Champions Released in 2017

In 2017, Riot released 5 new champions: Kayn, Ornn, Rakan, Xayah and Zoe. That ranks 2017 joint 9th of 18 release years by volume, down from 6 in 2016 and against 3 in 2018. The average across every year is 9.6, so 2017 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 Bottom (1 of 5), and the champions span 4 regions, led by Ionia (3). The most common species is Vastayan (2), with Human counting 1. By range there are 3 melee and 2 ranged listings; by gender, 2 female and 3 male. Every one of them runs on Mana.

No species, region or resource type made its debut in 2017 — every champion released that year extended a category that already existed.

The best first guess among the 2017 champions is Kayn, ranked 72nd of 173 on the strategy page, leaving 4.3 candidates on average — a middling opener. A 2017 guess lights the year cell yellow for anything from 2015 to 2019 — 24 champions, 14% of the roster. Beyond that, 123 champions are older and only 26 newer, so an up arrow is the valuable result: it leaves a short list of recent releases. Play a round to try it.