Champions Released in 2014

In 2014, Riot released 6 new champions: Azir, Braum, Gnar, Kalista, Rek'Sai and Vel'Koz. That ranks 2014 joint 6th of 18 release years by volume, down from 8 in 2013 and against 5 in 2015. The average across every year is 9.6, so 2014 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 Mid (2 of 6), and the champions span 5 regions, with no region contributing more than 2. The most common species is Void-Being (2), with Human counting 1. By range there are 3 melee and 4 ranged listings; by gender, 2 female and 4 male. 4 of 6 use Mana; the exceptions are Gnar (Rage) and Rek'Sai (Rage).

Firsts: 2014 introduced the Rage resource (Gnar, Rek'Sai).

The best first guess among the 2014 champions is Braum, ranked 28th of 173 on the strategy page, leaving 3.0 candidates on average — a solid opener. A 2014 guess lights the year cell yellow for anything from 2012 to 2016 — 44 champions, 25% of the roster. Beyond that, the arrow splits the rest into 90 older and 39 newer, and both directions cut the pool meaningfully. Play a round to try it.