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How to clip a League of Legends replay (Highlights, step by step)

League's own clip tool lives in Replay mode. Per Riot's Replays FAQ, checked 26 October 2026:

1. Download the replay. After the match, click the download button at the top right of the End of Game screen, next to Advanced Details. Older games: open them in your Match History.
2. Click Watch Replay. The button changes once the .rofl replay file is downloaded.
3. Set the quality first. Highlights record in 720p by default. Riot added in game options to raise it: change them while watching the replay, before you record.
4. Find the play. The timeline marks kills. Press 1 to 5 or Q, W, E, R, T to jump between champions, press the same key twice to lock the camera on one, and hold the middle mouse button to pan smoothly.
5. Record. Click record, or press Ctrl + V, the key Riot's FAQ lists, then stop the same way. A message confirms the Highlight and shows where it was saved.

The limits. The client keeps your last 20 games. You can download other players' replays too, but since patch 26.21 everyone gets 10 replay downloads an hour. Riot's patch notes (20 October 2026) say the cap stops apps that scrape thousands of replays. Replays show gameplay only, no in game chat.

League replay expired? Replays last one patch. Riot's example: a game played on 7.1 can be watched until 7.2 drops. Patch 26.21 went live on 21 October 2026 and Riot's schedule puts 26.22 on 4 November 2026, so record your Highlights before then. Riot gives no expiry for Highlights themselves: they are video files on your PC.

Where are LoL clips saved? The Highlights and replay folders

Highlights are .webm videos. Riot gives the folder as C:\Users\(your user name)\Documents\LeagueofLegends\Highlights. Riot writes the folder name without spaces, so trust the path shown in the message after you stop recording: that is the exact one on your PC.

In the client, the Highlights section of your Profile lets you view, rename and delete Highlights, and drag them straight into a social site to share.

Replays are .rofl files that the League client opens with Watch Replay. To post a play, record it as a Highlight. Riot's FAQ does not print the default replay folder. You choose both folders in the client's settings, under Replays. That is also where to look on a Mac: Riot only prints the Windows path.

Playing a .webm: Riot says it plays when you drag it into Chrome or Firefox, and that VLC works well.

League of Legends clip recorder apps: Medal, Outplayed, auto clips

Highlights only exist after the game, from a replay. To save a play the moment it happens, a recorder has to run while you play. Checked on each maker's site, 26 October 2026:

• Medal. Free on PC and mobile, with optional premium features. Its League page says the hotkey is usually F8 and that auto clipping can capture certain events on its own, naming plays like pentakills and Baron steals. It has an editor with captions and gives each clip a share link. Full comparison: Medal vs ReelShift.
• Outplayed. An app on Overwolf: free, contains ads, subscription available, and installing it installs the Overwolf client. It lists League of Legends among its games, captures your best moments automatically or on demand, and lays the clips out on a match timeline. See Outplayed vs ReelShift.
• Already on your PC. Xbox Game Bar, NVIDIA Instant Replay and AMD Instant Replay save the last stretch of play with a key. The keys and folders are in how to clip on PC.

Auto clip and AI clip. For League, "auto" means event detection: the app notices a game event and saves it. That catches a pentakill, not the funny thing you said in lane. Which kind of tool catches what: game recorders vs stream clippers.

How to clip your League stream on Twitch

Highlights and recorders save the game. Your stream is more: your cam, your voice, alerts and overlay. If you stream League, clip the broadcast itself. Per Twitch's help center:

• The clip icon on the player, live or on the past broadcast, with a slider for up to 60 seconds.
• A portrait version is made for you, cropped to keep your cam and the game in frame. Pick Stacked (two boxes, cam and game) or Full.
• Hands busy? Say "Twitch, Clip That" out loud during your broadcast.
• Download your clips as landscape or portrait files from Creator Dashboard, Content, Clips. Twitch's download covers clips of your channel and clips you created.

Make League clips vertical for TikTok and Shorts

A Highlight is a wide game video with no cam. Our free Twitch clip to vertical tool takes any MP4, MOV or WebM up to 10 minutes, so a .webm Highlight goes straight in. It runs in your browser, uploads nothing, adds no watermark and saves a 1080 × 1920 video. Three layouts:

• Stack for stream clips: your cam on top, the game below.
• Crop for a Highlight: drag the box over the fight.
• Fit when the whole screen matters: the full frame sits in the middle over a soft blurred copy, so nothing is cut off.

Mind the pixels. A 9:16 slice of a 1280 × 720 Highlight is about 405 × 720 pixels (720 × 9 ÷ 16), stretched to fill a phone. Raise the Highlight quality before you record, or use Fit. The tool does not add captions.

League clips websites, clip channels and Riot's rules

Where League clips live. Twitch's League of Legends category has a Clips tab you can filter by period and language. Medal has a League page where players browse top plays and upload their own.

Starting a clip channel. Riot's fan content policy, "Legal Jibber Jabber" (last updated August 2018), lets you make free projects with League footage, though Riot can deny anyone the use of its IP at any time. In short:

• Money: no commercial projects without a written license, with three exceptions. Individual players may earn passive ad revenue (ads before or during videos, sponsor overlays). Streamers may take donations and subscriptions while live, if people who do not subscribe can still watch. And projects under Riot's API terms with a valid key. Crowdfunding, a business or legal entity, and paywalls such as Patreon or YouTube Premium need a license.
• Original work: "Don't just rip off or add some light commentary to existing content (e.g., esports matches, other players' vods)." Riot says it may use services that spot its content automatically. Riot's 26.21 notes say Worlds has begun, and broadcast clips fall under that line.
• Names and logos: without a written license, no Riot logos or trademarks, no social media accounts named with Riot's trademarks or character names, and no Riot names as keywords or search tags.
• The notice: when you share, add "[Your project] was created under Riot Games' 'Legal Jibber Jabber' policy using assets owned by Riot Games. Riot Games does not endorse or sponsor this project."

Clipping another streamer's League stream also needs their permission and the platform's rules: see how to avoid copyright strikes on clips. Paid campaigns: on our Clip Rewards list on 26 October 2026, none of the 98 pay per view campaigns was for League of Legends. A per view payment from a brand is not one of Riot's three exceptions: our reading, not legal advice.

Where ReelShift fits for League streamers

ReelShift does not open replays or run on your PC. If you stream League on Twitch, Kick, YouTube or TikTok LIVE, it watches your public stream and follows what you say, the loud moments and, on game streams, the kills and wins read off the screen. Vertical 9:16 clips with word synced captions and an on screen title written from what was said, in your stream's language, land in your library within minutes while you are still live. Say "clip that" and it saves the last 60 seconds. Creator is $24.99 a month for 1 channel, Creator Plus $59.99 and Agency $199.99 for 10 channels, with a 7 day free trial (1 channel, 5 streaming hours, card required, nothing charged today). See pricing.