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What Is Your Deserving Rank

Drakavoid·3/2/2016, 1:26:23 AM·1 votes·2,106 views

We all heard complains that the ranking system sucks, unfair, BS, inaccurate, fraud, illegal, NEEDS IMPROVEMENT! Now lets take a moment and think, "what should determine your rank?". It is known among hell-o players (get it? hell and elo, never mind) that in order to get a good rank YOU MUST WIN summoner 1 More expert players know that it is partly true, there is more to it than that. Of course winning is a big part in your elo, but also it is highly relied on creep score, KDA ratio, dragon, damage dealt, warding (yes, AD carries need to ward too god dammit!), etc. item 3340

Alright sounds fair right? right, why did I even make this thread in the first place...I guess I'll just summoner 4 away...

NO. WRONG. Ranking is **NOT **what it should be. Lets go back to our main argument "what should determine your rank?". Well, for one thing certainly not playing Zed as a main every. single. match. Why? well, what does Rank represents? According to Riot, ranked represents your placement, where you belong. Here is my point about the Zed reference, is playing only Zed as a mid laner for your overall rank in the League of Justice be enough to get you to above those in gold? even silver? In order to be at the top you got to be an expert League player, rather than a master champion in the League. That saying master at one rather than good in many does not belong here. As a League player, you HAVE to accept the role you got and what is necessary to play as. Before you complain about me complaining think about a bronze play he plays MANY different roles and is really good in all of them or a platinum who only plays some hybrid Udyr jungle summoner 11 every single match just because he sucks at one role or doesn't like it. Now is that what a top level player should be like? only being able to masterly play one role? You may argue and say "It's about the teamoork you bronzie", that is right and brings me TO MY NEXT POINT!!! *yeah that was a Teemo pun intended, cause you know premade team communication against solos is hell just like Teemo? no? Rammus **Rammus saying "ok" reference... I need a item 3072 cause you know, to steal my life away from League... So we were saying team work, if you did godly and your team sucked then that will affect you (if you lost of course, otherwise "lel nubs i carie hrd git gud"). Communicating with team is hard when it's match making, but premades have an advantage which was a really great step that Rito took, and not. Premades of 5 is now a huge advantage for getting boosted, instead of just one buddy boosting/getting boosted. But that is not something Riot can easily fix and not the main idea of my argument, just a side note.

So, to sum up this thread topic (I hope you didn't just skip the entire thing to here). Ranking is not unfair or all the words above. But it DOES needs improvement, how players only play their best rather then be experts in the game. What do I recommend? well, my idea is change the Ranked prerequisites. Level 30 keep it, but instead of 16 champs needed make it two champs with mastery ranked 5 from each primary roll (or something similar because playing odd champions for different roles is a thing. ex. Malzahar is a mage but can be played as a jungler effectively). the point of this change is when you start ranking, you would be prepared for any role and not expecting to be Zed mid main with item 3147 slaughtering innocent opponents. The point of this requirement is to make sure players are capable to play any role when stepping into the rank hell and be prepared (Not saying got to be 2 champion for each role, just to send the idea) . "But the new match making system lets you pick your two roles of choice. Think before you make a thread you bronzie", alright enough with that bronzie joke (or is it? item 3070 ) But in order to make sure players deserve their rank, is to make the drumsitem 3174 item 3174 item 3174 drums RMR SYSTEM!! Role Matching Ratio, basically the more balanced your roles in ranked games, the more your rank will increase, ex. 20% support: 5%Bard , 10%Alistar , 5% Blitzcrank . 30% mid : 0.1% Ahri , 19% Zed (god dammit Zed, back at it with the item 3147 ). 15% AD Carry: 7% Vayne , 5% Caitlyn , 3% Jinx . 15% Jungler: 10% Rengar , 5% Udyr . 20% Top: 15% Riven , 6% Nasus , -1% Urgot item 3070 . I hope this explains my idea better. if there are any confusions, leave it at the comments which I will never touch "It's a short joke chill >:(" - Veigar . And of course never forget the other important aspects of ranking system KDA, CS, etc.

