Champions Released in 2018

In 2018, Riot released 3 new champions: Kai'Sa, Neeko and Pyke. That ranks 2018 joint 15th of 18 release years by volume, down from 5 in 2017 and against 5 in 2019. The average across every year is 9.6, so 2018 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 Support (2 of 3), and the champions span 4 regions, with no region contributing more than 1. 1 of the 3 are Human. By range there are 1 melee and 2 ranged listings; by gender, 2 female and 1 male. Every one of them runs on Mana.

No species, region or resource type made its debut in 2018 — every champion released that year extended a category that already existed.

The best first guess among the 2018 champions is Kai'Sa, ranked 117th of 173 on the strategy page, leaving 6.2 candidates on average — a weak opener, because its attributes are rare. A 2018 guess lights the year cell yellow for anything from 2016 to 2020 — 25 champions, 14% of the roster. Beyond that, 128 champions are older and only 20 newer, so an up arrow is the valuable result: it leaves a short list of recent releases. Play a round to try it.