Demotion Logic... Fail.

Meteor Driz··1 votes·361 views

You are at 0 LP. And then you lose and are demoted. (1 game - Loss)

Now you are at 75 LP. You lose again. (1 game - Loss)

Now you are at 50 LP. You lose again (1 game - Loss)

Now you are at 25 LP.

--- With 3 losses in a row you have been moved down nearly an entire tier ---

Now lets count how many it takes to get back up.

You are at 25 LP. You win. (1 game - Win)

You are at 50 LP. You win (1 game - Win)

You are at 75 LP. You win (1 game - Win)

You are in promotion. You win. (1 game - Win)

You are in promotion. You win. (1 game - Win)

-- A total of 5 games to get back to zero LP --

Conclusion: You need to win roughly 60% more games than y you lose to get back to where you were

Note: I am aware that you don't always get demoted instantly from 0 LP. But in my experience with 2k+ games over 3 seasons its a vast majority of the time that demotions have no buffer zone. Compare this to the always-present promotion system... Not balanced at all.

5 Comments

Archon X1 votes

think of league like an rpg

every division is a miniboss battle, with the first division being a main boss

if you beat the miniboss and get promoted then you should take your newfound skill and train in unranked games

try new roles and builds and champs, and improve your finesse with your mains

if you rush from boss to boss without any kind of interim experience grinding you're going to get rekt

this is true in every rpg

Snowball4u1 votes

i looked u up on op.gg: here is why

The Average MMR for this league is 1,300. 1,233beta MMR Your MMR is lower than the average expected MMR for players in your division. Your MMR will continue to tank unless you improve your play!

Eedat1 votes

Actually it take multiple loses at 0 LP in most cases to get demoted. Conveniently you left this out of your chart

Meteor Driz1 votes

Not for me ive always been demoted instantly most of the time. Where along the road did i get higher than my MMR?

Deep Terror Nami1 votes

That's if your MMR is bad. The system doesn't think you belong where you are anyway, and you're proving it right if you can't keep up.

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