Flex Queue - Matchmaking is Awful

Azazel Aerternum·Nov 11, 2019·1 votes·1,314 views

I just got out of a match that put a Bronze 3 (15% winrate) on my Team, along side an equally low Silver (24% winrate)

We got a Shaco top this game too, by a dude that mains the midlane, AP Shaco no less

Said Bronze 3 ran in a straight line the whole game when fighting / running away, guaranteeing that the experienced Gold players hit every single skill shot on them, the enemy team was entire Gold, high Silver, Plat, we were Bronze (in actuality they belong in Iron based on the w/l + visual review of their skills and competency), 'Silver' (Bronze), and Gold

We literally lost the match from the get-go, just based on who we got on our team versus who they got on their's.

5 Comments

Pandemic PunchNov 11, 20192 votes

I play against a lot of diamonds in flex. It is extremely common to have several diamonds and silvers in the same match

TyRamosNov 11, 20192 votes

Yeah MMR splashing should be a thing but isn't so what's really fun is my normal MMR is super duper high compared to my ranked cause I don't play ranked. So anytime theres a featured game mode I go against GM and high diamonds the first few days. Wooo. Like a diamond in soloq should at least start off with gold MMR in flex but nope.

ZephyrDrakeNov 11, 20191 votes

Flex queue has a separate MMR than SoloQ

Azazel AerternumNov 11, 20191 votes

Yeah, but your expected skill evaluation should be initially based on your Solo Queue performance

A Bronze 4 10% w/l of 100 games is not going to be any higher than that in Flex either

ZephyrDrakeNov 11, 20191 votes

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Yeah, but your expected skill evaluation should be initially based on your Solo Queue performance

A Bronze 4 10% w/l of 100 games is not going to be any higher than that in Flex either

So what if you never play soloq before going to flex queue? Flex queue also has the added benefit of people being able to communicate with each other since they are more than likely to be in groups rather than solo so how much do you account for that?