The third and final ranked split of 2024 is underway, bringing with it a lot of exciting changes to League of Legends.
LoL Split 3 2024 aims to create a more balanced and skill-focused gameplay experience by adjusting item power, champion gameplay, and introducing various quality-of-life improvements.
Before diving into the ranked grind, let’s dive into the key changes in LoL Split 3 2024, its official start date and time, and the rewards up for grabs for those who reach high ranks.
What is LoL Split 3 2024?
LoL Split 3 2024 is the third ranked season in League of Legends for the year 2024. It’s a new competitive season where players start at an unranked level and work their way through the ranks by winning games.
LoL Split 3 changes: What’s new in LoL Split 3 2024
The most significant change in LoL Split 3 2024 is a global nerf to legendary items, as announced in Riot Games’ dev blog. This is intended to slow down combat, reduce snowballing, and shift the focus back to champion gameplay.
Riot’s goal is to make fights more skill-intensive and reduce the overwhelming power of items.
With the item nerfs, champions play a more significant role in determining outcomes. Players have more opportunities to showcase their skills and understanding of their chosen champion.
Lethal Tempo, a popular keystone rune, is making a comeback. However, it has been modified to prevent it from pushing out attack speed itemization. The new version provides stacking attack speed and bonus on-hit damage.
Several quality-of-life changes have been introduced to enhance the overall gameplay experience. These include item queuing, improved objective announcements, potion reminders, jungle invasion alerts, and a “my bad” interactive emote.
When does LoL Split 3 start? Exact date and time revealed
LoL Split 3 2024 starts on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at 12 a.m. in your local server time. This is also the first day of LoL patch 14.19.
LoL Split 2 2024 end date and time
LoL Split 2 concludes on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at 11:59:59 p.m. in your local server time.
This means that all ranked games played after midnight on September 24 counts towards your LoL Split 3 ranking.
LoL Split 3 2024 rewards
Players who achieve a high enough rank in either Solo/Duo or Flex queue during LoL Split 3 receive the following rewards:
- Victorious emote
- Victorious icon
- Champion
- Victorious skin
- Victorious skin chromas (up to a maximum of nine for all rank chromas)
- End of Season ranked icon (one per season year, highest rank across all splits)
- Victorious skin splash border (requires obtaining all three Victorious skins from each split)
- Ranked emote (one per season year, reflecting the highest rank achieved in the season year)
Note that the specific rewards vary depending on the final rank achieved.
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