Riot announces 'darker themes' for next LoL champions after Aurora

Riot announces 'darker themes' for next LoL champions after Aurora

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The arrival of League of Legends' 168th champion Aurora, the loveable Vastaya rabbit mage from the Freljord, may be the last time players see such a heartwarming personality and sweet appearance on the Rift for the foreseeable future.

RIOT BEEPED DARKER CHAMPIONS AFTER AURORA – League of Legends

While sharing the story of how Aurora became a beloved champion project for the League development team, lead champion producer Lexi Gao gave us a glimpse of what the future holds for the next additions to the Rift. She described the next few champion releases as being a lot “darker” than the last ones, Aurora, Hwei, and Smolder.

While Gao didn’t say more on the subject, League players can already imagine who she was thinking of. Earlier this year, Riot Games confirmed that Arcane’s Ambessa Medarda would be joining League soon, in celebration of the Netflix series’ second season launching in November. Not much is known about the warlord’s abilities yet, but her Noxian nature and potential arc in Arcane season two would point to a ruthless champion in League. It wouldn’t be surprising if her skills rivaled Darius’.

But the League universe is so vast and filled with incredibly interesting characters that it would be a shame not to play with some of its most evil, creepy concepts. Inhuman celestials of Targon, deepwater terrorists of Bilgewater, ruthless mageseekers of Demacia, horrific terror of the Shadow Isles, and bloodthirsty demons are just a fraction of what Runeterra can already offer the League team as inspiration.

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