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Ranked matchmaking question

ImsoBadMain·9/4/2019, 3:02:51 PM·1 votes·2,121 views

So does anyone know how riot matchmaking actually works? no seriously, how does riot match people up? is it solely MMR? Or are there other factors?

Ok so you have a lane with 10% Winrate, and the other side has a 80% Win rate. This is in ranked and somehow both those players are silver 2 Thats usually a losing lane for the one with the 20% winrate. I have been in games where myself included have all had 30% WR or less against a team where they are all gold 4 to silver 1 with 75% Winrate. Every lane gets destroyed yes even mine. Im not trying to blame my teammates and I refrain from flaming as some times you can win those games but more likely those games will be lost.

Is this normal for the matchmaking system? Does this even make any sense.

My Main is actually silver 3 but I find this to be always the case since August 16 hotfix patch. Is this just how the matchmaking is or is this some sort of bug. I noticed the matches being very one sided even more so since that hotfix to matchmaking that happened August 16.

[cass-cry]

3 Comments

Dukues9/4/2019, 4:17:03 PM2 votes

I am pretty sure it's just based on mmr. Like literally win rate, rank, etc. doesn't matter. Whatever that "magic" mmr number is that's all that matters and as long as the system can have both teams with somewhat close mmrs well then.... the game is balanced in the systems eyes. At least... that's how it is based on my knowledge and what I have seen playing ranked over the years.

Kai Guy9/4/2019, 6:46:57 PM1 votes

Its just MMR. But Riots still doing positional MM so you have 5 separate values on your account now. But 1 title (Silver 3) So the match ranges vary.

WR alone with out knowing the context is weak. A low # of games vs several hundred are very different in a MMR system. Some one losing hella from Gold would sink into silver. Some one demolishing bronze would climb.

Riots Demotion protection is fucking massive for division 4's so if you see a 4 in a title and a terrible WR that dudes sinking.

The concept behind MMR is really solid. Build a curve from averages and grade off that curve. You never get a value that is exclusive to any 1 player.

The things that would be good to know about Riots MMR is if they look to balance out K for when they build teams and what protections they have for individuals who play in high uncertainty games.

Id shift to a simpler system, to many bells and whistles with riots.

They do have some mathematically bad systems attached to their MM. Duoing is poorly implemented.

CervixGrappler9/5/2019, 1:40:58 AM1 votes

The rank doesnt matter greatly in matchmaking, its that invisible MMR that matters. Riot matches people by team average and tries to keep them roughly the same each match.