How many loses at 0 LP before you get demoted?

Wild Wes·Oct 12, 2016·3 votes·67,176 views

In Gold 5 just dropped to 0 LP so upset with ranked 1/10 Tryndamere really want the Maokai skin but don't want to get demoted so how many games will I lose before I get demoted to silver 1?

17 Comments

AmelieOct 12, 20164 votes

It depends on your current MMR. It can be 3 games, it can be 10+ games.

Wild WesOct 12, 20161 votes

What's the minimum games lost?

Mysticman89Oct 12, 20161 votes

Minimum would be 1, assuming you weren't freshly promoted to gold (and thus would have immunity) if you have a trash mmr.

You'd not really at risk for demotion from a tier until your have a mmr a full tier below, and unless you're finding yourself in a lot of games with silver 4 people currently, I wouldn't worry.

Wild WesOct 12, 20161 votes

How can I tell what my MMR is?

EndlessSorcererOct 12, 20161 votes

OP.GG (and other sites) will provide approximations. However, Riot doesn't expose your actual MMR and it can't been seen.

Mysticman89Oct 12, 20161 votes

You can't find out exactly, but you can use third party approximations from sites like op.gg, and in practice you can usually tell by the ranks of those you're matched with (although that's pretyt rough as well).

If you're consistently being matched with silver 4/3 people it'd be a sign your mmr is in the silver 4 ballpark, which is get close to the silver 5 mmr threshold for getting demoted from gold.

DrCyanideOct 12, 20162 votes

Don't chance it. I lost 1 game at 0 LP at Silver 1 (had been higher for a few games) and got dropped back to Silver 2.

TalisidOct 12, 20161 votes

that is a different threshold from getting demoted from Gold 5 to Silver 1. There's sort of a safety net mechanism to stop you from dropping to a lower tier.

FlahertyOct 12, 20161 votes

I believe you have to have the mmr of Silver 5 and lose to get demoted. So A LOT of games.

Wild WesOct 12, 20161 votes

Wait why do I have the MMR of a Silver 5? I'm Gold 5...

Zane ZephyrOct 12, 20161 votes

Your MMR has to drop to the level of a silver 5, then you will get demoted when you lose.

FlahertyOct 12, 20161 votes

It used to be that you could never get demoted from plat/gold/silver 5 etc. Now you can, but you have to lose so much that your mmr is the same as a tier below the one your are.