Champions Released in 2016

In 2016, Riot released 6 new champions: Aurelion Sol, Camille, Ivern, Jhin, Kled and Taliyah. That ranks 2016 joint 6th of 18 release years by volume, up from 5 in 2015 and against 5 in 2017. The average across every year is 9.6, so 2016 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 6), and the champions span 6 regions, led by Ionia (2). 4 of the 6 are Human. By range there are 2 melee and 4 ranged listings; by gender, 2 female and 4 male. 5 of 6 use Mana; the exceptions are Kled (Courage).

Firsts: 2016 introduced the first Celestial Dragon (Aurelion Sol) species tag and the Courage resource (Kled).

The best first guess among the 2016 champions is Taliyah, ranked 47th of 173 on the strategy page, leaving 3.4 candidates on average — a middling opener. A 2016 guess lights the year cell yellow for anything from 2014 to 2018 — 25 champions, 14% of the roster. Beyond that, 117 champions are older and only 31 newer, so an up arrow is the valuable result: it leaves a short list of recent releases. Play a round to try it.