A new League System has gone live in League of Legends, allowing talented players to make the leap to pro more easily than before, while new players can benefit from a faster progression system, too.
Here’s full details of the League System in Season 3, as well as a video explaining it.
The new League System does away with the Elo system of Season 2. Top teams can reach the 50-team Challenger tier, where the best players from each territory will battle it out for the chance to take part in major tournaments and knock out the current top teams.
Winning ranked games earns you League Points that help you move up the rankings. So your overall standing is now determined by your tier, division and League Points, not by the matchmaking rating. Gain more points and you can get into the next division and eventually league.
The top 5v5 ranked teams which reach the Challenger tier have the opportunity to go pro in Season 3. Teams that reach the top of the ladder will have the opportunity to enter the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), through the mid-season Promotion Tournament, and by winning tournaments like Major League Gaming’s (MLG).
Check out this video for full details:
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
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