League of Legends has a massive player base and a roaring esports scene, but the globe MOBA sensation is certainly not without problems. In particular, the Riot Games servers are nothing to write home about. They tend to malfunction, randomly kicking players out of matches or preventing them from joining altogether. If Summoner’s Rift isn’t down, it’s the client or the store.
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It’s often difficult to determine whether the issue is on Riot’s end or yours. Thankfully, a few easy methods exist to check if League is down.
How to check Riot’s League service status
If you suspect League is down and you can’t connect to the client or join a game, checking Riot’s Service Status page is your best bet. The page will let you know if there’s been an issue or outage in the last 24 hours. It’s not always totally accurate, but it should give you a good idea of what’s going on and what platforms have been affected.
If everything is working, it will read, “No recent issues or events to report.”
How to use Downdetector to see if League is down
Downdetector is an excellent alternative to check if League servers are down. The website monitors server outages in real-time and provides a comprehensive timeline of issues over the last 24 hours. If League is down, the site should light up with hundreds or thousands of reports in your region, whether that be North America, Europe, Korea, or anywhere else. If everything is normal and the site hasn’t detected any outages, the issue is likely on your end.
How to check Riot Games Support Twitter
There’s nothing wrong with checking Riot Support on Twitter. If there’s a major issue in your region and the League servers are down, Riot will almost certainly tweet about it.
If there’s an issue, Riot will tweet something along the lines of: “We are aware some players are receiving an unexpected error when trying to access League, and we are working on a fix.” Unfortunately for us, that’s one tweet we’ve seen too often while we’re trying to play.
If there’s no information across any of these above pages, Dot Esports recommends patience as a last resort; the League servers should be back online soon!
