If you’ve played League of Legends at any point in the last few years, you’ve probably muttered some variation of: “Why is the client like this?” But recently, it’s gone from mildly annoying to outright unbearable.
Let’s not sugarcoat it — the League client has always been… “quirky.” Crashes, lag, minor UI bugs — they’ve been part of the ride. But it used to be manageable. You tolerated it because the actual game was fun and the client eventually did what it was supposed to do. That’s no longer the case.
Post-Game? More Like No-Game
One of the most infuriating issues right now is how the client behaves after a match. Sometimes, after a game ends, it just… doesn’t load the post-game lobby. Instead, it enters an infinite loading loop. Other times, it shuts down entirely. No honors. No post-game stats. No lobby. You’re left wondering if your match even counted. And heaven help you if you try to reconnect — because often, the client won’t even open properly unless you force close every background process manually via Task Manager.
This isn’t just a minor annoyance anymore — it actively ruins the experience.
The Queue from Hell
Leaving the client open for a bit? Big mistake. It slows to a crawl. Queues start skipping seconds like they’re late for something. You might get a match pop, but the client won’t notify you until it’s already expired. That means dodged queues, lost LP, and in some cases, actual dodge timers. People are losing ranked progress because the client can’t handle basic matchmaking alerts.
In-Game Instability
It’s not just the client either — players are now reporting actual in-game crashes that leave them unable to reconnect, because again, the client itself vanishes. We’ve reached a point where League of Legends, a game with over a decade of development and billions in revenue, can’t consistently keep you connected to your matches.
How Did We Get Here?
This is the new client — the one Riot built to fix the old one. That’s the bitter irony. Years ago, Riot promised a modernized, faster, more modular client. But somewhere along the way, that dream turned into this bloated, inconsistent shell that somehow got worse. Menus lag, loot tabs freeze, memory leaks spiral out of control, and UI bugs abound.
They even shut down third-party clients that tried to do better — remember Wintermint? Riot gave them a cease-and-desist, then hired the devs. Fast forward nearly a decade, and we’re still staring at a half-functional launcher that feels like it’s held together with chewing gum and regret.
The Community Is Losing Patience
Scroll through Reddit, Discord, or even Riot’s own forums, and you’ll find veterans and newcomers alike fed up. From users on high-end gaming PCs experiencing stuttering and memory spikes, to people unable to even open the client some days — the sentiment is clear: this isn’t acceptable.
Even casual players are turning away, not because the game is bad, but because the client is actively preventing them from playing.
Will Riot Fix It?
The big question. Riot hasn’t publicly committed to any comprehensive overhaul of the client in recent months. Bugfixes trickle in with each patch, but they feel like Band-Aids on a bullet wound. And while League remains massively popular, the erosion of goodwill is real.
It might not be enough to kill the game, but it’s enough to make people ask whether their time would be better spent elsewhere — on games that work.
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