I get lower ping on TW Server than SEA as a PH Player?
I'm not sure why, but I get 30–35 ms on the Taiwan server compared to around 50–60 ms on SEA server.
I discovered this when I made an account on Taiwan to play on while I was on vacation, and accidentally opened it once I got back to PH (Manila area).
I thought the SEA server ping improved while I was on practice tool, but I realized I was on my new low-level Taiwan account.
I've been playing on it for around 3 weeks now, and I've been enjoying it. The ping is consistently like this, so it doesn't seem like a temporary thing.
Maybe someone looking for lower ping can try this and see if it works for you? Especially if you're around the Manila area or somewhere north of it? Not sure exactly how location would affect your ping. You can try testing it yourself.
(ISP: Globe)
I think I saw somewhere that TW server has a lower player base, but my queue times were really fast. Even the original ARAM, not mayhem, has a really short queue time, usually less than 30 sec. Maybe bc I'm low level? Idk
I was originally planning to make a CH Ionia account, but it's too complicated, feels impossible. TW account creation is the same as other SEA accounts, just need email.
The same riot client can open my SEA accounts and TW accounts back and forth with no problems, no new client or game downloads needed. My riot client and league client are all in english too, I don't remember if I changed a setting tho.
I think you need to use a VPN set to Taiwan to create a new TW account, if not your account will be auto sorted to PHL.