Client failed to connect me to a game and then I got Leaverbustered.

Berzerken·Sep 27, 2017·2 votes·307 views

Got in queue with two friends. When we found a game and champ select was over I sat and waited for the loading screen. It never came. Instead I got some error message saying that I had failed to connect. I retried twice. Did not work. By that time, my friends had FF'd the game early. We got into another queue and then learnt that we were in a five minute low priority because I got Leaverbustered. Through no fault of mine. My internet seemed to be working just fine.

Riot, please fix this.

6 Comments

PresBushDid711Sep 27, 20172 votes

Leavebuster doesn't hit you for just one game. Looking at your playing record, there are a number of games where you have low kill participation and/or are under leveled compared to your teammates. It would appear you afk or have problems with connectivity a couple of times. With as little as you play I can see why you would have triggered leavebuster.

ChermorgSep 28, 20171 votes

This.

If you’re constantly having connection problems, it’s almost certainly not on Riot’s end. I’d recommend OP goes to open a support ticket and run the tests they provide so they can help OP identify the problems and fix them. They don’t generally remove LeaverBusters that are applied, but they’ll be able to help OP avoid another one.

BerzerkenSep 29, 20171 votes

This could just be because I'm a worse player than most of my matchmade peers. I'll readily admit that. I don't recall frequently afking games or disconnecting. I did face high ping a couple of days a while back because of my connection but I didn't quit but played through those games, no matter how annoying it was. I have looked through my match history on the client. Only in one game am I marked as a leaver. That game was remade and it was right after that game that I got leaverbustered. It was a Lucian game where I had taken flash and barrier.