Champions Released in 2011

In 2011, Riot released 24 new champions: Ahri, Brand, Caitlyn, Fizz, Graves, Jarvan IV, Karma, Lee Sin, Leona, Maokai, Nocturne, Orianna and 12 more. That ranks 2011 joint 2nd of 18 release years by volume, level with 24 in 2010 and against 19 in 2012. The average across every year is 9.6, so 2011 sits above the norm.

The most commonly listed position in this batch is Jungle (9 of 24), and the champions span 12 regions, led by Ionia (5). 13 of the 24 are Human, with Ascended next (2). By range there are 15 melee and 9 ranged listings; by gender, 8 female and 16 male. 19 of 24 use Mana; the exceptions are Lee Sin (Energy), Renekton (Fury), Riven (Manaless), Rumble (Heat) and Shyvana (Fury).

Firsts: 2011 introduced the first Amphibian (Fizz), Treant (Maokai), Dragon (Shyvana) and Brackern (Skarner) species tags and the Heat resource (Rumble).

The best first guess among the 2011 champions is Brand, ranked 1st of 173 on the strategy page, leaving 2.2 candidates on average — one of the strongest first guesses in the whole game. A 2011 guess lights the year cell yellow for anything from 2009 to 2013 — 117 champions, 68% of the roster. Nothing on the roster is older, so a red year here always points up, toward the 56 champions released after 2013. Play a round to try it.