Elise, the Spider Queen Revealed

This patch, we’ll welcome a champion with a lot of history into the League of Legends lineup: Elise, the Spider Queen. Originally concepted over three years ago, Elise proved to be a challenging champion to fully realize. Finally coming together as a transform champion, Elise has the ability to assume the form of either a regal mage or a deadly spider assassin.

Abilities (Human form):

• Spider Swarm (Passive): Elise’s Human Form spells will ready a spiderling when cast on an enemy.
• Neurotoxin: Elise damages a target based on its current Health.
• Volatile Spiderling: Elise releases a venom-gorged spiderling that explodes when it nears a target.

Kha’Zix, the Voidreaver, Now Available!

Today, a new breed of predator arrives on the Fields of Justice: Kha'Zix, the Voidreaver. Adapt, evolve, and overcome your enemies with this terrifying assassin!

Champion Spotlight: Kha'Zix, the Voidreaver

In this Champion Spotlight you’ll learn just how deadly Kha’Zix can be when quickly engaging and assassinating isolated foes. We’ll be focusing our abilities, runes, masteries, and evolutions on maximizing burst damage to rack up fast kills, relying on speed and stealth for survival.

Inside Design: the Evolution of Kha’Zix

The Fields of Justice are about to get even more dangerous, as Kha’Zix, the Voidreaver arrives to claim his place at the top of the food chain. Kha’Zix’s evolution gameplay influenced his entire design, from the abilities down through art, animation, voice, and story. To learn more about this apex predator, we caught up with some of the Rioters that helped make him a reality.

Kha'Zix, the Voidreaver, Revealed

Kha'Zix, the Voidreaver, will be devouring prey on the Fields of Justice in the upcoming patch. A flexible jungle assassin, Kha'Zix excels at surprising enemy champions and quickly dealing massive burst damage. Moreover, his unique evolution gameplay allows him to adapt to different enemy team comps and strategies by customizing his abilities over the course of the match. Here's a full rundown of his abilities:

• Unseen Threat (Passive): When Kha'Zix is not visible to the enemy team, he gains Unseen Threat, causing his next basic attack against an enemy champion to deal bonus magic damage and slow.

Champion Sneak Peek – Kha’Zix, the Voidreaver

If you take the time to examine the many wonders of nature, you’ll find a fair number of animals that are remarkably well-adapted to their environment. It isn’t every day, however, that you run across a creature that can adapt to every environment.

Feast your eyes on this fine specimen here. Meet Kha’Zix, the Voidreaver – the most highly-evolved champion yet to grace the Fields of Justice. Maybe you’re marveling at the iridescent wings or the intimidating spike racks? Well, you’ll find that’s just one of many possible evolutionary paths your Voidreaver can take. Perhaps some adaptive camouflage and wicked, scythe-like claws might be more appropriate to your particular hunting ground.

Champion Spotlight: Syndra, the Dark Sovereign

Welcome to the Syndra Champion Spotlight. A unique AP carry, Syndra excels at whittling down opponents with long range skill shots and punishing them each time they attempt to last hit a minion. Remember that Dark Sphere not only functions as Dark Sovereign’s primary damage ability, but also provides additional utility to all her other spells.

Art Spotlight: Syndra, the Dark Sovereign

You got your first look at Syndra before Gamescom and PAX. Now watch this imposing Dark Sovereign come to life in the Syndra Art Spotlight.

Champion Spotlight: Rengar, the Pridestalker

In the Rengar Champion Spotlight, you'll learn how to prowl the jungle and engage your enemies as you follow our resident champion expert, Phreak, on a ruthless hunt with the Pridestalker.

The Creation of Rengar: Art and Style

In order to bring a ruthless hunter like Rengar to life, the designers had to fuse every aspect of champion design into a predatory experience that feels as ferocious as the champion himself. Getting players inside Rengar's head for the primal hunt was the biggest challenge in his creation. What began as a tricky proposition eventually became a compelling champion with an ultimate ability that sums up the brutal and methodical Rengar playstyle.

