Couples who lane together...?

RiotRiot Neon·12/10/2014, 4:50:39 PM·76 votes·56,062 views

Hey everyone, I’m Riot Neon, and I work on NA Publishing. With the holiday vacation approaching, I’m looking forward to lazy days playing lots of League with my boyfriend. He was the one who introduced me to League of Legends about two and a half years ago (not on the first date).

He taught me how to not get grabbed by a Blitzcrank hiding in the bushes, or take a Lux laser to the face. Little did I know that our year and a half of playing together would lead me to getting a job at Riot Games. Now, we play League on computers set up side-by-side in our home office. Our French Bulldog, Pixel, sleeps between our feet during matches, and farts in approval when we’re winning. (She also farts when we’re losing.)

But now I want to hear your stories. Do any of you out there lane with your love? Do you show your affection with extra ganks? Work out relationship issues on the Rift? Did you find each other in Team Builder? I’d love to know!

277 Comments

RiotRiot Silog12/10/2014, 6:21:41 PM39 votes

I pretty much only play League with my bae these days. He's the light of my lane, and when we go bot together he's so good at keeping me hooked that it's like he has my soul. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (/foreveralone Thresh main)

DevilsParadox12/10/2014, 9:46:22 PM19 votes

I Constantly let her go ADC so i can support her. It makes me happy to see her face light up like the fourth of july when i stunlock enemies to give her that triple kill. And if bot lane is taken she goes mid and i still support her from the jungle with lots of ganks and plenty of buffs. Best part of league is making it fun for others.

Wullf12/10/2014, 5:14:29 PM16 votes

when I play, I play only with my gril friend. She is the best. I cannot remember single game where she would complain or raged at me. Well she is not as good as I would like but we are getting there. When we get into it and still fail, she will always comfort me. Like stroke my cheek or wipe my tear (if it comes to me crying). Best support I could wish for.

In the end she is my hand after all.

ModEchoing12/10/2014, 4:57:40 PM15 votes

I actually got my girlfriend playing about two and a half weeks ago. Her left hand's messed up because of an accident, so I had to shell out the money for a Razer Naga Hex so she could play that way.

It's frustrating because this account is too high a level, so I can't do anything other than bots with her. I lane only with her when we play, since she's never played anything like this before. It's hard trying to and failing in micromanaging her while trying to stay alive and be competent by myself, and our one PvP game using my smurf ended in rather disastrous failure. Makes me wish there was an easier way to learn the game without your player level constantly rising and threatening to pitch you against people who know what they're doing.

But I get to play with my lovely girlfriend of three years. That's worth anything.

Bandle City Bot12/10/2014, 4:53:43 PM13 votes

Funnily enough me and my S/O very rarely lane together. It becomes a "ZOMG YOU LET ME DIE" issue which adds to stress if we ever have to lane together (team comps/picks/whatever the reason). However when we are in different lanes our teamwork seems to improve as we know roughly what each other is going to do in most engages.

Nothing better than charging in as Malzahar knowing I have a Tristana as backup without having to ping/say/type a single word.

Jaqz12/10/2014, 6:38:22 PM11 votes

My wife and I got into League about a year and a half ago. She is almost always support, save for a few times when she gets stuck mid. I usually ask her to play a tanky support because that way, if she makes a mistake (which she often does!), it gives her a little bit more room to breath.

   When she plays, I usually play ADC as Trist for when we do overextend or get outta position. Her least favorite quote of mine is, "Die for me!" We've had alot of fun playing together and it's something we can do every after work. Our two sons also play so we can make it family game night, not family "fun" night because League isn't about fun, it's about not losing. :)
B1naryB0t12/10/2014, 7:55:05 PM10 votes

Aw, look at all you happy people with all your happy relationships. You sicken me.

