League of Legends

The rules contained on this page only cover this specific game, please review the Generation Esports General Competition Rules for information covering all official tournaments. 

This competition is not affiliated with or sponsored by Riot Games, Inc. or League of Legends Esports.

1. Anti-Cheat

No additional anti-cheat is required for official matches.

2. Match Procedure

Supported Platforms

• PC

2.1. Series Lengths

Matches are played as a best of 1 series.

2.2. Game Lobby

The home team will host a Custom Match on Summoner’s Rift using the Tournament Draft game type and invite the away team. 

• Room Name: Home Team Name vs Away Team Name
• Map: Summoner’s Rift
• Team Size: 5
• Game Type: Tournament Draft
• Allow Spectators: None

The home team will set a password for the room, to prevent players outside the tournament from joining the lobby. 

2.2.1. Lobby Formation

Both teams will have their players in the lobby in the following order. 

• Top
• Jungle
• Mid
• Bottom
• Support

2.3. Side Selection

2.3.1. Best of 1 Series

The away team will choose their side for the game.

2.3.2. Best of 3 Series

• The away team will choose their side for game 1
• The loser of game 1 will choose their side for game 2
• The loser of game 2 will choose their side for game 3 (if needed)

2.4. Drafting

 All game drafts will be through the online drafting tool Draftlol. The following steps must be followed for each game’s draft.

• The team with side selection will set up the draft and provide links to their opponent
  • Blue and red team names should reflect the respective team names shown on the match page.
• After drafting online the same picks and bans should be recreated in game
  • If there is a mistake during the in game drafting, reset the game lobby and go through the in game drafting process again.
    • If there are multiple mistakes please reach out to a Generation Esports Administrator.

3. Restrictions

3.1 Disabled Content

Any champions, skins, wards, ward skin, chromas or other game content currently disabled in the Ranked or Normal game modes will be prohibited from use in official matches.

3.2. New or Reworked Champions

New or Reworked champions released during the season are prohibited from use in official matches for the remainder of the season. All other champions are permitted for use in official matches, unless they're disabled per rule 3.1. A rework is defined as, when a champion has 50% or more of their gameplay kit changed, balance patches are not considered reworks.

4. Stoppage of Play

4.1. Game Pausing

Pause requests must be communicated in the match’s all chat and only may be called as long as there are no team engagements at the time of the request. A pause may be called only for the following reasons

• Player Disconnection
• Game Breaking Errors/Issues

Generation Esports Administrators may call for a match pause at their discretion

4.2 Match Resets

Matches Resets will be made at the discretion of Generation Esports Administrators. Teams who feel a match reset is needed will need to contact a Generation Esports Administrator for an official ruling. 

5. Team Rosters

League of Legends team rosters require a minimum of 5 players and are limited to a maximum of 10 players (5 starting players, and 5 substitute players). Rosters that do not meet the minimum or exceed the maximum number of players will not be allowed to participate in official matches until their roster size meets the set requirements. Player substitutions may be made between maps.