League of Legends is a hugely popular multiplayer online battle arena game from Riot Games, and its client is the program players open to log in, queue for matches and pick champions. The button click is one of the everyday interface sounds from that client, rather than a line of dialogue or a musical theme. Because millions of players hear it while waiting in lobbies, it has become instantly recognisable in gameplay videos, streams and short memes, where a single click can signal that a match is about to begin.
About this sound
The sharp click heard when pressing a button in the League of Legends client, used by gamers and meme editors to punctuate menus, lobbies and loading screens.
This is the short, crisp interface click that plays when you press a button inside the League of Legends client, the launcher and lobby system used to queue matches, browse champions and manage a player profile. It is a single, clean digital tap with a light metallic edge, lasting just over a second, with no voice or music behind it. In videos it works as a tiny punctuation mark, making a menu choice feel instant and deliberate, and for longtime players it instantly recalls the familiar rhythm of clicking through queues, runes and champion select before a game begins.