What exactly does "Loss Prevented" mean?

AChou1030·Nov 16, 2014·1 votes·615 views

Can somebody please explain what it exactly means and what is the cause of this? Thanks.

7 Comments

balbraakselNov 16, 20141 votes

It means that something went wrong on Riot's part so Riot made all matches played during that time a loss prevented.

BeatzBoyFTWNov 16, 20141 votes

When Riot's server has gone haywire causing people to disconnect, Riot will permit all disconnecting matches concerning Riot's server a "Loss Prevention" if the team lost. With the loss prevention on, I think you will lose less LP or stay safe without losing any LP.

But I wouldn't trust this function, as it never really works 100% of the time when you're lagging with such a fine high speed internet.

GnomeDigestNov 16, 20141 votes

It means next to nothing. Its just Riot giving you the illusion that somehow the effects of your loss were mitigated due to their crappy servers/service. The reality is however that it doesnt stop you from losing MMR for the loss, which is the only stat that really matters in League.

So it means nothing other than Riot is comfortable deceiving players.

JunkοNov 16, 20141 votes

So if you would be demoted for the loss, got loss prevented and then won 3 games of a row, that means it did nothing?

Still i found it really stupid, i had the enemy team get loss prevented multiple times during a completely lag free game, but when my entire team keeps disconnecting and getting ping spikes (and enemy team admits it too) i never get loss prevented.

GnomeDigestNov 16, 20141 votes

Occasionally it can have an impact like that I suppose but thats pretty rare. Saving you LP loss sometimes matters if you are close to promotion or demotion but your rise and fall on the ladder is really based on your MMR more than anything else and loss prevented doesnt protect that. It can also help you mitigate a loss in a promotion series which is probably its most significant effect. But given that the overwhelming number of your games are not going to be in that situation its rare that it helps you.

And in normals the only effect of win/loss is your normal MMR so in those instances it does literally nothing, yet Riot still issues loss prevented anyway, again, to offer the illusion that they actually did something, when in reality they didnt.

JunkοNov 16, 20141 votes

True. It still does something in normal games - it lessens the IP both teams gain. That's really beneficial! It's like they are punishing us for the issues.

Pinker 10Nov 16, 20141 votes

It means the server's have been laggin for 3+ hours, and riot turned on LP most likely in the last 30 minutes or so.