How Do I Get An S in ARAM? @Riot ...Maybe?

revliledpembroke·7/27/2016, 5:51:46 AM·2 votes·1,498 views

Been playing ARAM a lot lately and I had a couple of really good games. One was a 24/7/14 game as Urgot (Yeah, I'm not sure how that worked out either. I think they ignored me and went for Lucian) and the other was a 10/2/14 game as Caitlyn. In both of these games, I got a B ranking. Is it because I had 28 and 33 CS, respectively, in those games? That seems incredibly difficult and really unfair, especially if you are playing champions who don't really have wave clear, if you have another champion who does have wave clear, or if you are being nice and trying to let Nasus get stacks. http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2250067692/214990377 (Urgod) http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2251257452/214990377 (Caitlyn)

EDIT: More evidence for the theory. Just had a 18/5/43 match in Poro King (which is close enough to ARAM, I think) as Galio with 46 CS (which was tied for the highest amount of CS on my team)... got a score of A+. There may be a different standard in Poro King then say, ARAM, but I don't how Galio with a score that high doesn't get an S. He doesn't always do damage and his spells have a long cool down, leaving it likely that someone else will often get the kill. His numbers should be lower, which means the CS has to be the critical thing, in a map where CS can mean very little.

13 Comments

sheldonbunny7/27/2016, 6:34:02 AM2 votes

I'm still working out the parameters myself. I can provide you with a few recent games that got me S- or higher as examples.

http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2248095149/209494370 (Brand - 29/5/25 61 cs)

http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2235905237/209494370 (Amumu - 30/11/43 67 cs)

http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2244977122/209494370 (Galio - 23/4/32 - 79 cs)

Going off of the info from both our games, your cs will definitely have to be higher. Also remember you are getting based off your specific champion, so it depends on how well your peers perform as them. As Cait you definitely could and should have higher cs. Your kda on both look fine.

I'm not sure you have to get as high as 60 cs, but that seems around the lowest i've had so far while getting S rank.

1374347/27/2016, 4:37:47 PM2 votes

Getting an S on ARAM seems to be even more champion dependent than on SR.

I play almost exclusively ARAM and only got an S once on Alistar going 9/5/41 (86% kill participation) with 38 cs. The 18/4/34 Lux with 24 CS in that game only got an A (guessing because of low CS for Lux), and the 15/8/32 Taliyah with 48 cs also got an S.

Flamingo Tango2/5/2017, 3:25:54 AM2 votes

I'm also quite confused To add to your data list, just had an ARAM game with 16/5/20 as rumble. Ranking is A+. not even S. 47 CS (but CS shouldn't matter, & my teammates needed it more) 13.9k gold (the most gold).

Most Damage dealt

Also, even when I do really well with a support item (specifically so I don't steal CS from my teammates), ..... like, based on this it seems that CS is a huge factor? (But that's ridiculous! This game mode is passive & it's more of a wave clear thing-- it's better gameplay wise to let the person with better/safe waveclear take it...)

Calabok7/27/2016, 5:57:00 AM1 votes

play better than SUPERMAN would.

Kinetika7/27/2016, 2:42:30 PM1 votes

It doesn't count toward rank 6 or 7 anyway right?