SlackJackflack12/10/2014, 6:00:15 PM7 votes

I totally play almost prom king Amumu and camp mid lane when my girlfriend is prom queen Annie and the enemy team hates all the cc :)

BetterThanHai12/10/2014, 6:50:47 PM7 votes

Me and my wife started playing back in May of 2010, you know back when Force of Nature was still an item.

Almost 5 years and seasons later, we still play, lane, and steal kills (and blue buffs) from each other. We usually yell out to each other "Sorry babe, I love you" as we get each other killed. We usually don't lane together but she takes top/mid/support while I fill in as necessary.

We buy each other skins and play matching skins together, i.e. Panda Teemo and Panda Annie. We usually play two of the same themed skins together and do stupid troll lanes that would never work in a ranked game but do in normals. We've done ap Sona and ap Karma, that game was funny. We've done Teemo and Cassiopeia. Although, I have to this day refused to do Heartseeker Vayne and Ashe bot.

We do ranked together as well but those are few and far inbetween.

8yVkmwxq0D12/10/2014, 5:02:04 PM7 votes

I've never had a gf who plays games, BUT, my wife of almost 3 years, who does not really like video games, just recently said that she wouldn't mind learning how to play. Baby steps!

AthenasVendetta12/10/2014, 5:36:09 PM6 votes

My wife plays it with me every now and then, partly due to a toxic player she meet in game... However even after trying to convince her its isolated event and not the norm... She will only play bots or co-op. I help her out, and protect her from the evil bots.

Kaijere12/10/2014, 9:44:48 PM6 votes

My husband is who introduced me to League! We play together pretty frequently; he's my toplaner to help gank my bot lane :D His TP's are on point. And on the rare occasion he doesn't get his top lane, I support his butt through and through. He'll play with our little 1 year old in his lap (that's what you get for having the gaming mouse instead of the POS I have; you get to hold the baby and not use your keyboard haha). And now because I started playing League, he suggested I started making League Jewelry and Trinkets that I now sell on Etsy. Ah League, how you've changed my life... https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheNerdNiche

GreenHatGamer12/10/2014, 8:09:15 PM5 votes

I play with my girlfriend Hannah whenever I play bot lane. She plays Varus, I play Leona. She's always been amazing at Varus, but something happens when we work together. Two months ago, she got her first, second AND third pentakill while we were duo laning.

I was so damn proud of her, working together with her is one of the funnest things we do together. She's incredible, and there's no one I'd rather have in my bot lane with me.

Chortle12/10/2014, 7:16:24 PM5 votes

My boyfriend's video game capabilities unfortunately peak with Banjo Kazooie (N64 version) and Pokemon, but he is supportive enough to know names of several champions and which ones are new/my favorites.

He even has learned what Tank/DPS/AOE/CC means!! haha

RiotPreeti12/10/2014, 9:13:26 PM5 votes

My husband and I lane together sometimes. I usually prefer him in the jungle, though, so I get more ganks. :D

When we first started playing together, we'd go bot or top lane together (ah, sweet memories of duo top lane) with me as Ashe and him as Blitzcrank. I didn't know what a support was, so I secretly felt guilty for making him buy the majority of our wards (now that I look back, I realize that he would take most of the kills and cs). I can't remember, but he must have built all AP because he'd have tons of kills--I remember he once defended our nexus 1v5. I might also be romanticizing all of this.

Regardless, he was so good at Blitz that I bought him iBlitzcrank for his birthday.

Rectal Necrosis12/10/2014, 9:28:42 PM5 votes

Let's not romanticize something that isn't. I've played League since beta, and I brought my best friend (now my wife) into the game four years ago. At first, it was cute. Guess what happens when you play LoL with someone for four years that you share a bed with?

"Hubby! Go top lane and shut up. I'll carry you. Just go. I don't want to see you try and gank anybody, I don't want to see you roam. Just sit top lane and push, it's all you're good at."

"Oh, you wanna play support? You're only good as Alistar, and I'm sure as hell not playing ADC if my husband is the support."

I've never been more in love.

