Last Updated on 24th February 2023

Shadow bans on League of Legends are the hardest to bypass since apart from your IP address being blacklisted, there are also one or multiple hardware parts with unique identifiers that are banned as well.

League of Legends shadowbans last from a few days to several weeks, and after that, your account will have to pass another check and it will be decided if you get permanently banned, aka HWID/IP banned, or your account gets back to its normal state.

If you are still unsure what’s going on with your account, you might be asking, what is a shadowban on League of Legends?

Shadowban on League of Legends is when specific features of your account are restricted/limited/prohibited but there is no indication for that. You are not prohibited from playing League of Legends, but your account will be limited until the game decides if they should ban your account permanently or reinstate it.

To bypass the shadowban on League of Legends with 100% success, you should do every step of this guide in the same exact order as shown below and not skip a single one.

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The content you will find in this post is for educational and research purposes only.

You are not encouraged to use these methods or techniques.

I’ve collected into a folder all the files and tools you will need to change your HWIDs, IP / MAC addresses, and bypass the shadow Ban on League of Legends.

Download the files, extract them, and move the HWID Bypass folder to your C: drive.

Step 1 – Uninstall League of Legends and clear all traces.

The first and most important thing you’ll have to do is to completely uninstall League of Legends and the launcher and make sure to clear every single file related to them. We want to ensure that no files are left on the PC that could link you back to the League of Legends shadowban.

Navigate to the Control Panel and choose the option Programs.

Next, click on Programs & Features option.

Locate League of Legends and the launcher, right-click on it, and choose Uninstall.

Now let’s start clearing up all trace files left on your PC. Please double click on each shortcut on the first folder of the files, look for folders/files related to League of Legends and the launcher, and delete them.

These are the locations you will find in the shortcuts:

• C:\Program Files (x86)
• C:\Program Files
• C:\%userprofile%\Documents\
• C:\%localappdata%
• C:\%programdata%
• C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local
• + more every time they get updated.

Once you delete everything related to League of Legends from all these locations, the next thing you will have to do is to delete some leftovers in the registry.

Press Windows Key + R, and type Regedit.

A window should pop up. You will have to do now to copy each of the locations below, paste them into the registry search bar, and then look for any folders related to League of Legends/launcher and delete them.

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\
• HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node\
• + more locations on the files.

At each location, you will see a lot of folders on the left side.

Right-click on any folder related to League of Legends and the Launcher and choose Delete.

That’s it, by clearing all those files, you just made sure there is no way those files can link you back to the shadow ban.

Step 2 – Change your Disk’s Serial Number

VolumeID by Microsoft is used to change the disk’s serial number/ID.

Hard drives are one of the most common hardware parts that get blacklisted on an League of Legends shadowban. Luckily, changing your hard drives’ serial number is effortless to bypass, and it won’t cause any issues on your hard drives or files if you follow the steps below.

Below you can find how to change the serial numbers of all of your hard drives.

Navigate to the folder with the files you previously downloaded and go to step 2. You should see a file named “Change Disk IDs“. Right-click on it, and choose “Run as administrator“.

It will open a command prompt with all your drives, and it will ask you which drive ID you would like to change. Type just the letter of the Drive and hit enter.

Press any key to continue, and your drives SN should be changed(you will see the confirmation message).

Do the same thing for the other drives once you get a message that the drive ID has been changed successfully. Once you’ve changed all of your drive ids, move on to the next step of the guide.

If you want to change the Drive ID manually or revert the changes, follow the steps below:

Run the “Change Disk IDs.cmd” file as administrator and close it directly. We are doing this only to move the required files on the C drive.

Run CMD as administrator and type the following commands: 

• cd c:/
• Now for every disk that you have, type -> vol (Disk letter): for example, if you have two disks, let’s say, C & D. You will have to type the following commands: 
  • vol c:
  • vol d:
  • Copy the Volume Serial Number of your disks in a separate text file and save it.

• volumeid c: (type the Volume Serial Number you saved before, and change the last two digits to whatever you want) Example: If the previous Volume Serial Number was AB98-1233 , type the command -> volumeid c: AB98-1211
• Do the same for the rest of the disks(if you have any)
• You should get a message the volume id is updated.

Okay, that’s it, you’ve successfully changed the hard drives’ serial numbers IDs, and you are one step closer to bypassing the shadow ban from League of Legends. 

Step 3 – Change HWIDs of everything.

AMIWIN64 is used in this step.

Now it’s time to change the system UUID, Baseboard serial number, System Serial, Chassis serial, etc. This is where all the magic happens. We are going to change every single hardware identifier that League of Legends flags on a shadow ban.

Navigate to “STEP 3 – Change HWIDS” folder, right-click on the “Change ALL HWIDs.cmd” file and choose “Run as administrator“.

Then you will be asked to press any key to continue changing your HWIDs and the command prompt will show you upfront your new HWIDs for every hardware part.

Once you press any button to continue, your Command Prompt should look something like the one below.

You’ve successfully changed all your systems HWIDs, and you are ready to move on to the next step.

Step 4 – Edit HWID Registry keys

Next, you will need to edit a few registry keys that could link you back to the League of Legends shadowban. Below you can find step-by-step instructions on how to edit all registry keys that could possibly link you back to the shadowban.

Press Win Key + R on your keyboard, and a small window on the bottom left should appear. Type “Regedit” and hit enter.

