Lp loss and gain

Macho Muchacho·11/4/2016, 11:32:05 PM·1 votes·485 views

so recently I was demoted out of gold 5 and into silver because I decided I wanted to play a ranked game for some reason. then as I was trying to go back up to gold 5 so I could get the cool border and skin next season, I noticed that whenever I win I get 10-15 lp but when I lose I lose 20-25 lp now I thought this might be reasonable if the enemy mmr was lower then mine cus then Id have a reason for losing more but my mmr is 200 lower then the normal for this elo. Is riot just trying to put people in the place they belong by making them go lower in ranked based only on mmr and not how good they do. Do I just deserve to get put in bronze 5 just because I have a low mmr and not based win/loss in ranked?

3 Comments

KVbqbFsC8e11/4/2016, 11:35:16 PM1 votes

How you actually do in games is irrelevant. All that matters is win/loss and your MMR wouldn't have have dropped to a low level if you were winning more games than losing while you were in Gold. Win/Loss is the only thing that counts.

Talisid11/4/2016, 11:37:27 PM1 votes

Its based on where your Hidden Matchmaking Rating is compared to your rank on the ladder.

In order for you to get demoted from Gold 5 to Silver you have to have an MMR that is so abysmally low that you are on par with Silver 5 players. In order for that to happen you have to lose a ton of games at Gold 5 and tank your MMR really hard on Zero LP losses so that it is way out of line with your ladder ranking.

At this point the system thinks you belong in Silver 5 so it is making it very difficult for you to climb.

This actually happens in the other direction too. If you MMR is really high for your current ranking it will give you a ton of LP and sometimes even promote you up multiple tiers (like going from Silver 5 to Silver 3 without playing a single game in Silver 4) in order to speed up your climb to where it thinks you should be.

Baby Chaeng11/5/2016, 12:07:16 AM1 votes

If you win less than ~18LP per game means that your MMR is pretty low. I have friends in Plat1-2 that wins around 25LP because they are good and their MMR is higher than the average. You cannot really rely on op.gg MMR system. I am sure it has a close data of your account but not accurate.

On any tier with division 5 is hell. And the worst one is G5(imo). Most people asks for boost till G5 for the annual award and they troll. I tried this with my smurf account: I lost 20 games streak(was trolling int; sorry for my team) in G5 and was still in G5 but was playing with S4-5. Based on your games, when you win you have decent KDA but when you lose you have less than 1 KDA(most times) which means whether you win or lose, you usually give 0 impact on the game. You either get carried or get dunked with others. Not to be mean or anything, tier shows where players should stand. I was in P2 and lost around 9 games straight and now in P5. I was not ready yet at high plat level. Can't blame anything but my skills. Anyways, good luck on last 3(?) days! or next season.

May the LP be with you!