Is this normal?

Daddy Braum·8/3/2017, 2:39:31 PM·1 votes·329 views

So me and my friend have been playing quite a bit of ranked lately Were 1 division apart (in gold 5 he's silver 1) And after every game we share our lp gain/loss when we win he gets around 14-19 where as I get 21-25 And as for losses he loses as much as 18 sometimes where as the most I've lost was 14 I usually play support for him and he played adc When the season started I skipped silver 3 after promos in silver 4 I cant seem to find an answer anywhere so thanks in advance if you can tell me why were getting such different numbers from the same games

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Zielmann8/3/2017, 2:47:16 PM1 votes

LP gains/losses are based on where your MMR is relative to your current rank.

You're in gold 5, and gaining significantly more LP for wins than you lose for losses. That means your MMR is above what's expected for gold 5. The idea is that it even if you're only winning 50% of your games, you'll still make progress towards a rank more fitting of your MMR.

Your friend in Silver 1, on the other hand, is having roughly even LP gains/losses. That means his MMR is basically what's expected for Silver 1, if not a tad on the low side. If he's able to raise his MMR, he will get back to gaining more LP from wins than he loses from losses.