Not seeing this supposed support boost on mastery grades...

Anastaecia·Jul 14, 2016·2 votes·402 views

I'm performing like normal (usually going around 1-3-20) and still getting As and Bs, like usual.

11 Comments

BeldairJul 14, 20161 votes

How is your warding, dewarding, and objective participation?

And what champ(s) are you using?

AnastaeciaJul 14, 20161 votes

None of that should matter with the "boost". OR is it true about being compared to others playing the same champ? In which case, the boost is pointless, because we are all boosted across the board, meaning in relation to each other, we stay relatively the same.

BTW, is any of the criteria that ppl have been guessing at been made official? Other than kills (that were super obvious and then proven by this "boost".)

4th Chiming LambJul 14, 20161 votes

KDA isn't all that matters with the grading system. I got an S flat grade with Bard by constantly warding, using my Sweeper every chance I get, getting my team to drop pinks everywhere, saving people with ulti, securing kills with ulti, giving the kills to my teammates, not getting any cs, roaming constantly, and participating in tower/drag/baron calls.

Pretty much exactly what a team wants when someone picks Brad the Wandering Stoner.

warpenguin555Jul 14, 20161 votes

the boost doesnt give you a free s rank. if your not doing well on the things beldair mentioned above you probably wont get one

AnastaeciaJul 14, 20161 votes

If I mostly get As, and a few Bs, it must mean I'm doing all that stuff...just missing the S by a few points (or however they count it), SO yes the extra boost from assists counting as full kills (I wonder if they are half now), should bump me into Ss more often,

But as Gale said, it's probably not implemented yet.

GaleWinUnleashedJul 14, 20161 votes

Notice that the patch notes did not say the grade alteration for supports would be out immediately. Just during this patch. It may not have actually been done yet.

https://i.imgur.com/1HvNiEO.png?noredirect

AnastaeciaJul 14, 20161 votes

That's probably it then. So "during" means "anytime between now and 6.15"?

GaleWinUnleashedJul 14, 20161 votes

"Mastery grade calculations for supports will be adjusted during this patch"

Difficult to come up with a way to make it more vague than that. But yeah, sometime during this patch; no idea when exactly.

https://i.imgur.com/1HvNiEO.png?noredirect

L Psy KongrooJul 14, 20161 votes

It seems like it's much easier to get an S/S+ in longer games. For example, I just got out of a 45 min game as Zilean support and ended up with an S. I went 8/8/27 with decent farm (for a support), placed a ton of wards (as a support does), and peeled like crazy for our fed Twitch. In long games, you have more time to accumulate the necessary requirements for an S/S+ grade such as warding, farming, tower-taking, KDA, etc. So naturally it would be easier in these games, provided you play as you normally would and don't get sloppy half-way through because you've had enough and just want the game to be over.

AnastaeciaJul 14, 20161 votes

i think that time is factored into the grade actually.

L Psy KongrooJul 14, 20161 votes

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i think that time is factored into the grade actually.

If it is, that wouldn't make much sense. A game might be short but full of solid strategic plays where everyone played pretty well, and a long game might just as easily be a clown fiesta that's only long because neither team knows how to capitalize on their advantages and close out the game.