Boards›Live Gameplay Balance

Low-level matchmaking

Marama·7/27/2014, 8:52:13 AM·3 votes·1,136 views

I have been leveling an ARAM account with a friend recently and have found that the matchmaking isn't making any sense.

I have faced several times now a team that is not just one level 30 paired with a low level, but two....Why would the match making not put these two groups of 30 and low level against each other instead of against me and my friend who are both in the low 20s....

One would think that that would be a much more fair match up. Just a really weird occurrence that I've been noticing. It's happened 3-4 times now and it's starting to get ridiculous. Going against a level 30 account as a low level just gives such a ridiculous advantage I do not find it fair.

Please fix low level match making.

2 Comments

Angry Monster7/27/2014, 9:47:10 AM2 votes

First off i hope riot deletes your ARAM account. That shit just pisses people off. Limiting your unlock characters so you have the best chances at certain champs is abusing the point.

Now your "problem", i be you have a decent record against level 20s on the smurf. So the system has said your skill level is now higher and giving you more challenging opponents.

MrSc0tty7/29/2014, 1:53:41 PM1 votes

MMR takes into account one thing. Wins and losses. If you make a smurf to "stomp lower levels" with your l337 sk1llz then your winrate will be high. So you'll be matched with players with more games played with higher MMR until your winrate stabilizes to 50%.

Low level matchmaking is broken for the opposite reason you're complaining about-it doesn't filter out people like you fast enough.