LoL - Champion Rotation: S1 (Week 38) and Lee Sin

So it's that time of the week again, the League of Legends free champions line up has rotated. You can see the original post here. This week we have the following champions available for free play:

• Ashe


• Blitzcrank


• Heimerdinger


• Rammus


• Singed


• Twitch


• Veigar


• Poppy


• Karma


• Nocturne

This is a pretty diverse line up. We have 2 Carries (Ashe, Twitch), 3 Mages (Heimerdinger, Veigar, Karma), 1 Assassin (Nocturne) and an assortment of tanks (Blitzcrank, Rammus, Singed, Poppy). So a pretty diverse line up. Keep in mind however that these categories are just general ones, and many of the characters can easily fit into other roles, ie AP Blitzcrank or Tanky Nocturne.

It seems that Riot's trend of putting their latest hero into the free champion line up a few weeks after the initial release continues, with Nocturne appearing. I personally think it is a good idea on their part as it allows the more cautious players to try out the heroes before purchasing them.

So what does this line up mean for the player base? Well brace yourselves for a slew of Twitch and Nocturne feeding, at least in the first few days. Many players who have seen how devastating these characters can be but have not played the characters themselves will try to emulate but will probably fail spectacularly in their first few initial tries. Both Twitch and Nocturne need a fair bit of skill to get right and are deceptively hard to play. Most Twitch builds are glass cannons and timing is key when using Paranoia, Nocturne's ultimate.

Other potential trip ups could be the tanks. All four can be tricky to use especially since quite a number of players these day's just want to kill without thinking about the needs of the team. Way too many players who should have tanked have gone Full AP or Full DPS and caused the whole team to collapse spectacularly. All roles are important people. If you are the only tanky character on your team, you need to tank!

Not much to say about the other characters. Heimerdinger will be nice to have on your team, as a good one will do wonders for your push. Veigar can be a pain and I have yet to see a good Karma player. Maybe this week I'll bump into one, hopefully on my team :D.



So this is a day late, but if you haven't seen this already please watch it. It is hilarious. This "new" hero Lee Sin is the center of the LoL April's Fool speculation. The negative feedback to this Riot troll is amazing, with Riot having to actually inject +9999 upvotes into the discussion thread to keep it alive. I personally think people are taking this way too seriously. We are supposed to "Expect the Unexpected" this April's Fool and so the jury is still out on if Lee Sin is real or what the joke will be but here are some of the theories thrown out so far:

• Lee Sin is fake! You've been trolled


• Like poor Urf, Lee Sin will die on April's 1st and Warwick will get a new Lee Sin skin


• Lee Sin is real since Riot is working so hard to make him seem like a fake


• Lee Sin is fake and Urf will be released instead


• Both Lee Sin and Urf will be realeased

What ever it is I'm sure we'll all have a good laugh this Friday. To see the original Champion Spotlight post click here.