How Many Champions are in LoL? – Tracking the Growing Roster

If you play video games, you’ve probably heard of League of Legends. It’s one of the most popular games in the world, played by tens of millions of players every month. Developed by Riot Games, the game is constantly updated to make the game always refreshing.

Ever since the first alpha test back in 2009, Riot has been designing and releasing new characters to the game, more commonly known as champions. Every champion has its known distinctive kit and playstyle, depending on the “theme” or the role it’s played in.

In recent years, Riot has also pushed its efforts in making reworks, giving new life to champions that aren’t as popular or have obsolete kits. After releasing many champions throughout the years, the developers are slowing down their schedule. We only had 5 and 4 champion releases in 2022 and 2023, respectively.

How many Champions are there in League of Legends?

There are currently 169 unique champions in League of Legends. The latest addition is Ambessa Medarda, the Matriarch of War, which hit the live servers in Patch 14.22. Ambessa is a top lane bruiser who deals physical damage and has a lot of playmaking potential thanks to her skirmishing-focused kit.

Ambessa is the last champion to be released in 2024. Compared to previous years, Riot Games has slowed down the number of new champion releases, as they are looking to refresh older champions with ASU or VGU, like the one planned for Skarner and Viktor.

That being said, Riot already revealed that Yunara will be the next upcoming Champion in 2025. She is suggested to be a mage support.

Here are some quick facts about how many champions Riot released in each batch of updates:

How many champions were part of the Alpha Stage?

The alpha stage, which started in the first few months of 2009, was the phase before the Beta stage. It had a total of 17 champions released.

How many champions were released in the Beta Stage?

23 more champions were added to the game during the Beta Stage (both closed and open betas), making it to a total of 40 champions in the League roster. This was the number of characters available when Riot officially launched the game on October 27th, 2009.

In which year did Riot release the most champions?

The biggest number of characters released in a year was in 2011, with a total of 26 champions. The second-highest was the following year, with 24 unique champions released in 2012.

Currently, Riot Games add three to four new champions per year to the roster, coinciding with the start or end of a new Season or Act.

Champions Classes in LoL

League of Legends champions can be divided into six main categories or LoL roles:

How many Bruisers there are in League of Legends?

Also known as fighters, these characters offer the best combination of damage and survivability. There are a total of 70 Brawlers Champions in LoL.

How many Assassins there are in League of Legends?

With a total of 42 Assassin Champions in this category, assassins are special units that have the main goal of killing the enemy’s strongest carry or threat. For example, a champion like Qiyana wants to get in the back line and burst down one target.

How many Mages are there in League of Legends?

There are a total of 62 Mage Champions in LoL, considering both controllers and damage-dealing mages. Instead of relying on their auto attacks, mages maximize their damage with the usage of their abilities and spells.

How many Marksmen are there in League of Legends?

Marksmen are typically the carries of team compositions in League. They are units that have massive damage potential and deal damage from a distance. That said, they are very squishy and easy to take down. Currently, the headcount is 30 Marskmen Champions in League .

How many Tanks are there in League of Legends?

Tanks not only are champions with lots of health and defensive stats, but they also offer great crowd-controlling abilities that can be used to protect your allies from enemies or to pin down an enemy carry. With the recent addition of K’Sante, there are a total of 45 Tank Champions in League.

How many supports are there in League of Legends?

Supports are those champions that want to empower their allies by proving healing and shielding, or grant them extra damage. They are usually squishy but have powerful tools to protect themselves and their own team. Now that Milio is added to the League roster, there are a total of 36 Support Champions in League.

It’s worth mentioning that most champions belong to more than one class. Milio, for example, is considered a mage and a support as well. 

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