Champions Released in 2013

In 2013, Riot released 8 new champions: Aatrox, Jinx, Lissandra, Lucian, Quinn, Thresh, Yasuo and Zac. That ranks 2013 5th of 18 release years by volume, down from 19 in 2012 and against 6 in 2014. The average across every year is 9.6, so 2013 sits below the norm — typical of the slower, larger-kit release pace Riot settled into after the first four years.

The most commonly listed position in this batch is Top (4 of 8), and the champions span 7 regions, with no region contributing more than 2. 5 of the 8 are Human. By range there are 3 melee and 5 ranged listings; by gender, 3 female and 5 male. 5 of 8 use Mana; the exceptions are Aatrox (Blood Well), Yasuo (Flow) and Zac (Manaless).

Firsts: 2013 introduced the Blood Well resource (Aatrox) and Flow resource (Yasuo).

The best first guess among the 2013 champions is Quinn, ranked 13th of 173 on the strategy page, leaving 2.6 candidates on average — a solid opener. A 2013 guess lights the year cell yellow for anything from 2011 to 2015 — 62 champions, 36% of the roster. Beyond that, the arrow splits the rest into 66 older and 45 newer, and both directions cut the pool meaningfully. Play a round to try it.