Champion

Champions are warriors reigning from the vast regions of the universe that have come to wage war on the Fields of Justice. Riot Games will develop new champions consistently. Each champion is individually designed to have specific abilities and traits that players must use wisely. One group uses brute strength and power, another uses deadly precision and cunning, while the last group uses supernatural vision and magic.

There were 40 champions released at launch, and there is one added every about two weeks. About 8-10 more champions are in development at any moment. Each week there is a rotation of ten champions that are freely available to play. For those that bought the Collector's Edition, 20 champions are automatically unlocked; another 20 can be unlocked by buying the Champion Bundle through the game client. The rest can be unlocked with Influence Points or Riot Points.

Champion status

 * Unlocked: This means that the champion was unlocked and can be used at any time.
 * Free to Play: This status is reserved for the 10 free champions of the week.
 * Locked: This status is accompanied by a gray square or picture of the champion, which means the champion can't be played until it is unlocked or made available for the week.

Concept
The following champions were hinted to be under development by Ezreal, Game Designer, but not officially announced, and are subject to change:
 * Female boar-themed champ
 * Female gravity-themed ranged DPS caster
 * Tempus, a male time-themed melee DPS assassin (formerly known as Aeon)
 * Void creature caster (possibly "daddy")

Other
The following champions were cancelled, placed on hold or otherwise:
 * Priscilla, the Spider Queen (Possibly cancelled)
 * Urf, the Manatee - April Fool's "mascot" (Reworked into Urf the Manatee skin for and Urfrider skin for ).

Cancelled

 * Avasha
 * Averdrian
 * Eagle Rider
 * Iron Engineer
 * Plant King (probably remade into )
 * Robin Blackblade, the Dashing Rogue
 * Voodoo Shaman
 * Water Wizard
 * Tiki (likely incorporated into 's Totemic skin)

List of champions
As of April 25th, 2011 there are currently 76 released champions, with the latest one being.

Price changes

 * April 12th, 2011 (V1.0.0.115) :
 * : IP cost lowered to 1350 from 3150.
 * : IP cost lowered to 1350 from 3150.
 * : IP cost lowered to 450 from 1350.