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The League VOD review checklist

Updated July 2026 · 4 min read · RiftRec team

Reviewing without a plan turns into passive watching. This checklist keeps every review focused and repeatable — run through it in order, note what stands out, and stop when you've got 1–2 clear fixes.

How to use it: Open a loss, then work down the list. You don't need all eight every time — the first thing that's clearly off is usually your biggest fix.

The 8 checks, in order

1. Laning & CS — Were you even on CS at 10 minutes? Where did you fall behind, and why?

2. Trades — Did you trade on your cooldowns and step back, or take poke for free?

3. Waves & recalls — Did you back with the wave in your favour and a reason (item spike, low HP), or on a random timer?

4. Deaths — Rewind each death ~10s and name the real mistake (see reviewing deaths).

5. Vision — Were you warding the objective before it spawned, and checking the map before you moved?

6. Objectives — Where were you 30 seconds before each dragon, herald and baron? Did you set up or react?

7. Teamfights — Right target, right position, right time? Or forced a fight you didn't need?

8. Win condition — Did you know how your comp was supposed to win, and play toward it?

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Finish with fixes. Turn the two clearest issues into rules for next game — small and specific beats a long list you'll never remember.

Record a game and run the checklist

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