How many honors do you need to get a ribbon?

3ofGot40ve··16 votes·9,024 views

I really want the honorable opponent ribbon or any for that matter. I am trying to play my best and be nice to enemies so I can earn the honors. So far I have;

46 Friendly 24 Helpful 200 Teamwork 149 Honorable Opponent

Anyone know?

34 Comments

ZeeWolfZ8 votes

Unless you suckup every round to every opposing player, you won't have a ribbon. You gain about 0.2 influence points from your teammates, and 2 from your opponent when they honor you. The ribbons are a joke. They don't improve your gameplay.

If you are reported even once, the ribbon is gone.

[zombie-brand-mindblown]

SiG DxD7 votes

i had over 500 teamwork ribbons ,no shit happened,anyways it disappears quick if u dont receive it constantly i call it bullshit system

P0IS0N IVY5 votes

It's based on the percentage of people that honor you in every game. Because very few bother to honor anymore, the ribbons are nonexistent.

TotalJerk4 votes

There isn't any fixed number. You have to be in the top 20% of your server to get a ribbon.

Bârd1 votes

But in that case, wouldn't 20% of players have a ribbon?

I have only seen ribbons ~3 times ever.

TotalJerk1 votes

It's drastically skewed towards ARAM and Coop vs AI because people honor in those playlists far more.

Reaper Soraka4 votes

It isn't about the quantity as much as the frequency. Once you get one you still have to receive honors often to maintain it, or it will disappear.

iMaB3AST3 votes

Let's be real, getting ribbons are impossible in solo q and the only way u could possible get it is through pre made teams.

Weeb Guardian2 votes

That's false, honors from friends/premades don't count

LaoBushido2 votes

That is also false. Honors from the same person count less and less the more that one person honors you

Aeszarck2 votes

They barely count.

Vistha Kai2 votes

Well, I had FOUR ribbons(Yes, even the legendary blue ribbon) at one point... then I got punished by Tribunal(Yes, back when it existed) for... god knows what, really.

I had a ticket with a bunch of ARAM games in which I, apparently, haven't said anything.

I means seriously, it was full log of the chat and I haven't said anything at any point.

Since then I couldn't even get the red ribbon.

Amelie1 votes

There is no solid number you need to reach. The key is to receive honors consistently from a variety of people. By consistently I mean getting honors basically every single game.

You also need more than one type of honor for each ribbon (not sure if this is also for honorable opponent).

CryptoMatrix1 votes

I've had a green ribbon for roughly 5+ months, lost it for a few days when i was inactive for a couple weeks, but gained it back. I've also had a slap on the wrist from the tribunal about a month ago (did not lose ribbon), as it was a minor slap (which was fair enough).

Before that (sometime early last year) I had a green ribbon for 3 months or so, then lost it due to inactivity for a long while.

It is (apparently) 0.7% (roughly) of players who get ribbons, out of 32 million, that's roughly 200,000 (I'm assuming this is all servers). I've a friend I play with who recently earned his also.

Tips;

  • honour from randoms means more
  • don't be a complete asshole (I'd wager 90% of lol players are, seriously toxic game)
  • say gj every so often
  • sometimes tell tactics and lead your team to a massive comeback (if they havn't ragequit/flamed each other to hell)

That's it really. So many people in this game wish cancer on each other and their families that I'm not surprised people keep getting their honour wiped.

Amelie1 votes

Do you get honored often?

Slappybiscuit1 votes

It doesnt seem to be affected by total amount, it has to do with frequency of getting honored in a timespan. And also not receiving reports in that time. I also think if you leave a game whether intentionally or unintentionally you lose all progress.

Illâoi Evê Siôn1 votes

Crests aren't based on Honor counts in your profile.

Honor assesses the value of all your exchanges to determine how Honorable you are compared to the rest of the population.

You also have to get honors consistently, and different types of honors to gain the allied ribbons.
I do not know what "consistently" means in this context, but it's probably every game or every second game. If you are punished by the Tribunal you lose all your effective honors. Consistent honors from friends count less towards crests ribbons than honors received from strangers.

cllesh1 votes

just to throw some more out there, unless it has changed, the ribbon is dependent on how many games you have played as well, so more games you play, more honor you need....

if the person honoring you does not give out honor much (like most people) then the honor is "worth more" than someone who spams honor

the different ribbons need different combinations of honor, i think the honorable opp one might be just that one though...

you can lose the ribbon

unless they change the system you prob wont get a ribbon since all the games you have played without getting honor kinda work against you, but if you want to get honor being polite is always a good way to go, and play bot and aram games

Illâoi Evê Siôn1 votes

Why play bot and aram games?

cllesh1 votes

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Why play bot and aram games?

according to riot the most honor is given out in aram and bot games, the most people who have honor ribbons play those modes most... oh and out of the millions of players there is something like under 10% with ribbons

Yawnli1 votes

used to have the yellow one with about 38 honors only, but in that case it was 38 honors in the course of 100 games. So yea, unless you get it early i dont see you getting it since you would need to increase your % of honor per game quite a bit

Lapis1 votes

There really isn't a set amount! I got the great teammate ribbon recently, and you have much more honor than I do. Mine are: 8 Friendly 7 Helpful 54 Teamwork 41 Honorable Opponent

Although the reason they're so low is because they reset when you change servers, and I transferred from NA to OCE shortly after the server move.

