Loss Cushion is Gone?

aceofthegod·Sep 20, 2015·1 votes·864 views

So tell me how someone is supposed to climb in ranked if 1 loss with 0 LP gets you immediately demoted back down. I thought there used to be a 2-3 loss cushion when you promo?

5 Comments

LeafieSep 20, 20152 votes

The cushion wasn't about X amount of losses. It wwas always about MMR.

You will get demoted on your next defeat if your MMR is one DIVISION lower than your current. If you're currently Silver 5 and your MMR was Bronze 5, you will get demoted to Bronze 1.

aceofthegodSep 20, 20151 votes

I guess i just don't see the balance in this. If someone promos and then their first match is a loss, they get immediately demoted? So they worked super hard to fight through a division and a promo series (or multiple attempts at one) and when they finally make it, one loss erases that progress?

AtheosisXSep 20, 20151 votes

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I guess i just don't see the balance in this. If someone promos and then their first match is a loss, they get immediately demoted? So they worked super hard to fight through a division and a promo series (or multiple attempts at one) and when they finally make it, one loss erases that progress?

Totally agree. Though to me it's more about promos than anything. If you can drop a division so easily why is it such a grind to climb a division? It's a pretty whack system really.

Mecha MaIphiteSep 20, 20151 votes

I just lost twice in a row at 0 lp, and didn't get demoted. I was playing vs people a few divisions higher than me, so maybe that has something to do with it.