League won’t load me into games or let me reconnect, and I’m getting penalized
Since the latest patch, League of Legends sometimes won’t load me into the game after champion select. The loading screen either never opens or the game crashes.
When I press reconnect, nothing happens, so I’m completely unable to join the match. League processes also get stuck in Task Manager, and I can’t close them, even through Command Prompt as administrator because it says “Access is denied.”
The only solution I’ve found is restarting my entire computer, but by then I’ve already missed most or all of the game. I’m now receiving AFK, leaver, and queue penalties even though I’m actively trying to reconnect.
Has anyone else experienced this or found a fix?
Server: NA
OS: Windows 11
CPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3D
GPU: RTX 4070 Ti
RAM: 64 GB
u/InvestigatorBig7263 — 8 days ago