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Revision as of 14:19, 25 January 2021
Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
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| Developers | |
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| Riot Games | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 27, 2009 |
| macOS (OS X) | March 1, 2013 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 78 |
| IGDB | 84 |
| 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.
Key points
- Initially known as League of Legends: Clash of Fates.
General information
- Official Support
- Official Forums (North America)
- Unofficial Wiki
- Unofficial Subreddit
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
Global version only. | |
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| Official website | |
Global version. | |
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| Publisher website | |
China version. | |
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| Publisher website | |
Southeast Asia version. | |
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| Steam (unavailable) | |
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- Global version requires a region-bound League of Legends account.[1] Transfers between specific regions are available for purchase.[2]
- China version requires a QQ account.
- Southeast Asia version requires a Garena account.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Config[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game>\Config |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-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 |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
In-game video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Hor+.[5][6] | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | Available, but has issues.[7][8] | ||
| 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.[9] | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Uses FXAA.[10] | ||
| 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.[11] | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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| Steam Input | ||
|---|---|---|
| Steam Input API support | ||
| Hook input (legacy mode) | ||
| Official controller preset(s) | ||
| Steam Controller button prompts |
Logitech GamePanel
- Information such as total gold, minions killed, nautrals killed, wards placed, Gold/Min, CS/Min, KDA ratio, wards killed can be displayed on the LCD panel or smartphone application[12].
| Display | Notes |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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 | North America, EU West, EU Nordic and East, Oceania | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | Brazil | |||
| Simplified Chinese | China | |||
| Czech | EU Nordic and East | |||
| French | EU West | |||
| German | EU West | |||
| Greek | EU Nordic and East | |||
| Hungarian | EU Nordic and East | |||
| Italian | EU West | |||
| Japanese | Japan | |||
| Korean | South Korea | |||
| Polish | EU Nordic and East | |||
| Romanian | EU Nordic and East | |||
| Russian | Russia | |||
| Spanish | Spanish (Spain) for EU West. | |||
| Latin American Spanish | Spanish (Latin America) for Latin America(s). | |||
| Turkish | Turkey |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | 10 | Versus, Co-op 5v5. 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).[13] | |
| 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)[14] |
|---|---|
| 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[15] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 9 | Windows only.[17] |
| OpenGL | 1.5 | OS X only.[17] |
| Shader Model support | 2 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) | Following the release of the April 2019 (patch 9.7) update.[16] |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | Wwise |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP SP3[18]) | 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 |
| Other | Screen resolutions up to 1920x1200 | |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Other | Screen resolutions up to 1920x1200 | |
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). - ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ https://support.riotgames.com/hc/en-us/articles/225266848-Third-Party-Applications
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ 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
- ↑ League of Legends - The Mac Client is Updating to 64-bit - last accessed on 2019-04-01
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 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"
- ↑ Dropping Support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 - Riot Games Support - last accessed on 2017-09-30
- "Service Pack 2 is no longer compatible with the latest security protocols. This isn’t a change to League itself, but a required security update to the connection between players and our servers. The only versions of Windows compatible with the latest protocols are XP Service Pack 3 and above for 32-bit, and Vista and above for 64-bit."