Riot Games and Discord have put into Beta a major integration between the two platforms. For those on the Beta, you’ll see an increased level of information about what your friends are doing if they are playing Riot games.
The process is incredibly easy, and the payoff is pretty decent. Link your accounts, and you can invite your Discord friends straight into your party without ever alt-tabbing. You can also copy a lobby link and drop it directly into your server, which honestly should have existed ages ago.
Once linked, you’ll also be able to see which of your Discord friends actually play Riot games, so no more “wait, are you on this account or that one?”
It’s rolling out in a few regions first while they iron out any bugs, so if your region isn’t live yet, you can still link your accounts now, and the features will just pop up once it reaches you. Discord integration is currently available for League and VALORANT, with more games coming down the line.
To get set up, you can link through the game client, Discord itself, or your Riot account page. Overall, it looks like a fairly simple process that isn’t too intrusive. It will likely still have some annoying problems, such as friends with multiple accounts or multiple Discords, but that’s their problem.
Discord continues to cater to the gaming community, and this is the next step in that. For those who remember Xfire, Discord is becoming more and more a modern version of that, mixed with TeamSpeak.
