Best League of Legends Settings for New Players

The League of Legends settings for new players that matter are few: turn shadows off and cap your frame rate, play on a cable, switch your abilities to quick cast, learn to unlock the camera, and make the minimap bigger. All of them are in the options menu that opens with Esc during a game. Change them once in a practice game and you will not have to think about settings again.

LoL settings for FPS: what to change in the Video tab

People search for the best League of Legends settings as if one list fitted every computer. It does not, but the changes below help on almost any machine. In a competitive game you want a clear picture, not a pretty one, and you want it to stay smooth when ten champions fight on one screen.

• Shadows. Turn them off, or as low as they go. This gives the biggest FPS gain and makes the ground easier to read.
• Effects Quality. Medium is a good balance. Go lower only if fights still stutter.
• Character and Environment Quality. Lower them one step at a time until team fights stay smooth. A low Environment Quality hides nothing you need.
• Frame Rate Cap. Set it to your monitor's refresh rate or one step above. On a 144 Hz monitor, a cap of 144 is steadier than an uncapped rate that jumps up and down, and it keeps a laptop cooler.
• Wait for Vertical Sync. Leave it off. It adds a delay between your click and what you see.
• Window Mode. Full Screen usually performs best. Borderless is more comfortable if you often switch to another window.

Press Ctrl+F during a game to show your FPS and ping in the corner of the screen. Watch the number in a big fight, not while you stand in base, because the fight is where it drops.

On an old computer, also open the client's settings with the gear icon and turn on Low Spec Mode, which makes the client itself lighter.

Ping: fix the connection, not the game

FPS comes from your computer. Ping comes from your connection: it is the time your command needs to reach the server, measured in milliseconds. Below about 60 the game feels direct. Above 100 you start to feel your champion answer late, and aimed abilities become guesses.

• Use a cable. Ethernet in place of Wi-Fi is the most effective single fix.
• Stop downloads, updates and video streams on your computer and on the other devices in the house.
• Restart the router if your ping is suddenly much higher than usual.
• Check that your account is on the server closest to where you live. An account belongs to one server, and Riot offers account transfers between servers.

If the ping stays high, try Use Movement Prediction in the Game tab. Your champion starts to move on your click without waiting for the server's answer. It does not lower the ping, but it makes a slow connection feel less heavy.

Controls: quick cast, the camera and attack move

Quick cast. By default, pressing an ability key shows its range and waits for a click. With quick cast, the ability fires toward your cursor as soon as you press the key. It is faster, and almost every experienced player uses it: click Quick Cast All in the Hotkeys tab. If you miss seeing the range, the same tab offers quick cast with indicators: the range shows while you hold the key, and the ability fires when you release it.

Camera. New players often keep the camera locked on their champion, which feels safe but hides what is coming from the side. Press Y to unlock the camera and move it by pushing the mouse to the edges of the screen. Press Space to bring it back to your champion. If a free camera is too much at first, the Game tab has a semi-locked mode as a middle step.

Attack move. Press A and then left-click on the ground. Your champion walks there and attacks the first enemy on the way. This prevents the classic mistake of clicking next to an enemy and walking up to them without attacking.

Interface: a bigger minimap, a smaller HUD

The Interface tab holds three sliders that deserve a minute of your time.

• Minimap Scale. Raise it close to the maximum. The minimap shows ganks before they arrive, and new players look at it far too rarely. A big one is harder to ignore.
• HUD Scale. Lower it a little so the ability bar covers less of the fight.
• Cursor Scale. Raise it if you lose your cursor in team fights.

The settings also include a Color Blind Mode, which changes some colors on screen, health bars for example. Some players with normal color vision keep it on because they find certain effects easier to see.

Make all of these changes in the Practice Tool or in a game against bots, not in the first minutes of a ranked match.

League of Legends settings for new players: frequent questions

Should I play with a locked or an unlocked camera?

Unlocked, as early as you can manage it. Fights are decided by what happens outside the small area around your champion, and only a free camera shows it. Space brings the camera back whenever you are lost.

Which settings help on a low-end PC?

Shadows off, every quality option on low, a lower resolution, a Frame Rate Cap of 60 and Low Spec Mode in the client. Close everything else that runs on the computer.

Why do my settings reset every game?

Usually the game could not save its settings file. Check that the game's folder is not set to read-only, then change your settings again. If it keeps happening, run the repair tool in the client's settings.

RP codes for Türkiye server accounts

Settings are free and they affect every game you play. Skins are the optional part: they are bought with RP, the game's paid currency, and change looks only. Mas4Games sells League of Legends RP codes for accounts on the Türkiye server. The code is shown on the order's page in your account and sent by e-mail.

If you are still choosing where to play on the map, read our guide to the League of Legends roles next.