July 25, 2025

Lich Class Preview

Master the Dark Arts (and the Undead)

Last month, during our Friday the 13th event, we announced that the Lich Class would arrive this Summer... and the time is almost here! A lot of you have been dying to get your hands on this one, so get ready to raise the stakes (and the dead). Log in August 1st for chills, skills, and a skull-cracking good evil time! 

Lich Class Overview

Lich is an endgame scaled version of the existing Necromancer class, playing similarly but with some powerful new tools in its kit. These include bonus damage to Humans, a Decay, Magic Resistance shred, a couple more skeletons, and a "second life" mechanic!

How to Unlock the Lich Class

Lich Class can only be obtained in the /moreskulls map during the Friday the 13th period.* To unlock the class, you'll have to complete Grimskull & Noxus' class quest, which requires the following:

• Level 80+.
• Rank 10 Doomwood.
• Klaatu's Necronomicon (coming next week to /necroproject).
• Verata's Necronomicon (obtained in /gaolcell, requires rank 10 Grimskull Trolling).
• Nicto's Necronomicon (obtained in /moreskulls).
• The most valuable thing of all (don't worry, you already have this, no extra farming requirements here).

* For the initial class release this next month, the /lichwar and /moreskulls maps will re-open for everyone from August 1 - 18th. That gives all level 80+ heroes a fighting chance to obtain the Class.

The maps are normally open to everyone during the week before and after a Friday the 13th event. Outside of those periods, they are locked to members and owners of the "Portal to Friday the 13th" house item.

Lich Details

Description: Recommended enhancement: Wizard. Only in death can you truly embrace the darkness that lies within you. Channel it to raise an army of the dead and lead an assault across Lore. The darkest power is now yours!
Stat Model: Offensive Caster
Mana Regen: Liches gain mana when they:

• Strike an enemy in combat (more effective on crits)
• Are struck by an enemy in combat
• Use Vital Sacrifice (restores 20 mana)

Combat Skills:

Hex

Rank needed: 1 / Auto Attack
Target: Enemy
Max Targets: 1
Type: 100% Physical
Range: Long
Cooldown: 2 seconds

Unleash a miasma of death, dealing physical damage based on your Spell Power. Applies Death Blight to Humans, an 8 second DoT that stacks to 25.

Undead Assault

Rank needed: 1
Target: Enemy
Max Targets: 1
Type: 125% Magical
Range: Long
Mana Cost: 20
Cooldown: 6 seconds

Attack alongside your army. Deals double damage if Ex Mortis is active.

Wither

Rank needed: 2
Target: Enemy
Max Target: 1
Type: 190% Magical
Range: Long
Mana Cost: 20
Cooldown: 5 seconds

Leech life from your target, dealing damage based on Attack Power while healing you. Applies Withered for 8 seconds, reducing your target's outgoing damage by 40% and Crit Chance and Dodge by 20%. If Ex Mortis is active, applies Necrotic Curse for 8 seconds, reducing your target's Magic Resistance by 40%, and Decay for 2 seconds, negating all non lifesteal healing received.

Vital Sacrifice

Rank needed: 3
Target: Self
Type: 70% Magical 
Mana Cost: 0
Cooldown: 1.5 seconds

Convert your life force into energy, damaging yourself based on Attack Power and restoring 20 mana. If Ex Mortis is active, applies Necrotic Edge, increasing your Crit Chance by 20% and reducing mana costs by 25% for 10 seconds.

Army of the Dead

Rank needed: 5
Target: Self
Mana Cost: 40 
Cooldown: 3 seconds

Summons an army of undead minions to your side (only appears if summoned outside of combat). Applies Deathly Frenzy, increasing your outgoing damage by 150% for 10 seconds. You conjure your darkest magic, applying Ex Mortis which empowers the next skill you use.

Passive Skills

Death's Protection

Rank needed: 4
Type: Passive
Damage Resistance and DoT Resistance increased by 30%.

Death's Enchantment

Rank needed: 4
Type: Passive
Haste increased by 30% and Hit Chance increased by 20%.

Beyond Death

Rank needed: 10
Type: Passive
Upon taking lethal damage, negate that instance of damage and apply Survived Death, fully restoring your health and mana. This effect can only occur once every 45 seconds.

Conclusion

When creating Lich, the goal was to improve the soloing performance of Necromancer while (mostly) preserving the way its skills interact with HP and MP.

One of the more notable changes is that Skill 5 can now empower Lich's other skills, granting you access to a new arsenal of effects to use in battle. The self damage and Self DoT on Skill 5 have also been removed, alongside a reduction in cooldown. This means you can frequently empower your other skills without a direct risk to your health, as long as you have enough mana to do so.

Lich also introduces a new mechanic to the game. Upon reaching rank 10, you unlock the Beyond Death passive. This essentially functions as a second life, where if your HP would reach 0, you'll instead fully heal, with the effect going on cooldown afterwards. Liches are known to be hard to kill, so we wanted to give the class something to reflect that characteristic.

Noxus and Grimskull may have fought over the title of Lore's Best Lich, but now it's your turn. Show them who the true Master of the Undead is! (Just pretend that one guy in the Underworld doesn't exist for now.)