Moving Divisions in the Pre-Season?

RookPusher·Dec 29, 2017·1 votes·278 views

Long story short I'm playing Ranked games without thinking about it because it's the pre-season. But I just got demoted - what am I missing?

7 Comments

Mysticman89Dec 29, 20171 votes

Rank does not matter at all beyond potentially limiting who you can duo with right now.

What does matter is your underlying MMR. There will be a soft reset, but your old mmr is still a factor (hence soft reset instead of hard reset). If you manage to drag up your mmr, you'll play in higher mmr placement matches, and potentially get placed higher, and vice versa if you drag down your MMR.

RookPusherDec 29, 20171 votes

So what you're telling me is that I have every incentive to not win?

d4rkshockDec 29, 20171 votes

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So what you're telling me is that I have every incentive to not win?

You win and your mmr increases. Im just playing ranked just because and im destroying with shyvana jg because new runes broke her.

RookPusherDec 29, 20171 votes

Which runes?

d4rkshockDec 29, 20171 votes

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Which runes?

Press the attack and I go sorcery for my secondary. Don't remember the names but most of it should be obvious since she's an attack speed on hit champion.

OxyrottenDec 29, 20171 votes

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So what you're telling me is that I have every incentive to not win?

Quite the opposite, based off of last season's rank you can either be placed at the same or lower rank in placements (I think the best is the rank below but I forget). But by increasing your mmr you can possibly shift that range of possible ranks higher or lower.

By losing you drop your mmr and instead of placing at the same rank you would place at a lower rank to start.

Mysticman89Dec 29, 20171 votes

If you want to place higher next season, win games.

If you want to place lower next season, lose games.

Placing lower means you'll face easier opponents so maybe that has some appeal, but it'll mean more games overall to get to your 'true' rank.