WHAT IS HONOR?
Honor is a permanent, account-wide rank that climbs across all your ranked games — the one thing that does persist between matches. It's pure prestige: a level that only ever goes up, shown on your profile, your in-game nameplate, and the Honor leaderboard.
EARNING HONOR
Ranked games only:
- •+100 XP for finishing a ranked match (win or lose)
- •+300 XP for a win — a win is worth 3× a loss
- •Presence scaling: Gain is scaled by presence (your share of match time), like MMR — but the late-joiner penalty is gentler: a half-presence joiner still keeps ~75% of the Honor (vs ~50% of the MMR). Joining within the grace window pays full
- •Minimum players required: Requires at least 2 players in the match — you can't farm Honor in an empty lobby
- •No Practice Honor: Practice games grant no Honor
- •Scaling costs: Each level costs a little more than the last (500 + 250 × (level − 1) XP per level), so the climb steepens as you rise
HONOR RANKS & TITLES
Every 5 Honor levels earns a new rank — a title and a pixel helmet that grows grander each tier. Your helmet shows beside your name on your in-game nameplate and in the HUD; your title shows on your profile and the Honor leaderboard.
| Rank | Honor Level | Title |
|---|---|---|
| — | 1–4 | Recruit |
| ⚔ | 5 | Squire |
| ⚔ | 10 | Footman |
| ⚔ | 15 | Knight |
| ⚔ | 20 | Templar |
| ⚔ | 25 | Champion |
| ⚔ | 30 | Warlord |
| ⚔ | 35 | Conqueror |
| ⚔ | 40+ | Legend |
THE /HONOR EMOTE
Flex your rank: type /honor in chat (or tap your rank badge in the HUD) and your tier helmet flashes above your hero, then rises and fades — Guild Wars /rank style. Typing /honor also broadcasts your rank to the lobby.
Example broadcast:
"bryan is of Honor 40, rank Legend"
- •Helmet flex requirements: Needs Honor 5+ (a helmet) and a living hero on the map
- •Chat shout: Works from any rank
- •Cooldown: 5-second cooldown between uses
HONOR LEADERBOARD
Honor has its own leaderboard — climb ranked, climb Honor. Compete with the best warriors in the kingdom and earn your place among the legends.