Do I have a demotion shield active right now?

Greystag·10/15/2018, 8:09:47 PM·1 votes·1,856 views

Hi, after playing since Season 2 I chose to actually try out ranked and at least climb to gold. I just got to Gold V (yay) for the first time so I'm sitting at 0 LP right now. The thing is that I can't find the Demotion Shield alert anywhere. I've seen pics and it should be on top of my Ranked badge on my profile page but it's just not there. I kind of want to try to reach Plat before the season ends but I'm not risking it if I don't have that 10 Game Shield (I want Victorious Orianna and climbing through Silver as a Support main was a painful experience). Can anyone help me out? Thanks.

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Who Fed Ru10/15/2018, 8:13:22 PM2 votes

~~There is no indicator that shows you that you are shielded.~~ Edit: Actually there is, I just never had it, and it only comes once you've lost a few games on 0 LP on a fifth division. Right now, you don't even need the shield cause you haven't played a game yet.

Anyway, you need to lose quite a lot of games to get demoted from any V division. If you notice that your mmr is very bad and you are at 0 LP that is when you should be careful.

But you definitely won't get demoted in the next games.

Daddy Ants10/15/2018, 8:58:52 PM1 votes

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Hi, after playing since Season 2 I chose to actually try out ranked and at least climb to gold. I just got to Gold V (yay) for the first time so I'm sitting at 0 LP right now. The thing is that I can't find the Demotion Shield alert anywhere. I've seen pics and it should be on top of my Ranked badge on my profile page but it's just not there. I kind of want to try to reach Plat before the season ends but I'm not risking it if I don't have that 10 Game Shield (I want Victorious Orianna and climbing through Silver as a Support main was a painful experience). Can anyone help me out? Thanks.

To drop from Gold 5 0 LP you would need to lose a LOT of games in a row.

I think you'd need like Bronze 3 or lower MMR to drop.

Anyway you'll get a clear warning on your profile page when you're close to demoting from a V division.

https://i.imgur.com/LTMQgVL.png

Yellow Warning triangle means your MMR is too low for the system to keep you at your current rank. You need to start winning.

You're on the road to demotion but the system is able to shield you for a little bit longer.

Red Warning triangle means your MMR is so low the system is giving you a last chance, start winning or you demote.

You will demote very soon if you don't win (within the next few games)

(Not my pictures, got them from google)