Every League of Legends Worlds anthem, ranked

It’s that time of year again when League of Legends players and fans across the world come together for the League of Legends World Championships. The annual tournament is also well-known for the anthem that accompanies it every year. 

The LoL anthems are the official theme songs for the championship. They are known for being big, bombastic tunes designed to get players and fans hyped for the competition. The songs usually come with animated music videos that tell a story, creating an additional narrative layer to the anthem concept. 

At the time of writing, October 2025, 12 anthems have been released since the League of Legends World Championships began. We’re going to be ranking them all, including the most recent 2025 song. Keep in mind that each of these songs is excellent in its own way, but some reflect the game, competition and the players better than others. 

When ranking the League of Legends anthems, there are a few factors we have considered. The first is the community response to each of the songs, including polls and Reddit post tier lists. We also considered data from AOTY.org, a social music catalogue application and music review aggregator that offers reviews from both professional music reviewers and fan communities. 

Another factor is the accompanying music videos. The videos are just as important as the music, as they act as one of the two major storytelling features of each anthem (along with the lyrics). If a music video doesn’t fit the song or the lyrics, creating an emotional connection with a song is extremely difficult, so it’s certainly an important factor. 

Being able to tie in thematically with the general concepts of League of Legends and its characters is also pivotal, as is the impact that an anthem has had since it was released. With all this in mind, let’s get into our ranking of the League of Legends Worlds anthems. 

STAR WALKIN’ is far from a bad song, but it doesn’t fit well with the other anthems. The song is quite reserved, with a soft yet upbeat hip hop beat that corresponds well with the hand-drawn anime-style animation of the music video. However, the lyrics can be a bit uninspired.

The song could have been a great way to connect fans of Lil Nas X who didn’t know of or weren’t interested in League of Legends with the esports tournament, but the differences between the song with the other anthems was too much for established LoL fans to accept. Despite this being a good song in its own right, it tends to slink into the shadows in comparison to the other songs created for the tournament. 

Take Over is another song that feels a little low-key when compared to the other more lively tunes on this list, even if its chorus does have an addictive electro beat. It’s one of those songs that gets stuck in your head the more you listen to it, but it doesn’t reach the heights it could have, even with an awesome Mandarin Chinese rap from K-pop and R&B singer and rapper Henry Lau. The lyrics about taking over do reflect the tournament well, but it feels a little less emotionally resonant than other lyrics from other anthems. 

Ignite often gets a bad rap as a League of Legends anthem for its overtly EDM nature. While it isn’t as emotionally charged as other songs because of this club-like vibe, Ignite still makes our top 10 due to its ability to create hype with a single listen. It features a basic, yet fun beat that escalates throughout each verse and becomes a techno lover’s dream in the chorus. It’s fun, and it suits the excitement that surrounds the Worlds, but that’s about all it does. 

Much like Ignite, Burn It All Down has a major EDM beat that amps up the hype factor for the song, though PVRIS’s vocals add a softness that stops it from veering more into total clubland territory. The music video features some incredible animation, but the problem here is that the animation is so good that it takes away from the song. People probably watch the official video for the visuals alone rather than for both the song and visuals, so we can’t rank Burn It All Down any higher. 

Worlds Collide is much like Ignite in that it is a LoL anthem that isn’t always favoured as much as others. For Worlds Collide, this is usually because it is the only song that doesn’t have an animated music video. Forming a connection with a song is, of course, absolutely possible without visual stimulus, but it can make it more difficult. However, Nicki Taylor’s vocals, epic lyrics (“can we bring to fall the giants” is particularly powerful), and the swelling orchestrals make Worlds Collide a fantastic anthem that is fondly remembered even after a decade. 

Phoenix is a fantastic song with lyrics that resonate with the League of Legends world, focusing on the need for the heroes to face their demons to survive, such as the lyrics, “So are you gonna die today or make it out alive? You gotta conquer the monster in your head, and then you’ll fly.” The music video is also unique, blending animation with live action to show real-life players and heroes from LoL. It’s a great anthem for League of Legends and is still loved by fans. 

Sacrifice is the LoL Worlds anthem 2025, and although it hasn’t been out very long at the time of writing, it features all the classic staples of a great LoL Worlds song. Sacrifice is an epic, cinematic tune about the strife of sacrifice, representing the sacrifices that pro players make to try and win the Summoners Cup. 

The music video has an animation style the same as that seen in the popular Arcane animated series, which is based on League of Legends, and it works particularly well with the song itself. There is also a touching reference to the retired pro LoL player Shushei, who passed away in April 2025 after a battle with cancer. An animated version of him is seen lifting the Summoners Cup, which is a particularly moving memorial. 

NewJeans are about as girly pop as you can get in terms of music, so it’s no surprise that the K-Pop girl group caused a stir when they were confirmed to be the artists of the 2023 LoL Worlds anthem. However, the song turned out to be far from a saccharine sweet pop tune. 

GODS is another cinematic, epic song with lyrics that tell of the struggles of reaching the top. The animation in the video is once again top-notch, and the vocals from the NewJeans members are perfectly suited for the song’s epic style. 

Heavy Is The Crown was the first pure rock outing for a LoL anthem, and it was also one of the first songs for Linkin Park with new vocalist Emily Armstrong after the passing of Chester Bennington. The song’s lyrics reflect on the pressures that come with maintaining the top spot, “This is what you asked for. Heavy is the crown.” 

The lyrics pose an interesting question: when you get everything you wanted, can you truly handle the responsibility that comes with that? The lyrics also fit Armstrong’s role in Linkin Park after its regroup, adding even more layers to the song that expand beyond the League of Legends world. 

Chrissy Constanza’s first foray into the League of Legends anthems was with Against the Current for Legends Never Die, and it’s undoubtedly one of the best anthems. The song’s lyrics focus on picking yourself up and getting back on your feet again, even if things look dire, with the hook being that you need to do so because “Legends never die.” These are the kind of cinematic, heroic and inspirational lyrics that a LoL anthem needs for fans, players and pros to truly feel those high stakes.

RISE is another song that depicts an epic journey in both its visuals and lyrics. The song opens with,“Welcome to a world of heroes and villains”, and that’s exactly what the rest of the anthem sounds like. The electric rock sound is perfectly suited to this and emphasises that feeling that you’ve been pulled into the League of Legends fantasy world. What more can you ask for an anthem for the world championships? The animation is also stellar, with a narrative that shows the pros scaling mountains and turbulent terrains to reach the Summoners Cup. 

Warriors was the very first League of Legends Worlds anthem, and it takes the top spot due to just how iconic it is and how well it suits its role as a LoL Worlds theme. The lyrics of Warriors are about as epic as they come, telling the story of heroes who, “built this land from dust.” The constantly building rock tune culminates in an epic orchestral crescendo that is enough to get even the most blasé people hyped up. 

The music video is pretty inspirational too, showing a team losing their comp games but refusing to give up until they eventually reach the final. This is an anthem that isn’t only associated with League of Legends. It has been used in trailers and television shows too, such as the South Korean drama Sweet Home. With such influence and impact, Warriors has to be our number one pick for the best League of Legends Worlds anthem. 

That’s our ranked list of all the LoL World anthems as of 2025. Different songs appeal to different people, so there’s a good chance that you won’t agree with every ranking. However, it can’t be denied that every song here has made its mark as a crucial part of League of Legends history.