Entity Zero12/10/2014, 10:27:07 PM5 votes

My girlfriend and I tend to play together to help cope with the distance of her being in college and me being graduated and working a job. I tend to play mainly Marksman, while she plays support, and we got these awesome rings last year for when we play: http://i.imgur.com/C14pcnv.jpg

It's really nice being able to game with her when shes in school, and its awesome that we are able to find some common gaming ground (im into FPS's, she likes RPGs) that we can both enjoy, together.

Riotdavin12/11/2014, 12:32:20 AM5 votes

You bet :) My wife and I duo lane bot almost exclusively! I main support, so I'm usually playing Thresh or Nami. She plays Miss Fortune and Caitlyn, and shouts that we should FEED HER GUN. Just like you, we now have a dog that hangs out while we play too -- he sleeps between our two chairs while we game side-by-side.

There is nothing more romantic than landing a Thresh hook and putting up a prison so that your bae can bullet time everyone to death. Debonair Thresh where.

General Keith12/10/2014, 5:31:00 PM4 votes

Hm, I'm literally single, but does Rek'Sai count?

RiotJynx12/10/2014, 9:47:29 PM4 votes

My husband first introduced me to League, and we've been playing together for 4 years. It's been a passion each of us could share through gaming, cosplay, and eSports!

Unfortunately we almost never lane together, haha. >_< I think our play styles in bot-lane are just a bit too different. Though we have been improving on our synergy during the last season.

I play a lot more top now, so I'm always thankful for the ganks when he jungles! =)

Asian Jim12/10/2014, 9:38:23 PM4 votes

My gf and i don't lane together anymore after the dreaded 'Teemo Support' incident of '13

A Bad Talon12/10/2014, 10:26:57 PM3 votes

I play ARAMs with him so, yeah, we always lane together.

Obligatory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLo3AUdZUkE

ChickenWrap12/11/2014, 1:47:01 AM3 votes

And now we begin a story of how I met the love of my life. Oddly enough, I recounted the just a little bit ago to my friends.

Once upon a time, I was looking for a ranked team in Team recruitment. I found one full of platinum players and joined on as their support (the only role available, I much prefer Jungle), and I supported a pretty nice guy. We won quite a few games but our leader who only played Split push top lane Zed was very upset with us because we didn't capitalize on "every opportunity" he gave us (which wasn't much because he was never a threat)

So eventually he kicks us all off the team and we go off and make our own. Our jungle takes his main -- top, and I take my main, jungle. We're short a support player.

Fear not, says one of the players. For I have a support! (I was actually talking to one of my friends about joining the game at that very moment to play our support, since it's his main.)

So he brings them into Skype and the first thing I hear is "Hi guys."

Be still my beating heart. It's a female.

She says that we can call her Len, because people mess up her real name a lot. Glenn, you say? Of course I'll call you Glenn, Glenn!

So I called her Glenn for the next few games until she was, I believe, furious at me.

The team ended disbanding eventually, but I still had her on Skype and a month later I moved to Vancouver to attend a school. When I got there I struck up a conversation with her which didn't last long. Basically "I live in Vancouver, what're you up to?"

She was up to nothing.

Later that night my cousin who lives with my Great Uncle (where I was living at the time) tells me that her boyfriend is coming over and she wants me to stay up with her because she doesn't want to stay up alone.

Sure thing, I said.

He didn't show up until 4 hours after he said he would (4 in the morning)

I asked Glenn if I should stay up with my cousin, for something to talk about and she said "Of course you should!"

We talked for a few hours that night.

Next day she calls me.

This repeats for a long time until eventually we're talking for hours on end each day over Skype and I'm like "Gee, I think I'm starting to have feelings for her."

Get in good with her mom despite Len not wanting me to, I circumnavigated her wishes by writing on pieces of paper and then putting them up in front of my webcam when her mother walked into the room. She would always answer the questions I asked her.

A month later I ask her out. She makes a high pitched squeaking sound and hangs up the Skype call. I ask her if she's OK, she says "yes she's OK"

So I ask her over text. No response.

