Between a Sad Mummy, a Madman of Zaun, a Blind Monk, a Nine-Tailed Fox and a Dark Child, the League of Legends has seen the introduction of some crazy, unconventional, and downright badass characters over the years.

Creating compelling champions is our passion, and a great deal of care and effort goes into handcrafting every one of them. Your passion fuels our own, and we learn a lot from your forum discussions and heated battles on the Fields of Justice. In this Retrospective, our co-founders, Brandon “Ryze” Beck and Marc “Tryndamere” Merrill team up with some of the Rioters behind the champions to give you a taste of the “secret sauce” that makes a League of Legends champ.

This is awesome!

Keep those great champions coming, Riot!


Dat splash art tease

Riot giving it their all<3

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Pie>Cake

I always wondered what you guys though about champions when making them way back then. Thanks!

Pantheon has a tiny head in the new splash

How long will the game be able to pump out characters. I like them all, and think they are all different in their own way. But questions will come up like, How many characters will we now banned in ranked matches? How many global ultis will there be? Do pro's need to memorize 150 something characters come next year? Will there always be originality? I love the champs, but good and bad things happen with the introduction of so many.