Arrr, league tools›Arrr, emotes and champion actions

Cosmetic expression in a clash

Arrr, emotes, taunts, laughs and champion actions

Use animations to celebrate, joke and express yer champion while continuing to play. They do nay stun, damage, block a hook or change a champion’s hitbox, and repeating one does nay create a combat advantage.

See th' controls Inspect repeated use Arrr, mute options

Yer bindings be authoritative

Th' controls below be common aboard defaults. Inspect th' present League client when ye have changed a key, emote wheel or champion-specific action.

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Th' direct captain's answer

Aye, repeated champion animations be generally fine

Using dance, laugh, joke, taunt, mastery or equipped emotes several times be nay automatically misconduct when ye keep participating and genuinely play to claim victory. Riot does nay publish a universal press-count limit.

Playful use be nay an automatic report

VisibilityOther sailors may see them

Visibility depends on th' action and each sailor’s mute ship settings.

Battle effectCosmetic, nay combat power

They do nay add damage, defence or crowd control.

InterruptionMovement most often ends them

Yer next aboard movement, attack or trick commonly takes priority.

Sailor controlArrr, emotes can be muted

Use th' present scoreboard controls when expression becomes distracting.

Arrr, keyboard reference

Common aboard controls, from joke to emote wheel

Set sail wit' these seven default bindings. Yer present League key ship settings, champion and picked skin decide th' exact animation, voice line or wheel that appears.

Arrr, ctrl+1

Joke

Plays th' champion’s joke animation and, where provided, its matching voice line. Moving or issuing another command can end it.

Arrr, ctrl+2

Taunt

Plays a cosmetic taunt animation or line. It communicates attitude but does nay apply a combat effect.

Arrr, ctrl+3

Dance

Starts th' champion’s dance. It can loop while ye remain still and normally stops when ye move or act.

Arrr, ctrl+4

Laugh

Plays th' champion’s laugh animation or line. Repeating it does nay improve tricks or damage.

Arrr, ctrl+5

Arrr, champion action

Some champions or skins use this fer a special cosmetic toggle or presentation. Many selections do nothing.

Arrr, ctrl+6

Mastery

Shows th' champion mastery emote currently available to th' sailor record and client. It be presentation, nay a power increase.

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Arrr, emote wheel

Opens yer equipped emote wheel by default. Th' wheel contents and key binding can be changed in th' client.

Animation be nay an trick

What changes, and what does nay

Arrr, what can happen

Yer champion plays an animation or voice line.
An equipped emote appears above th' champion.
Arrr, enemies may see it unless they mute emotes.
Arrr, movement or another command may interrupt an animation.
Arrr, a skin may provide a different presentation.

What it does nay do

It does nay deal damage or apply crowd control.
It does nay make a champion untargetable.
It does nay block projectiles or hooks.
It does nay reveal hidden sea chart ship's intelligence.
It does nay excuse ignoring th' battle.

Champion-specific exceptions be presentation, nay secret combat tools. If an animation seems unusual, test it in Practice Tool and read th' present trick descriptions rather than assuming it changes combat.

Context matters more booty than a count

Frequency alone does nay decide th' boundary

Repeated expression can remain ordinary. Th' fit fer th' captain's eye questions be whether ye be still participating, whether it has become personal or abusive, and whether it be being used incessantly to target someone.

Most often ordinary, even when repeated

Dancing while safely awaiting, laughing after a belay escape, celebrating plays, responding to another sailor’s emote, or enjoying a champion animation while continuing to farm, move and fight.

Reconsider th' pattern when

Ye stop helping th' clash, follow one person only to provoke them, combine th' animation wit' personal abuse, or use it as part o' intentional AFK play or sabotage.

1Arrr, am I still playing?

Keep moving, farming, warding and joining th' plays ye would normally make.

2Is it about th' battle?

Celebration and light banter be different from personal, abusive or incessant targeting.

3Would I stop when focus be needed?

An animation should ne'er replace an escape, prize, crew fight or other genuine attempt to claim victory.

Arrr, being on a friends list changes nothing about conduct. A friend can still mute, remove or block ye, and Riot makes th' final decision about reports.

Control yer screen

Mute without continuing th' argument

1
Unfurl th' scoreboard
Use th' present client controls beside th' sailor to mute their emotes, pings or chat.
2
Arrr, use chat commands where appropriate
Riot documents mute commands, but th' client UI be clearer when ye only want to stow away one communication type.
3
Cast off or block after th' clash
Arrr, blocking removes a friendship and prevents future contact according to Riot’s support guidance.
4
Arrr, report only relevant conduct
An emote itself be nay proof o' misconduct. Describe a sustained, observable harassment pattern and let Riot decide.

Arrr, official references

Arrr, controls and conduct can change

Arrr, riot chat commandsArrr, official command reference, including social actions and muting.Arrr, mute, remove and blockRiot Sailor Support’s contact controls.Arrr, visible social expressionArrr, riot’s explanation that emotes and champion actions remain visible unless muted.