LoL Boosting Guide: League of Legends Ranks, Rules and Safe Buying

How does League of Legends ranked work?

LoL ranked has ten tiers, from Iron to Challenger, and Iron to Diamond have four divisions each. You earn League Points (LP) for wins, lose them for losses, and move up a division once you pass 100 LP.

Riot's support pages add the details. Leftover LP carries into the next division when you promote. Dropping a division happens when you lose more LP than you have, while dropping a whole tier comes with some protection and lands you on 25, 50 or 75 LP. Solo/Duo and Flex each have their own rank, independent of the other.

Your LP per win is tied to hidden matchmaking rating. Riot's enforcement FAQ says its ranked systems use MMR rather than the visible rank, and low LP gains are the most common reason a boost quote comes back higher than expected.

How do placements and decay work in LoL?

Unranked accounts play five placement matches per queue, can't lose LP during them and can't be placed above Diamond III. From Diamond up, inactive accounts lose LP through decay.

Riot's placements and decay page sets out the rules. Each ranked game at Diamond and above banks days of protection, and once the banked days run out, the account starts losing LP. Apex players who decay through inactivity fall to Diamond II.

Decay matters after a boost. If you buy Diamond or Master and then stop playing, the rank won't hold on its own, so plan to keep queuing or budget for a small win order later.

Who can duo together in LoL ranked?

Duo limits get tighter as the ranks rise, and Grandmaster and Challenger can't duo in Solo/Duo at all. Riot's support page lists who can queue with whom.

Riot also applies limits based on MMR as well as visible rank, so accounts with Master-level MMR face extra queue restrictions even before they reach Master. Flex has no rank limits for Diamond and below, accepts parties of one, two, three or five, and requires at least Emerald to queue with Master or higher.

Is LoL boosting bannable?

Yes. Riot's Terms of Service forbid sharing your account and list playing on another person's account to boost its rank as prohibited behavior, and Riot penalizes both sides of a boost.

Riot's support article on rank manipulation describes boosting as a player logging into someone else's account to play ranked, and says any ranked game played by someone other than the account's creator may count. It also counts deliberately losing in Flex and using a deranked account to push another up. Riot's enforcement FAQ widens the definition to a booster duo queuing with someone on a smurf account.

Riot's two pages give different suspension lengths, so treat the exact durations as Riot's to set case by case. Both agree on the direction: repeat offenses end in a permanent ban. See Is Boosting Bannable? for how this compares with other publishers.

How does Riot detect boosting in League?

Riot looks at where an account's ranked progress came from, using MMR and several signals together, not a single login. Vanguard Anti-Boost was built for exactly this and started in League first.

According to Riot's September 2026 announcement, Anti-Boost launched privately in League of Legends in September 2025. It flags accounts when a large share of their ranked points were earned by another player, and Riot reported actioning 296,416 accounts across League and Valorant since late 2025.

The enforcement FAQ explains the approach to account sharing: Riot says one matching signal isn't enough and that several are checked. It also defines hitchhiking, queuing with another account, usually a booster's, to get carried, and the Anti-Boost announcement says hitchhikers can lose rank they didn't earn.

Riot says it doesn't target unshared alternate accounts the owner made and plays alone. Purchased or ownerless smurf accounts are permanently banned.

Does Riot punish account sharing in TFT and Wild Rift?

The same Riot Terms of Service cover TFT and Wild Rift, so sharing an account breaks the rules in both. Riot's enforcement FAQ says it likely won't punish sharing an account for a single normal game or a game of TFT, but that leniency doesn't extend to boosting ranked.

Teamfight Tactics boosts are usually sold per division or per win, much like League. If your goal is a higher TFT rank, the same rules about who plays on the account apply.

Wild Rift runs on phones and tablets, so a solo boost means someone logs into your account on their own device. Riot's shared-accounts page warns that giving out your password hands over control of the account and can lead to a permanent ban. Compare sellers in the TFT and Wild Rift rankings.

How much does an LoL boost cost?

Iron to Gold divisions are the cheapest, the price rises steadily through Platinum and Emerald, and Diamond, Master and above cost the most. LP gains, server, queue, role or champion requests and duo all move the quote.

Above Diamond there are no divisions, so sellers usually price Master and higher by LP. Decay adds another cost at those ranks, because an inactive account loses LP. Entry prices for each seller are in the site reviews, and How Much Does Boosting Cost? explains how a total is built.

Remember the cost Riot can add later. The enforcement FAQ says boosted LP and MMR are reverted when Riot acts, so a flagged order takes you back to your starting rank.

How do you choose an LoL boosting site?

Choose a site that tells you how its boosters play, respects Riot's duo limits for your rank and puts its penalty and refund terms in writing. Then compare prices.

1. Check Riot's duo table above to see if duo is possible for your rank before you order.
2. Ask what account a duo booster uses, since a smurf account counts as boosting under Riot's FAQ.
3. For solo orders, ask about offline mode and a booster on your server.
4. Read the refund policy for unfinished orders and for LP reverted after the order.
5. Compare final checkout totals for your exact divisions, including role or champion picks.
6. Compare sites in the best LoL boosting services ranking.

If you want rank with no rule risk, coaching or replay reviews on your own account are the alternatives.

What should you do after an LoL boost?

Lock the account down, then plan for decay and the games that follow. Riot can revert boosted LP well after an order ends, and from Diamond up an idle account loses LP on its own.

• Change your password and sign out of all sessions if a booster logged in, then turn on multi-factor authentication.
• Bank decay days at Diamond and above by playing ranked regularly; each Diamond game banks seven days, up to 28.
• Avoid queuing again with the booster's smurf, since Riot counts duo play with a smurf account as boosting.
• Watch your LP gains. Small gains and large losses mean the rank sits above your MMR, and it will slide unless your results keep up.
• Keep receipts and chat logs until the seller's refund window closes.

Remember that Solo/Duo and Flex ranks are separate. A boost in one queue does nothing for the other, so make sure the order names the queue you actually play.