Is it not possible to get an S in every game?

l am Eternal·8/6/2016, 5:16:09 AM·10 votes·1,010 views

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It seems that sometimes certain players will have perfect KDAs, win, and be unable to do any more than they did - but still will not get an S. I conjecture this is due to the champion mastery deciding on scores based on how people do with the champion in other games of similar length, which makes it impossible to get an S in low scoring games while still playing perfectly.

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Jarvan IV and myself on Taric both had 70% kill participation and zero or one deaths, yet we were both given an A+. Ashe, however, received an S-, while only being involved in a single additional kill while having an additional death. What more does Riot expect out of players to get an S?

14 Comments

Sinlaire8/6/2016, 6:48:02 AM4 votes

Were you present for the majority of tower kills, inhib kills, and dragons?

Riot has stated that K/D/A isn't the only wighing factor, but also those three factors as well as overall CS as well a performance throughout. The game actually tracks what you're actively doing and taking throughout the game. I hear some tankier champs even have their damage taken score weighed to help represent how much tanking they were doing for their team to match with K/A and not just Deaths.

that way you cant sweep in and get a baron, a penta, clear out 5 towers, 2 inhibs, and nexus and just smash your way into an S. The system will see you got a lot of numbers there at the end and that it wasn't a static high level play throughout the game but just a grand slam at the end for a better end game lobby score.

Leeerzeichen8/6/2016, 5:48:16 AM1 votes

I had a time (~1-2 months ago) where I got an S in something like 7/10 games and I even lost some of those games.

Ok sure but why8/6/2016, 5:19:21 AM1 votes

and im over here feeling bad over key fragments

MatthewRT28/6/2016, 5:46:07 PM1 votes

i have gotten at least an s- on every Yorick i've played whether or not my team won.

Gardarr8/7/2016, 1:27:29 AM1 votes

I went 19/1/9 once... A+ FeelsBadMan

GULAG 4 U8/7/2016, 9:24:00 AM1 votes

"You didn't cs enough"

JustARivenMain8/6/2016, 3:14:11 PM1 votes

Had a game where I went 36/4/6 as Kassadin with ~180 farm 35 minutes in, got an A+, but my friend who was Draven went like 11/7/9 with ~230 farm and got an S, I was super confused, and still am to this day. I had a ~5k gold advantage over him.