LoL’s free champion rotation (Sept. 24 to Oct. 1)

Take a look at this week's free-to-play champions.

A cast of League of Legends champions.
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It would take hundreds, maybe thousands of hours playing League of Legends to collect every champion without spending hard-earned cash by the truckload. That’s why Riot Games gives away weekly free champions, so you can try them out before committing to buying any.

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Every Tuesday, 20 out of the 168 total League champions are selected to become free-to-play in unranked playlists. Here are this week’s free champions.

League of Legends free champion rotation

It’s another week in League, and you can play 20 new champions for free. This week’s champion rotation list includes a bear, one-half of the lover’s duo, and a crocodile—so there’s something for everyone. The champions crushing it on the Rift, who you can try for free this week, are Vex, Jax, and Taric.

While these are only a few of the free champions, below is a full list of the 20 free champions you can try this week in League:

  • Alistar
  • Azir
  • Corki
  • Gwen
  • Jax
  • Karthus
  • Kayn
  • Kindred
  • Maokai
  • Rakan
  • Rumble
  • Ryze
  • Sett
  • Smolder
  • Taric
  • Tristana
  • Udyr
  • Vayne
  • Vex
  • Zilean

If you’re new to League and unsure where to start, try Smolder or Vayne. They’re both relatively simple champions. Riot will update the free-play rotation again on Sept. 24, adding 20 more characters. Any debuting League champions are added three weeks after release.

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