Data Science project — League of Legends dataset.

I found a dataset containing over 50,000 ranked matches in EUW and I want to find out what are the biggest factors in winning a game on LoL.

League of Legends, LoL, is an incredibly popular multiplayer online battle arena, MOBA. The game has a huge esports scene with prizes in the millions. I played LoL from seasons 3–5 playing the character Ryze shown above.

I found this dataset on kaggle and it contains data from over 50,000 ranked matches in EUW for the current season. Even though I don’t play LoL anymore I am still curious what factors influence the winning team. I still have some friends that play so maybe I can also use data science to help them become better players.

How do you win a game in League of Legends?

In the most popular game mode at the time, Summoners Rift, two teams (reed or blue) of 5 champions spawn into a map shown below.

You spawn on the side of your respective team, blue team spawns in the blue base and vice versa. Your goal is to “take over” the other teams base by destroying a nexus. However, you can’t just walk into their base and take…