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Is ranked effecting my matches?

acher of fire·1/21/2019, 2:13:45 AM·1 votes·1,247 views

So today, i decided to start ranked for the split. I lost my first game 1/5/5 and got placed directly into Iron IV. Obviously i'm upset, it's the exact reason i avoided ranked only worse. I landed in bronze III two years ago and never pushed for a higher rank. I thought 'okay i'll try again next year'. Then they introduced the system that drops you below your previous rank for the next season. I didn't have the time so i never went back into ranked. My second game in ranked was obviously a noob stomp with an S+ score on Fiora. When i hopped into an aram it was a pretty bad loss. I thought it was just bad luck with an afk and some struggling teammates. Next match was worse with pretty much all of my teamates playing like the ones i'd had in my second iron IV game. Is my rank effecting my overall matchmaking? if so, will putting league down till the end of the split help or do i have to climb in ranked in order to enjoy aram again?

2 Comments

Minarde1/22/2019, 1:22:35 AM1 votes
  1. The Ranked season, and thus the split, hasn't started yet. That's on the 24th.
  2. Since you said you got a rank after one game, I'll presume that Riot's new placement system is active. (Previously you didn't see any rank until you finished all 10 placement games). The rank you see after you finish your first ranked game is only a provisional rank. It shows the lowest possible rank you can end up with after placements. As you play out the rest of your placements and win games, that provisional rank will go up. Once you finish your placements, you get your actual rank.
  3. The annual rank reset has always put you a bit lower than your previous rank. At least, I think it does. I'm not sure if it's guaranteed lower or just puts you closer towards the "average" rank.
  4. Every game mode has a separate matchmaking rating. Your performance in ranked has no effect on your matchmaking for ARAM.