LoL: How to Change Your Name

The name you use while playing League of Legends tells a lot about your personality as a gamer. If you no longer like the name you picked when you first started playing LoL, follow the steps listed in this guide to change it.

League of Legends initially asks you to add two names: the first one is your account name, and the second one is your Summoner Name. In this guide, we’ll talk about how to change your Summoner Name, meaning your in-game name.

Steps to change your in-game name in League Of Legends

There are two ways you can change your LoL name:

1. Use Blue Essence: You need 13900 BE to be able to change your Summoner’s Name. This is the free method. All you need to do is keep playing the game until you get hold of enough BE currency.
2. Use Riot points: You need 1300 RP to change your in-game name. You can buy this premium LoL currency with real money. So, if you don’t have enough patience to play until your get enough BE, you can simply open your wallet.

There is no limit to the number of times you can change your name. The only condition is to have enough currency to pay for the name change.

How to change your LoL name (step-by-step guide)

1. Log- in to your LoL account
2. Click on the Store icon
3. Locate your account button and click on it
4. Click on your Summoner Name Change option
5. Select which currency you want to use
6. Type the new name and confirm your choice.

And this is all you need to do in order to change your LoL in-game name. Simple, it’s it?

Rules for changing your Summoner’s name

• The new name must follow Riot’s Terms of Use and must not contain profanity.
• The name of each summoner has to be unique. You cannot use the same name on different accounts.
• You cannot use your real name or any personally identifying information.
• You cannot use the name of an eSports professional.
• Names must be at least 3 character long. Names longer than 16 characters are not supported.
• The following special characters and symbols are supported: alphabet letters, numbers, accents, underscore and spaces.
• You cannot have Riot in your Summoner’s name. Only Riot employees are allow to use Riot in their in-game names.

Learn more about LoL names

If you use an inappropriate name that contains profanity, hate speech, vulgarities and other such elements, your in-game name will automatically be changed into a default preset. If you keep trying to use names that don’t respect Riot’s policy, you risk getting your account banned.

You can change the spacing or capitalization of your name for free as a one time exception. There’s no need to use currency to purchase a name change scroll. To to this, send Riot a ticket with the Summoner Name Change subject. But keep in mind you can only do this once.

Your Friends list won’t be affected if you change your in-game name. You will remain on their list with your new name. Just let them know you changed your name.

If you don’t log in for a long time, your account and your Summoner’s name will be kept for a certain amount of time. Level 5 and under Summoner names get 6 months of inactivity protection. Level 6 and above Summoners enjoy up to 30 months of inactivity protection (each extra level brings one extra month of inactivity protection).

After this inactivity protection period is exceeded, your Summoner’s name is flagged for inactivity. This means that another player can claim the respective name.

And now you know.