Riot Games Confirm New Jungle Appearance for League of Legends Season 11
Riot Games has finally unveiled its latest League of Legends champion roadmap, sharing teasers of all the upcoming characters, including the "romantic" new jungler coming in Season 11.
Due to the fact that Yone, Lillia, Sett and now Samira joins League of Legends roster in 2020, Riot developers are already looking forward to the next batch of champions they plan to add in the coming season.
Riot Games has already announced major changes coming in Season 11 and Preseason period A massive item overhaul is coming, and they've now released teasers for each of the champions expected to arrive before and during next season.
League Season 11 Champions Roadmap
В communication In a September 24 Riot blog post, League of Legends developer Reav3 explained that after adding Yone to the game, they were interested in introducing more characters as champions that may have already appeared or been mentioned in Runeterra's lore.
Reav3 continued by hinting that one of the champions that will be introduced is already familiar to us, explaining that they are "going to bring another character that players have been waiting for to the Rift next year."
For this champion roadmap, Riot revealed they still have a mid laner Mage, which is expected to be confirmed as mysterious character Serafina, and a new support champion to be added in 2020.
New LoL Support Champion
The new support character was described as: "The fugitive is armored and attacks at the slightest sign of danger. Wear Light Protection: According to reports, around the mutilated bodies of soldiers sent on the trail of a criminal lay mangled pieces of their heavy armor. The fugitive is known to retreat quickly if cornered, so working with an experienced team is recommended.
If you somehow manage to apprehend this criminal, take him immediately to the nearest imperial building marked with a black rose."
While this new champion's playstyle is currently unknown, Riot have hinted that there may be some mobile abilities in their kit, adding that "the outlaw is known to quickly retreat when cornered," though we'll have to wait to see. how it will affect the game.
This fugitive is slated to be the last champion released in 2020, although champion release dates are always subject to change.
New League of Legends Jungle Announced for Season 11
With the addition of Lillia to the Celebration of Bloom event, it looks like Riot is developing another jungle duelist, and it's expected to be the first champion to be released in early 2021.
“If you're up for anything, you're sure to love our new duelist jungler. This romantic will start winning hearts and minds early next year.” Riot Games teased before sharing an image of a ring that features the new champion.
League of Legends fans will likely have to wait until 2021 for more information on the jungler, but Riot seems to have lined up a lot of champions to keep fans entertained until then.
Dr. Mundo VIO Preview
After Riot announced that Mundo would be the next champion to receive a VIO following the rework of Fiddlesticks and Volibear, they provided an update on Mad Zaun.
The development team shared that they are "going to keep Mundo's pretty similar gameplay", but they plan on making him a hard-to-block champion by adding some form of CC immunity to his kit.
Riot also shared some concept art for the rework of the old champion, revealing a modern take on Mundo and giving fans an idea of what to expect from VIO.
It's worth noting that, as with many of these teasers, Riot developers are still free to make changes before champions are finally introduced into the game.