Do you want to start playing League of Legends? Welcome! It’s never too late to download the game client and join the playerbase of over 100 million people.
Downloading the game is straight-forward. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to download League of Legends to your computer!
If you already play another computer game from Riot – Valorant, Legends of Runeterra, or 2XKO – then downloading League of Legends will be even simpler. Open the client, and skip ahead to the Riot Games client section!
The first step of how to download League of Legends is to head off to LoL’s official website. From there, click on “Play for free”, which will redirect you to the Download page.
If you’re on Windows, press Download for Windows, and if you have a Mac, press Download Mac Installer.
The download button will display a pop-up asking you to log in, or to sign up for a Riot account. You’ll have to enter:
Once that’s done, you can press the Download button again and choose your language and region. This time, the download will begin and you’ll get the League of Legends installer on your computer.
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How to download League of Legends, starting with creating a Riot Games account. Image Source: Riot Games
Run the installer, and press Install. This will actually put the Riot Games client on your computer, and will open it automatically to the League of Legends tab.
If you already play other games from Riot, your installation process for League of Legends starts here!
How to download League of Legends: Install League of Legends from the Riot Games client. Image Source: Riot Games
From there, press the Install button again to install League of Legends. At the same time, two other installations will run in parallel:
You will also need to pick the installation folder. Be aware that League of Legends takes up around 35 Gb of disk space!
Once all installations are complete, you can login with your freshly created credentials. If the client returns an error, simply try logging in again, or restarting the client if needed. You may check the “Stay signed in” button. If you do, clicking on League of Legends will immediately open your session in the LoL client.
Lastly, you will need to restart your computer before being able to play. League of Legends only works if Vanguard has been running since the boot.
Once that’s done, you’re almost there! You can now open the League client, which will patch the game to the current version. After the patching, you can now play both League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics!
For your first steps in League of Legends:
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