Riot Games reveal the top-selling LoL esports team emotes
Riot Games has revealed which League of Legends (LoL) esports teams’ emotes have sold the best (excluding sales in China).
Though Riot hasn’t revealed exact statistics for how much each emote has sold.
Earlier this year, every LoL esports team released an emote in League of Legends, which fans could buy to use in-game.
This included every Tier 1 league, so EMEA’s LEC, the Americas’ LTA, South Korea’s LCK, China’s LPL and APAC’s LCP.
The emotes cost 350 RP (£2.73) each, with teams receiving 30% of the income from the sales of their emote.
#1 Karmine Corp – Loser Queue
It’s no surpirse to see Karmine Corp at the top of the list with they’re huge and passionate fan base and their clever emote choices.
After getting away with putting an emote into the game which tells people to surrender, this time KCorp went a self-deprecating route.
The Loser Queue emote has Jinx crying in front of a streak of losses from LoL’s in-game match history, a useful emote for when games aren’t going your way.
#2 T1 – T1 Silence
And again, it’s no surpirse to see the biggest and most successful LoL team of all time near the top.
It’s a rare case where T1 have to settle for second, having won the last two LoL Worlds and five of the prestigious tournaments overall.
The emote sees the adorable Pengu character from TeamFight Tactics shushing while wearing the iconic glasses of Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok.
Though ironically, T1 were silenced when they lost to CFO at LoL Worlds 2025 in a huge upset last week.
#3 Isurus Gaming – Admin Call
Making the top three is a much lesser-known team globally in the LTA’s South Isurus Gaming.
The emote sees Yasuo starting a surrender vote and has proven to be very popular.
The choice of Yasuo was genius as he is a very polarising champion. Yasuo is very popular but difficult to play with a lot of Yasuos ruining others’ games.
This proves that designing a good emote that the playerbase can relate to is a smart strategy for esports teams looking for a revenue boost.
#4 Team Liquid – BlueGoodJob
In an impressive feat, Team Liquid have proven their branding works as they’ve got an emote of their mascot to fourth place.
The emote sees their horse mascot, named Blue, giving a large thumbs up.
A simple but usable design and good example of esports team branding that connects with fans.
#5 BNK FEARX – Mlem
Sometimes, you don’t need to overthink it and go with what sells. LoL fans love anime girls.
Sandy is the mascot of LCK team BNK FEARX, formerly known as Liiv SANDBOX and SANDBOX Gaming.
The emote sees Sandy winking, sticking her tongue out, and flashing the peace sign. A cheeky way to tilt your opponents after a good play.
#6 Leviatan – Wooden Mastery
Another LTA South team proving they understand the LoL community. LoL players want as many ways to insult each other as possible.
This brilliant emote from the Argentinian organisation Leviatan shows the champion mastery symbol made out of wood.
The LoL community has long joked that there are players who are worse than Bronze and Iron ranks who should be ‘Wood’ rank.
The Wooden Mastery emote is a great way to annoy opponents or make a self-deprecatory joke after you make a bad play.
#7 PSG Talon – Huh?
Every time they’ve been given a chance, PSG Talon have released an emote based on Star Guardian Kai’Sa – one of the most popular skins in the game.
This version sees Kai’Sa looking angry and surprised, making it the perfect reaction for multiple occasions.
Talon have proven over and over again to have a strong understanding of esports and the community, hence why PSG partnered with them.
#8 Movistar KOI – You Will Fall
Another LEC team with a passionate, regional fan base. Movistar KOI are huge in Spain.
And you can see how popular this emote is from the likes on the above tweet, as the emote features Yuumi angrily pointing.
It’s a fun way to intimidate an opponent and say ‘you’re next’ as you get ready to engage on them.
#9 DRX – Whatchu Doin?
This adorable emote is a capybara made to look like Trần ‘LazyFeel’ Bảo Minh, a player for DRX’s academy team DRX Challengers.
The emote has the capybara in a traditional Vietnamese Nón lá hat and features the question mark ping players use to question someone’s missplay.
The LCK team also claims that the name is ‘Whatchu Doin?’ because it’s LazyFeel mocking what DRX jungler Bae ‘Sponge’ Young-jun says in-game.
#10 LOUD – Laughing Out LOUD
Once again, LTA South teams understand that LoL players want emotes that will annoy their opponents.
LOUD released an emote of Teemo pointing and laughing, based on a popular meme of a cat doing the same as you can see above.
It’s not rocket science, take a popular yet annoying champion in Teemo, make him laugh at your opponents, then profit.
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