Having a stable ping in League of Legends is necessary for having a good experience in the game. Ideally, you would want your ping to be around 20-30, as this would allow for perfectly smooth and enjoyable gameplay. A ping in the range of 30-60 would be pretty much the average, and it would not disrupt your gameplay much.
However, if your ping is going above 100 ms, it’s really time to change something. In this article, we are gonna help you diagnose your ping, and outline the best solutions for lowering the ping!
How to Check League of Legends Ping
First things first, the most important thing to do is to check the ping, as it might be the case that something else is causing your gameplay to suffer. If you already know how to check the ping, and you are already confident that high ping is causing your issues, feel free to move to the second section immediately.
There are multiple ways of checking League of Legends ping, the most straightforward way is clicking CTRL + F combo. This will enable the ping and FPS counters right below the game-time layout in the top right corner of the screen. Here you will be able to see if your ping is actually within a good range.
If this option fails for whatever reason, you can use the Windows Resource monitor for checking ping. The application can be accessed through Windows search or by simply pressing the windows key + R combo. When the app is loaded, navigate to the last “navigation” button of the second bar. From here you will see all processes listed, as well as their Latency (ping).
How to Actually Lower the Ping
Lowering the ping is usually straightforward, and there are not many things to consider. Additionally, it’s important to know that programs that offer to lower your ping actually do not work, so please do not fall for these. All they do is mask your ping to show a lower number, however, your actual ping will oftentimes be even worse than before using them. Anyhow, here are the things that actually work.
Check for Background Downloads
A major thing that can increase ping significantly are the background downloads. We can often forget about these, or just not know they are actually active. For example, some software such as windows updates and Steam can often run uploads without asking for prior permission, these will be hidden in the system tray and we will have to close them manually. After closing these applications or canceling updates, our ping can recover significantly.
Change Internet Network
When people have lag issues, it’s often the case that their network is just not sufficiently strong. This could be due to a number of reasons, low subscription packages, providers having too much load and not being able to distribute great speeds, etc. The only way to fix this is to talk with the internet provider to see if they can find a free solution, or change the network or the subscription package. I know it’s not the solution many people would like to hear, but that’s just pretty much what it boils down to. As already mentioned, some companies will try to sell you solutions promising better ping, but their products simply do not work due to technological constraints.
Summary
When it comes to League of Legends ping, the playable range encompasses ping from 1 to 100. There are really few things that can be done to lower ping, and those would just entail working on things that could be inhibiting internet speed. If the internet speed itself is bad, then we would need to change the source of the internet itself. Additionally, it’s really important to remember that programs offering lower ping through VPN’s do not actually work.