League of Legends
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| Developers | |
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| Riot Games | |
| Publishers | |
| Riot Games | |
| China | Tencent Games |
| SEA (Original) | Garena |
| Engines | |
| Hextech Engine | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 27, 2009 |
| macOS (OS X) | March 1, 2013 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 78 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | Free-to-play |
| Microtransactions | Boost, Cosmetic, Currency, Infinite spend, Free-to-grind, Loot box, Unlock |
| Modes | Multiplayer |
| Genres | Action, Strategy |
| Series | League of Legends |
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Warnings
- This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.
League of Legends is a multiplayer action and strategy game in the League of Legends series.
League of Legends was announced on October 7, 2008, for Microsoft Windows,[1] with closed beta testing starting in April 2009.[2] The game was fully released in North America on October 27, 2009.[3]
General information
- Initially known as League of Legends: Clash of Fates.
- Official Support
- Official Garena to Riot Games migrate link
- Unofficial Subreddit
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
Global version only. | |
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| Official website | |
Global version. | |
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| Publisher website | |
China version. | |
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| Epic Games Store | |
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| Microsoft Store | |
Included exclusively with Xbox Game Pass for PC. | |
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| Steam (unavailable) | |
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| Publisher website (unavailable) | |
Southeast Asia version. | |
- Global version requires a Riot Games account.[4] Transfers between specific regions are available for purchase.[5]
- China server version requires QQ or WeChat account with real-name identity verification passed.
- SEA Servers can only play in Riot Client now (No need for Garena anymore)[6]
- All versions require a constant internet connection for all game modes[7].
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Config[Note 1] |
| Microsoft Store | |
| macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game>\Config |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20590/pfx/[Note 2] |
Launcher general settings.
Launcher in-game general settings.
Launcher in-game interface settings.
In-game general settings.
In-game interface settings.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Epic Games Launcher | Linked to riot account | |
| Steam Cloud | Linked to riot account | |
| Xbox Cloud | Linked to riot account |
Video
In-game video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Hor+.[10][11] | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | Available, but has issues.[12][13] | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | There are tools to alter your FOV but they are strictly against Riots ToS for third party applications. Riot does actively ban players for using these tools.[14] | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Uses FXAA.[15] With DX9 Legacy mode enabled it is possible to force high quality SGSSAA in Nvidia Inspector via 0x084012C1 flag |
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| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | 25, 30, 60, 80, 120, 144, 200, 240 (used by default) and Uncapped FPS limiter. No refresh rate cap. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Color blind mode | Deuteranopia (red-green colorblindness) only.[16] | ||
- With Legacy DX9 mode enabled HBAO flag
0x0000002D(MechWarrior Online) is also available.
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Logitech GamePanel
- Information such as total gold, minions killed, neutrals killed, wards placed, Gold/Min, CS/Min, KDA ratio, wards killed can be displayed on the LCD panel or smartphone application.[17]
| Display | Notes |
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| Arx Control application | |
| G19 color screen | Native support. Displays global info and champion's statistics. |
| G15 monochrome screen | Native support. Displays global info and champion's statistics. |
Launcher in-game hotkey settings.
In-game hotkey settings.
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Launcher audio settings.
Launcher in-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.
Localizations
- Supported languages will vary from region to region. See Riot Games' support article for details.
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | AU, GB, PH, SG and US variant available. | |||
| Simplified Chinese | Audio dub in Chinese unavailable outside China, Global version uses only Text localization but Malaysian variant. China version uses only Text localization and Audio dub. | |||
| Czech | Fan - 1 | |||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Greek | ||||
| Hungarian | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Romanian | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Latin American Spanish | ||||
| Turkish | ||||
| Thai | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| Vietnamese | ||||
| Indonesian | Indonesian interface added in patch 15.7/25.07 |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | Not supported anymore. | |||
| LAN play | Planned LAN mode, but it's was cancelled for unknown reasons. | |||
| Online play | 10 | 1 player in Tutorial, Single-player PvP (excluding ARAM, Draft pick and Ranked, since v14.22 for new players which didn't completed any PvP game in the preceding 6 months ago) and Practice tool modes. 5 players in Co-op vs AI mode. 2-5 players in Co-op Swiftplay mode (excluding ARAM, Draft pick and Ranked, since v14.22 for new players and returning players which didn't completed any PvP game in the preceding 6 months ago). 16 players in Arena mode. 10 players in ARAM, Normal and Ranked modes Custom lobbies available for 1-10 players. Special events may provide unique game modes and team sizes (1v1, 2v2, 6v6). |
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Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking | Ranked mode unlocked at level 30, with 20 (5v5).[18] | |
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | Developer-hosted | |
| 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)[19] |
|---|---|
| TCP | 80, 443, 2099, 5222-5223, 8088, 8393-8400 |
| UDP | 5000-5500, 8088 |
- This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.
Issues fixed
League of Legends Help Center
- Expansive official knowledge base covering everything from client & patcher issues, to in-game or login issues, and much more.
- Constantly sees updates on a daily basis as the official support team adds or maintains the support articles.
| Troubleshoot the issue according to Riot Games Support's League of Legends Help Center[20] |
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Game refuse to run on system with AMD Terascale APU + GCN Dual Graphics
| Use Catalyst DirectX 10.0-12.0 15.6 dlls. |
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| Use Legacy DX9 mode. |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9.0c, 11 | Windows only. D3D9 is used if D3D11 is not supported by the machine.[23] |
| OpenGL | 1.5 | OS X only.[23] |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | 32 bit was removed, following the release of the April 2023 (patch 13.7) update.[21] | ||
| macOS (OS X) | Following the release of the April 2019 (patch 9.7) update.[22] |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | Wwise | |
| Multiplayer | Riot Client Services | |
| Anti-cheat | Packman, Anti-Cheat Expert, Riot Vanguard | Tencent ACE uses only in Chinese client, Riot Vanguard uses only in Global client. |
Tools
Hextech Repair Tool
- Official automated troubleshooting tool able to fix issues related to corrupt game data, connection problems, and firewall issues.
