I have been learning the game and watching videos. Some players I watched have under 30MS, while mine is randomly going between 70-90ms. (DSL is my only option where I live). It also appears their champion reacts much quicker to clicks, but I want to get some opinions to see if this is true? Is there a big difference between 30ms vs 70ms? WIll it be worth doing ranked on my internet? Thanks for your time.
BLACK REALM GOD2 votesyes. buy an ethernet cord and move closer to a primary server.
FioraWillCarry1 votes(DSL is my only option where I live).
Ping and bandwidth are two completely different things. Your ping is affected by the distance between you and the server, not the bandwidth of your connection. You can get like 10 ping on Dial up if the server if right around the corner from you.
AngryBubber1 votesThanks for the info. Question though, if bandwidth does not affect my ping, how come my game ping goes up when downloading?
Cind3rkick1 votesThanks for the info. Question though, if bandwidth does not affect my ping, how come my game ping goes up when downloading?
Not 100% sure about this but I think ts because you are receiving loads of files from wherever you are downloading which can delay the connection to the servers.
FioraWillCarry1 votesI don't know why Riot decided to call it ping but what we call ping is actually latency. Latency is the round-trip time for a packet of data. When you have 70 ping, it means that it takes 70 milliseconds for data to go from your computer to the server and for data to come back. Now, online games are designed to send as little data as possible per round-trip which is why you don't need much bandwidth. But if you're planning on having downloads running while playing then you should have a high bandwidth connection.
When you have downloads running it's going to affect your ping because as far as your internet is concerned, the return trip of your game's data is just another download. It has no reason to prioritize it over other downloads so you end up with situations where the round-trip time is greatly increased because your internet connection for the moment is downloading other data so your game has to wait for it's data. We experience this as lag or ping spikes. Now, with a high bandwidth connection, what usually happens is that whatever you're downloading won't be able to use all the bandwidth so even when downloading there is still enough bandwidth left fast round-trips of the game's data in between your downloads. Uploads will have the same effect because like downloads, your internet won't prioritize your game's upload over other uploads so that will affect round-trip times as well, only in this case your game is waiting to send instead of waiting to receive.
Cind3rkick1 votesIts mostly if the ping is stable for you.
You can get used to the little delay at your ping its you will have a slight disadvantage to players with less ping but that is only really impactful at high levels of play.
AngryBubber1 votesThanks. So would you say Gold/Platinum would be totally doable on 70ms? Don't want to bother spending countless hours practicing, if I become held back from internet connection. I will just play ARAM or bots if that ends up being the case.
Cind3rkick1 votesEasily doable. Even diamond is doable Even master probably do your fine lol
Dracocrash1 votesI'm going to say no. If you have 70 ping you can probably get low plat AT BEST, but to go beyond that without playing support would be extremely hard, doable; but hard.
But if you plan to play normals and below plat then 70 ping is good enough!
VampiricLlama1 votesHere's an example of someone playing in Diamond with ~120 ping: