League of Legends
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Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
Developers | |
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Riot Games | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 27, 2009 |
macOS (OS X) | March 1, 2013 |
Warnings
- This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.
Key points
- Free to play
General information
- Official Website
- Official Support
- Official Forums (North America)
- Unofficial Wiki
- Unofficial Subreddit
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Official website | A League of Legends account is required to play. Accounts are region-bound, however transfers across regions are available for purchase. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20590/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
- Supported languages will vary from region to region. See Riot Games' support article for details.
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Czech | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Greek | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Polish | ||||
Romanian | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Turkish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play | 10 | Versus, Co-op 3vs3, 5vs5. Custom lobbies available for 1-10 players. Special events may provide unique game modes and team sizes (1v1, 2v2, 6v6). |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | Ranked mode only available at level 30 and 20 champions unlocked.[1] | |
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) |
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TCP | 80, 443, 2099, 5222, 5223, 8393-8400 |
UDP | 5000-5500, 8088 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
League of Legends Help Center
- Expansive official knowledge base covering everything from client & patcher issues, in-game issues, login issues and more.
- Constantly sees updates on a daily basis as the official support team adds or maintains the support articles.
Instructions |
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GPU Overheating
- Running the game with uncapped frame rate and V-Sync disabled may lead to GPU overheating. Cap the frame rate or enable V-Sync to prevent this from happening.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
OpenGL | 1.5 | OS X only.[2] |
Shader Model support | 2 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Wwise |
Troubleshooting 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.
- Supported regions: North America, EU-West, EU-Nordic East
Network Log Reader
- Official tool for diagnosing network logs and find the cause of connection issues experienced during play.
- Supports both Windows and OS X.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP (32-bit SP3 only) | Vista, 7, 8.1, 10 |
Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | 3.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista and newer) |
2 GB (XP) 4 GB (Vista and newer) |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 GB | 12 GB |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 2.0 support |
Nvidia GeForce 8800 AMD Radeon HD 5670 512 MB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.8.5 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | 10 GB |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT ATI Radeon HD 2600 | Nvidia GeForce GT 330M ATI Radeon HD 4670 |
Notes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ PSA: You need 20 champions to play ranked now. - League of Legends Subreddit - last accessed on 2017-09-30
- "After the 10 bans release it says that you need 20 champions to play ranked now (as opposed to the previous 16)."
- ↑ A Trip Down The LoL Graphics Pipeline - last accessed on 2017-09-29
- "We use a comparable featureset from OpenGL 1.5 on OS X machines"