Champions Released in 2023

In 2023, Riot released 4 new champions: Briar, Hwei, Milio and Naafiri. That ranks 2023 joint 13th of 18 release years by volume, down from 5 in 2022 and against 3 in 2024. The average across every year is 9.6, so 2023 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 4), and the champions span 4 regions, with no region contributing more than 1. 2 of the 4 are Human. By range there are 2 melee and 2 ranged listings; by gender, 2 female and 2 male. 3 of 4 use Mana; the exceptions are Briar (Fury).

No species, region or resource type made its debut in 2023 — every champion released that year extended a category that already existed.

The best first guess among the 2023 champions is Hwei, ranked 75th of 173 on the strategy page, leaving 4.4 candidates on average — a middling opener. A 2023 guess lights the year cell yellow for anything from 2021 to 2025 — 19 champions, 11% of the roster. Beyond that, 153 champions are older and only 1 newer, so an up arrow is the valuable result: it leaves a short list of recent releases. Play a round to try it.