At the end of each year Riot ends their ranked season. Those of you who were lucky enough to reach Gold or higher even get some interesting goodies, so what can you get at the end of Season 12 and what do you have to look forward to in Season 13?
League of Legends Season 12 has been a tumultuous one. New champions that have completely taken over the pro meta were released, while halfway through the year Riot decided to put a lid on burst damage with the huge durability update.
We started off the season with two new dragons, but one of them had to quickly be removed due to being just too game breaking. So many new things, so much has happened, and now it's time to see what rewards Riot has for those of us who stayed throughout the year.
LoL Season 12: When Will the Season End?
By Season, we mean the competitive season of League of Legends. Usually, Riot ends the season at the beginning or midway through November. Last year Season 11 ended November 15, 2022 with LoL Patch 11.23 which was the second-to-last patch of the year.
Similarly, we think that Season 12 could end around November 16, which is set to hit servers with LoL Patch 12.22 which is also going to be the second-to-last patch of the year. Riot usually has a pre-season before the beginning of the new ranked season in which they implement big changes.
Hopefully Riot decides to delete some of these champions in the pre-season:
What Big Changes Will Be Implemented In Pre-Season 13?
Last year, Riot added two new dragons and new items, while this pre-season we're expecting to get some more jungle changes. According to a post by Riot in August, the balance team is looking to make the jungle an easier position to start off with.
Matt "Phroxzon" Leung-Harrison, the lead designer of the League of Legends balance team also stated in a Tweet that they would look to see how to improve the state of the top lane in League of Legends in pre-season, but there's been no news on what they will change there.
Want to read up more on the upcoming LoL Preseason? Check out these articles:
- LoL Preseason 2023: Huge Jungle Changes Ahead
- LoL Preseason 2023: New and Old Items Revealed
- LoL Preseason 2023: Communication, Ping & QoL Updates
What Are The End-of-Season Rewards?
At the end of every League of Legends ranked season Riot gives out small gifts to every single player that played ranked. If you even made it to Gold or above you'll be rewarded with a victorious skin, as well as a chroma corresponding to your rank. Last year players received a Victorious Blitzcrank skin and based on their rank a chroma as well.
This year players will be receiving the Victorious Sejuani skin. Riot usually chooses a champion that had an impact on the season, as well as someone who won't be getting a big update soon, nor have a small amount of skins. So, for 2022 it'll be Sejuani. But what other rewards can you get?
Here are all the rewards for the end of Season 12:
| Rank | End of Season 12 Reward | |
 | Iron | Ranked icon, Ranked profile banner trim, Champion Series 1 Permanent Eternals |
 | Bronze | Ranked icon, Ranked profile banner trim, Champion Series 1 Permanent Eternals |
 | Silver | Ranked icon, Ranked profile banner trim, Ranked border, Champion Series 1 Permanent Eternals |
 | Gold | Ranked icon, Ranked profile banner trim, Ranked border, Victorious skin, Champion Series 1 Permanent Eternals |
 | Platinum | Ranked icon, Ranked profile banner trim, Ranked border, Victorious skin, Victorious chroma, Champion Series 1 Permanent Eternals |
 | Diamond | Ranked icon, Ranked profile banner trim, Ranked border, Victorious skin, Victorious chroma, Champion Series 1 Permanent Eternals |
 | Master | Ranked icon, Ranked profile banner trim, Ranked border, Victorious skin, Victorious chroma, Champion Series 1 Permanent Eternals |
 | Grandmaster | Ranked icon, Ranked profile banner trim, Ranked border, Victorious skin, Victorious chroma, Champion Series 1 Permanent Eternals |
 | Challenger | Ranked icon, Ranked profile banner trim, Ranked border, Victorious skin, Victorious chroma, Champion Series 1 Permanent Eternals |
Honor Rewards at the end of Season 12
You'll also receive rewards for reaching a specific honor level in League of Legends by the end of the season. So make sure to stay nice even during stressful games to rake in those honor levels, so you can get some rewards at the end of Season 12.
- Honor 3 Rewards
- Honor 3 End of Season Capsule (includes 1 random ward skin + 3 Key Shards)
- Honor 4 Rewards
- Honor 4 End of Season Capsule (includes 1 random ward skin + 1 random emote permanent + 3 Key Shards)
- Honor 5 Rewards
- Honor 5 End of Season Capsule (includes 1 random ward skin +1 random emote permanent + 6 Key Shards)
Riot is also trying to incentivize players to be less toxic and have therefore introduced a brand-new skin line for those players that reach Honor level 5. This is going to be the Three Honors skin line and Malzahar is the first champion to receive this skin.