Captain Aishi1 votes

I used to have all of them when the system came out, but now i'm sitting at 172 friendly, 120 helpful, 759 teamwork and 278 honorable opponent with no ribbon... meh

Auroramancer1 votes

It's frequency of earning honor, not a set amount

KaisadiIIa1 votes

I've got ribbons come and gone for no reason at all. I sincerely have no idea why do you get/lose them.

Taarki1 votes

I used to have the green and red ribbon, so I can explain how to get them. In order to get a ribbon, you have to have a certain amount of honors/game. I don't know exactly what the ratio is, but it seems pretty high. So the more games you play, the more honors you need. It is not a set number, but the ratio seems pretty high.

High51 votes

Google.com

P.s. it's based on an undisclosed ratio

Troiann1 votes

I think you have to get a certain number in a certain amount of time, and then maintain getting them at that rate.

It's a worthless system. Don't bother trying.

Mech0p1 votes

iits super hard to get ribbons now days and its pretty much on like a point system where people you play with frequently give less points for honors then the randoms on your team or enemy give you a bit more and then people who don't honor much at all give you the most... Also somewhere riot wrote that they give ribbons based on the frequency you receive honors and said its better if you get 9 honors over 9 games instead of 9 in one game.... So if you really want a ribbon at the end of each game buy everyone a skin and you should have it no time at all

Aeszarck1 votes

ristiuMMask made an awesome video teaching all about the honor system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIAeisuevwc It's got so many good life lessons as well as covering nearly all the facets of the honor system, but if you don't want to watch all 24 minutes, here's the gist of ribbon part.

Basically, in order to get a ribbon, you must consistently receive honor, it must be high-value honor, and it must be the right kind of honor. How do you receive honor? That part is the most tangible part. You should be receiving honor in a lot of your games if you want to be on the track towards getting a ribbon (and keeping one). If you get honored in enough of your games for a good amount of games, you should eventually get a ribbon. This means that you need to be a nice person. Talk to your teammates, congratulate them on plays, give friendly advice, fill roles, play well, be a good sport, don't insult people, calm down ragers, and don't express negative feelings in chat. If you want a ribbon, you need to show that you're a real gentleman or lady, and that takes hard work. Now, you also need to be receiving high-value honor. The honor count means little. It is a simplification of your actual honor score. The honor that every person gives will be different in value. Firstly, strangers' honor is worth the most. This means people that aren't on your friend list nor people that are in your premade (whether or not they are friends). Secondly, the rate at which people honor (honor per game) determines how much their honor is worth. The lower one's honor per game, the higher one's honor is worth. If you get honor from someone who honors lots of people every few games, that honor will be worth somewhat less than the honor gained from someone who hasn't honored anyone in the last fifteen games. However, if they were both from strangers, both will be higher than the honor gained by you from your friend, even if your friend doesn't honor often. The time it takes for honor to reset in value is unknown. Lastly, you need to be receiving the right type of honor. The Great Leader Ribbon requires Friendly, Helpful (less), and Teamwork honor. The Great Mentor Ribbon requires Friendly (less) and Helpful honor. The Great Teammate Ribbon requires mostly Teamwork honor. The Honorable Opponent Ribbon requires you to have a high amount of Honorable Opponent honor.

I hope this will help you become a more honorable member of the League of Legends community! And remember, achieving the ribbon is only the first step. Ribbons can decay if you are not consistently showing yourself as a honorable person, so... Lux stay positive!

Illgore1 votes

As others said the frequency (per games played) is more important than the actual amount (of all games) of honor points you have.

there is a way to get at least some of the badges faster, but it has it downsides...

Co-op vs. AI:

  • pick a support(ish) hero
  • feed your team
  • make a few jokes
  • help the newbies (to get a grasp of the game & to have some fun)

Especially the last point is the most important one. Cause these fresh accounts that haven't given many points or maybe any at all are the most valuable. This may sound like cheating or abusing the system, but I think it's a good thing cause you help newbies. I tend to play many bot games, because of a few reasons. I'm a theorycrafting nerd in almost all games I play and tend to do many tests. Further I play bot games while watching TV. And as last point I like to teach new players and share my thoughts.

The downside of "Co-op vs. AI" is, that you won't get honorable opponent badges in these games (damn bots ^^) and this will kill this badge if you do to much bot games. It's up to you if you like to do it or not ;)

edit: another option to earn more of the valuable points and still maybe get honorable opponent badge is to make a smurf account for that and do it the hard way starting from lvl1. You will be grouped with more low/fresh accounts this way. Downside should be obvious .. new account..^^

Hyrum Graff1 votes

It's something like the top 10% most honored players get it.

The problem is that almost all of these players play vs bots where everyone honors much more, so people who don't play bots don't see the ribbons.

KVbqbFsC8e1 votes

You'd have to exclusively play beginner/intro bot games.

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