Easiest LoL Champions for Beginners: Riot's Ratings by Role (2026)

League has more than 170 champions, and picking your first few is the decision that shapes your first hundred games. Most "easiest champion" lists are opinions. Riot, though, rates every champion's difficulty from 1 to 10 in its own game data — so this guide starts there: every champion Riot rates 1 to 3, sorted by role, the one beginner pick per role we'd start with, the famous "easy" champions Riot rates harder than you'd think, and how to unlock them cheaply. Checked 2026-10-25 against Riot's Data Dragon 16.21.1.

Our first pick for each role

• MalphiteTop — point-and-click ultimate that starts fights; tanky and forgiving
• AmumuJungle — simple clear and an area stun that wins team fights
• NaafiriMid — straightforward assassin with packmates that push waves
• Miss FortuneBot — Riot's lowest difficulty; a team-fight ultimate that carries
• MorganaSupport — Riot's lowest difficulty; long root plus a spell shield for your carry

Our picks, chosen from Riot's difficulty 1–3 champions for each role. The reasons are ours, not Riot's.

Every champion Riot rates 1 to 3

Difficulty 1 — 2 champions

• Miss FortuneBot · Marksman
• MorganaSupport · Mage

Difficulty 2 — 8 champions

• DariusTop · Fighter
• MalphiteTop · Tank
• NaafiriMid · Assassin
• SettTop · Fighter
• VarusBot · Marksman
• Xin ZhaoJungle · Fighter
• YuumiSupport · Enchanter
• ZaahenTop · Fighter

Difficulty 3 — 14 champions

• AmumuJungle · Tank
• BraumSupport · Tank
• BriarJungle · Fighter
• FioraTop · Fighter
• GravesJungle · Marksman
• MaokaiSupport · Tank
• OlafJungle · Fighter
• Rek'SaiJungle · Fighter
• RenektonTop · Fighter
• SorakaSupport · Enchanter
• TaricSupport · Tank
• VolibearTop · Fighter
• WarwickJungle · Fighter
• WukongTop · Fighter

Riot's "difficulty" field in Data Dragon 16.21.1. Four newer champions (Akshan, Rell, Seraphine, Vex) show 0 — unfilled data, not a rating — and are left out. Roles: where each champion is most played.

"Easy" champions Riot rates harder

Some champions everyone recommends to beginners score higher than you'd expect. That doesn't make them bad first picks — Garen is in Riot's own Battle Training — but they ask a little more:

• Garendifficulty 5
• Anniedifficulty 6
• Ashedifficulty 4
• Master Yidifficulty 4
• Leonadifficulty 4
• Blitzcrankdifficulty 4
• Branddifficulty 4
• Sonadifficulty 4
• Nunu & Willumpdifficulty 4

Which role to start with

How to get these champions cheaply

Before level 11, players get a special free champion rotation suited to newer players (it differs by region and changes occasionally), so you can try several before spending anything. Riot's Battle Training lets you choose between Ashe, Ryze and Garen. When you buy, Blue Essence goes a long way since Riot halved every price in 2025: the cheapest champions cost 225 BE, most cost 2,400 BE, and levelling from 2 to 10 alone gives 6,300 BE. The Blue Essence guide lists every price tier.

• 2champions rated difficulty 1
• 24champions rated 1 to 3
• 225 BEthe cheapest champion tier
• Level 11when the newer-player rotation ends

After your first champions

1. Play one role and two or three champions.

   Depth beats variety while you learn the map.

2. Learn last-hitting.

   The CS per minute guide shows what good farming looks like.

3. Take Flash plus your role's spell.

   See summoner spells explained.

4. Unlock ranked at level 30.

   You'll need 20 champions — how to unlock ranked.

Help getting started

• Build your first pool: 1-on-1 coaching — from $22.00 an hour.
• Your first ranked games: placement matches played well.

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