FAQ

Questions, answered plainly.

If an answer here doesn't match what Flaro does on your PC, that is a bug, and we want to hear about it.

Safety and Riot's rules

Can Flaro get my account banned?

Nobody outside Riot can honestly promise you anything about your account, so we won't. What we can do is tell you exactly what Flaro does.

It reads Riot's own local interfaces on your PC and never touches the game: no memory reading, no injected code, no automation. It writes one thing, the rune page you click to import. That is the whole list, and the trust section spells it out.

Flaro hasn't been registered with Riot Games yet; its application is being prepared. Until Flaro is registered, the app asks you to connect it to a PBE account, not your main one.

Is Flaro endorsed or approved by Riot?

No. Flaro isn't endorsed by Riot Games. Flaro hasn't been registered with Riot Games yet; its application is being prepared. Even once it is registered we won't call Flaro “approved”: Riot's registration of an app isn't an endorsement of it.

What exactly does Flaro read?

Two things on your own PC, both over 127.0.0.1:

The League client's local API: your profile, your rank, your own match history and LP changes, champion select and your rune pages.
The game's Live Client Data API: your own numbers during a game, at most once a second.

Flaro finds the client through Windows' list of processes and reads its connection details from the client's own command line. It never opens a file in Riot's folders, and it never opens, reads or names the game's own process.

From the internet it loads champion, item and rune icons from Riot's Data Dragon. It talks to our own accounts server only if you sign in to your Flaro account or send us a support request.

What does Flaro change in my client?

One thing: a rune page, and only when you click Import runes (or press Ctrl+I). The page is named “Flaro: champion role”, for example “Flaro: Varus Top”.

Flaro only replaces a page it made itself, or one you choose when all your pages are in use. It never changes your summoner spells, your pick, your bans or your settings, and it never accepts a match for you. In the KR region, and while it can't tell your region, import is switched off.

Does Flaro show anything during the game?

Only your own numbers, in a normal window you put on a second screen or alt-tab to: CS and vision per minute against a fixed target for your role, KDA, level and gold, plus your plan: the runes and spells you took and a build for them.

There are no timers, no alerts and no advice, and nothing is drawn over the game. The analysis waits until the game is over.

Why no jungle, objective or summoner-spell timers?

Riot's rules for third-party apps don't allow them, and the game now shows objective and camp timers itself. During the game Flaro sticks to facts about you, and keeps the thinking for afterwards.

Does Flaro show other players' names or ranks in champion select?

No. Players outside your party appear as Ally 1–4, and enemy picks appear as they lock in, by champion only. Flaro never reads their names and never looks anyone up from a lobby, champion select or a game. Players hidden by Streamer Mode stay hidden everywhere, and the review shows champions, not people.

Player search, arriving with Riot's approval, will look up only a Riot ID that you type yourself.

What about Vanguard?

Vanguard guards the game, and Flaro never goes near it: it doesn't open the game's process, read its memory, load anything into it or send it input. Flaro talks only to the League client and the game through their local interfaces on 127.0.0.1, and it doesn't ask you to turn anything off.

Using Flaro

Will Flaro slow my game down?

It is built not to. Measured on the developer's PC during a game, Flaro used about 0.7% of one CPU core and 120 MB of memory, with its window updating once a second. It leaves your graphics card to the game unless you turn that on in Settings, and nothing in it animates on a loop.

Which regions does it work in?

Every region the League client runs in. Rune import is switched off in the KR region, where pushing rune pages isn't allowed, and while Flaro can't tell which region you are in. Everything else still works.

Where do the rune pages come from?

Up to three options, each labelled with its source:

Your own picks is the page you take most on that champion and role, from your own games in the League client, with how many of them you won. Riot recommended is your League client's own recommendation. Pro pick is a hand-checked page with a one-line reason from a high-elo player, where one has been written. Default is a starter set by type of champion, labelled as a placeholder.

Where does “+21 LP” come from?

From the League client. After each ranked game it reports how much LP you won or lost, and Flaro shows that number next to the game on Home.

If that report doesn't arrive, Flaro compares your own rank before and after the game and uses the difference only when it can't be wrong. Otherwise you see a dash. It is never an estimate and never a prediction.

Which languages does Flaro speak?

English and Romanian (Română). Switch in Settings, under General. Champion, item and rune names stay as Riot's game data has them.

Is the review written by AI?

Not in this version. The three takeaways come from rules applied to your own game's numbers, with the evidence next to each one. A written review may come later; it would still be about your own game only, only after it ends, and the privacy policy would name the provider first.

Is there an overlay?

No. Flaro's in-game windows are normal windows: never on top of the game, never see-through, never click-through. Put the small one on a second screen, or alt-tab to it. Nothing that draws over the game will reach the public before Riot has said yes to it in writing.

Does Flaro run on a Mac?

Not yet. Flaro runs on Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit.

Account, data and price

Can I download Flaro now?

Flaro is in a private beta while Riot reviews it: the installer goes to invited testers only. Write to support@flaro.gg to ask for an invite, and we'll tell you when downloads open for everyone.

What does it cost?

Nothing during the beta, and no payment is taken today. A Premium plan may come later, but only once Riot has registered Flaro and agreed to it, and there will always be a free version. See pricing.

Do I need an account?

No. Flaro works without an account. If you want one, create it on your account page with an email code, Google, Discord or a passkey: there are no passwords. It keeps your email address, a nickname and how you sign in, encrypted, on our server in the EU.

Flaro never asks for your Riot password: your League account is read from the client once you connect, and shown as “detected on this PC”.

Where does my data go?

Your recorded games, reviews, LP changes and settings stay in a folder on your PC, %APPDATA%\Flaro, and we never receive them. If you create a Flaro account, our accounts server keeps what the account needs (your email address, a nickname, how you sign in, and your support requests), encrypted, in the EU.

Otherwise the app fetches only game icons from Riot's Data Dragon (and Community Dragon for rank emblems). There is no analytics and no tracking, in the app or on this website, and the only cookies are the ones that keep you signed in. The privacy policy has the details.

How do I get or delete my data?

On your account page: “Download my data” gives you everything your account holds as a file, and “Delete my account” removes it at once, with its sign-ins and support requests. The games on your PC stay there until you delete them in Flaro, or delete the folder %APPDATA%\Flaro.

Why does Windows warn about the installer?

The beta's installer isn't code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may not recognise it. You can check the file against the SHA-256 on the download page before you run it. It installs for your Windows user only and never asks for administrator rights.

How do I uninstall Flaro?

Windows Settings › Apps › Flaro. Your data folder, %APPDATA%\Flaro, is kept in case you reinstall; delete it too if you want everything gone.

How do I reach you?

Open a request on the support page, with your account or just your email address, or write to support@flaro.gg. The contact page says what helps us answer quickly.

Still wondering? Write to support@flaro.gg. The trust section on the home page lists everything Flaro reads and writes, and the privacy policy says what happens to your data.