Can I get lower than 60ms using VPN?

ji hun park·Dec 17, 2018·1 votes·5,505 views

I live in Vancouver, BC, Canada. I've been using ethernet and been getting 60ms for league no matter what, however after coming back from Korea 60ms is such a horrible environment to play league, so wanted to figure out if there was any possible way to get lower pings than 60ms. Is the only way really just moving to a closer location to the Chicago server? is there no way such as using gaming VPN or others? My internet provider is SHAW, if it helps you to answer.

5 Comments

ZeroAgainstDec 17, 20183 votes

bruh a vpn would make it worst lmao

1 800 MID LANEDec 17, 20182 votes

Pretty much the only way to reduce ping is move closer, or transmit the electrical signals through the wires more efficiently and more directly to Riot's servers. Since you're not able to do the latter on your own, your only real option is to move closer.

That said, 60ms is not that bad. It's noticeable and a pain in the ass if you're coming from Korea or Illinois, but the vast majority of us on NA play at around 50ms, so you're not at much of a disadvantage.

PrisonNightmareDec 17, 20181 votes

Jesus man I play in like 60-80 average, with sometimes spikes of up to 300 lmao. You'll get used to it eventually most likely, so I wouldn't worry.

A VPN will most likely make your ping worse, all it does is change your IP, it won't help you with your ping.

MyrmironDec 17, 20181 votes

You obviously have no idea how ping or VPN work. Literally the only way to have lower ping is to live closer to the server and have an all fiber connection to it - no copper allowed.

LetMeCarry1983Dec 17, 20181 votes

Wow, talk about 1st world problems. 100 ping is top notch for me. Also, I recently discovered that the LAN server consistently gives me between 60-80 ping which from my perspective is unimaginably low. Hell, it's almost too good to be true. I've been playing since season 5 and I played the vast majority of that time with a 150 ping. Only relatively recently did I start getting 100 ping half the time on NA. I don't know the cause but whatever. I'm currently leveling an account on LAN so I could enjoy permanently having 60-80 ping one day.

Now, onto your topic about VPNs. For the past year, I've needed a VPN to play since someone must have blocked the client where I live. I've actually used several of them since and currently I use two VPNs to play. The problem is that most VPNs will raise your ping significantly. Luckily for me though, it is only the client that is blocked and not the game engine itself. So I only need the client to join games and I could switch off the VPN after the game has started if I want to play at my natural ping.

Now, I've been using these VPNs for free, which does impose certain restrictions. Most of them will only allow you access to a small subset of servers and they will limit how much data you can use. I'm assuming this is why my ping gets so much higher when I use them to play the game. I suspect that if I paid for them, I'd be able to choose more servers and ultimately choose a server close enough to me so that I get my natural ping through them.

However, there was one free VPN I found and the only one I found so far that gives me better ping than my natural ping. Playing without a VPN on NA gives me 150 ping some games and 100 some games. This VPN gives me 100 ping all the time. On rare occasions, it will go even lower, like 90. My natural internet would NEVER EVER give me 90 ping on NA. I highly recommend you check this one out. It's called WindScribe. Here's a link: https://windscribe.com/?affid=g2yha463

That might be the VPN you're looking for. As I said, it's the only one I've found that works better than my natural internet connection for League. There are a few servers available when using it for free. If you're playing on NA, use a server from US EAST. The Chicago and Miami servers work the best for me. Also, if you use it for free you get 10 GB per month. The average League match uses about 50 MB, so if you use it ONLY when in game, 10 GB per month is more than enough.