EarlyGame’s early Wild Rift Champions Guide - Part 4

Part 4 Early Game Early Guide to Wildrift Champions
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Everybody has heard of League of Legends at some point in time. Just as likely you heard about the game’s mobile & console version, Wild Rift. Wild Rift is expected to hit beta soon and will do so with a roster of 41 champions. While we’re all waiting for a confirmed date, we’ll help you get to know the game’s champions in a quick three-part series. An early Wild Rift champions guide by EarlyGame.

We’re all signed up for the pre-registration and eagerly waiting for the beta to drop. Unfortunately, there is no date yet so while we wait, we figured we’d get you up to speed on the most important aspect of League of Legends: Wild Rift - the champions.

While League of Legends has a roster of 148 champions, Wild Rift will launch with a roster of 41 (might still be subject to change). This will make picking up the game easier, as a lot of players looking to get into Wild Rift probably are not that familiar with the LoL roster. Also, Riot has stated that they adapted the gameplay and each champion and that Wild Rift is much more than just a simple copy-pasta.

Still, to help you catch up on who’s who in Wild Rift, we took the liberty of giving you a sort of overview, or early guide, on all Wild Rift legends. Granted there is not much out there on Wild Rift, but the official League of Legends website has generous bios on every champion, so we compiled the ones that you’ll be able to play in Wild Rift.

Teemo

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Undeterred by even the most dangerous and threatening of obstacles, Teemo scouts the world with boundless enthusiasm and a cheerful spirit. A yordle with an unwavering sense of morality, he takes pride in following the Bandle Scout's Code, sometimes with such eagerness that he is unaware of the broader consequences of his actions. Though some say the existence of the Scouts is questionable, one thing is for certain: Teemo's conviction is nothing to be trifled with.
  • GUERRILLA WARFARE (passive)If Teemo stands still and takes no actions for a short duration, he becomes Invisible indefinitely. If he's in brush, Teemo can enter and maintain his Invisibility while moving. After leaving Invisibility, Teemo gains the Element of Surprise, increasing his Attack Speed for 3 seconds.

  • BLINDING DARTObscures an enemy's vision with a powerful venom, dealing damage to the target unit and blinding it for the duration.

  • MOVE QUICKTeemo scampers around, passively increasing his Movement Speed until he is struck by an enemy champion or turret. Teemo can sprint to gain bonus Movement Speed that isn't stopped by being struck for a short time.

  • TOXIC SHOTEach of Teemo's attacks will poison the target, dealing damage on impact and each second after for 4 seconds.

  • NOXIOUS TRAPTeemo throws an explosive poisonous trap using one of the mushrooms stored in his pack. If an enemy steps on the trap, it will release a poisonous cloud, slowing enemies and damaging them over time. If Teemo throws a mushroom onto another mushroom it will bounce, gaining additional range.

Tryndamere

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Fueled by unbridled fury and rage, Tryndamere once carved his way through the Freljord, openly challenging the greatest warriors of the north to prepare himself for even darker days ahead. The wrathful barbarian has long sought revenge for the annihilation of his clan, though more recently he has found companionship with Ashe, the Avarosan warmother, and a home with her people. His almost inhuman strength and fortitude is legendary, and has delivered him and his new allies countless victories against the greatest of odds.
  • BATTLE FURY (passive)Tryndamere gains Fury for each attack, critical strike, and killing blow he makes. Fury passively increases his Critical Strike Chance and can be consumed with his Bloodlust spell.
  • BLOODLUSTTryndamere thrives on the thrills of combat, increasing his Attack Damage as he is more and more wounded. He can cast Bloodlust to consume his Fury and heal himself.
  • MOCKING SHOUTTryndamere lets out an insulting cry, decreasing surrounding champions' Attack Damage. Enemies with their backs turned to Tryndamere also have their Movement Speed reduced.
  • SPINNING SLASHTryndamere slices toward a target unit, dealing damage to enemies in his path.
  • UNDYING RAGETryndamere's lust for battle becomes so strong that he is unable to die, no matter how wounded he becomes.

Twisted Fate

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Twisted Fate is an infamous cardsharp and swindler who has gambled and charmed his way across much of the known world, earning the enmity and admiration of the rich and foolish alike. He rarely takes things seriously, greeting each day with a mocking smile and an insouciant swagger. In every possible way, Twisted Fate always has an ace up his sleeve.
  • LOADED DICE (passive)Upon killing a unit, Twisted Fate rolls his 'lucky' dice receiving anywhere between 1 and 6 bonus gold.

  • WILD CARDSTwisted Fate throws three cards, dealing damage to each enemy unit they pass through.

  • PICK A CARDTwisted Fate chooses a magic card from his deck, and uses that for his next attack, causing bonus effects.

