Riot Games has finally revealed its new League of Legends champion today – void jungler Bel’Veth.
The Void Empress Bel’Veth was first teased earlier this year and now her name has been confirmed in a new biography, short story and cinematic.
She will hit the Rift in Patch 12.11 which is expected to launch on June 8th 2022.
Bel’Veth appears in this video announcement featuring fellow void League of Legends champion, ADC Kai’Sa. In it, the two cross paths and Bel’Veth talks of being “the end of your world, and the beginning of mine”.
Bel’Veth abilities
You can see Bel’Veth’s abilities in action on the LoL Twitter here.
Passive – Death in Lavender
After using an ability, Bel’Veth’s next 2 attacks have increased attack speed. Additionally, whenever Bel’veth takes down a large monster or champion she gains permanent bonus Attack speed in the form of Lavender stacks. Bel’Veth attacks faster than normal and does not have an attack speed cap, however, her attacks and on-hit effects deal reduced damage and she does not gain attack speed on level up.
Q – Void Surge
Bel’Veth dashes in one of four directions, dealing damage to all enemies she passes through and applying on-hit effects. Each direction has its own unique cooldown that scales with attack speed.
W – Above and Below
Bel’Veth slams her tail down, dealing damage, knocking up, and slowing enemies hit. Upon hitting an enemy champion, this ability reduces Q – Void Surge’s dash cooldown in the direction of the champion hit.
E – Royal Maelstrom
Bel’Veth channels a storm of slashes around her, gaining damage reduction and increased life steal. Each slash strikes the lowest health enemy within her Maelstrom, dealing more damage the more health they are missing. The amount of slashes scales with her attack speed.
R – Endless Banquet
Passive: Every second attack against the same target deals additional True Damage, stacking infinitely. Takedowns against Epic Monsters and Champions leave behind a piece of Void Coral. Epic Monsters from the Void like Rift Herald and Baron Nashor drop special, voidier Void Coral.
Active: Bel’veth consumes a piece of Void Coral and explodes, slowing and dealing True Damage to nearby enemies based on their missing health. Upon consuming Void Coral, Bel’Veth temporarily changes into her True Form. Consuming Void Coral left by Epic Monsters from the Void (Rift Herald and Baron Nashor) grants Bel’Veth her true form for an extended duration and causes minions that die in her presence to be reborn as faithful Voidlings. These are small minions that will serve Bel’Veth by marching down the lane in which they were spawned.
True Form: When Bel’Veth unleashes her True Form, she gains increased max health, out-of-combat move speed, attack range, and total attack speed. While in her True Form, she also gains the ability to dash through walls with Q – Void Surge.
Bel’Veth splash art
The Battle Boss Bel’Veth skin has also been revealed.
Riot has also updated the splash art of several void champions, including on Kai’Sa’s page on the League of Legends Universe site, where viewers can click two interactive parts of the splash art – on Kai’Sa’s cheek and on a nearby butterfly. Clicking each will display short teasers.
The splash art of Kassadin, another void champion in League of Legends, has also been updated, with remora-like creatures nearby.
Another void champion, Malzahar, has also been linked with Bel’Veth.
Bel’Veth’s bio
Riot sent through Bel’Veth’s biography to press, and we’ve included some of it below:
“Fascinated by the world of existence and eager to create one for herself, Bel’Veth is like a dark cancer that has metastasized within the heart of the Void, through which all of Runeterra will be consumed and rebuilt in her own twisted image.
“She hungers for new experiences, memories, and concepts in vast amounts, devouring whole cities and their populations before repurposing the information into a sprawling alien landscape known as the Lavender Sea.
“Yet even the Void is not safe from her voracity as she spreads within it like a primordial ocean, forcing all before her to submit to her world of want… or be destroyed. Though Bel’Veth is new to Runterra, her birth is untold millennia in the making – the end result of an allergic reaction between the Void and a nascent reality.
“To those who displease her, they will find her human form to be merely adaptational – nerve endings, muscles, and eyestalks – as she unfurls her titanic wings to reveal her true, monstrous figure. Ironically, the ancient Shurimans had a word for such a concept. Loosely translated to “God of Oblivion,” it was a tribal myth of a remorseless deity who would erase all things without hatred, replacing them with itself. They named the city of Belveth after it, though the true meaning was lost after many hundreds of years.Lost to all, perhaps, save for the creature that city has become.”
Bel’Veth’s in-game abilities have not yet been revealed, but we’ll update this article with them when they have.
Bel’Veth joins two other LoL champions that have launched in 2022: Zeri and Renata Glasc.
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