League of Legends is playable on both Windows and Mac computers.
EMAIL ADDRESS - Enter a working email address to which you have access here. USERNAME - Your preferred Riot Games account username PASSWORD - A password for your account. CONFIRM PASSWORD - Repeat the password. DATE OF BIRTH - Select the month, day, and year on which you were born. You must be at least 13 years old to play League.
You may be prompted to select a different username.
If you’re on a Mac, you may have to click the Download Mac Installer link.
Windows - Click Yes when prompted, click Next, check the I agree box, and click Next. Click Finish when prompted. Mac - Verify the download if prompted, then click and drag the League of Legends icon onto the Applications folder icon and drop it there.
There’s a tutorial here that you can skip by clicking SKIP if you like. The tutorial is incredibly helpful if you’ve never seen or experienced League of Legends gameplay before.
There’s a tutorial here that you can skip by clicking SKIP if you like. The tutorial is incredibly helpful if you’ve never seen or experienced League of Legends gameplay before.
Objective - The objective in most League maps is to destroy the enemy team’s base (referred to as the “Nexus” in-game). Enemies - There are two main types of enemies in-game: minions, which are AI-controlled bots, and champions, which are player-controlled. There are also turrets, which auto-attack enemies, and monsters, which populate the map. Killing monsters grants your team bonuses for a small amount of time. Champions - Champions are purchased with in-game currency, but there are several free champions that new players can use each week. Lanes - Lanes are paths on maps. There are typically three lanes—top, middle, and bottom—as well as a Jungle section that fills in the space between the different lanes. Champions typically stick to one lane in the beginning of the game. XP - You earn experience (XP) from killing other champions, minions, turrets, monsters, and so on, as well as by completing in-game objectives. XP is used to level up your character’s abilities; you can level up to as high as level 18 in a game. All levels are reset once a new game starts.
There are also turrets, which auto-attack enemies, and monsters, which populate the map. Killing monsters grants your team bonuses for a small amount of time.
All levels are reset once a new game starts.
Mage or APC - Ranged attacks. Low health, low defense, high damage. Marksman or ADC - Ranged, non-magic attacks. Low health, low defense, high damage. Tank - Melee attacks. High health, high defense, low damage. Fighter - Melee attacks. Balanced health, defense, and damage. Supporter - Varying attacks and stats. Focused on non-combat roles, such as supportive spell-casting. Assassin - Varying attacks. Low health, low defense, high mobility, and high damage.
A vital component of League of Legends is resource denial, which entails killing minions while preventing champions from the other team from killing your team’s minions. This will allow you to level up while they remain at a low level.
Destroying an enemy inhibitor will also prompt your inhibitors to spawn super minions, which are high-health, high-damage AI units that can distract the enemy team for quite some time.
Killing any jungle monster will reward your whole team with a buff, though the buff will vary depending on the monster. For example, killing the giant toad monster will apply poison damage to all of your teammates’ attacks for a limited time.
If you don’t have healing items, you may need to teleport back to the spawning area once you’re safe. This is typically accomplished by pressing the B key.
Keep your communications positive and clean. Negativity and bad language are generally against the League of Legends code of conduct.
There are very few points in LoL gameplay in which you’ll be the sole reason that your team won. Playing your role and sticking to your objective while everyone else does the same is the best way to ensure victory.
Right-click a location to move to it. Right-click an enemy to attack it. Press Q, W, E, or R to select an ability or spell. Press B to teleport home. Press D or FTo Activate either of your 2 chosen Summoner Spells.
If you were signed out earlier, sign back in by entering your username and password in the upper-right side of the launcher window.
Since you won’t usually be able to view a champion’s stats before the match, it’s best to research the current free champions to see which class of champion you’re selecting.
Many players will call their lanes (e. g. , “top”, “mid”, “bot”) in the chat section.