Coming into 2025, Riot has completely shaken up League of Legends‘ reward and crafting systems. Gone are Hextech Chests and keys, replaced instead by a seasonal battle pass system that aims to streamline loot drops and remove randomization. But Riot has also done away with level up rewards, which in turn confines the once abundant Blue Essence to the new battle pass system. A viral Reddit post has since claimed that you’ll need to grind for 882 hours in order to unlock a brand new champion, and as questions swirl, senior design lead Jordan ‘BarackProbama’ Checkman has attempted to iron things out.
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