Multiplayer Online Battle Arena: League of Legends Is A
Multiplayer Online Battle Arena: League of Legends Is A
Multiplayer Online Battle Arena: League of Legends Is A
matched with and against bots or other players in teams. As of December 13, 2013, there are 117 different Champions from which to choose. Players meet up usually in "lanes", and gain levels from killing the opposing team's Champions controlled by players and Minions that regularly spawn and attack the other team. The player earns a small amount of gold passively, but gets more by killing minions, towers that guard the lanes, neutral monsters, and enemy champions. With this gold, they can buy items to strengthen their champion for the duration of the game. On the classic Summoners Rift and Howling Abyss maps, the game is ended by destroying the last structure on the map, the enemies' "Nexus" from which minions spawn. Other maps have variations of rules and objectives, such as Dominion where the team's Nexus will lose health when the opposing team has at least three of the five towers in their control. The player is personified as a "Summoner" and acts as the persistent element in the game, to be [6][7] used to track statistics and scores for each player. Summoners gain experience points and "Influence Points" (in-game currency) for each battle they participate in. Experience points lead to persistent level gains for the Summoner, up to a maximum level of 30. The benefit of gaining levels is unlocking Mastery Points and Rune Page slots (below) which improve the overall strength of the Summoner's chosen champion in-game. The Summoner can also choose two summoner [6] spells. These spells significantly impact gameplay, and have a high cooldown while costing no [6] mana. All spells can be improved by masteries, which are developed in a skill tree. Masteries are perks that affect gameplay, structured in a skill tree. All of the masteries are passive effects, although some augment summoner spells, which can be activated. They are grouped into Offensive, Defensive, and Utility categories. Masteries can be re-distributed at will between battles. Similar to masteries, runes affect gameplay in minor ways. Runes are categorized into Marks (offensive), Seals (defensive), Glyphs (magic) and Quintessences (utility). They must be unlocked in the Store; it is possible to own multiple copies of one rune. Summoners must arrange their runes in the Runebook to benefit from them. The Runebook has limited number of slots for each rune type, but more rune pages can be purchased from either Influence Points or Riot Points. Combining two equaltier runes produces a random rune of the same tier, while combining 5 equal-tier runes produces a higher-tier rune. The League of Legends Store allows Summoners to purchase additional options through Riot Points (RP) and Influence Points (IP). Riot Points must be bought using real money, while Influence Points are earned by playing the game. Moderation is conducted through a democratic system known as The Tribunal. In this system, playersubmitted reports are reviewed by other players on a case-by-case basis. The reviewing players then submit their opinions on the legality of the behavior demonstrated. A consensus renders the decision official. It is notable that players are unable to be permanently banned through this system, since "all permanent bans are distributed manually." Reviewers receive a Justice Rating based on their [8] accuracy to encourage thorough analysis of cases.