One of the cornerstones of Riot's MOBA Hit League of Legends is being overhauled and drastically changed: Runes!

So far, runes have been a huge barrier to entry for new players. While leveling and playing your account, you had to choose between champions and runes. Those who invested their IP in champions had a larger selection faster, but had small disadvantages in the game. Especially if you didn't have a complete set of Tier 3 runes. The development team at Riot has already reduced the problem a bit last year by reducing the prices for Tier 2 runes to 1 IP. In addition, there were sales where the Tier 3 runes were much cheaper to buy.

Nonetheless, the system was still a minor stumbling block and a source of much criticism from fans. Accordingly, Riot is currently fundamentally revising the system.

League of Legends - Runes Reforged the new rune system

The best first: The new runes will free every player will have access to all runes.

But first all runes will be revised, similar to the Keystone Masteries, there will now be Keystone Runes that not just give + magic damage, but new abilities.

The small runes will also be changed and, together with the keystone runes, allow completely new play styles.

Some examples of this were:

Overheal - When overhealing, a shield is created. Soraka players can cheer at this point.

Berserk - After being in combat for several seconds, you get 60% attack speed.

If you like Lulu's Pixie, you can go with the Perxia Keystone Rune can now bring a similar companion on any other champion into battle. This gives allies a shield or causes the enemy to suffer more damage

So it is clear that the system is so adaptable and dependent on the team and opponent composition that it is necessary to be able to edit the runes in the champion selection.
Thanks to the new League of Legends client, this ability is finally here.

Runes can be exchanged with the update in Champ Select. For League veterans this is a dream come true, this ability was requested again and again, but was not possible in the old game client.

More champions for new players

In addition to the rune changes, Riot will also revise the reward system.

New players should have easier access to champions. In general, all players should receive rewards more often. Exact details are not yet available.

For the players who have invested IP in runes, Riot is tinkering with an equalization. With the appearance of the new system, appropriate rewards will be distributed. There are also considerations for the point of the rune pages, which many paid for with RP. Riot is also collecting feedback from the community on this topic and all other changes.

Renovation of the Honor system

The Honor System is often overlooked and rarely used at the moment. Many players do not even notice the small icons on the after-game screen that are used to praise team members and opponents.

To improve this, a new intermediate step will be implemented after the end of the game. In this your team members are presented and you can give various commendations.

The mentioned commendations will also have more effects, on the one hand a changing icon that shows your honor level. On the other hand, the honor level should also have an impact on the number of loot boxes that you get. There will even be unique rewards later.

Examples of the new icons:

If you haven't fought particularly honorable for a few games and accordingly haven't received any commendations from your team, then it is also possible to lose honor levels.

So hopefully this system will strengthen team spirit.

League of Legends - Maybe soon with voice chat

Another topic that is often brought up is voice chat support in the League of Legends client. Riot has rejected the topic several times, thanks to the new client, the developers are discussing it again and, above all, considering it again. Unfortunately, a very controversial topic, as some people misbehave. Nobody wants to have to listen to the Flamer who lets out his bad mood in the game.

But this is all still a long way off and it remains to be seen how the developers' decision on this topic will turn out.

As always, the developer video, in which these points were presented, can be found at the beginning of the article.