Publisher and developer Riot Games today shared more details about the Challenges system that’s headed to free-to-play MOBA League of Legends when patch 12.9 drops later this year.
Challenges add an additional layer of progression for all of LoL’s players, focusing on showcasing their achievements in and out of the game.
“We think that every game, win or lose, has something worth celebrating! Maybe you pulled off some sick early game jungle invades, maybe you finally hit mastery level 5 on your tenth assassin, or maybe you teamed up with some friends and rocked all Freljord champions because Summoner’s Rift is a mode best served cold,” said Senior Design Lead Jordan Checkman. “League is about much more than just winning and losing and that is what we want to celebrate with Challenges.”
LoL’s Challenges system has benefitted from an extended stay on the PBE, during which time it received a number of changes, including updates to the way they’re grouped and sorted, visual language updates, and more.
They’re meant to “help tell a story of your League experience,” giving you additional tools to “craft your unique identity.” You can read this article for a deeper dive into the system’s structure and check out the short list below, which includes a few of the Challenges you’ll find in-game.
- Pop Goes the Poro: Cause a Poro to explode in ARAM and earn the title “Poroyalty”
- Give ‘em Shell, Shelly: Take Turrets with Rift Herald (aka Shelly)
- Icon of the Rift: Obtain 100 Summoner Icons and you can become “Iconic”
- Stacks on Stacks on Stacks: Fully stack Mejai’s Soulstealer before 20 minutes
- Superior Supporting: Finish your support quest faster than the opponents
- Nashor Slayer: Kill Baron Nashor solo and you can be the “Baron”
- Aggressive Positioning: Get multikills after flashing toward an enemy and rock the “Flashy” title
- Solo Carry: Deal 40%+ of your team’s champion damage in an ARAM
Patch 12.9 is slated to launch on May 11, and League of Legends’ Challenges system will spend more time on the PBE until then.
Its final form will include “over 300 individual challenges, almost 2700 tokens, and over 100 titles,” according to the developer.
League of Legends is free-to-play and available now on PC.
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