How does FPS affect your gameplay

7thHokageBro·Dec 18, 2017·1 votes·1,649 views

So i play league on a laptop. During the laning phase everything is perfectly fine as i get between 25-40 fps. The problems arrive when team fights start popping as my fps can drop down to something like 14-17. I really want to get good at the game and i know i still have a bunch of stuff to work on but i just wanted to know if i could be improving at a much faster rate if i had a good pc or something like that. P.s Usually it gets worse over time so if game drags on long enough it can get pretty bad. Champs like taric and mf are really annoying too because their ults have a lot of.... "particles?" (don't know what to call them). P.p.s i know the game is manly about game knowledge and decision making so i know it is not the primary reason i suck but still go easy on me.

SHORT VERSION: In a perfect world if i had a good pc (ya boy broke so no lol) would i noticeably get better at the game or would i just slightly improve my "mechanics"? Your opinions would be tremly helpful haHAA.

8 Comments

iDontDuo420Dec 18, 20171 votes

I play league on a laptop too, just lower the specs and you'll be fine.

7thHokageBroDec 18, 20171 votes

Maybe it's me being stubborn but i refuse to play the game at the lowest setting. Right now i play at medium with no shadows. Playing it at the lowest setting just make it look too bad for me i don't know.

ZephyrDrakeDec 18, 20171 votes

well, stable FPS will help you a lot in getting better at the game. You won't have to deal with smooth gameplay one moment and then choppy the next. That can really mess you up and make you miss a lot more skillshots than you normally would.

I have stopped playing league till i get a new PC since i just cannot do much of anything when my FPS is jumping all over the place so i cannot actually even get used to it

7thHokageBroDec 18, 20171 votes

Yeah i just deleted the game yesterday because it was getting pretty frustrating. Sometimes i just have to split because if the game for some reason goes past 30 minutes and we team fight i just see a bunch of people sliding around. Feels pretty bad.

WeatheredDec 18, 20171 votes

FPS definitely makes a difference when in team fights and playing the game in general, but I don't think it is the reason you'd be stuck in a certain spot unless we're talking Plat+. It's definitely something to consider if you have other reasons to buy a higher end PC and makes playing a lot smoother especially if you are a clickoholic or play fast or intensive champions.

7thHokageBroDec 18, 20171 votes

Yeah i see what you mean. So it does affect me a bit i guess but if i generally play better it should overshadow my lack of fps? Something like that?

WeatheredDec 18, 20171 votes

I've seen players make it to low Plat on constant 80-120 ms ping, so anything is possible. If you want to save some money and manage from the computer/laptop you are using, I would try a few things to improve FPS. In the LoL client, you can do things like turn off champion shadows, lower quality of environment, and a few other things. Aside from the options there, you can also put your computer on high performance or manually set your computer to run at 100% CPU usage. Task Manager will also show you programs that may be taking up usage for things like CPU and RAM, and you can disable or kill processes you know are just running in the background without a purpose (careful when deleting windows or computer rooted processes!).

7thHokageBroDec 18, 20171 votes

Have already found the ideal settings in game but have not tried the running it at 100% CPU usage thing. I will definitely try that and see what happens. Thanks for the tips bro.