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LP Gains And Loses

Nøble·3/24/2015, 4:25:57 AM·1 votes·349 views

I have been struggling i ranked the past few weeks because i can never seem to get ahead in league points. Even if i win 2 games in a row it gets abolished if i lose once. I get between 15-20 lp for winning and i lose 20-25 per lose. How is this fair? Even if i win and lose an equal amount i still decrease in rank. I have already researched this and i understand its based on the ranks of the people on the opposite team and if u have a rank advantage and lose than u will lose more lp than normal. So i guess what i dont understand is why i am being matched up with teams that have a constant rank disadvantage. Therefor when i win i get less and when i lose i lose more. How is that a fair system? WHy am i not being matched up with people that are the same rank as me not 2-3 ranks lower?

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Sona Ping3/24/2015, 7:43:10 AM1 votes

It's been said again and again in however many threads we've had before about this because they don't understand this.

That "Rank disadvantage" is not a thing here. You're being matched against them because the match ratings put your teams at equal chance of winning. The LP you get depends on where you are ranked relative to your level of play. e.g. during the brief time I played ranked, I was placed lower than the rank I "should be at", as such I got twice the LP for a win as what I would lose. So because of what you said, you can surmise why you are being matched with those people and why you lose so much LP per loss. You are being matched with people below your rank because those are the people you would get a fair match against, hence you are losing LP because your "real rank" is lower than the one you actually have. If anything, if you were matched against people the same rank, you would lose more often and be demoted faster.