Safe Queueing in 2025: A Network Game Plan for League of Legends

Key Takeaways

• Use a free proxy to hide your home IP while you queue and play.
• Pick a nearby server and keep your route the same for steady ping.
• Split stream and game traffic and practice fast reconnects.

League runs on rhythm but In 2025, safe queueing is not just about lowering ping. It is about controlling how your traffic looks to the rest of the internet, keeping your home IP away from unnecessary being seen, and planning for short spikes that can mess up a match or a scrim. For public streamers and competitive players, this is now part of standard prep.

It is important to note that League’s high-level play has well known lag limits. Pro staff plan for them, teams practice with them, and event tech setups are built to keep everyone on equal terms. Away from stage lights, you can use the same approach. If you want stable games during a live stream, if you want scrims that do not show your personal details, and if you want your queue to look normal to anyone watching from the outside, you need a simple, reliable network plan. The ideas below focus on practical steps that fit League of Legends in 2025 and help you keep playing while staying private.

Keep your IP private while you queue: how a free proxy fits the plan

A proxy can sit between your PC and the wider internet so your opponent, a viewer, or a random lobby player never sees your home IP. Your client talks to the middle server, and the middle server talks to the game servers. That extra hop changes what others can learn about where you live or who you are, which is especially helpful if you stream your queue or scrim with other teams.

Used well, a free proxy helps more than privacy. It can cut chances of targeted annoying traffic, and it can add a clear split between your home network and the public side of your play. You want that split when you share your schedule, accept viewer games, or join practice blocks with teams you do not know well. The session looks like it is coming from the middle server rather than your home router, which keeps your home off the map.

Keep setup simple. Pick a server near your game region to avoid extra distance, and keep your route the same across a block so teammates get steady pings from you game to game. If the service lets you choose locations, choose the city closest to your usual shard. If you can change addresses each session, do so between blocks to add extra privacy without changing in the middle of a series. For streams, link your streaming software to your normal connection and let the game client use the middle server, which keeps your live tools separate from play.

Security basics still matter. Use login protection if available, and only allow the types of traffic your client needs. Avoid sending other apps through the same route, and end the session properly when you are done. The goal is simple. Keep your home IP private while you queue and play, keep your matches stable, and keep your focus on the map, not your modem.

Stability by the numbers: what matters for safe queueing

League play is sensitive to small changes in delay, especially at the pro level. Riot’s esports tech team has stated that play remains playable at the highest level with round trip times up to about 40 ms, and that the difference between 15 ms and 35 ms is noticeable for pros. This is a useful guide for your own goals during scrims or on-stream games.

DDoS attacks in 2025 add another factor. Attacks are common, often short, and sometimes huge. Cloudflare reported 20.5 million DDoS attacks blocked in Q1 2025, then 7.3 million in Q2. Most network-layer attacks end within 10 minutes, but many are intense bursts that overload links for seconds, which is long enough to ruin a fight or a whole game. Treat these spikes as normal when you plan your blocks and route your traffic. Short spikes can still break a match, so always-on steps beat manual responses.

The main point is simple. Aim for steady lag near your region, expect short spikes, and prepare your routine so protection is already in place before you click “Find Match.”

A 2025 playbook for streamers and teams

Your goal is to be boring to attackers and smooth for teammates. Keep your queue times less predictable, add a small stream delay during peak hours, and separate your streaming setup from your game setup so a glitch in one does not hurt the other. It also helps to practice reconnect plans in scrims so a short spike does not tilt the whole block.

One line from Cloudflare’s Q1 report sums up the approach: “The current threat landscape leaves no time for human intervention.” The advice that follows in the same report is to keep defenses always on, in line, and automated. For players, the similar idea is to make your safety choices part of the default setup, not a button you press after trouble starts.

Finally, use competitive standards to guide your choices. If your path holds near 30 to 40 ms, and if your packet loss stays near zero, you will feel confident in fights, and your team can trust engages to hit when called. Build scrim environments that match those numbers, and keep your on-stream sessions within the same range. That way your mechanics and your calls carry over well between practice and stage-like play.