Are League of Legends Servers Down?

If you cannot log in to League of Legends, it is most likely due to the servers of the game being down. Here is a guide on how to check the server status of League of Legends.

How to check League of Legends server status

Sometimes, League of Legends servers undergo maintenance, making players unable to join the servers. However, at the time of writing, the League of Legends servers are active and running. That doesn’t mean they won’t go down in the future. If you are having any issues connecting to the servers of League of Legends, you can check the server status in the following ways.

• Check Riot Games Service Status: Riot Games has a specific website called Riot Games Service Status to give updates on their server status if any server gets closed. Visit this website and click on the League of Legends icon. This will take you to the League of Legends Service Status page. On this page, select the name of the server that you have inquiries about from the dropdown menu. This will give you a detailed notice if the selected server is down.
• Check Downdetector or other third-party sites: Third-party sites like Downdetector or IsItDownRightNow have specific web pages to track server outages for League of Legends or Riot Games servers. This is a reliable way to get information on server outages as these sites also include reports from other users around the world.
• Check in-game server status: If any server is down due to maintenance, you will get a notice while logging in to the server through the game. You will most likely get a message on your home screen along with the other necessary information regarding the server coming back online.
• Follow RiotSupport on Twitter: Riot Games keeps announcing any update of their games through the @RiotSupport account on X (formerly Twitter). Follow this account and check updates here to get updates about any possible server outage.
• Contact Riot Games Support: Riot Games Support has a very effective and efficient customer support system. Go to their website and submit a ticket to get all your answers regarding any possible server outage of League of Legends.

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