Video game bot can't use keyboard properly

I've been trying to make a bot for League of Legends, using Python3 and pyautogui. I can make the bot left click and right click using pywin32, but pressing keys using pyautogui doesn't work properly. pyautogui is able to type when there is a text box clicked, but it is not able to use abilities otherwise. Specifically, the level_up function doesn't work. The following is my code:

from pyautogui import *import pyautoguiimport timeimport keyboardimport numpy as npimport randomimport win32api, win32condef click_right(x,y):#works fine    win32api.SetCursorPos((x,y))    win32api.mouse_event(win32con.MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTDOWN,0,0)    time.sleep(.01)    win32api.mouse_event(win32con.MOUSEEVENTF_RIGHTUP,0,0)def click_left(x,y):#works fine    win32api.SetCursorPos((x,y))    win32api.mouse_event(win32con.MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN,0,0)    time.sleep(.1)    win32api.mouse_event(win32con.MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP,0,0)def type(word):    for char in word:        pyautogui.keyDown(char)        time.sleep(.05)        pyautogui.keyUp(char)def buy_item(item):#item is a string, works fine    click_left(1209,998)#open shop    time.sleep(.2)    click_left(313,281)#click to search for item    time.sleep(.2)    type(item)#type item name    time.sleep(.1)    click_right(318,354)#buy item    time.sleep(.1)    click_left(1170,217)#close shopdef buy_items(items):#items is a list of strings, works fine    click_left(1209, 998)  # open shop    time.sleep(.2)    for item in items:        click_left(313, 281)  # search item        time.sleep(.2)        type(item)        time.sleep(.1)        click_right(318, 354)        time.sleep(.1)    click_left(1170, 217)#doesn't workdef level_up(ability):#ability is a char in 'qwer'    with pyautogui.hold('ctrl'):        pyautogui.press(['q'])def main():    time.sleep(3)    buy_items(['dagger', 'zeal', 'cloth'])    time.sleep(1)    level_up('q')    #if __name__ == '__main__':    main()

Is there a way to do this properly? Is there a better package to use than pyautogui?