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League of Legends controls & keybinds

League is played with the mouse for movement and the keyboard for abilities: Q, W, E and R for the champion kit, D and F for summoner spells, and 1–7 for items. Quick cast is the setting that changes how every one of these keys feels.

The keys people look up first

League of Legends controls at a glance

Default bindings for the actions searched for most. The full lists, the settings that change how they feel and the printable layout are below.

Action	PC
Emote	`T`
Chat / voice	`Enter / Left Shift + Enter`
Scoreboard	`Tab`

The rest of this game, drawn

Two pages, and they are not interchangeable: this is the reference you look a binding up in, the other measures the hand pressing it. Both figures below are counted from what each page holds.

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Highlighted keys carry a default action; hover or tap a key for every action bound to it.

Action	Default key
Movement
Move / attack-move target	`Mouse 2`
Attack movePress A, then click; attacks the nearest target on the way.	`A`
Stop	`S`
Hold position	`H`
Abilities
Ability 1 / 2 / 3	`Q / W / E`
Ultimate	`R`
Summoner spell 1 / 2	`D / F`
Level up ability	`Left Ctrl + Q / W / E / R`
Self-cast	`Left Alt + ability`
Items
Item slots	`1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6`
TrinketTrinket is slot 4 by default; item 7 is the trinket ward slot.	`4`
Recall	`B`
Interface
Shop	`P`
Scoreboard	`Tab`
Ping (smart ping wheel)Hold and drag for danger, on my way, assist and enemy missing.	`G`
Retreat / danger ping	`V`
Chat / all chat	`Enter / Left Shift + Enter`
Show minimap / emote wheel	`T`
Champion stats	`C`
Toggle Quick Cast (options)Options › Hotkeys › Quick Cast All.	`Escape`
Camera
Camera lock toggle	`Y`
Center camera on champion	`Space`
Camera to ally 1–4	`F1 / F2 / F3 / F4`

Settings that change how the bindings feel

Recommended starting settings

The League setting worth more than any keybind is spell buffering, and it is written as a sentence rather than given a name: Cast the pressed spell upon pressing another spell. With it off, a combo pressed faster than the game accepts simply eats the second key.

Game → Gameplay

Attack move on cursor On OnOff

The attack-move resolves at the cursor rather than under your champion, which is the difference between hitting the minion you were aiming at and hitting whichever one happens to be closest to you. The first setting to change in a fresh install. PC

Clamp cast target location within max range On OnOff

A click past the maximum range casts at the edge instead of doing nothing. Off, the same click walks you forward to get in range — which is how a ward turns into a death. PC

Learn Spell on Cast On OnOff

Pressing an ability you have not levelled yet levels it and casts it. It saves a Ctrl press in the exact second you had no attention to spare, and the only cost is that a mis-press can spend a point. PC

Treat 'Target Champions Only' as a toggle Off OnOff

Off means hold, and hold is right: the modifier exists for the second you want to hit a champion through a minion wave, and a toggle you forgot is on leaves you unable to attack anything else. PC

Auto attack Off OnOff

On, your champion swings at whatever comes near. That pushes the wave you were freezing and takes the last hit you were timing, which is why laning players turn it off and never turn it back on. PC

Use movement prediction On OnOff

Smooths your own movement over an unstable connection by drawing where you are about to be. It cannot make the server agree faster, so it is a comfort setting rather than a latency fix — worth knowing before you credit it with one. PC

Find where the delay actually is

Game → Camera

Default Camera Mode Unlocked LockedSemi-LockedUnlocked

Unlocked with a Space bar bound to centre on your champion is what almost every ranked player converges on: locked hides the half of the fight you are not standing in. Semi-locked is the honest middle if unlocked keeps losing you. PC

Hotkeys → Casting Modes

Bind auto attack move to left click On OnOff

Turns A into a press-then-left-click rather than a press that fires at once. It feels slower and it is, but it is also the only version where a mis-pressed A does not send you walking into the enemy jungle. PC

Replace Quick Cast with Quick Cast with Indicator in the quickbind UI On OnOff

Quick cast fires the instant the key goes down; the indicator version draws the range first and still fires on release. The honest split is per spell — indicators on the skill shots you miss, plain quick cast on everything you point at yourself. PC

Cast the pressed spell upon pressing another spell On OnOff

Spell buffering. A combo pressed faster than the game can accept it normally eats the second key; this makes the second press finish the first spell instead of being thrown away. It is the setting that makes a practised combo land at the speed you practised it. PC

Reach check · your keyboard, this game

Can your board actually play League of Legends?

Every default bind, re-scored against the keyboard you own. Distance is measured from the left hand resting on WASD, because that is where it stays while you play.

On a 60% board League of Legends loses 4 keys. F1, F2, F3 and F4 are not on that board at all — so camera to ally 1–4 has nowhere to live until you rebind them. Do that before the first match rather than during it. How that compares with every other game.

Mouse 2 Move / attack-move target
A Attack move
S Stop
H Hold position
Q / W / E Ability 1 / 2 / 3
R Ultimate
D / F Summoner spell 1 / 2
Left Ctrl + Q / W / E / R Level up ability
Left Alt + ability Self-cast
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 Item slots
4 Trinket
B Recall
P Shop
Tab Scoreboard
G Ping (smart ping wheel)
V Retreat / danger ping
Enter / Left Shift + Enter Chat / all chat
Y Camera lock toggle
Space Center camera on champion
F1 / F2 / F3 / F4 Camera to ally 1–4
T Show minimap / emote wheel
C Champion stats
Escape Toggle Quick Cast (options)

On the keys: your hand is already there
Comfortable: a finger moves, the hand does not
Stretch: the hand lifts, movement wobbles
Off movement: you let go of A and D to press it
Not on this board: the key does not physically exist

Reach uses the same key geometry as BindIQ, which can rebuild the whole layout for you once you know what is out of reach. Mouse buttons always count as reachable — your right hand is already there.

How that compares

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One line per question

How to do the things people search for in League of Legends

Generated from the default bindings above, so an action and its key can never disagree.

How to emote in League of Legends on PC?

To emote in League of Legends, press T on PC.

How to open chat in League of Legends on PC?

To open chat in League of Legends, press Enter / Left Shift + Enter on PC.

How to open the scoreboard in League of Legends on PC?

To open the scoreboard in League of Legends, press Tab on PC.

Quick answers

What is quick cast and should I use it?

Quick cast fires an ability at the cursor the moment you press its key, skipping the targeting circle. Almost every experienced player uses it (Options › Hotkeys › Quick Cast All), with Quick Cast with Indicator as a middle ground.

How do I attack-move?

Press A and click the ground; your champion walks and attacks the first enemy in range. Set Player Attack Move Click in Hotkeys to do it with one key.

How do I level up abilities faster?

Hold Ctrl and press Q, W, E or R. Many players swap this to Left Shift or bind Level Up to keys near the ability row.

How do I ping missing enemies?

Hold G and drag toward Enemy Missing, or use V for the retreat ping. Pings on the minimap work the same way.

Can you play League with a controller?

Not officially; the PC client has no controller support. Wild Rift on mobile uses touch controls instead.

How do I turn on spell buffering in League of Legends?

Hotkeys › Casting Modes › Cast the pressed spell upon pressing another spell. With it off, a combo pressed faster than the game accepts simply throws the second key away.

Should attack move be on cursor in League of Legends?

Yes. Game › Gameplay › Attack move on cursor makes A resolve where you are pointing rather than at whatever is nearest your champion — the difference between last-hitting the minion you chose and the one the game chose.

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