How to play

1. 1

   Get ready

   1.2s

   The round number and phase flash up. The question loads behind it.

2. 2

   Answer

   15s

   Read, then press 1–4 (or click). The sooner you lock in, the harder your hit.

3. 3

   Lock in

   → 5s

   The moment you lock in, your rival has at most 5 seconds left. Same for you if they're first.

4. 4

   Reveal

   2.6s

   Correct answers hit your rival; wrong ones backfire on you. Both players can land a hit in the same round.

5. 5

   Next round

   harder

   Questions get tougher every round until someone hits zero.

A correct answer deals 8 damage plus up to 6 for speed, sliding to 0 at the buzzer. The first correct answer of the round adds 4 (“first strike”). A wrong answer backfires for the same amount, without the bonus. In a duel the screen shows Hit now and Miss: what you'd deal, or take, if you locked in this instant. Try it:

• Backfire

  A wrong answer hits you instead: you take the damage you'd have dealt. Only answer when you're more sure than not.

• ½

  Ability questions: the right champion with the wrong key deals half damage, no first strike.

• 0

  Running out of time costs nothing in a duel, but you don't hit either.

Ability icon

See an ability icon. Pick the champion, then the key (Q W E R).

Ability sound

On by default (you can turn it off before you queue): hear an ability, pick the champion, then the key.

Splash art

Whose skin is it? Starts zoomed in deep on a random spot and zooms out until the whole picture shows at 0s.

Item recipe

Two or three components. Which finished item do they build into?

Item cost

How much gold does this item cost?

Not part of it

A finished item and four components: three are in its build tree. Which one isn't?

Stat check

Four champions: who has the most attack range, armor, health or move speed?

Resource

Which of these champions doesn't use mana?

Ranked duel

Matched against a player near your rating. Win LP, climb from Iron to Challenger. If few people are online, you may face a computer rival or a recorded run of a real player.

Friend duel

Create an invite link on the Play page and send it. LP counts (losing to a lower-rated friend costs more), up to 5 rated duels per friend a day (never with a guest), or switch LP off to play for fun. Hit Rematch afterwards to go again.

Survival

Solo. 100 health, every miss or timeout costs 15 (more in later phases). Your score is the damage you deal before you fall.

Daily survival

Survival on today's quizzes, as often as you like. Everyone's first run uses the same quiz, every second run another, and so on. Your best run counts.

Your first 3 ranked duels are placements. After that, every 100 rating is a division and your LP is what's left over. Your rating learns from every answer, not just the result: hard questions answered right and fast count most. A win always gives at least 5 LP and a loss always costs at least 5; beating stronger players pays more, and while you're better than your rank, wins pay more and losses cost less.

From 2800 rating you're Master. Grandmaster and Challenger work like in League: the top 50 players with at least 500 LP are Challenger, the next 100 with at least 200 LP are Grandmaster. The ladder shows how much LP it takes right now.

1. IronIron
2. BronzeBronze
3. SilverSilver
4. GoldGold
5. PlatinumPlatinum
6. EmeraldEmerald
7. DiamondDiamond
8. MasterMaster
9. GrandmasterGM
10. ChallengerChallenger

QWER

Pick answers 1 to 4 (or press 1–4). On ability questions, the same keys pick the key.

Esc

Go back to the champion step before you lock in the key.

Tap · Surrender

On phones, just tap the answers. Surrender (tap twice) ends a duel as a loss.