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The one indesputable, inescapable flaw with the League of Legends Ranked system

Naut·11/30/2015, 10:21:55 PM·2 votes·610 views

I'm talking, of course, about the blind leading the blind. Bronze players play with Bronze players, neither knowing how to play properly. Silvers are matched with Silvers, Golds with Golds, etc.

I can't tell you how many times I've wished that I could play against Diamond or Challenger players over and over again until I learn to stop making the mistakes I'm making. As it stands, the only ways to gain enough skill to successfully climb the ranked ladder from the bottom is through serious introspection/analysis of personal games, and outside influence like Youtube videos, which require time away from the game for research.

I've put some thought into ways to fix this dilemma, and I haven't come up with a satisfactory solution. Getting destroyed by a Challenger player for 20 minute minimum if you're not very skilled is fun for neither the player getting destroyed (unless they're dedicated to learning and know ahead of time that they're matched against people far better than them), nor the -player dominating, as the weaker player(s) don't pose a challenge. Even if LP loss is considerably lessened, or entirely eliminated depending on the size of the skill gap, that doesn't excuse the experience itself. Having a separate gamemode that has matchmaking that specifically enforces low level players against high level players would most likely be incredibly sparsely populated with players, and thus a failure. Not to mention the matchmaking would be spotty at best, with an unknown variance between player skill on both teams (Bronze through Gold on one side, versus Platinum through Challenger on the other? That's a massive skill gap even between teammates). Regardless of what a solution could be (and I would be happy to read suggestions other people have), I would very much like to hear what Riot has to say about this problem. Their thoughts, potential solutions, roadblocks, etc. Thank you for your time, Pope Charles IV

P.S. Riot please fix the lag with charged Q abilities. I haven't played Varus or Xerath in over half of a year. item 3070

9 Comments

Ionian11/30/2015, 10:47:00 PM3 votes

Play normals to improve.

Valderis Vandala11/30/2015, 11:46:28 PM1 votes

You don't learn anything from playing against people way more skilled then yourself. LoL isn't a card game where you can easily observe and understand the combo's other people use, its more like chess or basketball where it comes down to a lot of experience and training. We also can't expect to get those things from Riot, the one thing we should expect from Riot is access to proper and complete information on the many items, champion stats/abilities, game rules, player information and statistics, etc. All of which is still quite lacking and requires 3rd party made websites for easy access without wasting time.

As for acquiring skill, there has always been a difference between video games and sports, older non-electronic games/sports have clubs where you can take lessens to improve your skill, video games are more about collaboration of online sources of information and personal development. If you want help from Riot in this then demand tools for personal improvement like a training game mode, more customizable game modes, easier access to more complete (and actually correct) information.