All Guests of Honor for Arena game mode in League of Legends

During their latest Dev Update, Riot Games announced the introduction of a brand new feature to the Arena game mode in League of Legends: Guests of Honor. These guests will be voted on by players in the Arena: first in Round 2, and then again in Round 8. With impactful effects, the selected guest has the potential to change the game entirely.

During Rounds 2 and 8, all players in the arena can vote on who they want as the Guest of Honor. Then, a voting player will be selected at random, making his choice the one that will be ultimately selected as the chosen Guest of Honor.

Mike "RiotRogueFool" Breese, Game Designer for Riot Games, has disclosed that the new feature will be added to Arena with the release of patch 25.S1.5, coming to League of Legends on the 5th of March. Then, a whole new round of Guests of Honor will be added once more when patch 25.S1.7 goes live on April 2nd.

Let's go ahead and take a look all the Guests of Honor and how they will affect Arena.

Arena Guests of Honor: Patch 25.S1.5 (March 5th)

Darius will lead the charge with the first wave of Guests of Honor coming to Arena in patch 25.S1.7. (Credit: Riot Games)

Round 2 Vote:

• Darius: Each team takes 50 damage, whenever a team is eliminated the remaining teams heal 5 HP.
• Rell: Reduce the price of Prismatic Anvils by 1000g.
• Vladimir: Everyone receives a bonus matching Augment.
• Swain: Collect Ravens during combat. The number of Ravens you collect determines the tier of your future augment offerings.
• Kled: When your combat ends, gain a spell that can be cast to disrupt any ongoing combats.
• Xin Zhao: When your team’s health is reduced below 60 gain a Gold Stat Anvil. The first time you're at risk of elimination gain a Prismatic Stat Anvil.
• Briar: Round damage is increased by 5. Winning a round while at risk of elimination heals 15 Health.

Round 8 Vote:

• Mordekaiser: During combat, a random player on each team enters the death realm.
• Mel: Four additional Hexgates are enabled in each combat.
• Talon: A combatant on each team deals 20% increased damage but grants 250 gold when slain.
• Sion: The Ring of Fire spawns 15 seconds sooner and then rapidly constricts while slowly drifting around each arena.
• Samira: Striking your opponent first empowers you with two juices, increased to 4 while hot streaking.
• Elise: Revives are replaced with Elise wrapping players in cocoons that their ally must break.

Round 2 or Round 8 Vote:

• Riven: Riven is unique and can appear in either voting phase. No rule changes.

Arena Guests of Honor: Patch 25.S1.7 (April 2nd)

Ambessa will be added as a new Guest of Honor for Arena with the release of patch 25.S1.7. (Credit: Riot Games)

Round 2 Vote:

• Ambessa: Make a sacrifice, reducing your health during combat for several rounds, and afterward gain a bonus augment based on the amount of Health sacrificed.
• Katarina: Everyone gains 5 Rerolls.
• Alistar: The first time a team would be eliminated set their Health to 1 instead.
• Draven: Increase the likelihood of higher-tier Stat Anvils, which further increases when hotstreaking.

Round 8 Vote:

• LeBlanc: Every 25 seconds LeBlanc turns everyone invisible for 3 seconds.
• Trundle: Legendary Items are locked, and Legendary Anvils remain available.
• Cassiopeia: Each round, each team loses 5 Health, this can not eliminate teams.
• Sahn Uzal: Revives no longer occur.

Arena coming to the PBE

If you're eager to try out the new-look Arena game mode in League of Legends, you can do so in the PBE from February 20th onwards. This will allow you to test the new Guests of Honor feature for yourself, or even have a look at the brand new Arena maps coming to the game, like the Noxus-inspired Reckoner Arena.

Reckoner Arena will be the latest map addition to the Arena game mode. (Credit: Riot Games)

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