League of Legends is approaching one of the most exciting times of the year. Riot Games MOBA Season 12 is coming and you only have a few weeks left to complete your goals. As usual, reaching the minimum Gold rank is essential if you want to get the traditional victorious skin for free – which has yet to be revealed.
League of Legends Season 12 end date and time
League of Legends Season 12 will end on November 16 at 2 a.m., local hour. After this time, players will be locked out of ranked games and a short maintenance period may begin during which no ranked queues will be available. The break will last until around 5:00 a.m., as the game will be put into maintenance in preparation for the release of patch 12.22 — the patch that will introduce preseason to the game.
- Preseason 2023 on the PBE : Available now
- End of season 12 : November 16 at 2:00 a.m.
- Start of the 2023 preseason : November 16 around 5:00 a.m. (maintenance may take longer than normal)
- Beginning of season 13 : Around Wednesday January 4
- Presentation of season 13 : Around Friday, January 6
To answer the most common questions regarding these cycle changes in League of Legends, it is important to note that during the 2023 preseason, the ranked will be available (from its introduction). In case you were wondering, doing ranked during the preseason is useful, because the higher you finish in the ladder, the more the traditional “reset” that will take place at the start of Season 13 will be favorable to you.
All the news of the League of Legends 2023 preseason
Riot Games has already introduced preseason to the PBE, so we know what the big changes will be. This year will be characterized by adjustments to several positions (jungle and top) and major improvements to the game systems. It’s not the year with the most changes, but the content is more interesting than there is. appears and will give us more and more reasons to continue enjoying the game.
Top Lane Improvements and Jungle Changes
If you play top lane or jungle, congratulations: this preseason is for you. Riot Games has made changes to both of these posts. The top lane will be much more powerful and the jungle will undergo major changes. The tweaks to this role are perhaps the most controversial, as they also kill some mechanics and introduce new ones. Overall, however, they could be very good in the long run.
Changes in communication systems
In-game communication is going to change a lot for the preseason. We will have a new notification system for communicating with our teammates, including six new types of pings. In addition, improvements will be made to the interface to make everything clearer and easier to understand. It may not be the long-awaited voice chat, but they are very important additions.
New Items
New items are the other big change in the League of Legends preseason which will carry over to the start of Season 13. Many mythic items have been added for tanks and changes have also been made to existing items already in the game. Even some old and deleted items have returned to the store.
It’s almost time for preseason in League of Legends. Appearance of pets in the jungle, improvement of communication systems, new objects and redesigns, find the complete list of changes announced by Riot Games in our dedicated article.