Champions Released in 2024

In 2024, Riot released 3 new champions: Ambessa, Aurora and Smolder. That ranks 2024 joint 15th of 18 release years by volume, down from 4 in 2023 and against 3 in 2025. The average across every year is 9.6, so 2024 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 Top (2 of 3), and the champions span 2 regions, led by Noxus (2). The most common species is Dragon (1), with Human counting 1. By range there are 1 melee and 2 ranged listings; by gender, 2 female and 1 male. 2 of 3 use Mana; the exceptions are Ambessa (Energy).

No species, region or resource type made its debut in 2024 — every champion released that year extended a category that already existed.

The best first guess among the 2024 champions is Ambessa, ranked 142nd of 173 on the strategy page, leaving 7.9 candidates on average — a weak opener, because its attributes are rare. A 2024 guess lights the year cell yellow for anything from 2022 to 2026 — 16 champions, 9% of the roster. Nothing is newer, so a red year here always points down, toward the 157 champions released before 2022. Play a round to try it.