"Taking it from a Diamond"
Recently I read an Post in the "Best" category where a Diamond player expressed his surprise and disbelief for the level of difficulty getting out of the Silver rank on their smurf acct ( https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/n3f5kn7V-as-a-diamond-silver-elo-is-surprisingly-hard ). He roughly stated that the skill levels for those in these ladders were vastly different, to quote... > ...Some players feel like they know exactly what to do and lane / last hit really well and I'm surprised they're in silver, and then there's others that I'm shocked have even made it this far.
Most players in League of Legends (who are ranked) reside between Bronze 5 and Silver 1. About 70% of all players exist in these two ranks. ( http://www.leagueofgraphs.com/rankings/rank-distribution )
The problem I've found and all those I've talked to, is that the match making for ranked matches is terrible. As a Bronze 1 player, I can get paired with anyone who shares my similar MMR (Bronze 1 person playing against Silver 3 players in a ranked match). Which makes sense in a NORMAL match but in a RANKED match is has no ground and makes no sense.
Consider the word "rank" a ranking ladder is supposed to be something you actually climb, moving up or down on the ladder depending on your skill. It doesn't matter if your Bronze 1 and your skill is Gold 1, you're still in the bronze ladder. Therefore you should be playing against those in the Bronze ladder ONLY. The reason the vast majority of players feel frustrated with the ranking system is from the feeling of being stuck. "I win a few matches and now the players are harder and I lose a few matches, Now the players are easy and I win a few) The MMR system is moving players on a virtual ladder, when in reality (and in an actual ranked ladder) no matter your skill you should still be competing with those in your ladder until you work your way up/down to those of your skill.
Riot is constantly working on their game but unfortunately has forgotten about the majority of its player base. The match making for those in ranked matches is broken ESPECIALLY with those in ranked teams or 5v5 flex matches where challengers can get paired with much low level opponents.
If you got this far, thanks for reading and feel free to leave your opinion on the matter or experiences you've had in the ranking world of league in the comments below.
