No one honors when they lose. How can I fix that?

BradNo·12/17/2018, 12:19:01 AM·1 votes·4,297 views

I have been struggling to get myself out of my honor unlocked but it has been hell. I have been playing a shit ton of nexus blitz to do this (about 20 games after my honor was locked). I know I wasn't reported for flaming once and I got 6 honors during the chat restriction phase. That's good! But, whenever I lose a game (whether I carry or not) I NEVER get honored. It is to the point that I am begging players to honor me if I do good, because I know I will never get my honor unlocked if I don't beg. People will never honor me if we lose.

I went as far as a 10 game honorless streak before begging my team to honor me (I only got one honor that game btw).

Want can I do to increase my chances of getting honored? I tried carrying as Jhin and spam reviving people as Zilean and nothing seems to work.

23 Comments

Kei14312/17/2018, 12:25:14 AM5 votes

You don't need to get honored to progress in honors. Playing clean neutral-positive games is good enough to move you forward.

Asking for honors typically turns people off, so that actually works against you. Infact, getting team honor bonus contributes more than getting honored, so maybe you should try to tell your team to honor someone else instead.

If you want to accelerate your honors progress, be positive and encouraging in chat, the system will pick that up and you'll progress faster.

ı Sona ı12/17/2018, 12:41:27 AM4 votes

I tend to get honors even if I lose, but that's because i'm constantly going

"its ok, you tried your best, it was just a hard lane"

"yea, they smashed us pretty hard, but we tried our best, it just happens sometimes you know?"

"good effort team, no fret, there is always next game!"

"Its k, none of us meant to lose, just happens sometimes, even Faker loses games!"

[sona-playing]

IntegratedShadow12/17/2018, 12:38:58 AM2 votes

You're saying you carried. Your fellow summoners are the ones that decide if you were carrying/being an asset to the team. That's where the Honor comes from.

As a support main, I almost always get honored on losses. I'm constantly calling for objectives and making sure the team is aware of timers. I try to always be on top of vision if it's safe to do so, averaging about 2 vision score per minute. Also, being kind and constructive with the things that you say in chat goes a long way.

YerroFever12/17/2018, 4:10:28 AM1 votes

Reds have posted that you only need to be neutral to get progress out of dishonorable. Just remember that if you type out stuff in game, if it's slightly negative, it will halt your honor progress. You won't get punished, but it'll extend your stay in dishonorable. (Reds have also stated this).

A lot of people have said that just not responding or typing anything has been one of the fastest ways to get out of dishonorable. I don't know if this is true or not because I have no personal experience in it and it's all kind of anecdotal evidence on the forums but what I have seen is a pattern of players complaining that they get honors in post game and they are still in dishonored for months, which makes me believe that what the reds said about being slightly negative in games does halt your honor progress regardless of whether or not someone gives you an honor post game.

Anyway, best of luck and hopefully you'll get out of dishonorable soon!

Silent Gravity12/17/2018, 4:53:16 AM1 votes

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The primary way to get honor is by playing games without being validly reported.

This means that avoiding everything that can be flagged as negative is a good idea. No "pointing out" anyone's KDA or CS. Don't say that you're going to report or mute anyone. When you decide that someone is trolling/griefing, stop interacting with them. Don't blame people for the state of the game.

The second most important way to gain honor is by using chat positively. This can start with simple things like "gl hf" at the beginning and "gg" at the end. More advanced techniques include using chat to help your team win the game. Make plans for the future. "We should get a ward on baron" "Take dragon while they're distracted" "Build XX next for some MR" "focus LeBlanc first next fight" "Hold your ult until after they use their dashes"

While you are doing this, make sure that you're talking about the future. The future can be changed, but the past cannot. "Why didn't you ward baron?" "You should have taken dragon while I had them distracted" "Why did you build XX?" "stop focusing the tank" "stop wasting your ult" Those, while essentially the same message as the prior ones, are flagged as negative because the past can't be changed.

The third most important way to gain honor is the team bonus for everyone honoring someone. This means that it's best for you to honor someone every game. This also helps you to enjoy the game itself more. It focuses our thinking on what went right, and who we enjoyed playing beside the most, instead of focusing on the troll, flamer, or uncooperative person.

The smallest part of gaining honor comes from the individual honors. Focusing on those is a good way to make yourself frustrated.

AhriTentacleToy12/17/2018, 7:47:46 AM1 votes

You can't fix it at all. Depends on elo, if they are a big premade, ect. I went 9/0 as Annie yesterday and out csed all 9 players, saved my Jinx in bot lane from losing to going 12/4 thru a major gank and advice... then shot called out last two pushes with everyone but our Garen listening... and got no honors from the 3 non premade teamates. They didn't honor anyone. None of them. I was friendly all game, pinged once max to warn about things on map and never BMed. It really entirely depends on who you're RNG playing with and then secondly if they are premade and lastly on how you behave and perform.

AJStarhiker12/17/2018, 1:31:26 PM1 votes

Mute flame and refuse to engage troll players. Especially if they try to target you.

You'd be surprised how often people honor someone who won't take the flamebait.

SanKakU12/17/2018, 5:06:37 PM1 votes

I get honors when I lose though. In fact I've been honored more often during preseason. I don't play the newest version of Nexus Blitz though. I don't see any incentive to.

If they brought back old versions of champs like Sejuani, Swain, and Galio then I'd be playing it.

I just do what I usually do to get honor, which is try to win.

Sometimes if my team is doing good and I ping once or twice all game and say nothing else in chat I might get the shot calling honor. Pick your words carefully if you type to your team. I generally type a lot but one thing I do is I finish typing something but before sending the message delete it. It helps me be more diplomatic and get the heat of the moment away from making me embarrass my allies more than they already have been. They already have an enemy team making them feel bad. They don't need anyone on their team making them feel bad too, even if they deserve it, they're still more valuable to you if you find a way to make them feel good about you teaching them something. The most difficult people for me to reach are those that play in groups because I can't appeal to them as individuals because they don't even see themselves as such. It doesn't help that they sometimes treat their non-grouped allies disrespectfully.

MagicFlyingLlama12/17/2018, 12:25:26 AM1 votes

My personal experience: be hilarious in a mostly positive fashion.

Carrying helps, but being hilarious makes people notice you.

I recently got 3 honors for instalocking Karthus ADC and not throwing the game, plus apologizing for accidental kills with ult.

Still Virgiñ12/17/2018, 3:05:52 AM1 votes

I never type anything, and i usually get honored.