League of Legends: Wild Rift

Posted on September 23, 2023 by — Leave a comment

The best League of Legends games 2023

The insanely popular MOBA League of Legends might be PC-only, but that doesn’t mean that you’re limited to chunky computers to enjoy your favorite franchise. With our list of the best League of Legends games on Switch and mobile, we’ll help you experience this zany world from a whole new angle.

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Let’s take a look at the best League of Legends games on Switch and mobile.

League of Legends: Wild Rift – mobile

Playing League of Legends: Wild Rift is the closest you can get to playing the original MOBA on the go, especially as even some of the best portable gaming consoles that can run the launcher are still ironing out their kinks. Wild Rift is built from the ground up for mobile play, featuring over 40 champions and two game modes: Wild Rift and ARAM.

Riot has consistently supported Wild Rift since its release in 2020, and the official website still promises that a console release is coming soon. Hopefully, we’ll be conquering the arena on our Nintendo Switch in the near future. Why not check out our League of Legends: Wild Rift tier list to see where your favorite character ranks?

Ruined King – Switch

Ruined King: A League of Legends Story was the first League spin-off game to come from Riot’s publishing arm, Riot Forge. This tactical RPG sees you play as Miss Sarah Fortune, a popular gunslinger character from League’s enormous roster, as she takes over as the ruler of Bilgewater.

Alongside other recognizable characters like Braum, Ahri, and Pike, you work together to fight off an approaching threat from the black mist. This game is a great place to jump into the lore of League of Legends without worrying about who you main in the MOBA. We’ve got a bunch more details in our Ruined King: A League of Legends Story Switch review.

Convergence – Switch

Riot aims to conquer yet another genre with Convergence: A League of Legends Story. This Metroidvania serves as Ekko’s origin story, delving deeper into his life in Zaun and how he mastered his time manipulation abilities. Convergence is also a great game to start with if you’re looking for a familiar face, as Ekko plays a critical role in Netflix’s Arcane series, which helped to spread League even further than ever before.

Convergence features tight combat, fully-voiced dialogue, and beautiful character and environment art to truly immerse you in the story. For more on the game from a League newbie, check out our Convergence: A League of Legends Story Switch review.

The Mageseeker – Switch

Another Riot Forge entry, The Mageseeker: A League of Legends Story explores Sylus’ backstory as an imprisoned mage through an action-packed pixel roguelike from the developers of Moonlighter. Sylus is more of an anti-hero than a typical game protagonist, but this game sees you get to know him and his motivations across multiple runs and ultimately delivers his redemption.

Of course, this mage-freeing adventure also features other popular League champions like Morgana and Lux which avid fans can look forward to, but much like the other League of Legends Story entries, you don’t need any prior knowledge to fall in love with this game. Check out our The Mageseeker Switch review to find out more.

Legends of Runeterra – mobile

What videogame universe is complete without a digital CCG? Legends of Runeterra is Riot’s answer to physical card games like Magic the Gathering and digital competitors like Blizzard’s Hearthstone. The cards represent champions, locations, and other lore tidbits from League’s expansive universe.

Legends of Runeterra has both PvE and PvP gameplay and is free-to-play, so if you want to get involved in the League universe through a genre that you’re comfortable with, there’s no harm in giving it a go. You can head over to our Legends of Runeterra decks guide to find out where to start, or check out our other picks for best mobile card games of 2023.

There you have it, our list of the best League of Legends games available on the Nintendo Switch and mobile. There are more Riot Forge games on the horizon, so why not check out the Bandle Tale release date or our Song of Nunu preview.

Posted on July 12, 2022 by — Leave a comment

Take a space walk on the wild side in Riot’s Star Guardian event

It’s event time again in League of Legends: Wild Rift, but it’s not the only game in Riot’s library to be part of the ten-week-long Star Guardian event, as both League of Legends and Legends of Runeterra feature special content too. You can enjoy exclusive stories, skins, and accessories throughout the celebration.

However, for the League of Legends: Wild Rift Star Guardian event, you can expect to see numerous returning star guardians, as well as a new narrative that features the familiars of the star guardians. Furthermore, you can get your hands on the Star Guardian skins for Orianna, Seraphine, Sona, Nilah, Akali, and Quinn.

As for Legends of Runeterra, you can get some skins for Gwen, Jinx, Kha’Sa, Senna, Quinn, Taliyah, Lulu, and Soraka. Furthermore, the Star Guardian skin for Kha’Sa is to be the first legendary outfit in the game, while an array of new emotes and card backs are also part of the LoR portion of Riot Games’ Star Guardians event.

When does the Riot Games Star Guardian event begin?

You can enjoy Star Guardian as of July 14, and the event runs for ten weeks.

“Star Guardian is a world our players love and have been wanting to see more of for so many years,” LoL executive producer Jeremy Lee says. “We’re so excited to be bringing it back in this big way, across multiple titles and parts of Riot, and working with so many amazing partners to really show the potential of this universe to our players, as well as potential new fans who love this kind of magic just as much as us.”

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Posted on May 18, 2020 by — Leave a comment

League of Legends: Wild Rift launches an Alpha test in Brazil and the Philippines next month

Riot Games has announced that the mobile version of the crazy-popular MOBA, League of Legends, will enter alpha testing in Brazil and the Philippines next month. Though we don’t know exactly when, this is the first of many League of Legends: Wild Rift tests in select regions, with the aim of launching by the end of the year. We don’t know a whole lot about Wild Rift yet, but we do know from developer diaries that the game will focus on streamlining the classic League experience for mobile, while also tweaking the control systems, and how champions operate.

This news comes after last month’s error on the Google Play store, where the option became available to click the install button for League of Legends: Wild Rift. There was, of course, no game to install, but it came to light that the confusion was caused by the developer accidentally allowing players to join an early access test which didn’t exist yet.

Alongside the Alpha news, we also got a few more details about game’s requirements: it supports devices with 1.5GB RAM and 32 bit Android processors, and for iOS, it’s iPhone 6 and up.

It also looks like all of your favourite champions will feature in the mobile version:

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Wild Rift aims to revitalise the classic League experience, while bringing the game to an even wider audience on mobile. As the League devs commented:

“We’re aiming to make the game available to as many devices as we can while not compromising on Wild Rift’s core gameplay.”

League on mobile sounds pretty great to us, and if you agree, you can pre-register for Android on Google Play. You can also keep appraised of any updates on the Wild Rift website, or here on Pocket Tactics. We’re your friendly neighborhood mobile journalists.