Most people who search for a League of Legends proxy hope for lower ping, another server or a cheaper store. This page checks each hope against what Riot publishes for League. The short answer: Riot asks League players to keep proxies and VPNs off. Your server follows where you live and a paid transfer, and RP prices are set per country.
A note on words: some searches for a League proxy are about proxy farming, a term from the game itself, or about printed card decks. This page is about network proxies.
What Riot says about proxies and VPNs
The League connection guide has a section headed "Do not use proxies or VPN connections". It asks players to make sure they are not using a VPN or a proxy to reach a League server. The reason, in its words: "they can cause a number of connection issues which will be impossible to resolve". It keeps one exception: "A VPN should only be used to test your connection routing path in very specific cases when advised by our Technical Specialists".
For the rules on accounts, bans and Vanguard across Riot games, see our page on proxies for Riot Games.
Your server and your region
Riot ties each account to a Region of Residence, "the geographical area you live in". It decides "which shards you play on, which payment options you have available to you, and who you can play with". If yours is wrong, Riot corrects it through a tool on its support site.
League servers are not countries either. The transfer FAQ says the regions "are divided based on server and network infrastructure proximity and are not defined geopolitically". So the distance from you to a region decides the ping, whatever address you connect from.
Moving your account to another server
A move between League servers is a paid transfer, bought in the store. The FAQ, dated 30 May 2026, sets the price at "2600 RP for a one way transfer". Transfers have a 90-day cooldown, and Riot cannot reverse a transfer made by accident. Some routes are closed.
| from | cannot transfer to |
|---|---|
| Brazil, Russia | any other server |
| Turkey | Brazil, Russia, Korea, LATAM North, LATAM South |
| Vietnam, Taiwan | Brazil, Russia, Korea, North America |
| other listed servers | Brazil, Russia, Korea |
The other listed servers are North America, EU West, EU East, Oceania, Japan, LATAM North, LATAM South, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. A transfer also resets your ranked placement, since you play new placement games on the new server.
RP prices by country
Riot prices RP per country, in local money. Its 2024 price changes for Latin America and Brazil list each country on its own. After the change in September 2024, the smallest bundle of 575 RP cost 95 MXN in Mexico and 3,950 CLP in Chile. Your Region of Residence decides the payment options you see. Riot also does not endorse a second account to play League, which it calls smurfing.
Vanguard for League
League runs with Vanguard, the security software Riot built for its games. For League, Riot describes it as "a client that runs while League of Legends is active and a kernel mode driver". Vanguard may also ask for Windows security features, such as TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot, before the game starts. A proxy changes neither the account nor the machine that Vanguard checks.
For developers: the League API
Riot gives every developer a key on signing in to its developer portal. Limits apply per key and per region.
| key | limit per region |
|---|---|
| development | not listed; the key deactivates every 24 hours |
| personal | 20 a second, 100 every 2 minutes |
| production | 500 every 10 seconds, 30,000 every 10 minutes |
We sent two requests to the League API from our own server on 27 September 2026. Without a key, it answered HTTP 401; with a made-up key, it answered 401 "Unknown apikey". Static game data needs no key. Data Dragon is where Riot keeps League data and assets, which "can be used by third-party developers". Its versions file answered with HTTP 200.
If you use proxies for other work
Nothing on this page routes League through a proxy, because Riot asks players to keep them off. For other work, where a proxy is allowed, start with what a residential proxy is and whether free proxies are safe. Our free proxy list and proxy checker cost nothing, and we explain how to check if a proxy is working. Our residential traffic starts at $0.44/GB.
The limits of this page
We did not log in to a League account, send game traffic through a proxy, or measure ping through one. The FAQ read does not cover transfers to or from Korea or China. RP prices change, and the examples above are from September 2024. This page is due for a check by 28 December 2026.
Sources
We read every source below on 27 September 2026.
- Riot Games Support, Basic Connections Troubleshooting Guide and Account Transfer FAQ.
- Riot Games Support, LoL Price Changes 2024 (LATAM and BR), Changing Your Region of Residence and Smurfing.
- Riot Games Support, Riot Vanguard FAQ (League of Legends) and Vanguard Security Requirements.
- Riot Developer Portal, the portal documentation and the League of Legends documentation.
- Our requests to the League API and to Data Dragon from our own server, 27 September 2026.
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