- Capable of automatically submitting a ticket to Riot Support if the tool wasn't able to fix the issue experienced.
- Supports both Windows and OS X.
Lag Report
- Official tool for testing the network connection to the game servers of a region.
- Browser-based, no download or install required.
- Provides a comparison report for ISPs in the user's location.
Network Log Reader
- Official tool for diagnosing network logs and find the cause of connection issues experienced during play.
- Browser-based, no download or install required.
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 10 | 11 | ||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-530 AMD A6-3650 | Intel Core i5-3300 AMD Ryzen 3 1200 |
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| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 16 GB (HDD) | 16 GB (SSD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT AMD Radeon HD 6570 Intel HD Graphics 4600 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD Radeon HD 6950 Intel UHD Graphics 630 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible |
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| Other | SSE3 | SSE4, TPM 2.0 | ||
- Official system requirements
- Starting with Patch 25.08 (April 16, 2025) DX11 GPU hardware will be required.
- Minimum requirements are for 768p on the low preset and recommended for 1080p on high.
- The original system requirements were as follows: Windows XP SP2 or later, a 2 GHz processor, 1 GB RAM, 750 MB hard disk space, Shader version 2.0, and DirectX 9.0. The recommended system requirements were a 3 GHz processor, 1 GB RAM, 750 MB hard disk space, and a GeForce 8800 or equivalent video card.
| macOS (OS X) | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.13.6 | 11 | ||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-750 | Intel Core i5-3300 | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 12 GB (HDD) | 16 GB (SSD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | AMD Radeon HD 6570 Intel HD Graphics 4600 1 GB of VRAM | AMD Radeon HD 6950 Intel UHD Graphics 630 2 GB of VRAM |
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| Other | SSE2 | SSE3 | ||
- Official system requirements
- macOS 12 and 13 are currently not supported.
- Minimum requirements are for 768p on the low preset and recommended for 1080p on high.
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (20590) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ League of Legends goes free-to-play - last accessed on 2009-07-14
- ↑ Rank Up in LoL - last accessed on 2014-02-14
- ↑ League of Legends is now 10 years old. This is the story of its birth. - last accessed on 2009-09-05
- ↑ Separate Servers - Riot Games Support - last accessed on 2017-10-01
- "An account created for a particular server will not be able to log into the website or the version of client made for the other servers."
- ↑ Account Transfer FAQ - Riot Games Support - last accessed on 2017-10-01
- ↑ League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics Will Be Published by Riot Games in Southeast Asia for the First Time - last accessed on 2022-11-09
- ↑ Verified by User:Posedennetshow on 2023-08-17
- Practice tool cannot be played in offline mode. Requires internet connection
- ↑ Patch 5.22 notes - League of Legends - last accessed on 2017-10-01
- "All in-game settings [...] are now saved server-side per account, rather than on individual computers."
- ↑ Hotkeys (Keybindings) FAQ - Riot Games Support - last accessed on 2017-10-01
- "they are account-bound and saved on our servers"
- ↑ TIL if you play League on a bigger monitor, it doesn't stretch the game, it just adds more vision - League of Legends Subreddit - last accessed on 2017-09-29
- ↑ League Of Legends 21:9 Review - YouTube - last accessed on 2017-09-29
- ↑ League in 4k is unplayable, here is why - League of Legends Subreddit - last accessed on 2017-09-29
- ↑ LoL in 4K Resolution? - League of Legends NA Forums - last accessed on 2017-09-29
- ↑ support.riotgames.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ A Trip Down The LoL Graphics Pipeline - Riot Games Engineering - last accessed on 2017-10-02
- "For League, we use the Fast Approximate Anti-Aliasing (FXAA) algorithm."
- ↑ Colorblind Mode - Riot Games Support - last accessed on 2017-09-29
- "We have implemented a mode for players that are affected by deuteranopia (red-green colorblindness) so they can better distinguish between friendly and enemy health bars as well as spell effects during gameplay."
- ↑ League of Legend´s G19 Applet -release- Thresh Patch(17.01.2013) - last accessed on 2025-07-23
- ↑ Unlocking Game Modes - Riot Games Support - last accessed on 2017-12-30
- "Ranked Solo/Duo and Ranked Flex queues for 5v5 Summoner's Rift will open at level 30 and when you acquire at least 20 champions. Ranked Flex will open at level 30, once you acquire at least 12 champions."
- ↑ League of Legends Support: - Port Forwarding - last accessed on 2021-01-25
- ↑ Verified by User:Aemony on 2017-09-30
- ↑ PATCH 13.7 NOTES - last accessed on 2023-05-16
- ↑ League of Legends - The Mac Client is Updating to 64-bit - last accessed on 2019-04-01
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 A Trip Down The LoL Graphics Pipeline - Riot Games Engineering - last accessed on 2017-09-29
- "There are over ten million games per month played on Windows XP, so to maintain backwards compatibility we have to support DirectX 9 and can only use the features it provides. We use a comparable featureset from OpenGL 1.5 on OS X machines as well"