  • STACKED DECKEvery 4 attacks, Twisted Fate deals bonus damage. In addition, his Attack Speed is increased.

  • DESTINYTwisted Fate predicts the fortunes of his foes, revealing all enemy champions and enabling the use of Gate, which teleports Twisted Fate to any target location in 1.5 seconds.

Varus

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One of the ancient darkin, Varus was a deadly killer who loved to torment his foes, driving them almost to insanity before delivering the killing arrow. He was imprisoned at the end of the Great Darkin War, but escaped centuries later in the remade flesh of two Ionian hunters—they had unwittingly released him, cursed to bear the bow containing his bound essence. Varus now seeks out those who trapped him, in order to enact his brutal vengeance, but the mortal souls within still resist him every step of the way.
  • LIVING VENGEANCE (passive)On kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed. This bonus is larger if the enemy is a champion.

  • PIERCING ARROWVarus readies and then fires a powerful shot that gains extra range and damage the longer he spends preparing to fire.

  • BLIGHTED QUIVERPassive: Varus' basic attacks deal bonus magic damage and apply Blight. Varus' other abilities detonate Blight, dealing magic damage based on the target's maximum Health. Active: Varus empowers his next Piercing Arrow.

  • HAIL OF ARROWSVarus fires a hail of arrows that deal physical damage and desecrate the ground. Desecrated ground slows enemies' Movement Speed and reduces their self-healing and regeneration.

  • CHAIN OF CORRUPTIONVarus flings out a damaging tendril of corruption that immobilizes the first enemy champion hit and then spreads towards nearby uninfected champions, immobilizing them too on contact.

Vayne

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Shauna Vayne is a deadly, remorseless Demacian monster hunter, who has dedicated her life to finding and destroying the demon that murdered her family. Armed with a wrist-mounted crossbow and a heart full of vengeance, she is only truly happy when slaying practitioners or creations of the dark arts, striking from the shadows with a flurry of silver bolts.
  • NIGHT HUNTER (passive)Vayne ruthlessly hunts evil-doers, gaining 30 movement speed when moving toward nearby enemy champions.

  • TUMBLEVayne tumbles, maneuvering to carefully place her next shot. Her next attack deals bonus damage.

  • SILVER BOLTSVayne tips her bolts with a rare metal, toxic to evil things. The third consecutive attack or ability against the same target deals a percentage of the target's max health as bonus true damage.

  • CONDEMNVayne draws a heavy crossbow from her back, and fires a huge bolt at her target, knocking them back and dealing damage. If they collide with terrain, they are impaled, dealing bonus damage and stunning them.

  • FINAL HOUR

    Readying herself for an epic confrontation, Vayne gains increased Attack Damage, Invisibility during Tumble, reduced Tumble cooldown, and more bonus Movement Speed from Night Hunter

Vi

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Once a criminal from the mean streets of Zaun, Vi is a hotheaded, impulsive, and fearsome woman with only a very loose respect for authority figures. Growing up all but alone, Vi developed finely honed survival instincts as well as a wickedly abrasive sense of humor. Now working with the Wardens of Piltover to keep the peace, she wields mighty hextech gauntlets that can punch through walls and suspects with equal ease.
  • BLAST SHIELD (passive)Vi charges a shield over time. The shield can be activated by hitting an enemy with an ability.

  • VAULT BREAKERVi charges her gauntlets and unleashes a vault shattering punch, carrying her forward. Enemies she hits are knocked back and receive a stack of Denting Blows.

  • DENTING BLOWSVi's punches break her opponent's Armor, dealing bonus damage and granting her Attack Speed.

  • EXCESSIVE FORCEVi's next attack blasts through her target, dealing damage to enemies behind it.

  • ASSAULT AND BATTERYVi runs down an enemy, knocking aside anyone in the way. When she reaches her target she knocks it into the air, jumps after it, and slams it back into the ground.

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Xin Zhao is a resolute warrior loyal to the ruling Lightshield dynasty. Once condemned to the fighting pits of Noxus, he survived countless gladiatorial bouts, but after being freed by Demacian forces, he swore his life and allegiance to these brave liberators. Armed with his favored three-talon spear, Xin Zhao now fights for his adopted kingdom, audaciously challenging any foe, no matter the odds.
  • DETERMINATION (passive)Every third attack deals bonus damage and heals Xin Zhao.

  • THREE TALON STRIKEXin Zhao's next 3 standard attacks deal increased damage with the third attack knocking an opponent into the air.

  • WIND BECOMES LIGHTNINGXin Zhao slashes in front of himself with his spear, then thrusts it forward, slowing affected enemies.

