Demoted after 1 single lose at 0lp?

Arvenas·8/7/2016, 5:06:41 PM·8 votes·3,285 views

After a 8 games win streak i made it out of d1 and reached master tier.Ive played few more games and i got to 40lp and then lost few games -->back to 0.After I lost 1 single f**ing game at lp 0 i got demoted to d1 50lp.Im just done with this ranked system.

9 Comments

J4 Ulted Mexico8/7/2016, 5:07:34 PM1 votes

You got demoted to D5!?! Might be worth it just to stay in D1.

Renascent8/7/2016, 6:42:14 PM1 votes

Arvenas, all it takes is one loss at 0LP after playing at least 3 times in Masters to demote; you no longer have the same 'grace period' as previous ranks after reaching Masters.

Quoted from the League wiki: However, one will demote out of Masters into Diamond I after playing at least 3 games, then losing with 0LP.

http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/League_system

Drugoth8/7/2016, 7:00:11 PM1 votes

I think you're only safe at 0lp when you first get promoted into that tier. Once you get some wins and get yourself above 0lp you're no longer safe. I think it worked as intended in your case. It sucks hard but I'm pretty sure that's how it is.

Xolotyl8/8/2016, 4:44:33 AM1 votes

There's no set number of games that you're safe with at 0 LP. It all depends on your MMR which probably took a decent hit when you lost a few in a row. I've lost 6 in a row at 0 and didn't get demoted and I've been demoted after a loss where I had more than 0 LP. It sucks that you got demoted but it's been that way for several seasons.

Elikain8/8/2016, 10:03:55 AM1 votes

40lp and then lost few games -->back to 0

I seriously doubt a couple of losses in Master tier are only costing you few LP. It also depends if it was in a single day or you've played on 0 LP after a day or two. Master+ has different constraints than D1- and their LP decays faster than the rest of the Tiers. Simply because Master and Challenger are high level competitive tiers and wanting to stay there requires daily ranked effort to prevent you from decaying.

Your account was probably in danger of decaying and the safeguard (instant tier demotion is not possible and you are shielded for a couple of games on 0 LP after reaching a new tier) was removed, so one loss on 0 LP resulted in a demotion to D1.

I honestly don't know if the demotion shielding for Master and Challenger tiers is the same as in D1- but taking into account that this is the high level competitive environment, it might very well be tuned very lightly or it doesn't exist at all.