Long Queue Times League of Legends: What's Causing it
By Hayne Cho
League of Legends players are currently experiencing long queue times.
Having to wait for long queue times for League of Legends may be as frustrating as the game play itself. There are several reasons why long queue times happen, but it may just be a server issue that Riot Games has to fix.
I know long queue times suck, and getting auto-filled isn't fun either. But the latter exists because we want to avoid long queue times as much as possible. And both can be unavoidable when player population is low at a given rank or during a given time. ~Yadon
— Riot Games Support (@RiotSupport) October 25, 2019
Long Queue Times League of Legends: What's Causing it
Long queue times in League of Legends is caused because there are not enough people to match with you. The game client automatically calculates people in the queue with those at a similar gameplay level. Here are a few reasons why not enough people are in queue to match with you:
- High MMR
- Time: too early, too late, etc.
- Unpopular game mod: flex, event modes
- Popular lane role
There are fewer people with high MMR, which is why high ranked queue usually takes longer and also the reason a lot of League of Legends streamers play on smurfs. The same logic applies to Flex queues. If you try to find a game as a two or three party in Flex, it may take more than 10 minutes.
Yet a lot of players have recently reported that queue time for League of Legends have been exceptionally long. Riot Games has not made an official statement about the issue. If this keeps happening, the developers will have to take a look into this.