Preseason climb from iron 4

BΙGLORD·Dec 16, 2018·1 votes·1,893 views

I didn't play any solo q ranked last season so I got put in iron 4 for preseason, I climbing up quick and am now in bronze 4 but I'm wondering if I'll have to climb from iron 4 again when season 9 starts.

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LetMeCarry1983Dec 16, 20181 votes

Not really. You will start at the rank that represents the MMR you had at the end of the pre-season. Note I said your MMR, not your actual rank. Example, if you're in B1 playing against and with Silver 1 players in the pre-season, then next season you will start somewhere close to Silver 1 because that's where your MMR was at the end of the pre-season.

I'll add a small tip. If you want an idea of if your MMR is higher or lower than your actual rank, then pay attention to your LP gains and losses. If you're gaining around 19 LP per win, then you're exactly where you should be. If you're gaining like 23 LP or more, then your actual rank is higher. If you gaining 12 to 14 LP per win, then it means your actual rank is quite a bit lower.

So if you're in Bronze 2 gaining 14 LP per win then your actual rank should be Bronze 4. If you're Bronze 2 gaining 25 LP per win then your actual rank should be around Silver 4.

New accounts, or rather, accounts with no previous ranked placement will always start at Iron IV.