Do Leavers gain rewards?

Question

First: I am not a leaver.

Ok, To the question, and beyond ...

When a player leaves a game for any reason (DC, Rage, etc), he got the *leave * flag (name is tagged red and he got leave in the match history), do they gain IP or XP rewards ?

Asked by Michel Ayres

Answer

If you see "Leaver" on the end of match summary screen, that summoner recieved no IP for the match.

However, just having left the match early is not enough - League of Legends has a 5-minute grace period before a summoner is counted as a leaver (and it gets reset if they rejoin). I once received a "win" from a game I did not finish (powersurge) because the enemy team surrendered before I had been gone for 5 minutes.

Neither of these affects the fact that you can report someone as "Leaver/AFK" via the Report Player button. While these summoners might still earn ill-gotten IP, they're also likely to get banned or suspended from their behavior (rendering the point moot).

Answered by Raven Dreamer

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