League of Legends or "LoL" is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games for Microsoft Windows. |--| Inspired by the popular Defense of the Ancients, map for Warcraft III. It is a free-to-play game, but you can buy items and champions with different. payment methodes. It was released on October 27, 2009. Players are formed into 2 even teams of Champions, 3v3 or 5v5 and there are 111 different champions from which to choose. Each player begins at opposing sides of a map in an area called the Spawning Pool, near what is called a Nexus. A match is won when either team's nexus is destroyed. To destroy a Nexus, each team must work through a series of Turrets placed along a path to each base referred to as a Lane. Along the way, each player gains levels from killing the opposing team's champions and Minions. (NPCs that constantly spawn and attack the other team) and defeating neutral monsters. Completing objectives rewards players with gold which is used to purchase items. Twitter:.