League of Legends: What Was The Shortest Game in History?

In professional League of Legends, games typically stretch to about 20 minutes when very fast-paced, while slow matches can last around 45 minutes. The legendary game occurred at Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Season 7 Singapore in 2012. The shortest game in League of Legends history was the one between KL Hunters and Armageddon, lasting an incredible 11 minutes and 48 seconds.

This match shattered all expectations in the worst way imaginable. The team Armageddon became infamous for their performance, etching their names in the books of League of Legends history—but not for reasons they'd hoped.

This historic game wasn’t spoiled by technical issues or player mischief. This was only a stunning display of sheer domination by their opponents, the KL Hunters from Malaysia. Armageddon fell to their rivals in a shocking 11 minutes and 48 seconds, a feat almost unheard of in professional play. The game was a complete landslide, with Armageddon suffering 19 deaths and no real chance to push back, making it one of the shortest and most one-sided matches ever witnessed in the competitive scene.

What made this defeat even more painful was that it wasn’t an isolated incident. Armageddon's woes continued throughout the tournament. In another match, this time against EloHell, they were sent packing in under 13 minutes, further solidifying their unfortunate reputation at the event. These back-to-back defeats highlighted not only their struggles but also, underscored, the unforgiving nature of high-level competition in League of Legends.

The actual shortest game ever occurred in February 2019 in the Costa Rican League, the Liga Tica de Leyendas (LTL), but it involved a disconnection from a player which makes it quite unfair. So the actual official shortest game in League of Legends history was between Another Troll Team and TopHard Esports, clocking in at an astonishing 7 minutes and 30 seconds. ANT ADcarry had connection issues but the league decided to force them to play even if this was without their player. So he never managed to leave the fountain, which lead the whole team to give up in the very first few minutes and TH to go push in the botlane as a five-man army at 4 minutes. They ended the game with only Kled being level 6 while some of them didn't even based once.

There was a time, in the early days of League of Legends, where some games were a bit more peculiar and some teams basically trolled on stage which lead to the fastest stomp ever recorded in the game without disconnection. This game occurred in Champions Winter 2014 (previous name of the LCK) and lasted 8 minutes and 20 seconds.

Team Dark trolled their second game against Samsung Ozone as they picked only jungle champions in honor of the recently retired Lee "CloudTemplar" Hyun-woo. Their full composition was Skarner, Amumu, Maokai, Shen and Trundle. The team tried to invade even before the minions spawned which backfired and gave Samsung a massive early advantage. They oddly managed to get the first drake at 2 minutes, thanks to their three smites, but gave three more kills and allowed a complete free snowball. At 6 minutes, Samsung simply decided to push mid and accessed the enemy base as Team Dark's players never fought back and just filled the map with wards instead.

This was an obvious case of trolling and Team Dark got punished for going against tournament rules of conduct by OGN, Riot Games and the Korean e-sports Association. They got completely disqualified from Champions Winter 2014 as well as forfeiting any money they would have received.