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@Riot - MMR Clamping ~D5?

GundayMonday·3/30/2015, 3:17:23 PM·2 votes·2,310 views
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Question about the LP system for you Riot.

Was ~D2 at the end of the preseason. Grinded back up to Diamond a month or two ago after the reset and have been stuck at D5, 0 LP. Was gaining/losing ~20-30 LP per game, but now I'm getting +8-13 LP per win, and then something like - 25-30 LP per loss. Had to string a 10 game win streak together for my D4 promo series and then had a few 4v5s and fell back to 50LP. This has been going on for a month or so and ~100 games.

Kind of confused because I have a positive win loss ratio and thought the mmr system would be matching me with equally skilled opponents. Very confused why I'm unable to gain any LP. Frustrating to win 3 games in a row to get to 27 LP, lose one game when my mid laner randomly rage quits, and then be right back at zero. Not a great experience.

A few of my friends are complaining about this as well. Is the system working correctly?

If I'm where I should be, is there anything I can do differently to change the LP gains? Do I need to win 200 more games than I lose? Can I be matched with higher ranked opponents? Used to playing with/against master/challenger players, so not scared of competition.

I enjoy playing tanks and supports that make my teammates better. And it's hard to have fun with this playstyle when my teammates don't try to win or lack basic game knowledge. I mean, I had a teammate yesterday ask me what to build on Corki because he's never played adc before (this was in a ranked game). Do I really have to learn and start playing full damage Lee Sin? Please don't make me sink this low Riot!

Takes a lot of fun out of ranked where progress is 1 step forward (with 3 wins), 3 steps back (with 1 loss). Please let me know what's going on here and if there's anything I can do to break the cycle. Starting to get demoralized :'(

22 Comments

S H A Y C 03/30/2015, 3:46:09 PM1 votes

There is something not right, and im unsure as to why nothing has been done about it.

Mirelyght3/30/2015, 4:19:00 PM1 votes

huh....usually one of the major selling points of ranking up is to play WITH better players vs better players. its kind of disheartening to see that the same old same old trash is happening in diamond.

SanKakU3/30/2015, 4:21:08 PM1 votes

I have kind of the opposite story but it ends in a similar fashion. Didn't do as well as I would've liked in the calibration series of 10, first time ever playing ranked, got Silver 3 and have had bronze allies every game or duo queue silver/gold for all my losses. Like nobody cares if you're duo queue higher than solo queue. Put duos with trios and this kind of problem will fix itself. I got booted to Silver 5 with 0 LP and I'm stuck here. I've been playing, so it's not like I'm getting demoted, but I get the same thing as you where I can't gain LP. I'm currently at 41 percent win rate and it's not really getting higher or lower.

Repetition for clarity: Put duos with trios and this kind of problem will fix itself. Put duos with trios and this kind of problem will fix itself.

SanKakU3/30/2015, 5:01:09 PM1 votes

Well, maybe they changed it so that everyone doesn't get normal LP gains anymore.