Riot reveals new League of Legends Champion: Lillia, the Bashful Bloom

Updated at 07/07/2020 at 08:34 By Thomas "Calo" Sauzin

Lore, artwork, abilities, and making of — all you need to know about the 149th champion to join League of Legends is in this article!

Over the past weeks, several leaks suggested the arrival of a new champion in League of Legends. First, voice-overs were datamined from the PBE client, then an artwork appeared, revealing a magical fawn apparently called Lillia.

Also on the PBE, a token appeared in the shop, mentioning in its description that something would happen on July 22. Conveniently enough, this date matches the planned release of Patch 10.15.

Who's Lilia? What's her gameplay? What are her spells? All the answers to these questions are just below.

Who's Lillia?

"Imagine knowing everyone’s dreams—how they see the world, themselves, and others.

Now imagine that your mom’s a tree, her best friend is Ivern, and you’ve spent your whole life alone in a magical forest. Your only glimpses of the outside world are through the dreams of outsiders that keep your tree-mom alive.

Then one day the dreams stop coming. Your tree-mom gets sick and the outsiders appear in your forest. You panic, sleep them, and then bam! The dreams are back. Your tree-mom feels better and, what’s more, you can harvest their dreams to feed mommy dearest.

So what’s a good deer-daughter to do? (Oh yeah, you’re a deer by the way—don’t ask.) You prance off into the world to put people to sleep and harvest their dreams.

That’s basically Lillia. Except... not quite. There’s more to her than just that.

She’s shy, clumsy, and self-conscious. She’s selfless and wants to help, but fears getting close to those who need it. Lillia is a rare flower who needed careful tending throughout her development. And when it was over she had blossomed into something we didn’t quite expect: the bravest champion we’ve made, who has an unbreakable bond with dreams."

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Artworks

Basic Splashart - League of Legends — Basic Splashart

Another splasharts, linked to the first skin of Lillia - League of Legends — Another splasharts, linked to the first skin of Lillia

Abilities

Passive - Dream-Laden Bough

Lillia's abilities apply Dream Dust, dealing a portion of the target's maximum health as magic damage over a duration.

Q - Blooming Blows

Lillia swings her branch in the air and deals magic damage to nearby enemies, dealing true damage to those at the outer edge of the circle. When she successfully lands the attack, Lillia also gets movement speed.

W - Watch Out! Eep!

Lillia winds up for a huge strike with her branch, dealing magic damage to enemies. Enemies at the center of the impact receive more damage.

E - Swirlseed

Lillia lobs a Swirlseed overhead, dealing magic damage to enemies and slowing them for a duration. If Lillia's Swirlseed misses, it'll continue to roll until it hits an enemy or collides with terrain.

R - Lilting Lullaby

Lillia casts a lullaby over her enemies and those affected by her Dream Dust become increasingly slowed before falling asleep for a duration of time. When awakened by damage, enemies will take additional magic damage.

What do you think of this new champion? Do you feel she will fit nicely in the current League meta? Feel free to drop your opinion in the comment section below!

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