Why am I getting matched with so many high level players?

Ant Eater king·7/24/2015, 12:43:09 PM·5 votes·1,979 views

Not really a bitch post, Im just a little curious. In the past few games Ive been getting match with a lot of high level players. Ive faced a platinum Tryndamere, a platinum Elise, and DIAMOND Vayne, and a few other examples. Is there any specific reason this is happening to me so often?

P.S. The platinum Elise and diamond Vayne were in the same exact game on the enemy team.

6 Comments

Mew Goes AD7/24/2015, 1:10:04 PM4 votes

MMR in normals is unaffected by MMR in ranked. So, players that play nothing but ranked frequently have a significantly lower MMR in normal simply because they haven't played it enough to raise themselves.

Some people may find it a bit silly, but that is how it is.

Ant Eater king7/24/2015, 12:45:55 PM2 votes

Side note, why does Riot hate the apostrophe so much?

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RookCauldron7/24/2015, 1:01:31 PM2 votes

What queues do you play in?

arcinex7/24/2015, 3:02:43 PM1 votes

Because higher elo players can q up with their pre-level 30 friends and stomp.

Slamurai Jack7/24/2015, 3:20:27 PM1 votes

If you're playing teambuilder, it's just because the matchmaking in that queue is all over the place. I've had several games where it's like 4 diamonds against 4 silvers, and tons of games where a bronze and diamond player were on the same team.