The Bounty System is getting massively overhauled in the upcoming patch.
The Bounty System is a big part of League of Legends and has been since its inception. It is a process that allows a team that has fallen behind in gold and experience to catch up to the opposing team.
When a player has accumulated more gold compared to their opposing counterparts, they are given a “Bounty” on their head. If an opposing player kills that player they are given extra gold called Bounty Gold, which depends on the Bounty amount.
Previously, Bounty was only given out on killing champions but a few years ago Riot also added Objective Bounties, which allows players to cash in bounties by taking objectives aka killing Baron Nashor, taking towers, etc.
Despite being a great change for the game, it still had its issues. The system wasn’t always accurate and certain strategies could be used to circumvent bounties. This is why Riot has been talking about overhauling the bounty system for a while now.
However, after months of waiting, the Bounty System overhaul is finally here. In this article, we will discuss this in detail.
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Patch 14.21 Bounty Changes
Here are all the Bounty Changes coming in the upcoming patch,
Champion Bounties
- Bounties are no longer fully reset if a champion scores a kill or dies.
- Champion bounties are now determined based on how much gold a champion has earned or given away rather than kill streaks, death streaks, assists, and creep score.
- Gold earned from kills is equal to gold given away through deaths. However, more gold will be counted as given away from deaths if multiple champions are involved in the takedown.
- Gold earned from assists now counts towards positive bounties at a rate relative to the amount of gold earned.
- Gold earned from farming now counts towards a positive bounty and has a faster rate of moving a champion out of a negative bounty state.
Objective Bounties
- Gold, Turrets, and Voidgrubs are now more important in determining objective bounties.
- Experience is now less important in determining objective bounties.
- Objective bounties now turn off faster.
Release Date
The Bounty Changes along with Patch 14.21 is expected to be released on Wednesday, October 23, 2024.
