Game Client
The League of Legends Client is the program from which players interact with 
League of Legends and 
Teamfight Tactics (PC), without playing the game. Players log into the client using their Riot Account, and have the option to stay logged in.
Organization[]
The client has three sections that are always visible. These disappear once in champion select.
- Navigation Bar
- The top navigation shows the buttons to navigate across the client.
- Social Menu
- The side menu displays communications.
- Viewing Window
- The window that displays content.
Tabs[]
The navigation bar displays a couple of tabs that encompass all the content.
- Play
- This menu shows the available queues to begin matchmaking into a game.
- PvP
- Normal game (Blind, Draft)
- Ranked game (Draft)
- ARAM
- Teamfight Tactics
- Featured game mode
- Co-op vs. AI
- Training
- Custom game
- Home
- The Home tab is the default page upon logging in. There are a few sections with generic importance, and new sections that are added to display events and releases.
- Overview
- Shows breaking news and sales.
- News
- Shows news publications from leagueoflegends.com
- Patch Notes
- Displays a copy of the latest patch notes, with options to share on social media.
- TFT
- The TFT tab displays the event pass as well as new releases.
- Clash
- The Clash tab is the interface for organizing Clash matches.
- Hub
- Displays the scheduled tournaments as well as history.
- Find a Team
- Displays the feature for free agents to find teams to join.
- Bracket
- Displays the current bracket information.
- Winners
- Displays the winners of previous tournaments.
- Awards
- Lists the rewards obtained that can apply to Clash, such as logos and banners.
- Collection
- The Collection tab displays both pre-game and personalization assets. See the article for specific features.
- Crafting
- The Crafting tab is used to sort and convert loot into permanent items for personalization. Champions can also be obtained through this system.
- Your Shop
- On occasion, a personalized offering of discounted skins becomes available for purchase.
- Store
- The Store tab houses the microtransactional offerings, including skins, clash tickets, and server transfers.
- Currency
- The player's currency count includes
Blue Essence and RP. Any perks are also shown.
Social Menu[]
- Chat Window
- The chat window displays recent messages from friends. The window can be detached as a separate program.
- Missions
- The missions window displays objectives that offer rewards upon completion.
- Voice Chat
- Voice chat is available within a party, and carries over into the game.
- Bug Report
A bug report can be submitted online.
Notable Features[]
- In-game options
- In-game options such as hotkey bindings and sound sliders are available in the options menu.
- Detached chat window
- The chat window can be detached as a separate program.
History[]
The client replaces the PVP.net client that originally released with the game, aiming to supplant in terms of technology and visuals as well as establishing a scalable platform to build features for years to come. Since then, the client has garnered notoriety for the myriad of performance issues that plagued almost every aspect of the client, which was especially felt on older machines that the game was designed to run on.
In 2020, a campaign to "fix the client" began to address various overarching problems in the client's normal functions, chiefly by reconsolidating the program to run more efficiently, and therefore much faster.
See also: Clubs, a social feature on the client that was removed at the end of season 10.
