How to find your main champion in League of Legends: A 2025 guide

Choosing a main champion in League of Legends is one of the biggest hurdles to tackle when picking up the game. Finding a champion that is not only visually to your liking but also has the right identity and gameplay feel can be overwhelming, especially considering the ever-increasing roster of League of Legends champions available.

With over 170 champions, your “main” is the one you will generally default to playing, regardless of the team compositions or other factors. But how can you find the right one for you? 

In this guide, we’ll walk through a comprehensive process to help you discover your perfect champion – from exploring which roles suit you, to understanding your own strengths as a player, to navigating the current 2025 season with clarity.

Before we dive deeper into how to find your main champion, it’s important to understand the major changes brought to this season that are shaping the meta. 

In general terms, the current meta favours skirmishing and champions that are great around the teamfights. Moreover, there are a couple of picks out there that can be easily flexed across roles, giving you more opportunities to play the champion while you’re learning the game. 

While there isn’t a specific way to pinpoint your main champion, here is a practical and more analytical approach you can use to identify your main:

This is an extremely important step because it will help shape not only your main champion, but also potential alternatives. Below are the general responsibilities and tendencies behind every role: 

The best way to understand which role is best for you is straightforward: play. You will need a few games to understand the differences, but you should quickly realise which ones do not work for you. 

While choosing the role is essential, it’s only the first step. Within each role, there are different classes of champions that can be played, each coming with clear strengths and weaknesses. 

Previously, we mentioned how skirmishes are important in the current 2025 season so champions that excel there will be more optimal. By applying this logic, it would be better to initially look into brawlers and tanks, which are generally good in teamfighting scenarios. 

Not everyone, however, is suited for constant teamfighting. If you’re not a highly mechanical player, then champions with friendly kits and straightforward designs will be preferred as they will be more forgiving when you mess up the combos or the plays.

Try to understand what your individual strengths are too, and how those can be applied in the roles you want to focus on. 

League of Legends is a game where practice makes perfect, or at least leads to improvement. Once you have chosen champions that pique your interest, study their abilities by watching their abilities rundown and kit explanation so you get a clearer idea of how the champion should and can be played.

After that, head to the Practice Tool in the game client to “feel the abilities” and test the basic combos. Once you’ve got a good idea of how the champion works, you can jump into a League game and see how it works in a realistic game environment. One game will rarely be enough, so try a minimum of five games.

This is one of the most overlooked aspects in the game. A champion that feels good might not always be the best choice initially. Always check the stats and how you have performed at the end of the game, and use analytical tools for a more detailed breakdown. 

A main should be a champion where you not only feel confident playing it, but it’s also one where you are consistently performing well, even when the game state might not be ideal. Prioritise your impact in the game and focus on the elements you can control.

Once you have figured out which picks are more likely to be part of your arsenal, watching professional or high-level players’ gameplay of those champions can be highly beneficial. You will have a better visualisation of your champion’s gameplay, including trading patterns, combos, and role in every game. 

If you want to understand how the champion works in a coordinated environment, study professional players. If you’re looking to hone your mechanics, watching the best one-trick ponies (OTPs) of the selected champion will be more effective.

Finding your main champion in League of Legends is a process of discovery, and it can take time. Try not to rush the process and absorb as much knowledge as possible, even from the failed choices. 

While sticking to the meta can be good in the short term, it’s always better to have picks you can be confident in, especially after tough losses. Find something that you enjoy playing first, and then the one you are most successful with. When those two are aligned, you will have found your main in League of Legends.