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2026 Season 3 is live · Patch 26.22

2026 Season 3 right now

57d 00h 00m 00sleft until January 7
106days into 2026 Season 3
26.22live patch since November 4 · next: 26.23 on November 18 · notes

2026 Season 3 started on July 29, 2026 (noon local server time, Patch 26.15, per Riot).

End date: Riot hasn't announced it. The countdown runs to January 7, 2027 at 23:59 server time, the day Riot closes Ranked 5s Experiment 2 (Riot Support). The final season of 2025 ended on that same date (Riot).

  • The last patch on Riot's 2026 schedule is 26.24, on December 9 (patch schedule).
  • 2026 Season 1 opened at noon the day after 2025's last season closed (Riot).
  • Ranked 2027 starts in January: Riot says the first season of every year opens then (Riot Support). Its 2027 patch schedule isn't out yet, so there's no day to count to. Our Season 2027 page tracks it.

Every Victorious skin

Riot has handed out 22 Victorious skins since 2011, one for each ranked season or split. The newest is Victorious Rengar, from 2026 Season 2. Each card opens the skin in 3D.

2026 Season 3 Victorious skin

Not revealed yet, and nothing Victorious is on the PBE. Riot usually posts a season's rewards about a month before it closes (Riot Support), and our PBE changes page lists new skins the day they reach the test server.

2025 onward: 15 ranked wins

How to earn it: Win 15 ranked games in the season, in Solo/Duo, Flex or any mix of the two, and finish it at Honor level 3 or higher. Your final rank sets the chroma. (Riot Games Support)

2023 and 2024: split points

How to earn it: Earn enough split points in ranked before the split closed. (League of Legends Wiki)

2011 to 2022: finish Gold or higher

How to earn it: Finish the ranked season in Gold or higher. (League of Legends Wiki)

All 22 in one place: Victorious skins in 3D.

2026 ranked seasons

Riot splits each ranked year into three seasons. In 2026 the first one opened with the year's first patch, and each season since has started on patch day.

SeasonStartedEndedSource
2026 Season 1January 8, 2026 (noon local server time, Patch 26.01)April 28, 2026 (the last day of the Patch 26.08 cycle)End of Season 2025 Ranked Rewards, Patch 26.8 Notes
2026 Season 2April 29, 2026 (the first day of the Patch 26.09 cycle)Ran until Season 3 beganPatch 26.8 Notes, Patch 26.15 Notes
2026 Season 3July 29, 2026 (noon local server time, Patch 26.15)Not announced yetPatch 26.15 Notes

Every date on this page also sits on the LoL Calendar beside patch days, Clash and event passes.

What resets, and when

Your climb carries straight through from one season to the next inside a year. The reset comes in January: Riot says you'll most likely start the new year about a full tier below your final rank, and the highest anyone can start a year is Emerald I (Riot Support).

2026 broke that pattern once, at the top of the ladder. When Patch 26.9 opened Season 2, every Master, Grandmaster and Challenger player in NA, EUW, EUNE, BR, LAN and TR went back to Master 0 LP, visible rank and MMR both. Riot raised the cutoffs in those regions to 400 LP for Grandmaster and 800 LP for Challenger. For apex players there, Season 3 doubles as a second shot at Season 2's rewards: finish Season 2 in Master and Season 3 in Grandmaster, and you get Grandmaster rewards for both at the end of the year (/dev: Apex Tier Ranked Reset).

Victorious skin and season rewards

Every season pays out a Victorious skin. You earn it by winning 15 ranked games in Solo/Duo, Flex or any mix of the two, and your Honor has to be level 3 or higher when the season ends (Riot Support). The 15-win mission restarts with each season, so Season 3's count began on July 29 (Patch 26.15 notes).

Here's what the last season of 2025 paid out, from Riot's own reward list:

  • the Victorious Draven skin, plus Draven himself if you didn't own him
  • the Victorious chroma for the tier you finished in and every tier below it, except Iron
  • a Draven Eternal Series 2 Capsule
  • a ranked emote and icon for the highest tier you reached across the whole year
  • a Victorious skin border for anyone who earned all three of the year's Victorious skins

Riot usually posts what a season pays out about a month before the season closes. Rewards land after the next season has started. Season 2's arrived shortly after Season 3 opened, and shard transfers stayed switched off until they did (2025 reward list, Patch 26.15 notes).

Ranked 5s

Ranked 5s is Riot's experimental mode for premade teams of five. It only opens on weekends, Friday to Sunday from 4 PM to 4 AM server time (Patch 26.20 pushed the close from 2 AM to 4 AM, per the notes), and it keeps its own ladder and rewards apart from the Solo/Duo and Flex seasons above.

  • Experiment 2: September 11, 2026 to January 7, 2027

Source: Riot Support, Ranked 5s.

Questions

When does LoL ranked Season 3 end?

Riot hasn't announced the date. Ranked 5s Experiment 2 runs to January 7, 2027, and the final season of 2025 also ended on January 7. The last patch on its 2026 schedule is 26.24 on December 9.

Does my rank reset when a new season starts?

Not inside a year. Your rank carries straight from one season into the next, and the reset comes with the new year. Riot says most players start a new year about a full tier below where they finished, and nobody starts one higher than Emerald I.

What is the 2026 Season 3 Victorious skin?

Riot hasn't revealed it yet. The two before it were Victorious Braum (2026 Season 1) and Victorious Rengar (2026 Season 2).

How do I get the Victorious skin?

Win 15 ranked games in the season, in Solo/Duo, Flex or any mix of the two, and finish the season at Honor level 3 or higher. Your rank doesn't decide whether you get the skin. It decides the chroma.