League devs plan to make popular Arcane characters into Season 12 champions
Some of the more popular Arcane characters are already being earmarked to become League of Legends champions, Riot Games developers have confirmed, after the immense success of the company’s debut Netflix series.Riot have struck gold with theirfirst-ever League of Legends series, Arcane with the animated Netflix showalready being lauded as a home run.Many are comparing the nine-episode run, led by Hailee Steinfeld and Ella Purnell as feuding sisters Vi and Jinx, tosome of the greatest animated showsof the last few decades, including Avatar The Last Airbender and Cowboy Bebop, and itsexplosive popularityhasearned it an early Season 2 order.The immense success has left LoL players asking one question: will we see any of the popular Arcane characters make the move into Riot’s flagship title, especially considering many of the show’s cast did the opposite.According to Riot developers, the answer is yes. It’s still early days, but Arcane characters will eventually make the jump onto Summoner’s Rift in future updates.
The LoL developer didn’t specify when the Champs design team was targeting these Arcane-themed releases, but simply promised they’d come “in the future.”

Dexerto is expecting the next League champion, an“amped” gun-based AD carryfrom Zaun, toarrive early in Season 12, around the patch 12.2 mark.

