Summary
- League of Legends remains a top competitive game for new players, with accessible champions like Sona and Janna.
- Beginner-friendly champions like Lux and Soraka offer simplicity and effectiveness in key roles for new players.
- Champions like Vi and Garen provide viable options with easy mechanics for players learning the game.
Despite the age of League of Legends and its competitive scene, it remains one of the premier competitive games on the market right now. So, it should come as no surprise that many new players enter such a complex world and struggle to make a foothold in it due to its massive champion pool.
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Despite this, League of Legends can actually be an incredibly accessible and fun competitive game for those with the time and knowledge to make it far into the scene. This begs the question, then: who are the best and most accessible champions for new players in League of Legends?
Updated January 18, 2025 by George Voutiritsas: League of Legends has been around for more than a decade, and millions of people continue to play it every single day. Like any popular multiplayer game, League sees an influx of new players over the course of each year, and some of those players get overwhelmed because of all the different items. It does not help that there are now 170 Champions who all fit a designated role. Some Champions are very hard to use, and beginners should avoid them until they gain more confidence and experience.
Luckily, there are several Champions that beginners would love because of how simple they are. Veteran players know who the best beginner-friendly Champions are, but other Champions also fit that description, and a few more of them have been added to this list with its latest update.
32 Sona: Maven Of The Strings
A Healer Who Can Shield & Speed Boost By Simply Pressing Two Buttons
- Release Date: September 21, 2010
- Main Role: Support
Sona does not have a lot of health, and she can be taken out fairly quickly by assassins, but she is a very effective and easy Support. Her abilities consume a great deal of mana early on, but they are all simple to use. She can heal her allies and give them a shield when her passive is active, and she can give everyone a speed boost. The best thing about these spells is the fact that they are not skill shots.
The only spell that requires skill is her Ultimate, and even then it is hard to miss because it travels in a straight line. If landed, it will stun every enemy hit. As the game progresses, Sona will need to keep her allies alive during team fights, but that is not hard because her spells will have short cooldowns.
31 Seraphine: The Starry-Eyed Songstress
A Support Mage Who Can Heal, Shield, Slow With Minimal Difficulty
- Release Date: October 29, 2020
- Main Role: Support
A segment of the League of Legends community views Seraphine as a reworked Sona because her kit is basically an updated version of Sona's. Seraphine can shield allies and increase their movement speed by simply clicking a button. Every third cast causes the spell to heal her allies as well. Seraphine cannot inflict point-and-click damage like Sona, but she can hurl a soundwave, which is easy to aim.
When it comes to crowd control, Seraphine can fire a heavy soundwave that travels in a straight line and slows and/or roots enemies. Her Ultimate travels in a straight line just like Sona's, and it covers roughly the same area of effect. This ultimate slows enemy Champions and charms them into Seraphine's team, where they can be attacked for almost two seconds.
30 Janna: The Storm's Fury
A Versatile Support With A Single Skill Shot
- Release Date: September 2, 2009
- Main Role: Support
Janna is a useful Support who is typically used by players in higher ranks, but that does not mean she is difficult to play. Her abilities are very simple, and her Q is the only Spell that can be considered a skill shot. It produces a tornado, and when it finishes charging, it heads in a straight line to knock up anyone in its path.
Her W is a point-and-click ability that damages and slows a single enemy, and her E just shields a designated ally. Janna's Ultimate is extremely easy to use because the Summoner just needs to press R. It will automatically push enemies away and it automatically heals Janna and her allies.
29 Blitzcrank: The Great Steam Golem
A Tank With A Simple Pull-Oriented Kit
- Release Date: September 2, 2009
- Main Role: Support
It is true that Blitzcrank's lore has been retconned, but he is still an effective support who is simple to use. When someone plays Blitz, their primary goal is to pull an enemy Champion toward their team. Blitz then knocks the pulled player into the air to keep them stationary a bit longer.
This pull is great for picking players off during team fights, and Blitz can speed himself up to get close before he pulls. He gets a passive shield that absorbs damage when his health gets low, and his Ultimate is simple because it releases an energy burst that briefly silences every enemy around him.
