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League of Legends (2009)

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League of Legends (previously known as League of Legends: Clash of Fates) is F2P(free to play) game inspired by the Defense of the Ancients map
for Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne developed and published by Riot Games for Microsoft Windows.

It was first announced on October 7, 2008 and released on October 27, 2009. The game was in a closed beta from April 10, 2009 to October 22, 2009. It then transitioned to open beta until release.

Players are formed into 2 even teams anywhere from 1-5 players on each team. Each team starts at opposing sides of a map, near what is called a "Nexus". To win a match, a team must destroy the opposing team's Nexus. To do so, each team must work through a series of towers called "Turrets". Turrets are often placed along a path to each base often referred to as a "Lane".

Along the way, each player must gain levels from killing the opposing team's "Minions" (Small NPCs that constantly spawn and attack the other team), and buy Equipment and Armor to advance their character.

In League of Legends specifically, each player starts at level 1 at the beginning of the match and can obtain the maximum of level 18 with their champion, leveling 4 different abilities on the way.

Each player controls a single Champion. There are 49(US) and 45(EU) different champions in the game, each with unique characteristics. Certain champions are tagged with properties such as:

1.fighter
2.support
3.assasin
4.mage
5.tank
to describe their play style.

At the start of each battle, every player has the ability to choose a champion to fight for him in battle. The choice of champions is limited by what the player has unlocked. Each week, certain champions are made temporarily free so that players can try them out without unlocking them.

Players can gain gold by landing the killing blow on an enemy minion or by killing a champion. Some abilities and items also generate extra gold. The acquired gold can be spent at the item shop for various items. These items boost stats of the champion. Some items can be combined into more powerful items by following predefined recipes.

The Summoner can choose 2 summoner spells to bring with it into an in-game session on the Fields of Justice. These spells significantly impact gameplay, and have a high cooldown while costing no mana,
for example The following spells are available:

- Exhaust (Slow/Blind)
- Ghost (Movement Speed)
- Heal (Heals nearby allies)
- Revive (Instantly revives)
- Smite (Damage to minions only)
- Teleport (Teleport to a friendly tower or minion)
- Cleanse (Removes debuffs)
- Fortify (Makes turrets invulnerable)
- Clarity (Replenish mana)
- Ignite (Damage over time/Healing Reduction)
- Rally (Healing totem)
- Clairvoyance (Scouting)
- Flash (Short range teleport)
All spells can be improved by masteries("skill-trees").

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.

- Champions can be unlocked for either RP or IP.
- Skins are alternate looks for champions that can be unlocked for RP only.
- Boosts to IP and XP gain over a period can be purchased for RP only.
- Runes can be purchased for IP only so as to not "sell power".
- Bundles that unlock a large selection of champions can be purchased for RP only.
- Riot Points can be recharged by credit card or PayPal.

Official US site: http://www.leagueoflegends.com/
Official EU site: http://www.lol-europe.com/
Visit: http://www.gamexonline.tk/

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