What are Scripts in League of Legends

I was playing a game not too long ago and our mid player got completely destroyed. He was accusing the other player of scripting. Maybe he was wrong and just a sore loser, but it's not the first time I hear this.

What is scripting?

It seems to be an automation system to improve your damage output through cheating, perhaps also to dodge skillshot.

What do scripts do? Are there many different types?

How is Riot not detecting this kind of "script"?

2 Answers

Scripting is basically when software takes over the control over some actions like combos (Brand Combo etc.). Some scripts can even dodge nearly every skillshot or level up your smurf to level 30 on its own.

There are actually two types of scripts.

- Champion Scripts

Scripts that will pull off hard mechanical plays for you. They only work for certain champions. E.g. ryze skill rotation, when his passive is up (root every 2 seconds) etc.

- Utility Scripts

Utility scripts are scripts that affect your gameplay in general and not for a specific champion. There are Utility Scripts, which will not be considered as cheating by riot.

For example a script which extends your HUD with a spotify interface so you can change the playing song ingame.

On the otherside there are scripts like automatic jungle timing, ultimate timing, orbwalking assistance, dodging assistance, "last seen"- position of the enemy champions visible on the map and even scripts that will level up your smurf to level 30 in Co-Op vs AI games.

I'm not sure what riot does against scripters I guess they don't get banned really often but I'm not sure.

Scripting in a cheating sense is basically anything that automates player controls such as macroing combos, jungle timers, and other things such as a player's last know location. There are also skillshot dodging scripts and bot scripts that allow a player to gain unfair advantages and farm to level 30 without putting effort into it.

Macroing chat is confirmed to be fine (so having a button press for "Mid Flash" is acceptable) but that is basically the extent to what Riot allows.