Champions Released in 2010

In 2010, Riot released 24 new champions: Akali, Cassiopeia, Ezreal, Galio, Garen, Gragas, Irelia, Kennen, Kog'Maw, LeBlanc, Lux, Malzahar and 12 more. That ranks 2010 joint 2nd of 18 release years by volume, down from 42 in 2009 and against 24 in 2011. The average across every year is 9.6, so 2010 sits above the norm.

The most commonly listed position in this batch is Top (13 of 24), and the champions span 12 regions, with no region contributing more than 6. 18 of the 24 are Human, with Void-Being next (2). By range there are 13 melee and 11 ranged listings; by gender, 8 female and 16 male. 18 of 24 use Mana; the exceptions are Akali (Energy), Garen (Manaless), Kennen (Energy), Mordekaiser (Shield), Shen (Energy) and Vladimir (Crimson Rush).

Firsts: 2010 introduced the first Cyborg (Urgot), Serpent (Cassiopeia) and Troll (Trundle) species tags, the first champion tied to Camavor (Vladimir) and the Energy resource (Akali, Kennen, Shen), Shield resource (Mordekaiser) and Crimson Rush resource (Vladimir).

The best first guess among the 2010 champions is Sona, ranked 3rd of 173 on the strategy page, leaving 2.4 candidates on average — one of the strongest first guesses in the whole game. A 2010 guess lights the year cell yellow for anything from 2009 to 2012 — 109 champions, 63% of the roster. Nothing on the roster is older, so a red year here always points up, toward the 64 champions released after 2012. Play a round to try it.