Champions who excel at starting team fights.
Champions tagged with Initiator share a similar playstyle.
Use this list to discover new picks that fit how you like to play and expand your champion pool around this tag.
Best Initiator Champions – Recommended Picks by Role
Alistar
SUPPORT
#1
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
Q ➜ W ➜ E ➜ R
Items
Celestial Opposition
Boots of Swiftness
Enhances Move Speed and reduces the effect of slows
Locket of the Iron Solari
Activate to shield nearby allies from damage
Zeke's Convergence
Grants you and your ally bonuses when you cast your ultimate.
Knight's Vow
Partner with an ally to protect each other
Thornmail
Runes
Aftershock
After immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you.
Font of Life
Impairing the movement of an enemy champion heals nearby allied champions.
Bone Plating
After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.Duration: 1.5sCooldown: 55s
Unflinching
Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.
Hextech Flashtraption
While Flash is on cooldown it is replaced by Hexflash.Hexflash: Channel, then blink to a new location.
Cosmic Insight
+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste
Blitzcrank
SUPPORT
#2
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
Q ➜ E ➜ W ➜ R
Items
Celestial Opposition
Boots of Swiftness
Enhances Move Speed and reduces the effect of slows
Locket of the Iron Solari
Activate to shield nearby allies from damage
Zeke's Convergence
Grants you and your ally bonuses when you cast your ultimate.
Thornmail
Shurelya's Battlesong
Activate to speed up nearby allies.
Runes
Glacial Augment
Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays that slow nearby enemies and reduce their damage to your allies.
Hextech Flashtraption
While Flash is on cooldown it is replaced by Hexflash.Hexflash: Channel, then blink to a new location.
Biscuit Delivery
Gain a free Biscuit every 2 min, until 6 min. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health and restores health.
Cosmic Insight
+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste
Nimbus Cloak
After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a short Move Speed increase that allows you to pass through units.
Celerity
All Move Speed bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.
Fiddlesticks
SUPPORT
#3
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
W ➜ Q ➜ E ➜ R
Items
Zaz'Zak's Realmspike
Sorcerer's Shoes
Enhances Move Speed and magic damage
Malignance
Partner with an ally to protect each other
Zhonya's Hourglass
Activate to become invincible but unable to take actions
Liandry's Torment
Charge up in combat to deal high damage over time, especially against durable enemies
Shadowflame
Runes
Electrocute
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
Cheap Shot
Deal bonus true damage to enemy champions with impaired movement or actions.
Grisly Mementos
Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total.Gain 6 Trinket Haste for each collected.
Ultimate Hunter
Unique takedowns grant permanent cooldown reduction on your Ultimate.
Axiom Arcanist
Your Ultimate has increased damage, healing, and shielding. Scoring a takedown on an enemy champion reduces your Ultimate's current cooldown.
Transcendence
Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level 8: +5 Ability Haste Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.
Galio
SUPPORT
#4
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
Q ➜ W ➜ E ➜ R
Items
Celestial Opposition
Plated Steelcaps
Enhances Move Speed and reduces incoming basic attack damage
Locket of the Iron Solari
Activate to shield nearby allies from damage
Thornmail
Frozen Heart
Massively increases Armor and slows enemy basic attacks
Protoplasm Harness
Runes
Stormraider's Surge
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
Manaflow Band
Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.
Transcendence
Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level 8: +5 Ability Haste Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.
Scorch
Your first damaging ability hit every 10s burns champions.
Second Wind
After taking damage from an enemy champion heal back some missing health over time.
Unflinching
Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.
Nautilus
SUPPORT
#5
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
Q ➜ W ➜ E ➜ R
Items
Celestial Opposition
Plated Steelcaps
Enhances Move Speed and reduces incoming basic attack damage
Locket of the Iron Solari
Activate to shield nearby allies from damage
Knight's Vow
Partner with an ally to protect each other
Thornmail
Kaenic Rookern
Runes
Aftershock
After immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you.
Shield Bash
Whenever you gain a shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals bonus adaptive damage.
Bone Plating
After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.Duration: 1.5sCooldown: 55s
Unflinching
Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.
Biscuit Delivery
Gain a free Biscuit every 2 min, until 6 min. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health and restores health.
Cosmic Insight
+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste
Rakan
SUPPORT
#6
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Heal
Restores Health and grants Move Speed to you and target allied champion.
Spell Order
W ➜ E ➜ Q ➜ R
Items
Celestial Opposition
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Increases Move Speed and Cooldown Reduction
Zeke's Convergence
Grants you and your ally bonuses when you cast your ultimate.
Locket of the Iron Solari
Activate to shield nearby allies from damage
Knight's Vow
Partner with an ally to protect each other
Redemption
Activate to heal allies and damage enemies in an area
Runes
Guardian
Guard allies you cast spells on and those that are very nearby. If you or a guarded ally would take damage based on level, you're both granted a shield.
Font of Life
Impairing the movement of an enemy champion heals nearby allied champions.
Bone Plating
After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.Duration: 1.5sCooldown: 55s
Unflinching
Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.
Sixth Sense
On a long Cooldown, automatically sense a nearby untracked and unseen ward, tracking it for the team. Level 11: Also reveal the ward for 10s.
Ultimate Hunter
Unique takedowns grant permanent cooldown reduction on your Ultimate.