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League of Legends
League of Legends cover
Developers
Riot Games
Release dates
Windows October 27, 2009
macOS (OS X) March 1, 2013
League of Legends guide on StrategyWiki
League of Legends on Wikipedia

Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Key points

Available for free

General information

Official Website
League of Legends Official (NA) Forums
Riot Games Support - official support
League of Legends Wiki - unofficial wiki dedicated to the game
League of Legends Subreddit - largest unofficial community
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website A League of Legends account is required to play.
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Game data

Launcher options menu.
Launcher options menu.
In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.
In-game interface settings.
In-game interface settings.

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20590/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

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Input settings

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.
Supported languages will vary from region to region. See Riot Games's support article for details

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Brazilian Portuguese
Czech
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
Audio Latino in LAN & LAS servers and Spain spanish audio in EUW servers
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
12 Versus
3vs3, 5vs5, (1v1, 2v2 or 6v6 only during special events) Custom lobbies available for 1-10 players.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Ranked mode only available at level 30 and 16 champions unlocked
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Only available for tournaments. Uses a pre-generated code instead of an IP address.

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 80, 443, 2099, 5222, 5223, 8393-8400
UDP 5000-5500, 8088
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

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Pvp.Net Patcher Kernel Is Not Responding Keeps Popping Up

Attempting to run League of Legends results in a "Pvp.Net Patcher Kernel Is Not Responding" dialog popping up. Running the program in "Administrator Mode" once should fix the issue. To do so, right click on the shortcut and select the "Run as administrator" option from the drop down menu.

Client Doesn't Open

This issue can occur when clicking to launch the client from the updater. The "League of Legends" emblem will flash a few times, which isn't unusual, but then the client itself will not open. A guide to fixing this bug can be found on the official forums, however the final step, completely clearing League of Legends and all programs associated with it from the computer and doing a re-install from scratch, is the only certain fix.

Grayed Out Launch Button On League Of Legends Patcher

This issue occurs occasionally after an update. On the top right the server status will also be "Unavailable". To fix it click on the gray'd out "Launch" button and slowly type "thereisnourflevel".

Disconnect Untargetable Towers/Inhibitors/Minions/Champions

This issue can occur after disconnecting and reconnecting to a game in progress. Turrets or inhibitors which have been destroyed during your disconnect period will appear to still be there, and the next turret/inhibitor along will be untargetable. The only known way to solution to this is to disconnect manually and reconnect to the game.

Graphics Card Overheating

League of Legends has no frame rate cap so running it with Vsync disabled may lead to GPU overheating. Ensure you play with Vsync and/or the frame rate cap enabled in-game.

HUD Resetting

This issue causes the HUD sizing to reset with each game. This issue can be fixed with the following steps:
Instructions

Mouse Lag/General Mouse Problems

This issue occurs primarily when in spectator mode, and can sometimes be fixed by Alt+Tab'ing in and out. Alternatively, logging out and logging back in will solve this issue.

Post-game Statistics Do Not Load

Sometimes after finishing a game, win or lose, the post-game statistics page will not load and the client will shut down. This is due to a problem with your computer's network firewall. If you're having this problem you may also notice that your client has trouble connecting to PVP.net every so often. Though it is not a permanent solve, you can go in to your antivirus software and temporarily disable your network threat protection. This issue is especially prevalent with users who have Symantec Endpoint Protection.

Space Bar Autocentre Doesn't Work

There is a bug wherein the space bar will randomly stop auto-centering back on the player's champion. Alt-Tabbing doesn't seem to immediately fix this problem, but it usually doesn't persist for long enough to become a major nuisance in-game. Going to Keybinds and rebinding auto locking usually fixes the problem.

Game Crashes and Returns to Launcher Repeatedly

Sometimes, after Champion Select has completed the game may hang on a black screen and crash. Attempting to reconnect will crash the game again. To fix this issue, go to the folder where League of Legends is installed and type 'logitech' into the search bar. Delete all instances of LogitechLed.dll and LogitechGkey.dll that appear (This will disable Logitech features such as "Game Controlled Illumination" & in-game G-key functionality).

To prevent future instancace of this crash you can disable Logitech support by adding the line "LogitechSupport=0" to the [General] section of the file "game.cfg" located at "C:\Riot Games\League of Legends\Config\". The file "game.cfg" can be opened with any text editor.[1]

Unable to Use Abilities or Hotkeys

Upon loading game, abilities, summoner spells, and items will not activate when the corresponding key is pressed. It is as though the button press is not registering. Self-casting will work for some abilities, as well as using modifiers such as ctrl + key. This problem is fixed by exiting the game and client (as well as closing the process if necessary) and restarting the game.

Frequent disconnects from PvP.net

At the moment this can only be solved by disabling the Windows IP Helper Service. To do so start services.msc rightclick the service and select stop. Note that this might keep other applications relying on that service to work properly.

Issues unresolved

Cursor corruption on AMD GPUs

There has been a bug in the drivers of AMD's GPUs for years where the cursor may corrupt over time and turn into a vertical line that looks somewhat similar to a comb or into a white square. There is no solution besides restarting your computer, moving your cursor rapidly across the screen, or enabling a software cursor, which includes Windows' pointer trails setting.

RADS Error

The RADS Error dialog will appear after a long start up time for the LOL Launcher. This error is sometimes caused by system administrators blocking League of Legends and similar programs from accessing the connection to the internet. This error is common when using free school or workplace internet. If this is the case, there is no way to solve this error (aside from asking the system administrator). Sometimes however the cause is unknown and can be solved by running League of Legends in "Administrator Mode".To run League of Legends in "Administrator Mode", right click on the shortcut and select the "Run as administrator" option from the drop down menu.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
OpenGL 2.x OS X only.
Shader Model support 2
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio Wwise

System requirements

Official system requirements.
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista, 7, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU) 2.50 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 9 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 2.0 support
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.7.5
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GTX500 or Better
ATI Radeon HD 5450

Notes

  1. File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/20590/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (20590) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References