The registration process and choice of region | Basic Gameplay League of Legends Guide

To create an account in League of Legends, click Registration button on the main site or use this link.

The first thing you have to do is to choose your region.

In this box, you need to fill e-mail address and choose your region. The most popular regions are North America, EU WEST and EU Nordic & East. The choice of region determines which nationalities will be dominating on the server and the ping rate during a match.. After filling in the data and choosing the region, click Play for Free button.

Those below 12 years old can't proceed to the next step.

The second step requires you to enter your birthdate. League of Legends can be played by people over 12 years old - this is the game's PEGI rating, visible next to RIOT Games logo.

Your username is different than the in-game one.

The last step is to create the username and password. After that, you have to confirm that you agree with the terms of use. The confirmation e-mail will be sent to your e-mail address.

The next step to play League of Legends is to download the game's official client. Head over to this address.

League of Legends can also be downloaded on MACs.

Press Download for Windows button - the game will download a .exe installation file. After completing all the installation steps, create a desktop shortcut for League of Legends. Be sure that your internet connection is stable when you run the client for the first time - the game must download a few more files.

Some updates can take a lot to download.

The download progress for the newest version of League of Legends is visible in the upper left corner. Press the sign in button after the game's updating progress reaches 100% (the game must also install the files - this is presented on the right).