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A Friendly Reminder about Ranked

SarcasticShepard·11/2/2016, 2:32:34 AM·1 votes·354 views

Remember to grind your way up in ranked over the next few days, because the season is ending quite soon and if you don't want to get placed down too low next season, you'll need to grind up some LP now.

Also, remember to sacrifice some goats to increase chances of getting teammates skilled enough to match the 66% and 60% required win rates to increase your division and tier, respectively.

Sources, because backing up one's words is essential (I'm looking at you, politicians): http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/GD/p1ETKBzH-i-got-placed-in-x-division-after-placements-why-guide-inside https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1vfzos/explanation_how_placements_work_and_why_you_got/ https://support.riotgames.com/hc/en-us/articles/204010760-Ranked-Play-FAQ#h12

Anybody else wish we just had a MMR system?

1 Comments

Talinis11/2/2016, 4:53:29 AM1 votes

You can also grind ranked in preseason to level up your placement matches. We still got a month of preseason before the season starts. Also, win percentage isn't as important later in the season if you've played a lot of games. You can have a negative win rate but a high MMR because the MMR is more dependent on the latest matches. You hit a big win streak or a big lose streak, your MMR will really spike as the game thinks it is misplacing you. A 10 game win streak or lose streak is enough to raise/lower your MMR almost a full tier, even though you only gain/lose a division or so.