League of Legends has announced its latest champion: Bel’Veth, the Empress of the Void. She apparently aims to live up to that name. In addition to classic Void abilities that allow her to zip around, she also has the ability to attack faster. Infinitely fast even, if you let her.
Who is the champion? Bel’Veth was already teased with a trailer in advance. She hails from the Void and in the story of Runeterra, the world behind LoL, she devours entire cities to shape her own world.
In League of Legends, she is a fighter who feels at home in the jungle. She benefits from killing monsters and champions and comes with some particularly useful abilities to enable dangerous “ganks”:
- Death in Lavender (passive) – Increases attack speed for killing monsters and champions. After using an ability, her attack speed is increased for 2 attacks.
- Void Surge (Q) – Bel’Veth sprints in one of four directions, dealing damage to all targets she crosses. Each direction has separate cooldowns.
- Death from Above (W) – Enemies in an area take damage and are knocked up. Hit enemies reduce the cooldown of Void Tide.
- Royal Maelstrom (E) – Bel’Veth channels a storm that hits enemies with the lowest health around her. She gains damage reduction and lifesteal.
- Ultimate: Endless Banquet (R) – Every second attack against the same target deals true damage. Killing champions and epic monsters grants Void Corals. Bel’Veth can consume the corals to activate her “True Form”, which grants increased health, speed, attack speed, and range.
You can also find the abilities on the official LoL blog. In the video, you can see Bel’Veth’s abilities in action:
Where does the attack speed come from? Bel’Veth’s passive ability can theoretically stack infinitely. This means that with enough time, she will eventually have infinitely high attack speed.
The entire character revolves around the speed of her attacks. The cooldown of the Q is thus reduced, and the frequency of hits in her E is increased. Accordingly, it makes sense that her passive contributes to this kit.
Sounds OP – But is she?
Bel’Veth does not gain attack speed through leveling up, and her attacks and hit effects deal less damage. This means she is more or less reliant on her passive. However, there are still factors at play here that we do not yet fully understand.
We still do not know exactly how the skill stacks and how much attack speed she really gains per stack, or if the value only increases slowly after a certain point.
In any case, you can assume that Bel’Veth becomes stronger throughout a match and that you shouldn’t take too much time. However, it will also likely be nearly impossible for good players to ever bring her to “infinite attack speed”.
Then again, Bel’Veth apparently poses a great danger, as her story trailer shows:
How difficult it will ultimately be to play Bel’Veth and how strong she really becomes will be revealed when she finally launches. She is set to arrive alongside patch 12.11 on June 8 or 9, 2022.
If you want to play the new jungler, it’s worth preparing for the role now. Because jungling is considered the least favorite role for solo players, basically the zonk in LoL.
Nevertheless, the position remains incredibly important, as the jungler can decide the outcome of victory and defeat. If you help your lanes or can carry the team yourself, victory is assured. If your opponent is stronger or you can’t balance your teammates, you lose. One tip helps you:
LoL: This tip is hardly revealed by any guide, but it will make you a better jungler
