I don't understand how League of Legends determines many of its matchmaking. This seems significantly off to me. Would someone be kind enough to logically explain why or how this matchmaking is "balanced?" Thank you in advance.
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KillnYall3 votesIt is all based on the MMR of the other players they most likely have really bad MMR and win %. That happens a lot at the lower elos.
ĄðX3 votes[deleted]
MalaceX1 votesThat is nothing compared to this
You beat me on that one lol. That's horrid. Their team was also pre-made? Let's just hope this is connected with League's lag issues.
Salidfingers1 votesAkali instant Challenger X 5, Unfair for that diamond team
Matthias91193 votesNormal MMR != Ranked MMR. Sometimes people play a lot worse in Normals than Ranked, either because they don't "tryhard" or they like to play non-meta things.
Because it's very hard to demote between tiers, "Silver V" can be anything from "slightly worse than Silver IV" to "slightly better than Bronze V".
As other people pointed out, "Unranked" doesn't mean they're terrible. Smurf accounts below 30 are all "unranked"...
The median rank in NA is somewhere around S4, so players in S3 are only slightly above average (for Ranked).
Normals use the same MMR system as Ranked, just with adjustments made based on summoner level, number of games played (up to some undefined point), and bigger grouping bonuses for premade groups of 3+. But you have a totally seperate MMR in Normal and Ranked matches.
MalaceX1 votes
Normal MMR != Ranked MMR. Sometimes people play a lot worse in Normals than Ranked, either because they don't "tryhard" or they like to play non-meta things.
Because it's very hard to demote between tiers, "Silver V" can be anything from "slightly worse than Silver IV" to "slightly better than Bronze V".
As other people pointed out, "Unranked" doesn't mean they're terrible. Smurf accounts below 30 are all "unranked"...
The median rank in NA is somewhere around S4, so players in S3 are only slightly above average (for Ranked).
Normals use the same MMR system as Ranked, just with adjustments made based on summoner level, number of games played (up to some undefined point), and bigger grouping bonuses for premade groups of 3+. But you have a totally seperate MMR in Normal and Ranked matches.
Why does Lolking say my MMR is 817, but na.gg says my MMR is 1003? Which one is most accurate, if either?
Sir Vejeiro2 votesOn Team Builder im getting a lot of unranked/bronzies/silvers vs silver/gold/plat.
Lost like 10 games in a row b4 decide to forget TB and and play another mode
Ironclad Dragon2 votesAt least it wasn't an entire team of Master I's vs myself.
And only myself.
xDingwithsalad2 voteswhy do you automatically assume unranked is bad?
MalaceX1 voteswhy do you automatically assume unranked is bad?
I, or no one else, said unranked was "bad." However, I am ranked with 300+ wins and I'm not understanding why this matchup is "balanced" versus a majority of Silver players. I've never been in Silver. Also, one of the guys on my team is Lvl 26, which means he has never played ranked. Sure, this was a Normal game, but again, what is Riot using to do the matchmaking? It can't simply be the MMR and # of wins as their website states.