Emote

Emotes are expressive images primarily used in League of Legends as cosmetic flares. League emotes typicaly present champions with popular expressed emotions. Some emotes are used in-game, while some on social media sites.

In-game Emotes
These emotes are purchased in the store.
 * Regular Emotes

Similar to Pings, emotes can be accessed via a pop-up radius that is triggered using a hotkey, and causes the Emote to flare-up similar to Champion Mastery.

Up to four emotes can be equipped at a time, which can be done via the Emotes tab in the Collection. An additional, Thumbs Up emote is always available.

An additional two emotes can be equipped, one for start of the game and one for the end of the game, which will be triggered automatically.

Social Media Emotes
These were released as chat emotes for Facebook, and as such are primarily used on that site
 * Facebook Emotes

These emotes were released for usage on the League of Legends Community Boards for the 2016 Harrowing event and are primarily used on that site.
 * League of Legends Boards Emotes