Issue With In-Game Lag (But No Latency Spikes)

Crede777·4/11/2018, 11:30:09 PM·10 votes·3,498 views

Since the most recent patch, I have had latency issues.

According to the in-game screen, my FPS stays consistently between 100-140 and my latency is about 36. Never does my latency go above 50.

However, I am having an issue where the game freezes for a few seconds and then speeds up, freezes and then speeds up, etc. My last game was unplayable so I guess I won't be able to play until this issue is solved.

What I'm seeing is that my movement is tracking pretty close to what's happening (i.e. walking, getting pulled, etc.). But the damage, sound effects, and health bar status are delayed significantly. I see minions and champions drop to 0 hp and then just stay there before the game catches up and they die.

I don't think it's actually a ping issue or an FPS issue since my in-game readings seem steady. Also, webpages and other games seem to be working fine. I think it might be packet loss?

Has anyone seen something similar and how do I fix it?

8 Comments

NecroticFX4/12/2018, 8:54:26 AM2 votes

Same, its happening to me and its really annoying. Only happening after the update.

Odysseus2634/11/2018, 11:45:05 PM2 votes

similar issue. i just bear through it. lost like 8 games out of like 13 recently. kills me inside to lose like that.

Jossyn4/13/2018, 2:31:28 AM1 votes

Yup, only since the most recent large update (1.5gig download one) like a week ago. It doesn't happen on my desktop, just my laptop (which is my primary machine to play on)... it's absolutely something to do with the update, I've tried everything to fix, there's no symptoms, nothing else is affected, and it happened immediately after the update. I've submitted a bug report with video, and there's another post from a couple days ago that had a really good video of it...

Imrtltrtl4/13/2018, 8:58:09 AM1 votes

This has been happening to me and I'm so glad to see I'm not the only one. It happens all the time to me and it's frustrating as hell. I can still move and see others moving but health bars and abilities don't update or show up on my screen until 1-5 seconds later. It makes it impossible to win in certain situations. Minions will sit at 0 hp and I'll even see minions walking around them like they're still there. Champions won't appear from fog of war either. Sometimes I'll see my hp just start dropping before realizing that I'm getting ganked and just can't see them or their abilities. My own abilities won't show either.

Anonymous Name4/16/2018, 5:47:12 PM1 votes

exactly my problem on i have ping from 20 to 40 mostly and my movement aint smooth os often ... i dont take it

nexzst4/23/2018, 6:50:06 AM1 votes

exact same issue

The Czar4/1/2019, 3:35:25 AM1 votes

Exact same issue! in march '19

FRESH BALLS4/12/2018, 1:15:04 AM1 votes

same. this happens a lot to me only recently

check https://support.riotgames.com/hc/en-us/articles/209765743-Connection-Troubleshooting-Log-Reader and put your logs to see if it is packet loss