The League of Legends reconnect loop prevents players from rejoining their matches or get back to the picking stage. This bug could feel even worse if you were in a ranked match, and it also cost me a few promotions over the years.

League of Legends gets stuck on reconnecting when Vanguard detects an inconsistency or a false positive. Riot Games' anti-cheat software prevents players from loading into their matches because it suspects something might not be right. Considering this bug has been around for a few years, the League community crowd-sourced a handful of solution methods, but only a few remain useful as both the Riot Client and Vanguard changed drastically.

How to Fix the LoL Reconnect Loop?

To fix the LoL reconnect loop, you should identify which third-party programs on your system could cause Vanguard to act up and turn them off. Alternatively, you can also tinker around with firewall settings and deactivate them briefly to see if they make a difference.

According to most recent community discussions on Reddit regarding the reconnect loop, a workspace program Citrix and Comodo Firewall look to be the main culprits behind the League reconnect loop bug.

For Citrix users:

• Activate AppProtection Service and choose Apply.
• Then deactivate AppProtection Service and select Apply again.
• Restart your PC and start League again.

For Comodo Firewall users:

• Navigate to the application's Settings and head to the Advanced Protection section.
• Choose Miscellaneous.
• Add the following folders to the exception list, the exact directories may change depending on your drives.
• <Installation drive>\Riot Games
• C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard

What to do when League of Legends gets stuck reconnecting

If League of Legends gets stuck while you're trying to reconnect to a game, you should open the Task Manager on your PC and completely close all third-party tools that can be considered as false positives by Vanguard.

Though Citrix and Comodo Firewall users have been more affected in recent times, all third-party software with background processes and overlays could cause similar problems. Ultimately, Riot developers would need to sit down and whitelist all harmless third-party tools that cause Vanguard to act up.

Vanguard is one of the better anti-cheat software available in online gaming, but it can also be too strict at times. It certainly doesn't leave anything to chance, blocking applications as soon as they showcase a slightly shady behavior when it comes to background processes. Identifying the root cause can take a while sometimes, so missing out on the match you queued for isn't unusual because of the reconnect loop.

You may even get a timeout from matchmaking, but it should have a short duration if you don't frequently leave matches. While waiting out the timer, you can check out League's power ranking overhaul or the best League of Legends Worlds Finals to see how the best players clash at the highest stage of the competition.