Upcoming Champion Leaked in LA Times article?

Posted on at 5:42 PM by Moobeat

It looks like a photo, featuring one of Riot Game's artists, for a recent Los Angeles Times article has accidentally leaked an upcoming champion.


The new champion is clearly visible on the second monitor to the left of the artist. This champ appears to be a cyber centaur, part human / part horse, of some sort, that wields a halberd / spear type weapon. 

Unfortunately the article doesn't say anything like "EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEAK AT HORSEMAN, THE NEXT CHAMPION!" and Riot hasn't announced anything as of yet, so I'll be sure to clue you in on any new details should they arise.

P.S: Personally, this guy totally looks like a sleeker, more attractive version of Pitlord to me... will we see a similar kit?

edit: For those confused, the picture above is obviously from WC3 and is not a shot of the new champion. I simple put up a picture to reenforce my thought of him looking similar to Pit lord, since not everyone may be away of what he looks like.

15 comments

  1. RegalCabbageMarch 27, 2012 at 6:31 PM

    Looks like a Xin skin

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  2. HarvengerMarch 27, 2012 at 8:31 PM

    Next champion purchase? I think so.

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  3. extremeanarchistMarch 27, 2012 at 10:49 PM

    LOL, that's Mannoroth from Warcraft III.

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  4. RiyumaMarch 27, 2012 at 11:17 PM

    That looks way too similar to Pitlord, hope this doesn´t cause any uproar from the community about Riot´s creativity. :O

    But I´m ever so excited about new developments :D

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  5. NihaMarch 28, 2012 at 3:01 AM

    Cannot see the image clearly, so I'm still hoping for some sort of Soraka skin ^^ (though this is rally a small chance!)

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  6. AttilaMarch 28, 2012 at 3:59 AM

    Xin? Soraka?
    Get glasses... You can clearly see it's a centaur...
    Btw it looks cool imo..

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  7. Caalamity NiMarch 28, 2012 at 5:47 AM

    And if it was just an old picture of Dota's dev ? Trolling level 9000 \o/

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  8. MiQrMarch 28, 2012 at 6:40 AM

    http://media.photobucket.com/image/recent/Ironmallet/Mannoroth.jpg

    that screen is from warcraft3 ofc..

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  9. UnknownMarch 28, 2012 at 7:21 PM

    How can anyone make anything out of that photo? All I can see is the halberd.

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  10. T-zinhoMarch 30, 2012 at 3:17 AM

    maybe the centaur will be immune to Knock back/ airborne, due to its huge body ;D

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  11. AegisMarch 30, 2012 at 8:01 PM

    Possible next champion?
    http://lol.garena.tw/events/201201_herodesign/HeroDesign04.php?id=1369

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    1. AegisMarch 30, 2012 at 8:03 PM

      BTW use firefox of chome to translate it.

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    2. MoobeatMarch 30, 2012 at 10:47 PM

      Word around the office is that is just a fan creation submission.

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  12. ValkidenApril 3, 2012 at 6:48 PM

    well thats that, you were right
    http://na.leagueoflegends.com/news/champion-sneak-peek-hecarim-shadow-war

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  13. GraveyJuly 3, 2012 at 3:40 AM

    Reading these comments after hecarim has been released is cracking me up. Soraka skin? Srsly it's a friggen centaur

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