Riot Games shares a video with League of Legends players explaining why it removed Hextech chests and outlining some of the ...

After the controversial decision to stop rewarding you with Hextech chests so you can unlock free League of Legends skins, ...

The League of Legends community is currently in turmoil as Riot Games has made significant changes by removing free Hextech Chests.

League of Legends (LoL) developer Riot Games has been under fire since the beginning of Season 2025, and it looks like ...

The League of Legends community is up in arms about a recent explanation for the quiet removal of Hextech Chests from the game, ...

LoL’s devs have come clean about why free Hextech Chests were removed, and players were infuriated by their explanation.

After a rocky start to 2025, Riot has released a new League of Legends dev diary, discussing the removal of Hextech Chests ...

The Feb. 7 League of Legends dev update did not go over very well with players. In it, Riot doubled down on its reasoning to remove Hextech chests as a free-to-earn loot reward. According to Riot, the ...

Riot Games has had a challenging couple of weeks, although many would attribute it to its own actions. The developer doubled down on removing Hextech chests, and it’s also figuring out how to balance ...

As for the video, time is spent on the dev team’s decision to remove Hextech Chests from the MOBA as well as changes to the ...

We also learn more about the second half of season one ...

The Link Between S- Rank and Chests There is a close correlation between hextech chests and S- rank. In other words, you will get a chest after you achieve an S- ranking or higher. It’s pretty ...