Duo Queue Rebalancing

Boomer Blitz··1 votes·478 views

So my friend and I play nearly all games together when we can and league of course is no exception. That being said we play a lot of games, its our biggest hobby and we also have played quite a few mobas (I'm just trying to establish some general credibility that even though I might not be a great gamer; I'm also not the worst gamer...).

Anyway onto my point. Ever since we hit lvl 30 we have been duo queueing in ranked. It's been a pretty frustrating experience. We've been watching videos and making our very best attempts at learning the game because we really do want to win; however, as we play more and more matches we always end the match thinking "Wow the other team had so much better coordination than our team as a whole...they seemed a lot better". We feel this way even when we win.

Now recently I finally found how the "MMR" works when you duo queue and that the system does in fact match you with statistically better opponents to make up for the fact that you are duoing (an understandable advantage).

The problem is; we are having to completely change the way we play the game in order to play champions/positions who can completely carry the entire team in order for us to have a reliable chance of winning our duo matches. It just feels like the duo system needs to be rebalanced or completely rethought.

I know there will be some that say we suck and learn to play better (and sure we definitely can improve...) but I feel like their must be many others who have had this same experience. Has Riot even mentioned rethinking this system at some point? A separate ranking for duo's just like ranked team's would be a simple solution and then the game doesn't have to be "rigged" for you to fail. It just doesn't seem to work the way it is now and we have completely abandoned the idea of duoing until (if ever) we feel like we can carry 3 trolls.

Examples of what I mean by trolls are

  1. "It's my first time as ADC!"
  2. I don't help the JG with a gank because he doesn't ping and then he says "OK IM NOT HELPING YOU ANYMORE!" and goes afk 3)"AFK to Fold clothes"

Post your thoughts.

3 Comments

Tiax1 votes

Yeah you aren't entitled to a good or fair duo queue experience... Ranked is meant for solo players or full teams and duo is just kind of in a weird spot. That being said I love to duo if its the right person, I just appreciate that its even available in the "Solo Queue" mode. If you want to have fun with your buddy just play norms, if you care more about your rank go solo. Sucks but its the choice you have to make since you two arent the kind of duo to carry worse teams.

So yeah, there is a lot more community pressure to just remove duo than there is to reform it and Rito doesn't seem to care either way to change anything.

Leti the Yeti1 votes

idk what to say man you Duo Qers uuh, no one really likes your kind ;l

Boomer Blitz1 votes

Now that I've learned about how the system truly works; I can appreciate how you feel...

I'm not planning to play duo queue unless I feel like we CAN carry our team (otherwise as you say...your putting your teammates at a disadvantage).

But, wouldn't it be better to fix the system rather than remove it?

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