Join DiscordInstalling & Using Legion Ladder
Legion Ladder is a free companion app that runs alongside Warcraft III on the lobby host's PC. It can auto-ban known troublemakers, greet and balance players by skill, track a Global ELO rating, and answer the chat commands below — all without anyone else needing to install anything.
Only the host needs Legion Ladder running. If someone else in your lobby is hosting with it, every command on this page already works for you — there's nothing to install.
Installing the app
- Download the installer (or the portable version) and run it on the PC you play Warcraft III on.
- Close Warcraft III if it's currently running.
- Open Legion Ladder, go to Setup, confirm it found your Warcraft III folder, and click Install bridge.
- Restart Warcraft III.
- Host a custom lobby — Legion Ladder connects automatically, with nothing further to do.
Most features start turned off. Turn on the ones you want under Setup's Game Commands section once you're installed.
What it does for your lobby
PermaBan List & auto-ban
Keep a personal list of troublemakers. If one joins a lobby you're hosting, you get an alert — and, if you've turned it on, the app warns them in chat and removes them a few seconds later.
ELO greeting
Automatically welcomes each new player and asks their skill rating, so you know who you're playing with before the game starts. Returning players are remembered.
ELO balancing
Once everyone's rating is known, automatically (or on request with balance!) rearranges teams to keep both sides as even as possible.
Minimum ELO
Set a skill floor for your lobby — anyone below it gets warned and removed automatically.
Global ELO ranking
A rating Legion Ladder computes from real, played-to-completion matches — separate from whatever players tell the host in chat. Check it anytime with globalelos!, or see the full leaderboard and how it's calculated here.
Game history
Every lobby you host or join is saved locally in the app, so you can look back at who played, when, and how the teams stacked up.
Reliability score
Leaving lobbies early lowers a player's reliability score, which shows up automatically the next time they're greeted.
AFK announcements
Let your lobby know you'll be away for a bit, and for how long, with afk!.
Chat commands
Commands only work in a lobby whose host is running Legion Ladder — as a guest, you don't need to install anything to use them.
Anyone in the lobby can use
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
| stats! | Shows you your own join stats and Global ELO, privately. |
| globalelo! | Shows your Global ELO, win rate, win/loss record, and Legion Ladder profile link. |
| elos! | Shows everyone's known ELO in this lobby, grouped by team. |
| globalelos! | Shows everyone's Global ELO — the rating Legion Ladder computes from real matches. |
| commands! | Lists the commands available in this lobby. |
Host only
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
| elo! <value> | Sets your own ELO for balancing (e.g. elo! 2k, elo! 18.5, elo! 2500) — usually not needed, since it can be read automatically from your game files. |
| set! elo <slot> <elo> | Corrects the balancing ELO saved for the player currently occupying that displayed lobby slot (e.g. set! elo 5 1550). |
| balance! | Rearranges the current lobby's teams to even out ratings, right now. |
| min! <elo> | Sets a minimum ELO — guests below it are warned in chat, then removed a few seconds later unless corrected. |
| min! off | Turns the minimum ELO requirement back off. |
| afk! <minutes> [reason] | Lets the lobby know you'll be away for a bit, with an optional reason. Typing anything else cancels it. |
Common questions
I typed a command and nothing happened — why?
Only a lobby whose host is running Legion Ladder will respond, and some features need to be turned on in that host's Setup screen first.
Do I need to install the app to see ELO greetings or use stats!/elos!?
No — only the host needs it running. Everyone else in the lobby can use it for free.
What's the difference between elos! and globalelos!?
elos! shows the ELO players have told the host in this lobby. globalelos! shows the separate rating Legion Ladder computes from actual match results — see how Global ELO works for more.