Inside Design: Rengar's Mechanics

The Fields of Justice have never been more dangerous than when Rengar, the Pridestalker, prepares for the hunt. With a new resource system, an optional item in the shop, and a dynamic passive that interacts when he's stealthed or in the brush, Rengar¡s bringing many new mechanics to strike down his prey. To learn more about these new mechanics, we went straight to the source and talked to Trevor “Classick“ Romleski about Rengar's kit.

Syndra, the Dark Sovereign, Revealed at Gamescom

In addition to Rengar, we’ll have another upcoming champion available for play at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. After the Pridestalker joins the League, Syndra, the Dark Sovereign, will descend upon the Fields of Justice in the following patch. A magical prodigy, Syndra conjures powerful dark spheres, and even wields enemy minions and monsters as weapons. Here’s the full rundown of her abilities.

Champion Relaunch Spotlight: Katarina

In this patch, we completely relaunched Katarina, the Sinister Blade, so we’re bringing you a Champion Spotlight featuring this Noxian femme fatale. In the video you’ll get some pro tips on how to play Katarina a cut above the competition and get a look at the upgraded model, animations and spell effects in action.

Rengar, the Pridestalker, Revealed!

The ultimate predator‘s many things: methodical, determined, and unrelenting. Meet Rengar, the Pridestalker, one of the most-feared hunters in all of Valoran, whether he’s slashing his way through foes or leaping from the shadows of the brush to take enemies by surprise. Rengar’s monstrous, most-sought prize, however, remains at large, missing from the Pridestalker’s impressive trophy wall.

Champion Sneak Peek: Rengar, the Pridestalker

Your enemy’s heart beats nervously, pumping faster as you approach. The time is right for the perfect strike, that split-second when your victim thinks no one has followed.

Whether you meet Rengar face-to-face on the battlefield or back-to-blade during the hunt, you’re never alone and never safe when the Pridestalker’s chosen you as his trophy.

Champion Relaunch: Katarina, the Sinister Blade

This patch, we'll be overhauling one of our classic champions: Katarina, the Sinister Blade. Although Katarina's manaless, cooldown-based abilities put a unique spin on her gameplay, she's historically faced a number of challenges in the very early game and in team fight situations. In this update, we've made a few changes to her kit aimed at addressing these difficulties, while retaining the core elements that make playing this Noxian femme fatale a fun and satisfying experience. We also gave her a complete visual upgrade, including a new model, animations and spell effects on all of her abilities!

Champion Spotlight: Diana, Scorn of the Moon

Welcome to the Diana Champion Spotlight! As an AP jungler assassin, Diana excels at jumping into the action, chasing and eliminating her enemies. Her Crescent Strike combines with her Lunar Rush ultimate to give her unparalleled mobility as she chains her low cooldowns to stick to her foes.

The Creation of Diana: Art, Story and Sound

Inspiration for a champion’s artistic design comes from many places: gameplay mechanics, champion personalities or a walk in the wilds, just to name a few. Sometimes new champions are even inspired by other champion stories, and so was the case with Diana, Scorn of the Moon. While her artistic motif naturally pays homage to the moon, the art was further influenced by her relationship with Leona and its transforming effect on her personality.

Diana, Scorn of the Moon, Revealed

The tide of battle is turning, summoners. With ceaseless aggression, powered and protected by the lunar light, Diana, Scorn of the Moon, controls and chases her enemies through the battlefield, leaving them no sunlight for solace.

Diana’s high area of effect damage and defensive abilities make her an ideal jungler.

Champion Sneak Peek - Diana, the Scorn of the Moon

Not all creatures of the night are the sort that lurk in the shadows. A select few leap headlong into the fray, leaving enemies begging for sunshine. Shunned by the people of the sun, Diana turned in isolation to the cold power of the moon’s glow. She hurls herself into the heat of the fight, wielding her crescent blade and unleashing lunar energy with merciless ferocity. If you’re awed by the darkness of the night, but never one to hide in the shadows, you’re sure to be drawn to this knight of the moon and her relentless pursuit of vengeance.