Ok, so from my understanding. If you are lets say, silver last season. And this season you do your placements you will still be bronze regardless? Making it pointless to have placements if you're going to be one rank lower than last seasons? Or was it just the soft reset, and if you are unranked and do your placements you have the possibility of placing silver or whatever even if you were bronze last season.
Mysticman892 votesYour mmr is more sensitive to change during placement matches compared to regular ranked matches, and your rank after placements is based on whatever your final mmr is. Your mmr from previous season, while soft reset, is by far the biggest factor, so one can usually guess where they'll end up (~1 tier below where they ended in many cases, give or take a couple divisions based on placement matches and whether their mmr and rank were comparable).
They're still important matches though. Someone who ended the season with a bronze 5 mmr will probably be placed bronze 5 even if they go 10-0 in placements. However, going 10-0 in placements would probably result in them getting 20+ LP for wins since they've done a lot of work in fixing their mmr, while if they were just plopped directly into bronze 5 without doing placements then they might be only getting 10 lp for wins.
Up until master, MMR is the only thing that really matters, LP and rank are just sortof cosmetic overlays to your mmr. If you get a good mmr, a good rank will soon follow, but if you good a good rank without a good mmr, you'll have a really hard time even maintaining your rank and probably trend downwards until they're in agreement.
A No Name Teemo1 votesThanks b.
2 Weezy Baby1 votesIf you're silver last season you will most likely be placed bronze this season. If you are unranked, you will most likely be in Bronze or low silver.
A No Name Teemo1 votesI am currently unranked, but bronze last season, so I will still be bronze this season regardless of how good I do in my placements?
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I am currently unranked, but bronze last season, so I will still be bronze this season regardless of how good I do in my placements?
Most likely.
A No Name Teemo1 votesIf this is true then why tf are they gonna make bronze/silver do placements if they're gonna be bronze regardless of their placements
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If this is true then why tf are they gonna make bronze/silver do placements if they're gonna be bronze regardless of their placements
Agreed. You all should just be placed Bronze 5 to save time.