So here is my 2 item 3301 , what do you guys think about the current ranking system and what do you think would do to improve it? DISCUSS!

EDIT: In order to make sure the player picks the champions they mastered, is to limit the champion pool to the mastered champions. "HUH CAUGHT YOU! now wouldn't that means that they'll use those champions forever?" Well yeah but at least they are able to play every single role. To be honest, I feel like two champions for each role is not enough. So to improve, maybe you need to master another champion every once in a certain time period. Can be a terrible idea, but it's really fresh so can always get improved.

35 Comments

LegitBusinessman3/2/2016, 1:35:35 AM6 votes

Let me shorten this obnoxiously huge wall of text for normal people:

Should your ranked progression be affected by how many roles you play well - which would, overall, make you a more balanced, experienced, and knowledgeable player than someone who might be a higher rank but can only play one role or even one champion competently.

This is actually why I thought old draft pick was better than dynamic que.

FioraWillCarry3/2/2016, 2:57:54 AM2 votes

I have a simpler solution......Git Gud...

Omega T33mo3/2/2016, 1:47:14 AM1 votes

BUT When you egt shit team mates 24/7.... I litreally dropped from silver 5 to bronze 3 in a matter of days because i kept getting afk's lucian tops, toxic dicks and feeders

Swerzz3/2/2016, 2:34:57 AM1 votes

TL;DR going off the title alone

I'm in silver, and i deserve to be in Silver. For now.

I have a few things i'm good at, but much more that i'm not. To put it clearly, I know what i should do, but my current mechanics can't get me there yet.

Sure it's easy to blame others, but if you look at your own gameplay, there will be dozens of things that you should have done. I'll move forward soon, but till then, i know what i got to work on, and i'll work on those till I improve.

Drehirth3/2/2016, 2:35:22 AM1 votes

I don't agree with forcing people to play many different champions or roles to climb. If you can consistently do well in 1-2 roles with a handful of champions then you should be able to climb. If you want to master every role and champion to climb that is completely up to you and though it will be slower that doesn't mean anybody is stopping you or telling you it's wrong.

Nyhver3/2/2016, 2:49:04 AM1 votes

You should work on cohesive writing

Sir Yamazuki3/2/2016, 3:06:36 AM1 votes

Being "good" in all roles and being Bronze doesn't mean you deserve a higher rank than the one trick pony in Plat. Playing one champion doesn't make you climb faster, and playing multiple champions or roles also doesn't keep you down. People shouldn't be punished or rewarded for how they want to play the game. You also don't even have to be any good at any of the roles to even get to plat.

Dealth3/2/2016, 3:55:02 AM1 votes

Your ranking should only depend on how many games you are winning. Nothing more, nothing less. The better the game is balanced the more accurate this is.

AHeroNamedHawke3/2/2016, 4:07:36 AM1 votes

ya that's why LCS players swap roles every game

Goodest Gamer3/2/2016, 1:30:48 AM1 votes

i would make it so being better than the enemy team actually means something to u as an individual rather than having to put 2-3 people on your back because they have no idea what they are doing. theres no such thing as a 5v5 if riot expects you to carry people every game. then again there are 1/20 games where your team is actually half decent and goes even in lane.then AGAIN , there are the games where they lose every trade but still try again and again until they are 0-5 spouting that "its just a game" when you end up losing because of this cockroach. i would kill for that 1/20 game where every team goes even and the better players shine with shotcalling instead of just 1-2 people trying their ASSEs off not to make a mistake or else they have to wait 60 seconds to respawn while the enemy team munches on the morons the dead playesr are trying to carry.

Cruk3/2/2016, 4:13:05 AM1 votes

I'm plat 2, I just play everything that's strong in the current meta to get freelo, I'm probably actually bronze.

No flash no life3/2/2016, 1:37:27 AM1 votes

I determine it base on the teammates and opponents I run into. If there's absolutely nothing I can do against my opponents and I rely completely on not feeding too much so my op teammates can carry me, then I know something is wrong here. With that in mind, I believe my deserving rank is silver 4 or 5 ish.