hall of fame is one of those League of Legends questions where the accepted answer is nearly right and the gap matters.

Short answer

The direct answer is above the fold; the reasoning underneath is there for when the direct answer does not fit your situation.

Edge cases are genuinely rare, which is why the simple answer is usually the correct one. Nothing here depends on a setting you are unlikely to have. Patch notes move numbers around constantly; the shape of the answer holds even when a specific value shifts.

The practical answer

The accepted community answer is broadly right and wrong in a specific way that matters here. It is worth separating what the game does from what players have concluded it does. Do the cheap check before the expensive one — that ordering alone saves most of the frustration. The mechanic behind it is simpler than the discussion around it suggests.

Testing this yourself takes a few minutes and settles it definitively. League of Legends is not shy about hiding useful information two menus deep, so some of this is simply knowing where to look. Most of the disagreement online comes from people describing different versions of League of Legends.

Worth knowing alongside this

There is usually a fast way and a reliable way, and it is worth knowing which one you are choosing. Everything below is framed around the current state of League of Legends rather than a launch-week impression. It helps to understand why a step exists, because then you can adapt it when your situation is slightly different.

  • Test it yourself where testing is cheap.
  • Check which version any conflicting advice was written for.
  • Stop and reassess after two failed attempts rather than repeating the third.
  • Note the exception cases — they are specific rather than vague.

When the usual advice fails

The community wisdom on this is roughly half right, and the half that is wrong costs the most time. Treat anything stated without a version number as provisional. If a step reads as obvious, do it anyway — the obvious ones are the ones people skip and then wonder about. Most of the disagreement you will find online is two people describing different builds.

If your result differs from what is described here, note what is different first rather than starting over. Screenshots age faster than text, which is why this describes rather than shows. What follows assumes you are on a current install and have not modified it.

Why it works this way

Where something depends on your platform or region, that is called out rather than glossed over. The awkward part is rarely the step itself, it is knowing which step comes first. The short version is near the top on purpose; the reasoning is there if you want to know why.

If you are coming to this after a long break, the terminology has probably moved on. The developers have changed their mind about this at least once, which explains the older advice. Anything that behaves differently on console than on PC is flagged where it matters.

What to do instead

None of this needs a paid tool, a third-party launcher or an account on a site you have never heard of. Half the pages on this topic were written for a build that no longer exists, which is why they stop matching what you see. There is no hidden trick here that the game is keeping from you.

Where people go wrong

  • Ignoring the platform-specific note and then wondering why the steps do not line up.
  • Rushing the last step, which is usually the one with the actual requirement in it.
  • Skipping the prerequisite because it looked optional in someone else's summary.

League FAQ

Why do people disagree about this?

Mostly because they are describing different versions. Version drift explains the majority of contradictory advice about League of Legends.

Is this still accurate after the latest League of Legends update?

The method is; individual numbers may not be. If a value on your screen differs, trust the screen and keep the sequence.

What if none of this works for me?

Then something in your setup differs from the assumption — version, region or platform. Check those three before anything else.

How long does this take?

Minutes if it goes cleanly, an evening if you hit the edge case in the caveats list. Neither is unusual.

Work through it in the order above and hall of fame stops being a question you have to look up again.