Champions Released in 2015

In 2015, Riot released 5 new champions: Bard, Ekko, Illaoi, Kindred and Tahm Kench. That ranks 2015 joint 9th of 18 release years by volume, down from 6 in 2014 and against 6 in 2016. The average across every year is 9.6, so 2015 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 Jungle (2 of 5), and the champions span 3 regions, led by Runeterra (3). 2 of the 5 are Human. By range there are 3 melee and 2 ranged listings; by gender, 1 female and 3 male. Every one of them runs on Mana.

No species, region or resource type made its debut in 2015 — every champion released that year extended a category that already existed.

The best first guess among the 2015 champions is Ekko, ranked 53rd of 173 on the strategy page, leaving 3.6 candidates on average — a middling opener. A 2015 guess lights the year cell yellow for anything from 2013 to 2017 — 30 champions, 17% of the roster. Beyond that, 109 champions are older and only 34 newer, so an up arrow is the valuable result: it leaves a short list of recent releases. Play a round to try it.