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League of Legends ( LoL ), commonly referred to as League, is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by Defense of the Ancients, a custom map for Warcraft III, Riot's founders sought to develop a stand-alone game in the same genre.
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(or LoL; initially League of Legends: Clash of Fates) is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) genre video game developed by Riot Games. It was designed to operate on the Microsoft Windows operating system. The game was first announced on October 7, 2008 and released a year later on October 27, 2009. The game was in beta from April 10, 2009 to October 26th, 2009.
General
Players are formed into two even teams primarily comprised of five members. Each team starts at opposing sides of a map, near what is called a "Nexus". To win a match, a team must destroy the opposing team's Nexus. To do so, each team must work through a series of towers called 'turrets' that are placed along three paths to each base (commonly referred to as 'lanes') Along the way, each player gains power by completing game objectives, earning them experience points and gold that are used to increase the player's level and to purchase powerful items, potentially giving players an advantage over their opponents. Examples of these objectives include killing the opposing team's turrets, players, and 'minions' (small NPCs that constantly spawn and attack the other team).
Matchmaking
is a session-based game. Matchmaking occurs based on the average skill ratings of each player, determined by their recent win and loss record. Excluding private lobbies, the game can be currently played in four different queue types: Co-op vs. AI, normal, ranked, and Clash. •Co-op queues create casual matches where players team up to defeat randomly selected bots of varying difficulty. •Normal queues create casual, unranked matches between two teams of players. The matchmaker is not as strict for normal games, and Featured game modes are part of this casual part of League of Legends. •Ranked queues create competitive matches. Ranked games are only available to players who have reached level 30, as players must have a fundamental familiarity with the game. •Clash creates an adjacent competitive branch of League of Legends. It is meant to simulate the culmination of team-based competition that is tournaments.
Game Modes and Maps
There are currently two game modes: Classic and ARAM. The Classic game mode is a base defense in which one attempts to battle their way gradually to the opponents' Nexus with the help of minions, through turrets and inhibitors. The ARAM game mode, All Random All Mid, is a mode where base defense similar to Classic game mode but is situated on a smaller, single-path, or single-lane map. Maps in League of Legends were also called "Fields of Justice."
League of Legends has its own share of keywords and terminologies used in and outside of the game, with some terms being used to simplify and facilitate rapid communication.
received "generally favorable" reviews on Metacritic holding a metascore of 78/100 based on 37 critic reviews.
The beginning of League of Legends' development was sparked at the close of 2005 with the idea of a standalone spiritual successor to the popular Warcraft III mod, Defense of the Ancients. League of Legends was born "when a couple of very active DotA community members believed that the gameplay was so much fun and so innovative that it represented the spawning of a new genre and deserved to be its own professional game with significantly enhanced features and around-game services."
Riot Games was co-founded by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill. Together, they partnered with some of the key creative minds behind the creation of DotA: Allstars, Steve "Guinsoo" Feak and Steve "Pendragon" Mescon, in League of Legends' core development. Riot Games officially opened its office in September 2006. The company currently has about one thousand employees working on League of Legends, "including their robust technology platform to service and operate the game as well as a team dedicated to community relations."
Riot Games has signed deals regarding the distribution of League of Legends in Asia, Oceania, Europe, and America continents.
In Asia, Tencent Inc. - China's largest Internet value-added services company, best known for its QQ Instant Messaging client - will be in charge of the distribution to Tencent's growing 300 million Internet user base through its leading QQ Game portal. The deal is one of only a handful of partnerships to bring a U.S.-developed online game directly to China.
For distribution in Europe, Riot Games signed an international licensing partnership with GOA, the videogames department of Orange's Content Division and Europe's largest gaming portal after some issues with the European version of the game, Riot later decided to break the contract with GOA and self-publish the game instead.
In North America, Riot Games self-publishes and operates the game and all of its customer service aspects.
Aug 7, 2012 · List of champions. See also: Skin Catalog. This list shows all champions as they appear in the store, along with their assigned classes, release dates and purchase costs. As of 17 July 2024 there are currently 168 released champions, with the latest being Aurora, the Witch Between Worlds .
League of Legends (also known as LoL or just League) is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game where two teams of champions with unique abilities battle to destroy the opposite team's base.
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Mar 9, 2024 · Find comprehensive and updated information about League of Legends champions, game mechanics, maps, buffs, and more. Browse the wiki categories, recent changes, and top contributors for help and strategy tips.
