In League of Legends, there are constantly 16 free champions for anybody to play and learn. Usually, this benefits noobs who are testing out what champions they engage most with, but it can also help seasoned players to learn as well.
Each Tuesday these 16 champions are rotated, by Riot, to show different champions within the game. This brilliant addition to the game allows summoners to test champions, roles and even playstyles.
However, the free champions can only be reached until you reach level 11. So a little bit of grinding is required before having access to free champions for a week.
What champions are in this week's pool?
These champions are included in this week's free pool:
Champions | Strengths | Weaknesses |
|---|---|---|
Ezreal | High damage and mobility | Takes a while to get into the game |
Jhin | Good CC for an ADC | Slow attack speed |
Kled | Good Mobility | Struggles against ranged champions |
Maokai | Extremely tanky | Needs items to dive |
Miss Fortune | Great teamfight potential | Her ult is a channel so it can be cancelled |
Nautilus | Good hook engage | Low mobility |
Neeko | Very low health pool | Strong ultimate |
Pantheon | Great poke | No escape |
Qiyana | High mobility | Positioning is hard to get used to |
Rakan | Good roaming | Cannot last when in a teamfight for too long |
Rammus | Very good at ganking with his stun | Can easily be counter-jungled |
Rengar | Very good at farming | Mechanically intensive |
Sejuani | Very good CC | Hard to gank without lane CC |
Sett | His ult is a nice engage | Can be easily kited |
Swain | Has good sustain | Mana issues with his ult |
Yuumi | Useful heal | Extremely dependent on teammates |
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Who are the best champions from the line-up?
Top lane
Champions such as Kled, Maokai, Rengar, and Sett could all be used in the top lane. However, Kled and Maokai differ very much from Rengar and Sett. Kled and Maokai both are extremely tanky champions who are able to stay in lane to farm and poke. However, Rengar is very squishy and if positioned incorrectly, could be struggling against a tankier enemy, such as Sion.
Jungle
In the line-up, champions such as Rammus, Sejuani and Rengar are all viable as junglers. All three possess great ganking abilities, even if Sejuani's is obviously weaker, which helps to aid teammates. Rengar's jungle clear is also very strong right now.
Mid lane
Neeko, Pantheon, and Qiyana are champions in the free rotation which can be used in the mid-lane. This is due to their abilities to push for objectives (such as Dragon or Rift), roam to other lanes, and apply lane pressure in a 1v1.
ADC
The ADC role means Attack Damage Champion. Pretty straightforward huh? Maybe not so much. With champions such as Jhin, Miss Fortune, and Ezreal seeming obvious picks for the role, other champions such as Swain, Rengar, and Pantheon have taken on the ADC role due to them fitting these criteria.
Support
Maokai, Swain, Nautilus, Neeko, Pantheon, and Yuumi are all extremely viable in this week's rota for the support role. CC is a very important factor for support which is a good section of each of these champions' kits. Providing buffs for allies is also important, and with champions like Yuumi, sometimes it feels like that's all she does.
With the new rotations of champions released today, many early summoners will be testing themselves to see what they can achieve with these new champions.