The S rating system is so utterly unreliable that it's not even funny.

SkyBlade79··2 votes·719 views

In one week, I've got no less than 11 A+ and 0 S. Do you know how that feels? Horrible. Just in my last game, I did substantially better than a Xin Zhao as Ashe in just about every aspect except damage taken and somehow he got an S and I got an A+. By now, the key drop rate actually seems way more reliable to me than the S and A+ criteria. Meanwhile, I'm basically forced to play champions that I haven't previously got S with so that I can actually maintain a chest income. Are there any plans to further define and balance the rating system?

From the top of my head, if you look at my match history, I got an A+ in: The 12/6 Ashe game The 16/11 Vlad game The 3/6/11 Mundo game The 8/5 Sivir game The 11/4 Ashe game

That's all I can remember for now.

EDIT: I KNOW that these aren't great KDAs. For one, you guys need to check my match history for these games. Everyone knows that KDA is not everything, stats like champion damage, cs, and towers destroyed are important too. Nonetheless, it doesn't at all matter if these are bad scores if there are people like the Xin Zhao from last game getting an S (not an S-, an S) when he went 12/11/10 (I went 12/6/12) with less damage and less cs than me. I know that I've gotten S ranks from scores even worse than these too. The point I'm trying to make is that the rating system makes no sense at all.

9 Comments

Environmentalist4 votes

It isn't supposed to be easy. You think those scores are good. I went 1/1/34 as Lulu yesterday. More wards than anyone. 79% kill participation. I got an A+. As much as that sucked, I'm glad, because it's tough to get level 7 on Lulu, so not everyone and their mothers will have it.

DænariusKhølerin2 votes

At that point it doesn't seem tough. It starts to seem more like - wtf do I do to get an S. I never looked at grades before the new masteries came out, but I'm really surprised at the grades people get. InsanityXXX, imaqtpie's friend, went 4/5/2 on Urgot, had 93 cs, and he still got an S! Lol. Adn I've seen many Fiora's go negative and get S's. Some even S+! I just wanna know how this darn system works, lol.

Environmentalist1 votes

It's partially based on the average performance by that champion by other players in your region. Urgot is rarely played, so it would be far easier to get an S on him. Supports seem to be the hardest, because you're getting minimal kills and not dealing as much damage as supports or tanks for the most part.

SkyBlade791 votes

I'm not saying that these scores are good. The only reason I even put the KDA in them was so that people can reference them when they look at my match history. I'm saying that they should give more realistic scores that actually make some sort of sense.

Marshbouy3 votes

heres a suggestion... play better?

really though. None of those are great KDAs

Elipo2 votes

I got an S with Diana witha kda like 14/8/20, then an A with Katarina with 21/3/30 wtf

Fauxfire1 votes

From just the KDAs I can nearly tell those were probably just A-stat games.

DænariusKhølerin1 votes

These are just ok scores. They look like A+ to me, but who knows man, with these grades, you can get an S at any time it seems.

Quil Evrything1 votes

point #1: 6 deaths is TERRIBLE. you dont deserve S's.

point #2: you dont mention your CS. you need at least 7cs/min average if you are not support, I believe.

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