Earlier this year, Riot Games teased League of Legends <\/em>players with two new champions<\/a>: a \u201changry jungler\u201d and an \u201cartistic mid laner.\u201d While players had no information on those two releases throughout the majority of the year, the League <\/em>developers have given an update today on what fans should expect from two of the game\u2019s next releases\u2014even including a name for one of those champions.\u00a0<\/p>
This year, League <\/em>players should expect four new champions, with Milio being the first. Beyond him, though, an assassin named Naafiri<\/a> is in the works, as well as two others. While Naafiri is the furthest along in the development cycle, the two others\u2014one of whom is a woman named \u201cBriar,\u201d and the other is an unnamed man\u2014still have a ways to go.\u00a0<\/p>
Briar is the \u201changry jungler\u201d from Noxus, whose mechanics surround the concept of going into a \u201cfrenzy\u201d whenever her hunger is insatiable. \u201cThe team really liked the idea of exploring an uncontrollable hunger, and what happens when sometimes that hunger takes over and the creature is allowed to feast on those who deserve it,\u201d Riot\u2019s lead champion producer Alexia Gao said in a Champion Roadmap piece<\/a> earlier today.\u00a0<\/p>
Related: <\/strong>Here are the early LoL <\/em>Patch 13.9 notes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>
Currently, three new champions are in the works at Riot (Naafiri, Briar, and the tortured artist), with several pre-existing champions also on the docket for visual and gameplay updates. In today\u2019s Champion Roadmap, Skarner<\/a> and Jax were explicitly mentioned as next in line to have their VGUs shipped to the live servers.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
