Placement Question

KinetiKz·1/26/2017, 1:26:21 AM·1 votes·899 views

I just went 10-0 in my placements. This account has NEVER been placed before in any season, ever. I got placed into Bronze 4. I played 10/10 games as Jinx ADC and combined was 91/25/78. I received an S-, S, or S+ almost every single game. What did I do wrong?

10 Comments

CrazyBear19871/26/2017, 4:15:00 AM2 votes

as a new account, with no history of ranking, getting 10-0 in your placements means you are not Bronze 5.

Secretly your MMR is higher than most, and maybe you'll be matched with Smurf or higher LP players to boost up your climb.

but yea, thats kinda how it works. don't expect any new account to be placed with Golf or Silver for 1st time placements.

Mysticman891/26/2017, 4:57:42 AM2 votes

Did you duo with anyone? (Or more than duo if we're talking flex?)

You can really bias your mmr gains/losses compared to solo by duoing with someone. I've heard of fresh accounts getting placed plat 5 when duoing with their high mmr'd gold friends, while if you duo with a bronze 5 mmr'd person you'd have negligible mmr gains even for all 10 wins.

Although I'm rather surprised that you're below silver 4, as I thought that was where everyone started mmr-wise.

While it's never placed before, has it played ranked matches before (e.g. <10 matches in a previous season so as to remain unplaced)?

In theory it's your final mmr that is the only thing that matters, not your actual W/L record, so occasionally people trying to carry easy games with a low rank friend end up shooting themselves in the foot.

Weathered1/26/2017, 1:32:24 AM1 votes