How does Demotion work in League?

Riflheim·8/11/2016, 3:30:36 AM·1 votes·5,814 views

Today I've had 4 really unlucky games, 3 of which have been at 0 LP. I'm trying super hard to climb in attempt to catch up to my buddy that hit plat last week, and this puts me under lots of stress when I think I might be demoted. But I haven't been demoted yet!

There're times where I just fall after losing 1 game at 0 LP, so how does this work exactly? Does the game take into account your individual performance? Your teammate's ranks in comparison to the enemy? For example, I had an unranked jungle Yi against an experience Gold IV jungler Wukong. Is this taking into account?

4 Comments

Mysticman898/11/2016, 4:03:53 AM2 votes

The only thing taken into account is your mmr relative to the division you're currently in. Your performance in-game (both relative and absolute) is irrelevant outside of win/lose.

If your mmr falls below that of the divsion you're currently in, losing at 0 LP results in a demotion (provided you're not currently shielded from demotion due to just having been promoted-you have 3 games grace). If your mmr is well above your current division, then you can lose a whole bunch of games at 0 LP without being demoted.

Riflheim8/11/2016, 3:59:48 AM1 votes

OOT Yoloyo288/11/2016, 4:24:55 AM1 votes

There's a wiki page about the system, it's well explained http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/League_system