Riot Games originally planned to launch League of Legends with just 20 unique champions, but eventually doubled that number by the time of the game's North American release on October 27, 2009. Now, 15 years later, there are 168.
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Aurora is the newest member of the League family, arriving in mid-2024. Before her, the playful little dragon Smolder (who also brought his mother to the Rift) went live in Patch 14.3 and has been scorching the bot lane ever since.
He was preceded by Hwei the Visionary (champion 166) and Briar the Restrained Hunger (165), who were released in December and September 2023 respectively. Hwei stood out among the epic stack of League characters due to his ability to cast a whopping 10 different spells, while Briar shook up the status quo by taking over the jungle metagame.
These are all the League champions and their release dates.
