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Is anyone else having a lot of trouble with ranked this season?

Mr Tim·7/20/2016, 9:44:15 PM·4 votes·743 views

I really need to just drop my thoughts out there... (and no I'm not about to complain about dynamic queue so if that's what you thought I was about to complain about then you're in the wrong thread).

I just don't understand the ranked system anymore. From what I understood in the past (been playing since before the introduction of the league system), if you are where you belong in the ranked ladder, you should be gaining/losing about 20 LP per game. If you belong higher, you will gain more and lose less. If you belong lower, you will gain less and lose more. Based on this understanding and the fact that I have been gaining between 21-23 LP per win and losing about 16-17 LP per lose, I have only dropped in ranking. My main gripe with this is the 'safety net' you are apparently given when you reach 0 LP. From what I've been experiencing, as soon as I lose a game while I have 0 LP, I get demoted a division. So the system is letting me drop like a rock in league position while my LP changes are telling me I should be climbing?

The entire ranked infrastructure (to me) this season has seemed extremely transparent and in a chaotic mess; mostly everyone I knew, during placements, placed easily 1-2 TIERS below their previous season ranking (I know its not unusual to drop simply because of the way its setup, but dropping several tiers? I'm at a mid-low plat skill level and placed silver, climbed back up since); and now I fluctuate very easily anywhere between plat V and plat III; this season just seems very inconsistent in comparison to previous seasons, and I just want to know whats up and if anyone else has been experiencing what I've been experiencing.

DISCLAIMERS(?): Been playing since season 2, been at a platinum level since the beginning of season 5, play various roles (mostly ADC, mid, occasionally support/top, rarely jungle), and mostly play solo, sometimes with 1-2 others, and semi-rarely with a full group.

4 Comments

Ćhinchillas7/21/2016, 11:22:08 AM2 votes

I started B4 this season and right now I'm in S1 with a 59% win rate and a 70% win rate on blitz (my main). I'm climbing really fast but most of the time I lose it's because someone on my team just gives up. If everyone always tried and never gave up I feel like I would be gold already.

Marshbouy7/20/2016, 10:10:15 PM1 votes

Was placed in silver 2 and was dropped for b1 this season, not nearly as bad as you but i was shit for my first promos and a lot better for my second. My drop never made sense to me

SKT Ariael7/20/2016, 10:35:32 PM1 votes

I understand what you mean. i am in S2 and was in gold and ive been playing since pre season 3 been in gold for a while. im having a hard time getting out not because i cant but because riot feel the need to put me with people lower than my skills. like for one of my promos today. my team was me (s2) and the others were also s2 or lower. the enamy team was all gold v.. guess what happen we lost really really bad.. and im still in Silver [slayer-jinx-unamused] i mean it not a bad place but i find the MMR really... really fucked up