Can someone explain how demotions work?

Seenan··1 votes·355 views

I thought I had them figured out. You stay at 0 LP after you promote, then when you win one and lose the points including a loss at 0 LP, you get demoted.

I played a game after promos, got to 20 LP, lost 3 games (a game at 0 LP) and it didn't demote me. Is there a set limit of games or something that I have to play to be demoted? 4 is apparently not the magic number. And no I'm not intentionally losing, it just fell that way.

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CppL1 votes

i think it"s based on your mmr.if you have high mmr you can lose like 4-5 games at 0 points.If you have low mmr you can be demoted after 1 lose.But im not sure.

swiftsnipe1 votes

if you are at 0 you aren't safe. basically.

Applesaucey1 votes

no your not safe. there is a grace period of like 5 games after going up a rank from say 5-4 and after the period is over your next loss at 0 will drop you. However to get demoted out of a bracket say from gold to silver. Your mmr has to be that of a full rank below where your at so to drop out of gold you have to have the mmr of a silver 5 player. So you have to lose at 0 alot then. Which with the fucking crap teammates im getting lately isn't all that hard.

Seenan1 votes

This is the 5th game now, 1 win and 4 losses after finishing promos. If I'm correct, this means next game if I lose I demote?

Seenan1 votes

Confirmed. After 5 games, if you lose at 0 LP you demote. Thanks Runic Echoes Udyr...

Applesaucey1 votes

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This is the 5th game now, 1 win and 4 losses after finishing promos. If I'm correct, this means next game if I lose I demote?

not 100% sure the grace period is 5 games but there is a grace period

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