28 Caitlyn: The Sheriff Of Piltover
A Strong Marksman With Straightforward Attacks & A Lock-On Ultimate
- Release Date: January 4, 2011
- Main Role: ADC
ADCs are meant to carry games, and Caitlyn can definitely carry if she has the right items. As far as actual playstyle is concerned, she is very easy to use because the majority of her damage comes from her basic attacks.
She shoots a bullet in a long straight line that can clear minions and deal damage, and she can cast a net that always pushes her backward. She can lay traps down with a simple point-and-click motion, and her Ultimate is a lock-on, so she does not even need to aim to hit anything.
27 Master Yi: The Wuju Bladesman
His Entire Kit Revolves Around His Alpha Strike Spell
- Release Date: February 21, 2009
- Main Role: Jungle
Master Yi may not be the strongest Champion in LoL's lore, but he can decimate teams in low elo. Yi can heal in place, and when he does so, he takes half as much damage. The rest of his kit revolves around his primary spell.
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Alpha Strike allows him to mark a nearby target and he can then strike up to three visible targets in quick succession. He cannot be hit by enemies during this attack, and his Ultimate and E help to empower and reset Alpha Strike. All Yi needs is attack speed, and he is good to go.
26 Warwick: The Uncaged Wrath Of Zaun
A Jungler Who Is Designed To Charge Into The Enemy Team & Heal
- Release Date: February 21, 2009
- Main Role: Jungle
Warwick is one of the many League of Legends Champions that appear in Netflix's Arcane, and he is one of the best junglers in the game. Warwick clears jungle camps very quickly because his Q is a claw attack that restores some of his missing health. He can fear any enemy by simply pressing his E twice. Warwick's Ultimate is his only skill shot, but it latches onto the first enemy that crosses his path. It can also be used to leap away from danger.
Warwick works best as a tank, but he needs at least one healing item. Sundered Sky is the best item for this purpose, because it increases the healing effect of Warwick's Q. Warwick is designed to charge into the enemy team, so his kit revolves around melee attacks. Fortunately, Warwick's basic attacks speed up when targeting an enemy with low health. Warwick's kit is easy to learn, and it allows new players to learn the basics of ganking and teamfight initiation.
25 Kayle: The Righteous
A Ranged Top Laner Who Relies Entirely On Basic Attacks & Point-And-Click Abilities
- Release Date: February 21, 2009
- Main Role: Top Lane
Top Lane is usually dominated by Tanks and Juggernauts, but Kayle can shred them all if the game goes on long enough. She can grant invulnerability with her Ultimate, and best of all, it is a simple point-and-click ability. Kayle's other abilities empower her basic attacks and provide healing. She can also toss a projectile in a straight line
Thanks to her Passive, Kayle becomes more powerful as she levels, and she will have gained permanent attack speed and range by the time she reaches level 16. It may be hard for Kayle to survive in the early game, but when she reaches 16, she is a pure basic attack Champion who needs to Ult herself. This means that she needs items that grant life steal and attack speed.
24 Sivir: The Battle Mistress
An ADC Who Can Protect Herself With A Single Button, And Increase Her Attack & Movement Speed The Same Way
- Release Date: February 21, 2009
- Main Role: ADC
Sivir is one of League's original Champions, and she has not been changed all that much because her abilities are both simple and effective. She is one of the more versatile ADCs because she can protect herself with a shield that blocks an enemy spell.
Her Ultimate is straightforward, as it increases her movement speed and the movement speed of her allies, and the cooldown of her other spells gets reduced when she attacks. Her other spells include a boomerang throw, which travels in a straight line, and a special basic attack which ricochets onto multiple targets.
23 Vex: The Gloomist
A Fear-Inducing Yordle With Straightforward Attacks
- Release Date: September 21, 2021
- Main Role: Mid Lane
Of all the Champions that have been released in the past two years, Vex is by far the easiest and most balanced. She can fear enemy minions and Champions with her spells because of her Passive - which periodically refreshes. Her Q is simple because it shoots a wave in a straight line, and it deals damage to everything it hits.
By simply pressing W, she can simultaneously shield herself and deal damage, and she can toss an explosive shadow with E by pointing at the ground. Her Ultimate can easily miss because it moves in a straight line, but if it hits someone, she can dash into the enemy and deal damage. This spell will refresh if the enemy is defeated.