All our League of Legends accounts mean something to us, especially those we’ve been playing on since the early 2010s, with all those super-rare champion skins and icons. Our accounts are like a history book detailing all our wins, losses, and incredible ranked glory.
While many players want to hold on to their valuable League accounts, others are more inclined to cash in, especially if they’re walking away from the game.
That leaves just one question—how much is your League account really worth? Well, it boils down to a few key factors, including how much you’ve leveled it up, how many skins and champions you’ve unlocked, which lofty rank you’re currently playing at (it’s OK, we know you’re secretly Bronze), how much currency you have, and more.
What determines a League account’s worth?
There are plenty of factors that go into deciding a League account’s value, but there are five metrics that play the biggest roles—level, champions and skins, rank, the server it’s linked to, and currency. Some are weighted a little more than others depending on the buyer, but they’re all fairly key.
Account level
This one is the simplest of all the factors: the higher your League account’s level is, the more valuable it is. Account buyers like to avoid grinding if they can, so high levels can add $10 to $20 to the price.
Number of champions/skins
Champions are one of the core metrics for any account sale because players like to have access to as many as possible. Right now, there are nearly 170 champions on the expansive League roster; the closer you are to owning every one of them, the more your account is going to be worth. Having said that, those who play the game regularly shouldn’t have trouble owning all the champions, as unlocking them with Blue Essence is relatively easy.
The same goes for any League skins, as the more you have, the more valuable your account will be. Certain skins are very rare or totally unavailable today, which only adds to your account’s value further.
League skins worth the most money
If you own any of the following League skins, especially competitive ones like Victorious, your account will command a far higher price:
- Silver Kayle
- Young Ryze
- Black Alistar
- Rusty Blitzcrank
- UFO Corki
- King Rammus
- Riot Squad Singed
- Judgement Kayle
- Soulstealer Vayne
- Lancer Zero Hecarim
- Dreadnova Darius
- Dark Star Cho’Gath
- Victorious skins—Jarvan IV (rewarded to any Gold or higher League players in 2011 season), Janna (2012), Elise (2013), Morgana (2014), Sivir (2015), Maokai (2016), Graves (2017), Orianna (2018), Aatrox (2019), Lucian (2020), Blitzcrank (2021), Sejuani (2022)
- Hextech skins—Amumu, Kassadin, Nocturne, Rammus, Sejuani, Swain, Tristana, Poppy, Malazahar, Kog’Maw, Jarvan, Renekton, Ziggs
- PAX skins—Twisted Fate, Jax, Sivir
- Neo Pax Sivir
- Urfwick
Any vaulted League skins like past Prestige variants will also add a higher price to the accounts they’re available on.
Competitive rank
This is where your profile is ranked on the competitive ladder. Buyers will be looking for higher-ranked accounts, so Platinum, Emerald, and Diamond fetch a higher price. Top-level ranks like Challenger and Master can command price tags of over $100 or $200, and that’s before you even look at any other factors.
The rule is the higher the better, but there is one exception; players looking to do “Iron to Challenger” runs will pay a lot more for accounts already at Iron, so anything in the depths will run up a $50 to $100 premium.
But, with League’s calendar years being broken into more splits, competitive ranks have stopped being such a major part of your account’s worth. They still contribute to a certain extent, though.
Riot server
The immense League player base is split across more than a dozen servers around the globe, including several in Europe, with dedicated platforms across Asia, like Korea, China, and Japan, and in North America, Brazil, Oceania, and more. The bigger and more popular the server, the more valuable your account will be, especially regions considered top-class like Korea.
Premium servers include:
- North America
- Europe West
- Korea
- China (transfers are not available)
Accounts on other League servers are worth less.
Blue Essence and Riot Points
These are the two League currencies that let you buy champions and rune pages, and level up your character masteries (Blue Essence) and collect skins, buy Hextech Chests, unlock event bundles, and more (Riot Points). The more of these currencies you have in your account, the more valuable it will be.
How much are League accounts worth?
Taking everything into account, it’s pretty clear every League account will be valued a little differently, which is no surprise considering how much there is to consider. If you’re looking for an exact figure, I’ve been using PlayerAuction’s account value calculator to keep track of mine for some time now.
As of today, my account commands a price tag of around $175 USD. While my rank (I’m currently Platinum) is decent, it’s not super high, and I’m based in Oceania, which lowers the value quite a bit. My champions (161) and skins (217) help my cause somewhat, and my nearly 20,000 Blue Essence and 2,200 banked Riot Points—as well as eight Rune Pages—all contribute to that sum too.
Here’s the price for other examples:
- NA, Diamond IV, 124 champions, 64 skins, 750 RP—$240
- KR, Challenger, 55 champions, 14 skins, 80 RP—$1,250
- KR, Diamond II, 112 champions, 206 skins, 4,100 RP—$310
- EUW, Platinum III, 129 champions, 30 skins (including Judgment Kayle and Victorious Elise), 239,000 Blue Essence—$82
- NA, Master, 20 champions, 17 skins, 200 RP—$600
- EUW, Unranked, nine champions, zero skins, 9,000 Blue Essence—$5
- Oceania, Gold, 54 champions, 119 skins, 12,720 RP—$75
- NA, Iron III, 99 champions, 24 skins—$120
Hopefully, your account fetches a little more than mine!
Published: Mar 11, 2024 06:46 am