ok so last season i did pretty bad in my promos, i got bronze 4. ok this season i went 5-5 placement matches, and every single game i did good, above b+ average i got placed into bronze 5... my friend won 9 out of 10 games... he got bronze 3.... riot explain
Think of it this way.
Imagine your wins as an indicator of what rank you get, as you seem to take it as.
1 win is bronze, 10 wins is challenger.
Just because I won like 8 means that I should be in Masters? Seems a little over the top, that way.
What you have is a hidden account stat, MMR. Match Making Rating. That is tied to everything about your games. Kills, deaths, assists, CS, wards placed, damage done, taken, etc. They use MMR, not wins, to dictate where you go. This tries to narrow it down to individual achievement rather than run the risk of "Lucky" wins or a game you did awful but still won. So based on this, you are placed after those 10 games using your total numbers from each category and places you accordingly. Also, new season. They down tune your MMR a bit every season so you can prove you are better and climb.
If they improved a lot, their MMR will show it. All Riot does is chip your rank down a bit, and if you truly play as your MMR says you do, theoretically you should end up right back where you deserve.
Also no offense, but climbing to Bronze 4, or out of bronze in general, should be rather simple. Just CS and ward.
