League of Legends Honor System Overhaul: A Step Towards Better Player Behavior in 2025
League of Legends is set to introduce significant updates to its Honor system in 2025, aiming to foster a more positive in-game environment.
For years, League of Legends' honour system has struggled to achieve its goal: encouraging consistent good behaviour among players. While the system offers occasional rewards like Honour Orbs and capsules, its impact has often felt minimal. However, Riot Games has announced a major overhaul arriving in 2025, and this update has the potential to create meaningful changes.
The Current State of the Honor System
Introduced in its current form in 2022, the Honour system rewards players who demonstrate positive behaviour throughout the season. Players can earn key fragments, honour capsules, and exclusive skins from the "Three Honours" line. However, progression has often felt tied more to game frequency than actual positive conduct. Achieving Honour Level 5 the system's highest tier feels less like a badge of honour and more like a predictable milestone for frequent players.
What’s changing in 2025?
The 2025 update will integrate Honor Rewards more closely with League’s upcoming Battle Pass system. Instead of scattered key fragment drops, higher honour levels will now yield substantial Battle Pass XP bonuses.
- Honor Level 4: Players will gain access to enhanced pings and emotes, signifying Riot's trust in their responsible use.
- Honor Level 5: The highest tier offers exclusive chat emblems, unique recall animations, and access to seasonal Three Honours skins.
These changes aim to make Honour Rewards more appealing while streamlining them into League's broader progression ecosystem.
Penalties for Poor Behavior
The revamped Honour system also introduces stricter consequences for negative behaviour:
- Honor Level 2: Players lose access to All Chat.
- Honor Level 1: Communication is restricted to team chat only.
While these measures are a step forward, some argue that harsher penalties like completely disabling chat for consistently toxic players could further improve the system's effectiveness.
Balancing Incentives and Penalties
Exclusive skins and enhanced chat privileges provide enticing rewards for positive behaviour, but the real test lies in whether these changes can truly motivate players to maintain a consistently friendly attitude. League of Legends has long suffered from a fragmented reward structure filled with keys, tokens, and event passes, and this Honour system update could serve as a blueprint for streamlining progression goals.
Looking Ahead
The upcoming changes to the Honor system show Riot's commitment to addressing long-standing behavioural issues within League of Legends. While there’s still room for improvement, aligning Honour rewards with the Battle Pass system may finally give players a clearer and more rewarding path to positive play.
With these updates currently being tested on the PBE, players can expect a more refined and impactful Honour system when the new season launches in 2025. Whether these adjustments will truly transform the League experience remains to be seen, but they undoubtedly represent a step in the right direction.