"Well until you say yes or no I'm going to keep asking. I'll ask tomorrow, then maybe wait a day, then ask again. Then next week, then maybe two weeks from then, then next month, then next year, then maybe five years from then, but I'm never going to stop until you give me an answer"

So I run to a friend of mine and go "I asked this girl out and she cut the Skype call but we've been talking a ton and I really like her what do I do?"

Response: She wants your D. (This is why I no longer ask girls for advice. They're so rude.)

Next day is Tuesday. I get up early before school and ask her. She's awake. She calls me.

"Well?"

She hangs up, and calls me again

"You don't have to decide now, It's O--"

Cut off

She says "Yes, I want to be your girlfriend."

She's afraid of bringing down my MMR so she says we can't ever play ranked together but I've never had as much fun or joy playing anything with anyone ever before in my life.

We've been together since October 15th, 2013, which is also my mothers birthday. Needless to say, I called her the second she said yes and told my mother that for her birthday, I got myself a girlfriend.

My mom would have prefered a present, but I was way too far away from her, so there, mom.

And that's just the short version.

TheRatsInTheWall12/10/2014, 9:23:55 PM2 votes

My girlfriend and I are basically together because of League. We met at The Labyrinth of Jareth, and had generally hit it off, but we only exchanged summoner information. We played together a couple of times over the next week, and I decided to ask her out in part because she was calm and good spirited in game. In the five months between the first date and now, we haven't spent more than two days apart, and we lane together frequently. We (usually) synergize incredibly well. Plus she's a support main, so we never fight over role. It's pretty wonderful.

ravenswolfy12/10/2014, 5:27:40 PM2 votes

Hey everyone, I’m Riot Neon, and I work on NA Publishing. With the holiday vacation approaching, I’m looking forward to lazy days playing lots of League with my boyfriend.** He was the one who introduced me to League of Legends about two and a half years ago** (not on the first date).

Not to belittle your story or anything but how do you get introduced to the game when you work for the company who made it?

Carte Blanche12/11/2014, 6:33:25 PM2 votes

I got my boyfriend into the game anywhere between a month and two months ago. Actually, League has been quite the life-saver for us!

We are in a (sort-of) long distance relationship as we live in the same state but ended up going to different universities. I had tried for months and months previous to get him to play league but he always found better things to do/play, as he used to be a huge sims fanatic for a period of time. In college, however, he found his workload to be pretty light so he decided to give it a try and he has loved it ever since.

We started out by having him play xin zhao bot with me and I would exclusively play Soraka (I made a smurf so that he wasn't playing against total bullies) and he felt really good about himself when he could just jump in and do whatever and always come out alive with the insane Soraka heals. Nothing made me happier than supporting him when he was learning :) :).

Now, he's about level 25 and supports me every day. As I have a very heavy workload in school, coming back to him on a weekday after a stressful day and playing a game of league and totally DOMINATING bottom lane every game, it totally takes the edge off. He is always very kind and listens to all my instructions. Of course he makes plenty of mistakes but he is learning quickly and I make sure to compliment him at every turn.

The best part is: I know he tries so so so so hard just for me. Sure, he enjoys the game, but he puts a big portion of his free time playing alone while I'm studying so that he can get better and impress me. Every so often he'll surprise me with a skin for a champion he knows I love, and I will return the favor. Above all, League definitely gives us something fun to do together while we are apart!

P.S. He has an absolute obsession with Nami. He was really into the Little Mermaid when he was little and now he loves to tell me about her lore and make jokes about her quotes, etc., and researches things about her all the time. He has River Spirit Nami but he has been showing me all these concept arts of Sea Witch Nami and will not stop talking about "Riot should really make Sea Witch Nami," "Nami doesn't receive enough love," etc. RIOT PLEASE MAKE A SEA WITCH NAMI FOR THE LOVE OF MY LIFE :D