How do First time placements work? For new lvl 30's

QC BEAST WALA·Jun 4, 2016·2 votes·2,875 views

How do first time placements work for first time lvl 30's? What affects where you're placed and does your normals game mmr affect anything when doing placements?

15 Comments

SlythionJun 4, 20161 votes

I believe you start at a silver 3(ish) mmr (the league communities average mmr) and it varies depending on win/loss ratio, personal performance (which includes many factors, not just k/d/a), and the enemy team's mmr

The highest you can be placed is plat i think, while the lowest is B5 of course.

Don't stress about it and just do your best. If you get placed below where you want just keep playing and work on improving ^-^

QC BEAST WALAJun 4, 20161 votes

ok, thnx for info!

WIll work as hard as i can!

SlythionJun 4, 20162 votes

good luck on the rift comrad :)

[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

QC BEAST WALAJun 4, 20161 votes

THNX!

Emerald FangJun 4, 20161 votes

See, that's League's SUGGESTED average.

Really, the average is B4.

Also don't expect to win more than 3-4 games. And after you do you'll prbly go on a losing streak b/c you aren't good enough for that division. And then you'll get flamed for the next 10-15 games.

Yeah, ranked sucks for the first 15-20 games, but after that it's pretty fun.

SlythionJun 4, 20161 votes

way to be pessimistic for the new player man :/

Emerald FangJun 4, 20161 votes

I'm an honest person. Don't deceive the player by leaving them in the dark. Until you play your first 20 games, ranked sucks.

SlythionJun 4, 20161 votes

Nah but it was uncalled for and wasn't really relevant to the original post. Not only that but placements doesn't really suck that much (at least for me) when you know that the matches are just adjusting due to your rapidly changing mmr

Mistress ShyvanaJun 4, 20161 votes

I like how blunt you are. Sounds about what my friends tell me. Its pretty bad at first but it gets better.

kyocrisisJun 4, 20161 votes

I believe you start at 1200 mmr which is right now I believe high S5/S4ish.

Normal mmr doesn't count.

As with all ranked games, losses do more damage than wins count. Winning first then losing later seems to be better.

For first time if you go 50/50 or better you will probably get silver. After first time though even 50/50 or better can still get you bronze, not sure why though.

QC BEAST WALAJun 4, 20161 votes

okok

IcoTheMurderNov 5, 20171 votes

This season (7) I started ranked with 5-5 placements and I got bronze 3 dude. P.S. Last time I played ranked was back in the days at season 1 or 2 but as far as I remember, there wasnt any scale or something

BakedLotionJun 4, 20161 votes

If you've never played rank before, you can just win 4/10 and still get silver 5. I won 6/10 and got Silver 2 during my first season

DREADN0UGHTJun 4, 20161 votes

You start off with a baseline MMR of aproxiamtely 1200 (Silver 4)

Every game you play makes you win or lose roughly 100.

If you win all 10, you can get Gold 5 at most, from what I've heard, if you win 5, you get Silver 4, if you lose all, you get low bronze.

I don't suggest jumping into ranked games until you understand the basic mechanics of at least 4-5 champs per position that you main.

I know jumping into ranked games seems like a really exciting thing, but its the most common mistake from new players. You are better off playing a couple more games on norms first.

Bonne chance.

QuephaJun 4, 20161 votes

Your starting position in placements actually is determined by your normal MMR, but the actual placement matches can swing that around depending on their results.