Dream Jungle Champion
The first champion introduced is a jungler, which is exciting news for players as it has been a long time since Riot Games designed a champion specifically for this role. Starting with the image of the forest above, we can see that this is an extremely peaceful and lush forest, and with the pink leaves, we can relate it to the sacred forest mentioned in the video about Akali and Shen not long ago. It is very likely that this will be the next Ionia champion to join League of Legends.
Next, we have a quote from Riot’s article: “Be very quiet, for she is very shy, and if provoked too much, she may retaliate and disappear while our vision becomes blurred…” Being provoked or attacked and having to retaliate makes us immediately think of forest deities, the protectors of nature who do not wish to attack anyone. The most popular image is probably the Demigod in the form of a half-deer, half-human. Could it be that League of Legends will introduce another Vastaya champion?
Regarding skills, from Riot’s description, we can guess that this champion has the ability to move flexibly or perform special attacks. It will interact with bushes similar to Rengar’s leap ability, as Riot described: “but the faerie bushes have settled down, and behind them will be a mid-range fighter with the ability to lurk in and out of combat.” Additionally, this new champion will definitely have a skill that causes a Sleep effect like Zoe, which may indeed be the skill introduced in the article.
Masked Assassin Champion
First, it must be clarified that this new champion is not a Darkin as many people think; Riot’s Yichao, the writer of numerous bios and short stories for League of Legends, has confirmed this.
Next, we are certain that this champion also hails from Ionia, as the introductory image above has helped us know this. The most special point in this champion’s introduction is that it resembles a monologue; the character senses the masked figure from afar, which is themselves, and this champion wields a weapon, and that figure also senses it. The character is even pulled towards the masked figure or themselves.
From these clues, we can guess that this assassin champion will have some mechanism similar to shadow creation or splitting, and it may also interact with their skill set like an embodiment. The description: “And then the pull gradually grew stronger until I felt my subconscious being drawn back to that body, speeding up until—I crashed into it!” must refer to a skill that dashes to the shadow and applies some crowd control effect upon impact?
Will the new Marksman have a combo point system?
There is not much data like the two champions above, however, we still have a bit of description about this new champion that they can “dive straight into combat, unleashing a whirlwind of swords and bullets, and then slip away with a bit of health.” So this new champion will possess the ability to use both a Sword and a Gun and have survival or agile movement abilities. At this point, we cannot help but think of Dante from the Devil May Cry series.
Furthermore, the image gradually reveals letters F, E, D, C, B, A, S along with increasingly fierce effects, making people immediately think of a combo skill point system. It has even been confirmed that this system will be a part of the new champion when Riot Squad5 confirmed this on Twitter. We wonder how the idea of combining a League of Legends champion with a system from an action role-playing game will turn out.
