My Solo MMR, is 1,081. Is that good or bad? I don't understand MMR. Can someone explain it real simple? I search up what MMR is and I still don't get it. Players define it more professional. I need a more simple definition of what MMR is. And if my MMR is good or bad
Brutalitops011 votesMMR, or matchmaking rating, is basically the old ELO system, but as a hidden thing in the game. It determines who you're placed against and how much LP you gain/lose per match. 1,200 equates to about silver 5. Your MMR relative to the enemy team's average MMR is what determines exactly how much LP You gain/lose. As an example, if you go up against enemies with 1150 average MMR, and win, you will gain more LP because the game didn't expect you to win. If you go against players with 950 average MMR, you'll gain less LP if you win than you would against higher MMR. You'll also lose more LP if you lost a game that the system expected you to win based on MMR and lose less if the system expected you to lose.
Also like the old ELO system, MMR doesn't have any kind of gateway between two tiers. You don't have to win a certain 2/3 games to go from bronze 2 to bronze 1 average MMR, but if you lose enough games in a row, you can drop.
Finally, MMR increases faster for win streaks and decreases faster for loss streaks as the game's way of saying, "You're not in the MMR range you should be, let's get you there quickly."
Mysticman891 votesThis is correct.
It's worth emphasizing the 'hidden' aspect of it, so third party sites like op.gg and similar are only giving estimates of MMR, and not actually your true MMR, which is impossible to know exactly as a player. While the estimates are sometimes reasonable (particularly after you have a lot of games played), but sometimes it can be quite wrong (e.g. it'll say your mmr is normal, but one might know it's actually quite low/high based on LP gains).
kill violet1 votesThanks! I understand it now