How to review your deaths in League of Legends

Every death is a free lesson — it's the game telling you exactly where a decision went wrong. Reviewing deaths is the fastest, most concrete way to climb, because the fix is almost always a rule you can follow next game.

1. Why deaths are the best review material

A death is unambiguous — you either had to die or you didn't. Unlike vague "macro" feelings, each one has a clear cause you can name and a clear fix you can apply. Review your deaths and your deaths-per-game drops; that alone wins games.

2. Jump to each death

You don't need to rewatch the whole game. Skip from death to death and rewind about 10 seconds before each one — the mistake almost always happens in that window, not at the moment the health bar hits zero.

3. Find the real mistake

The killing blow is rarely the mistake — it's the last domino. Look earlier:

• Positioning — were you too far forward for no reason?
• Information — did you know where the enemy jungler / missing laner was?
• Timing — did you fight with summoners/ults down, or into a cooldown you should've tracked?
• Greed — one more CS, one more auto, one more step past the ward.

4. Turn it into a rule

Convert the mistake into a rule you can actually follow. "Don't int" isn't a rule; these are:

• "Don't cross river without vision after 10 minutes."
• "Back off when 2+ enemies are unaccounted for."
• "Never face-check a bush at low HP."

5. Common death patterns

After a few reviews you'll spot yours repeating — over-extending on a pushed wave, fighting without vision, or chasing a kill into the enemy jungle. Naming the pattern is most of the fix. (RiftRec's upcoming habit tracking will surface these for you automatically.)