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Kalista is a new answer to an old question

Cozarkian·11/21/2014, 1:33:47 PM·1 votes·614 views

That question is:

Why doesn't Riot base MMR on how well you did in a game, like K/D/A?

edit: Okay, clearly I was far too subtle. Many people who erroneously think they are better than their match-made teams present the idea of basing rank off KDA. The old answer, as outlined below, is that KDA isn't a good measure, but certain people refuse to believe that answer.

Kalista now forces those individuals to recognize that KDA isn't a fair measure, because Kalista's bad decisions can directly impair the KDA of her soulbound ally. It wouldn't be fair to implement a system that punishes players for having bad Kalista's on their team. Thus, the answer to the question "why won't Riot base MMR off KDA" is "Kalista."

6 Comments

disregardable11/21/2014, 1:43:12 PM1 votes

Because there are a lot of measures of a good teammate that can't be tracked by statistics. The best way to tell how good you are at winning a game is to win the game.

Zen Fury11/21/2014, 2:58:36 PM1 votes

You don't win games by your K/D/A ratio. You win games by destroying the enemy Nexus. K/D/A is a worthless measure of performance. In fact, it's worse than worthless since so many people measure their LoLpene by it and then wonder why they're still stuck in bronze.

Bogey118511/21/2014, 2:59:24 PM1 votes

Agreed. Not sure what Kalista has to do with the question, but just look at supports that regularly go 1/6/20 or something similar. Looks like a poor performance, but the support did his or her job perfectly!