When Does Leagues Ranked Season Start Again 2018

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Season Eight (2018) is the eighth ranked season in League of Legends. Preseason started on November 8, 2017 with patches V7.22, V7.23, V7.24, V7.24b. The first patch of this season's patch cycle was released on January 10, 2018 (V8.1). The competitive season started on January 16, 2018 and ended on November 12, 2018 (V8.1–V8.22).

Game Changes

Champions

New: Zoe , Kai'Sa , Pyke .
Visual and Gameplay Update: Swain , Irelia , Aatrox , Akali , Nunu , Ezreal .
Gameplay Update: Morgana , Zyra , Kalista , Rengar , Varus , Volibear , Ahri , Lissandra .
SFX Update: Kennen .
VFX Update: Cho'Gath .
VFX and SFX Update: Jarvan IV , Lee Sin , Veigar , Vi .
Lore Update: Annie , Darius , LeBlanc , Katarina , Lee Sin , Karma , Yasuo , Riven , Syndra , Jax , Malzahar , Kassadin , Fizz , Nautilus , Tahm Kench , Shen , Zed , Master Yi , Karma , Lissandra , Gnar , Vel'Koz .

Items

New: Elixir of Skill , Mana Potion , Looted Oracle's Extract , Minion Dematerializer , Peering Farsight Ward , Pilfered Health Potion , Pilfered Potion of Rouge , Pilfered Stealth Ward , Sly Sack of Gold , Travel Size Elixir of Iron , Travel Size Elixir of Sorcery , Travel Size Elixir of Wrath , Stopwatch , Slightly Magical Boots , Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will , Timeworn Relic Shield , Timeworn Targon's Brace , Timeworn Face of the Mountain , Timeworn Spellthief's Edge , Timeworn Frostfang , Timeworn Frost Queen's Claim , Timeworn Ancient Coin , Timeworn Nomad's Medallion , Timeworn Talisman of Ascension , Remnant of the Aspect , Eye of the Aspect , Celestial Eye , Remnant of the Ascended , Eye of Ascension , Nomad's Eye , Remnant of the Watchers , Eye of Frost , Oblivion Orb , Spellbinder , Stormrazor .
Return: Twin Shadows , Shurelya's Reverie .
Removed: Sightstone , Ruby Sightstone , Face of the Mountain , Frost Queen's Claim , Talisman of Ascension , Eye of the Oasis , Eye of the Equinox , Tracker's Knife , Banner of Command , Cloak of Agility , Giant Slayer .
Event: Ghostwalkers , Bloodletter's Veil , Lifeline , and Spectral Cutlass .

Buffs

Game Mode

New: OVERCHARGE, Snow Battle ARURF, Nexus Blitz, Odyssey: Extraction.
Update:
- ARAM:
  - The temporal return of Butcher's Bridge
  - Champion Pick Phase updates like Swap Available Champion Pool and increase the number of free champions.
  - Changes to surrender time.
  - Event Exclusive Items.
  - Health Relic Rework

Health bars

New in-game states on health bars.

The Store

New Masterwork Chest

Gameplay System

Honor reset and new Honor rewards.
Starting semiannual Essence Emporiums
Hextech Crafting:

Forge Your Path

Runes

Starting with Season 2018, Runes and Masteries are being combined into a single, streamlined system, which combines elements of both. Summoners may choose two from a selection of 5 Paths, which are thematically similar to the three Mastery Trees from previous seasons.

Each Path is structured like a Mastery Tree, with each branch (now Slot) providing a unique selection of runes.

The new system is available to summoners of all levels at no cost and can be customized in champion select, similar to Masteries. However, players may only have a limited number of saved pages but may purchase additional pages for convenience. Influence Point and RP purchased made prior to September 2017 will be partially compensated.

Compensation

Rune Pages	Epic Capsule Mystery Epic Skin for every 4 Rune Pages purchased with Riot Points (rounded up). 1500 for Rune Pages purchased with Influence Points . You still keep your Rune Pages in the new system.
Tier 3 Marks, Seals and Glyphs	100 for purchases before Season 2017. Full Refund for purchases during Season 2017, up to August 31st.
Tier 3 Quints	300 for purchases before Season 2017. Full Refund for purchases during Season 2017, up to August 31st.
Limited Edition Runes	Exclusive Summoner Icon(s) to players who purchased the following: Snowdown 2009, 2010 and 2011 2010 Winter Games Celebration Harrowing 2010 and 2011 2011 Razer PAX Promotion

Leveling

The leveling and rewards system is being overhauled to better facilitate unlocking champions, which are now the only item within the store that can be purchased with Influence Points . Firstly, Influence Points and Blue Essence are being combined into a single currency, Blue Essence .

Leveling capsules contain champion shards and Blue Essence . At special milestones, such as 25, 50, 75 and 100, you will earn additional rewards like Rare Gems and Emotes. The champion shards earned scale with champion level, with newer players more likely to receive beginner-suitable champions.

To accommodate this:

End of Season Event

To give players something on which to spend all that compensation , Riot hosted the first Essence Emporium, which included the extremely rare Urfwick skin for 150,000 . This sale lasted until from November 8th to November 27th.^[1] For more information, see the main article.

Participation Rewards

Exclusive Rune Enthusiast Ward	Awarded to: Players who have spent at least 125,000 on Runes. RP purchases are counted as 6,300 . Players who purchased one of the following Limited Edition Runes: Snowdown 2009, 2010 and 2011 2010 Winter Games Celebration Harrowing 2010 and 2011 2011 Razer PAX Promotion
Exclusive Veteran Emotes	Awarded by accumulating 500, 1500 or 2500 hours of Game Time prior to Season 2018. The awarded Emote does not evolve based on future game time.

Exclusive Rune Enthusiast Ward

Awarded to:

Players who have spent at least 125,000 on Runes.
- RP purchases are counted as 6,300 .
Players who purchased one of the following Limited Edition Runes:
- Snowdown 2009, 2010 and 2011
- 2010 Winter Games Celebration
- Harrowing 2010 and 2011
- 2011 Razer PAX Promotion