Role Play
Kai'Sa, Draven, Zeri
Bottom/ADC
Fancy a game of chess? Build up and launch your units into battle versus seven opponents in this auto-battler.
Teamfight Tactics
1. An ability that empowers you or your ally, usually through increasing stats. 2. A balance change that makes a champion stronger during a patch.
Buff
Being removed from your gaming setup, or otherwise not actively participating in the game; AFK
Away from Keyboard
“If ___ does it, it’s not kill-stealing.”
Draven
Ahri, LeBlanc, Naafiri
Mid
This turn-based RPG tells the story of an unlikely alliance of Champions, tasked with finding the source of a corrupting force known as the Black Mist.
Ruined King: A League of Legends Story
To ambush a lane (usually with greater numbers) with the intention of landing a kill or burning summoner spells.
Gank
The main champion of a team for supplying physical damage, also known as a Marksman; ADC
Attack Damage Carry
“Of course, they look up to me! Half the time, I’m fine.”
Ahri
Amumu, Zac, Trundle
Jungle
This version of the original League of Legends was optimized for mobile platforms in 2020, opening the competition to a wider audience internationally.
League of Legends: Wild Rift
A secondary summoner account for a player to play at a lower rank than their main account.
Smurf
When an enemy is not in-lane, and their location is currently unknown; MIA
Missing in Action
“Please stop. I have spent untold millenia perfecting the art of jokes, and that…was not a joke.”
Garen
Karma, Malphite, Pyke
Support
Hearthstone fans, eat your heart out; League of Legends now has its own Champion-focused strategy card game, too!
Legends of Runeterra
A champion that is easy to kill due to a lack of total HP or defenses.
Squishy
When an enemy is unable to be killed by your team’s Marksman, but the team agrees to ensure the enemy dies; KS
Kill Secure
“Yes, that was a banana! Hehehe…no one expects the banana.”
Soraka
Swain, Vayne, Yasuo
Top
Team up with a friend in this 2v2 fighting game featuring the likes of Ahri, Jinx, and Yasuo set to release in 2025.
Project: L
Usually said when a team has given up and it’s too early to surrender so they let the other team push straight through mid to the Nexus.
Open Mid
A legendary item with both Mist’s Edge and Siphon as passive abilities, which grants some champions the ability to deal True Damage; BORK
Blade of the Ruined King
“You shy? Or just ugly?”
Vi