The League of Legends launcher uses server aliases that have problems connecting to some Internet Service Providers' default Domain Name System resolver. If your launcher never seems to start downloading a patch, you may want to change to public DNS servers in your network settings. Most often, this only applies to players outside of the US. League of Legends is currently experiencing a login issue in North America that is prohibiting players from accessing any part of the game. According to a message posted to the Riot Games server .

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