Can we ditch MMR based matchmaking in Low ELO?

LXII·8/6/2017, 8:16:30 AM·9 votes·477 views

Or at the very least match up each lane by MMR? It's really depressing to stomp your lane and still be unable to carry because 2 or more enemies got beneficial matchups against your lowest MMR players and fed to high heaven. I don't even blame the players here. Sure they're feeding, but the game puts them in a situation where they're likely going to feed.

I know roles get swapped sometimes, but it's a pretty rare thing in low elo for someone to give their role up so I don't see that ruining the MMR too often.

A large majority of the playerbase is low elo, so the skill differences between them can be pretty staggering and it makes climbing a dreadful experience. I'm not even sure if this idea would fix it, but certainly someone can think of something that would.

16 Comments

MysterQ8/6/2017, 8:20:52 AM2 votes

low ELO imo should be bsed purely on "displayed rank" but whatever.

I don't know exactly the problem. Last game we had ab 18/x Cho who dominated toplane. He was gold and the Irelia ended up with less gold than support. I was in my provisionals, so I wonder if Irelia was also in provisionals. Provisionals and placing them into a silver/gold environment makes for bad games.

Otherwise I don't have enough data to know if lanes are mismatched often. I know my lane loses if I am autofilled but who knows.

PePsiLemoNN8/6/2017, 3:06:44 PM1 votes

No. Smurfs

Floupi8/6/2017, 4:02:57 PM1 votes

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