Why are Platinums allowed to duo with Golds?

melior sum··3 votes·1,210 views

I've voiced my opinion on this before, but for some reason it always receives backlash.

I get games every so often where there will be a Plat 2/3 Gold 3/4 duo on my team. I'm not talking about a gold 3 smurf with a 70% win rate. I'm talking like, 500 games, hardstuck kind of gold 3.

There is a big difference between a player who is at Platinum 2 MMR, and a player at mid gold MMR. You can literally tell without even opgging before hand who the gold is.

They don't dodge abilities as well

There macro isn't as great

They extend fights longer than they know they should

They don't know there damage foresight as good.

It just hurts competitive integrity to get a person like that on your team, when everyone else is plat. You can look at the game I just played a few minutes ago, I can't link it here or else this post will get removed from the boards.

Make a restriction, Platinums should not be able to duo with Golds, just like Diamonds aren't allowed to duo with people under a certain level.

And don't tell me there's no difference between a plat 3 player and a gold 3 player. If there's no difference, the gold 3 player shouldn't be hardstuck with 500 games in that MMR.

4 Comments

FioraWillCarry1 votes

People can duo with anyone within a tier of each other.

Sukishoo1 votes

All players have been able duo as long as they are within a tier of each other, and this has been around since they updated the game in like season 4. You used to be able to be a Bronze and duo with a Diamond. That's a totally different skill level, whereas a Gold and a Plat aren't honestly that far apart.

Bronze can duo with Silver Silver can duo with Bronze and Gold Gold with SIlver or Plat Plat with Gold or Diamond Ect.

DrCyanide1 votes

Your critique could apply to Bronze with Silver, and Silver with Gold as well. So what would you propose be the limit for these less than Diamond duos?

For what it's worth, next year's 4 tiers per division change may help a little. A Plat 4 and a Gold 4 this year would be Plat 4 and Silver 1 respectively next year, and thus unable to queue up together.

MorganFreemanBot1 votes

Why are diamonds allowed to duo with plats?

Why are masters allowed to duo with diamonds?

Why are silvers allowed to duo with bronzes?

Why are golds allowed to duo with silvers?

And, in the future.. Why are bronze' allowed to duo with irons?

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