah is a vastayan revolutionary waging a personal war to save her people.

Unwavering in her devotion to Ionia, Yunara has spent centuries cloistered away in the spirit realm honing her skills with the Aion Er'na, a legendary Kinkou relic.

A headstrong, spirited young woman from Zaun's working-class, Zeri channels her electric magic to charge herself and her custom-crafted gun.

A traveler from beyond the stars, Bard is an agent of serendipity who fights to maintain a balance where life can endure the indifference of chaos.

Ivern Bramblefoot, known to many as the Green Father, is a peculiar half man, half tree who roams Runeterra's forests, cultivating life everywhere he goes.

Armed with the power of Runeterra's gales, Janna is a mysterious, elemental wind spirit who protects the dispossessed of Zaun.

Enchanter support whose kit revolves around shielding, polymorphing, and ulting carries to flip skirmishes and 1v1 duels.

Milio is a warmhearted boy from Ixtal who has, despite his young age, mastered the fire axiom and discovered something new: soothing fire.

Conflicted between her celestial and mortal natures, Morgana bound her wings to embrace humanity, and inflicts her pain and bitterness upon the dishonest and the corrupt.

A headstrong young vastaya of the seas, Nami was the first of the Marai tribe to leave the waves and venture onto dry land, when their ancient accord with the Targonians was broken.

A renowned harpooner from the slaughter docks of Bilgewater, Pyke should have met his death in the belly of a gigantic jaull-fish… and yet, he returned.

As mercurial as he is charming, Rakan is an infamous vastayan troublemaker and the greatest battle-dancer in Lhotlan tribal history.

Renata Glasc rose from the ashes of her childhood home with nothing but her name and her parents' alchemical research.

Cursed from childhood to be haunted by the supernatural Black Mist, Senna joined a sacred order known as the Sentinels of Light, and fiercely fought back—only to be killed, her soul imprisoned in a lantern by the cruel specter Thresh.

Born in Piltover to Zaunite parents, Seraphine can hear the souls of others—the world sings to her, and she sings back.

Sona is Demacia's foremost virtuoso of the stringed etwahl, speaking only through her graceful chords and vibrant arias.

A wanderer from the celestial dimensions beyond Mount Targon, Soraka gave up her immortality to protect the mortal races from their own more violent instincts.

Taric is the Aspect of the Protector, wielding incredible power as Runeterra's guardian of life, love, and beauty.

Engage support defined by his hook-and-lantern playmaking, a soul-stacking armor passive, and a slowing AoE box for zone control.

A magical cat from Bandle City, Yuumi was once the familiar of a yordle enchantress, Norra.

Once a powerful Icathian mage, Zilean became obsessed with the passage of time after witnessing his homeland's destruction by the Void.