  • AUDACIOUS CHARGEXin Zhao charges to an enemy, dealing damage to all enemies in the area and slowing them briefly.

  • CRESCENT GUARDXin Zhao deals damage to nearby enemies based on their current Health and knocks non-challenged targets back. Xin Zhao is impervious to damage dealt by champions outside of the circle created.

Yasuo

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An Ionian of deep resolve, Yasuo is an agile swordsman who wields the air itself against his enemies. As a proud young man, he was falsely accused of murdering his master—unable to prove his innocence, he was forced to slay his own brother in self defense. Even after his master's true killer was revealed, Yasuo still could not forgive himself for all he had done, and now wanders his homeland with only the wind to guide his blade.
  • WAY OF THE WANDERER (passive)Yasuo's Critical Strike Chance is doubled. Additionally, Yasuo builds toward a shield whenever he is moving. The shield triggers when he takes damage from a champion or monster.

  • STEEL TEMPESTThrusts forward, damaging all enemies in a line. On hit, grants a stack of Gathering Storm for a few seconds. At 2 stacks, Steel Tempest fires a whirlwind that knocks Airborne. Steel Tempest is treated as a basic attack and scales with all the same things.

  • WIND WALLCreates a moving wall that blocks all enemy projectiles for 4 seconds.

  • SWEEPING BLADE

    Dashes through target enemy, dealing magic damage. Each cast increases your next dash's base Damage, up to a max amount. Cannot be re-cast on the same enemy for a few seconds. If Steel Tempest is cast while dashing, it will strike as a circle.

  • LAST BREATH

    Blinks to an Airborne enemy champion, dealing physical damage and holding all Airborne enemies in the area in the air. Grants maximum Flow but resets all stacks of Gathering Storm. For a moderate time afterwards, Yasuo's critical strikes gain significant Bonus Armor Penetration.

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Utterly ruthless and without mercy, Zed is the leader of the Order of Shadow, an organization he created with the intent of militarizing Ionia's magical and martial traditions to drive out Noxian invaders. During the war, desperation led him to unlock the secret shadow form—a malevolent spirit magic as dangerous and corrupting as it is powerful. Zed has mastered all of these forbidden techniques to destroy anything he sees as a threat to his nation, or his new order.
  • CONTEMPT FOR THE WEAK (passive)Zed's basic attacks against low health targets deals bonus Magic Damage. This effect can only occur once every few seconds on the same target.

  • RAZOR SHURIKENZed and his shadows throw their shurikens. Each shuriken deals damage to every enemy hit.

  • LIVING SHADOWPassive: Zed gains energy whenever he and his shadows strike an enemy with the same ability. Energy can only be gained once per cast ability. Active: Zed's shadow dashes forward, remaining in place for a few seconds. Reactivating Living Shadow will cause Zed to switch positions with this shadow.

  • SHADOW SLASHZed and his shadows slash, dealing damage to nearby enemies.

  • DEATH MARKZed becomes untargetable and dashes to an enemy champion, marking them. After 3 seconds the mark triggers, repeating a portion of all the damage Zed dealt to the target while they were marked.

Ziggs

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With a love of big bombs and short fuses, the yordle Ziggs is an explosive force of nature. As an inventor's assistant in Piltover, he was bored by his predictable life and befriended a mad, blue-haired bomber named Jinx. After a wild night on the town, Ziggs took her advice and moved to Zaun, where he now explores his fascinations more freely, terrorizing the chem-barons and regular citizens alike in his never ending quest to blow stuff up.
  • SHORT FUSE (passive)Periodically, Ziggs' next basic attack deals bonus magic damage. This cooldown is reduced whenever Ziggs uses an ability.

  • BOUNCING BOMBZiggs throws a bouncing bomb that deals magic damage.

  • SATCHEL CHARGEZiggs flings an explosive charge that detonates after 4 seconds, or when this ability is activated again. The explosion deals magic damage to enemies, knocking them away. Ziggs is also knocked away, but takes no damage. Ziggs can use the Satchel to hexplode vulnerable enemy turrets.

  • HEXPLOSIVE MINEFIELDZiggs scatters proximity mines that detonate on enemy contact, dealing magic damage and slowing. Successive mine detonations on the same target deal reduced damage.

  • MEGA INFERNO BOMBZiggs deploys his ultimate creation, the Mega Inferno Bomb, hurling it an enormous distance. Enemies in the primary blast zone take more damage than those farther away.

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That's it for our Wild Rift Champions Guides, but of course there is plenty more on Wild Rift right here on EarlyGame.

Amidu Njiemoun

Amidu is a Brunel University graduate, and former published novel & screenplay writer turned gaming journalist and show host. He was a Senior Content Creator and Content Co-Lead at EarlyGame....