Test your knowledge of League of Legends - Champions, roles, lore, and the competitive esports scene!
League of Legends (LoL) is one of the world's most popular video games, developed and published by Riot Games. First released in 2009, the game pioneered and popularized the MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) genre for the mass market. Two teams of five players compete on a map called Summoner's Rift, controlling characters called "champions" with the goal of destroying the enemy team's "Nexus" - The core structure in their base. As of 2022, League of Legends had over 150 million registered accounts and approximately 180 million active monthly players, making it consistently one of the most-played PC games in the world.
League of Legends features a roster of over 160 champions (and growing), each with unique abilities, playstyles, and lore. Champions are organized into broad categories: Top lane bruisers and tanks, Jungle champions who clear monster camps and gank lanes, Mid lane mages and assassins, Bot lane Marksmen (ADC) who deal sustained ranged damage, and Support champions who protect and enable their teammates. The game's "meta" - The most effective strategies and champion choices - Evolves constantly with each patch update, keeping the competitive environment dynamic. Check out our gaming quiz for more game knowledge!
League of Legends also features an elaborate fictional universe - Called "Runeterra" - With detailed lore for each champion. This universe has expanded into the animated Netflix series "Arcane" (2021), which received extraordinary critical acclaim and won multiple Emmy Awards, as well as spin-off games like Legends of Runeterra, Teamfight Tactics, and Valorant (which shares the same developer). The League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) in North America, the LEC in Europe, the LCK in South Korea, and the LPL in China are all professional leagues, culminating in the annual World Championship - "Worlds" - Which has drawn tens of millions of simultaneous viewers. Try our Valorant quiz for more Riot Games content!
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