LoL Replays and Highlights - Where to Find and How to Save

League of Legends (LoL) offers a native recording function in pre-season 2016/early 2017. The system stores up to 20 replays on Riot's servers, which are available to download. But you should note that the replays can only be watched in the game with the Internet. And it will only save the latest 20 match games. Replays expire after each patch. The LoL patches typically release every two weeks. That means you have roughly two weeks to download and watch a replay before it becomes unplayable. Even though you already downloaded the .rofl file, the file itself becomes incompatible once the game client updates to a new version.

Brief Introductions to LoL Replays - Download and View

1. How to download and watch LoL replays and highlights

The LoL replay mode is always on when you play matching games. And the latest 20 recordings of game battles will be saved automatically online. Unfortunately, it doesn't provide online playback, so please read the following steps to download and watch them:

Step 1.Launch LoL on your computer and click the "PROFILE" button on the main interface. Then click the "MATCH HISTORY" button, and you can find the last 20 matchs with their information of characters, victory, data, and length.

Step 2.Click the "Download" button following the information to save the desired LoL replays. After a few minutes, it will become a "Play" button. You can directly click it to watch the LoL replays online.

2. Where are LoL replays saved on the local file?

After you download LoL replays, they will also be saved on the .ROFL local files. Just click the "Settings" button in the top right corner and click the "Replays" button. You can see the storage path to save the replays and highlights.

Replay files (.rofl): C:\Users\[YourUsername]\Documents\League of Legends\Replays
Highlight clips (.webm): C:\Users\[YourUsername]\Documents\League of Legends\Highlights

Both paths can be changed via the LoL client. You can click the gear icon > Replays > adjust both save paths.

Note: If you change the local files to the desired one, the former LoL replays will not be deleted or transferred.

3. Why can't you open LoL replays on your computer?

Although the LoL replays are saved on the local file, you still need to play them through the LoL program. That's because they are saved in ROFL file that only shows the spectator data of every action in the game, which are not real video files. Of course, you can't convert LoL replays to other playable/uploading formats directly. In this case, the only way is to record LoL replays. Please read the next part and get your best game recorder.

The Ultimate Way to Save and Upload LoL Replays

As mentioned before, the LoL replays are saved in ROFL files on your computer, which can’t be played or converted. So, why not recording the LoL games? Use AnyRec Screen Recorder to capture the LoL replay or the whole game process directly, and then upload to SNS. You can also watch League of Legends games on iPhone and Android successfully. With its GPU acceleration, it can record all your highlights and high scores without lagging. You can also add voiceover, annotation, and other effects to your League of Legends game video.

Step 1.Launch AnyRec Screen Recorder on your Windows/Mac and lick the "Game Recorder" button on the main interface to start recording League of Legends replays and highlights.

Step 2.After you play the desired LoL replay on the game, select the LoL game window from the drop-down list. Don't forget to toggle on the "System Sound" button with the desired volume.

Step 3.Click the "Settings" button and go to the "Output" pane. Here you can change the output format, quality, and frame rate. Then click the "REC" button to start recording.

Note: To upload LoL replays and highlights on Facebook, YouTube, and other social platforms, you'd better choose the MP4 format and 60 fps frame rate to keep the high quality of LoL replays.

Step 4.After that, a toolbox with additional editing functions will pop up. You can click the "Stop" button at any time to finish the recording. At last, you can clip the recording and click the "Save" button to save the LoL replays on the local files.

FAQs of Playing and Downloading LoL Replays

• 1. Can I watch LoL replays without a client?

  Generally speaking, you can't. If you want to watch and download your LoL replays, you have to log in to your account to read the data. But if you have downloaded the ROFL files on your computer, you only need to launch the game to watch them.

• 2. What is the video format of the downloaded LoL replays?

  The LoL replays are saved as ROFL files on your computer. It's not a video format that can be played by video players. It contains all the data of actions in the game, and you can only use LoL program to restore the game recordings.

• 3. Can I convert LoL replays to play on my mobile?

  Yes, you can download and watch League of Legend games with the Android 16/15/14/13 app. Or you can download and record replays to MP4 and other mobile phone compatible formats.

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