Highest Rank Achieved

wWoOlOfL·Apr 19, 2017·2 votes·4,215 views

Will League of Legends institute a policy similiar to Overwatch for end of season rewards? I was all geeked for reaching Diamond V the other night but now I feel as if I am being punished with the inability to play for fear of demontion before the end of season.

I understand the fear of players hitting a higher rank then afk'ing the rest of the season causing a stagnant pool of dead accounts but there has to be a better way then forcing me to grind a new account up to play on.

4 Comments

MysterQApr 19, 20171 votes

Well, if you don't play Plats and higher derank slowly right.

You should get the reward for highest rank achieved that season? What is the OW system?

WeatheredApr 19, 20171 votes

I don't play Overwatch, but if you mean that their rank system rewards you on your peak rank for that season there has been some issues Riot has had with that in the past. People can exploit peak rewards through lowkey boosts that they will eventually demote back down from, but would still get the rewards for whatever rank they were boosted to before the season ends.

wWoOlOfLApr 19, 20171 votes

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I don't play Overwatch, but if you mean that their rank system rewards you on your peak rank for that season there has been some issues Riot has had with that in the past. People can exploit peak rewards through lowkey boosts that they will eventually demote back down from, but would still get the rewards for whatever rank they were boosted to before the season ends.

The key difference is you have to pay to play Overwatch which does limit smurfing and using accounts to boost but damn if it doesn't feel like a punishment for playing all season long instead of making a hard push in the final months when decay won't matter. Which is what the first diamond player I met told me they do every season...

Does it really matter if some people payed to get a border they didn't deserve at the cost of burdening actual players. The current system also forces boosted players to play a game once a month which can ruin legitimate players games as well.

FioraWillCarryApr 19, 20171 votes

It takes a lot of losses to demote a tier. When I hit Silver last season, I had to pace myself after even the tiniest lose streak to avoid going on 10 games lose streaks which will put you in danger of demotion. In general the normal win 2 lose 2 back and forth the average player experiences won't put you in danger of demotion. Just avoid long lose streaks at division 5 0 LP. Also, just after being promoted, you have a 10 game immunity from demotion so it's super hard, damn near impossible to demote after being promoted.