Now copy this path -> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography and paste it into the search bar on the top side.

Go to the GUID Generator website, click on the button to generate a new GUID, and copy it.

On the right side of the registry window, you should see the “MachineGuid” key. Double click on it, replace the GUID with the generated one, and click OK.

Again, copy this path -> Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\IDConfigDB\Hardware Profiles\0001 and paste it into the search bar on the top side.

Go to the GUID Generator website, click on the button to generate a new GUID, and copy it.

On the right side of the registry window, you should see the “HwProfileGuid” key. Double click on it, replace the id with the generated one, and click OK.

Now let’s move on to the next step!

Step 5 – Mask & Setup your IP Address

We see this all the time in the comments and on the emails we receive that people don’t want to pay for a VPN or want to make this work with a free VPN. Unfortunately, that will not be sustainable, and you will actually spend more money on new accounts and countless hours thinking about why you are getting banned again than just getting a good VPN now.

Even HWID Spoofers will require you to buy a VPN. If you were to buy a working HWID Spoofer for League of Legends, you would have to pay around 500$-1000$ per year for the spoofer + VPN. By following this guide, you only need the VPN(3$-4$ per month) and 15 minutes of your time to follow the steps.

I recommend using NordVPN because they have high-quality VPN servers, ensuring the best gaming experience and the lowest ping possible.

I can’t find a completely free working method to go around the ban, but this is the cheapest it can get.

How to correctly set up the VPN to protect you from getting your actual IP address seen by League of Legends:

Step 6 – Change your MAC address.

The next thing that immediately gets banned by League of Legends after the IP address on any ban as well as the shadowban, is the MAC address, so you have to make sure you have a different one. Below you can find step-by-step instructions on how to change your MAC address on any Windows machine.

Navigate to Settings.

Click on Network & Internet.

Click on “Change adapter options“.

Right-click on your primary internet adapter and click on “Properties“.

Choose Client for Microsoft Networks, and click Configure.

Navigate to the Advanced tab and choose Network Address.

Now go to this website, generate a new mac address, copy it, and paste it to the Network address box.

Click OK, and you will be disconnected for a few seconds/minutes from the internet. No worries, it will get back up.

Now do the same thing for the NordVPN adapter. Right-Click on the NordVPN adapter and choose Properties.

Choose “Client for Microsoft Networks” and click “Configure“. Navigate to the Advanced tab, choose MAC Address, and paste a newly generated MAC address from the generator.

Once you’ve changed your ethernet/wifi adapter and the NordVPN’s adapter, MAC Address, proceed to the next step.

If the above method didn’t work for you or some options were missing

Download Technitium MAC Address Changer and follow the instructions below.

There is a program to change your MAC address in the previously downloaded files. Select your Network Connections, click on the “Random MAC Address” button, and click “Change Now!“.

Step 7 – Create or buy a new game account.

Now that you got everything ready, it’s time to create a new League of Legends account or buy a cheap one from one of these websites: MMOGA, MMOGAH.

Navigate to the League of Legends Official Website and create a new account with new details. 

TIPS:

• Use the most commonly used email providers ( Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, Protonmail, etc.) Avoid temporary emails.
• The same goes for the phone number. Don’t use the free numbers you’ll find on websites on the internet. Instead, use a phone number you never used before, get a cheap number for 3.49$/Month from Tossable Digits.
• Don’t use Russian Numbers until further notice.

Step 8 – Create a new Windows User.

Recently I updated this guide to avoid reinstalling Windows from scratch, but instead of that, you will have to create a new Windows user. Pretty easy to do so; follow the steps shown in the video below.

Step 9 – Change Monitor HWID

In some rare cases, your monitor serial might get banned as well. I would say that it’s worth changing it since the process is straightforward and quick. To change your Monitors ID Serial, follow the steps below:

Navigate to the folder -> STEP 9 – Change Monitor HWID, right-click on CRU.exe, and choose “Run as Administrator“.

On the top side of the Custom Resolution Utility app, choose your Monitor/s and click on the “Edit” button.

Change the value of the ID Serial and click OK.

Step 10 – Hide Mouse, Keyboard, and Controller serial numbers.

Getting your mouse, keyboard, controller, and other peripherals banned or flagged is rare, and it mostly happens in manual HWID bans. Since it will only take you one to two minutes to hide all your peripheral serial numbers, I recommend doing it to be safe.

I never needed to hide any of my peripherals ID to bypass the shadowban on all the tests I’ve done on different games. Still, many people have been sending me messages to include it as part of the solution since it helped many of them.

Below you can find step-by-step instructions on how to hide your mouse, keyboard, controller, and any computer peripheral serial number:

Navigate to the “STEP 10 – Change Mouse, Keyboard, Controller, SNs” folder or download USBDeview, right-click on USBDeview.exe , and choose “Run as administrator“.

Locate your Mouse, right-click on it, and select “Open In RegEdit“.

Right-click on the marked folder on Registry Editor and choose “Permissions“. A window will pop up, and you should find the “Read” column and tick the “Deny” option. Once you do that, click Apply and OK.

Repeat the same steps for your keyboard and controller(if you have one).

Step 11 – Download and Install the game.

Now it’s time to go ahead and download League of Legends and install it on your computer.

Please navigate to the official website of League of Legends, download it, install it, and log in with your new account.