Is using chatGPT considered cheating in league of legends?

🧠 1. What Riot explicitly bans

Riot’s Terms of Service for League of Legends are very clear that unauthorized third party programs that provides a competitive advantage are prohibited. This includes any type software that interacts with the game in ways which are not approved by Riot — cheats, mods, scripts, bots, automation programs, etc. This can lead to disciplinary actions including bans.

Examples of banned behavior:

Automation programs or bots that play or assist to affect gameplay

Scripts that can perform player actions automatically

Tools that emulate, intercept, or modify the game input

Software that accesses memory or game data beyond what’s allowed.
All of these are considered unfair competitive advantages and Riot treats them as cheating.

🤖 2. Where ChatGPT fits in

✅ Permitted (safe):

✔ Using ChatGPT to study strategies
✔ Asking for builds, runes, tips, or explanations before a game
✔ Post-game analysis or reviewing your own decisions

These are similar to reading guides or watching videos — they don’t affect the game in real time and rely on your own input and execution. Riot’s rules don’t ban learning from external resources; they ban unfair in-game advantage creation.

❌ Likely Considered Cheating:

✘ Using AI that automatically inputs decisions into the game
✘ AI that interacts with the game client or automation tools
✘ Tools that read game state and dictate actions in real time

Anything that turns ChatGPT (or another AI) into a real time assistant that directly affects gameplay (e.g… telling your client what to do during matches or automating clicks/commands) would fall into the same banned category as scripts and bots because it influences outcomes unfairly. Even if not explicitly written with ChatGPT in mind, these behaviors are prohibited by the broad anti-third-party software rules Riot enforces.!

🧩 3. The “gray area” many players talk about

There’s a confusion because:

ChatGPT itself isn’t a cheat

Asking for advice isn’t cheating
BUT turning it into a live decision making assistant that affects matches is functionally no different from scripting and would violate Riot’s competitive-integrity rules.

This mirrors what most online discussions conclude: learning from AI is fine, but live assistance that automates or influences your game is not — it undermines fair competition.

🚫 Real-world enforcement

Riot actively bans accounts using scripts and third-party programs that give players an edge, and accounts caught doing this face permanent bans. Riot’s anti-cheat systems (e.g., Vanguard) and their rules are broad enough to catch tools that attempt to automate or assist gameplay.

There have even been community reports of players losing accounts for being flagged with third-party tools, sometimes even mistakenly, showing how seriously Riot treats unauthorized software.

🧠 TL;DR — Cheat or Not?

Is using ChatGPT themselves cheating?
➡️ No — just talking to ChatGPT, asking for tips, builds, strategy breakdowns before or after a game is not cheating.

Is using ChatGPT in-game to dictate play or automate actions?
➡️ Yes — that would be considered cheating under Riot’s rules, because it’s effectively third-party software giving an unfair advantage.

Fair play in League of Legends is ultimately about skill and decision-making being driven by human players, not external automation.!

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