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Refresh me on how MMR works

Arkiece·7/18/2015, 5:10:11 PM·1 votes·804 views

So to give you guys some context, I am in plat 5, and I was plat 4 a couple months ago, but I broke my hand and couldn't play, so I let my account decay to gold 1. When I got back I quickly got a promo and got back to plat. From there on, I've had ridiculously bad MMR. I haven't been doing spectacular, but I certainly haven't lost more than I've won since I came back. Regardless, I am gaining 15 lp per win and losing 23. Why? I haven't been doing that bad. I've had lose streaks but I've also had win streaks. Recently I won 6 games in a row, all for 14-15 lp, lose one, and lose 23 lp. Could someone explain how the system works to me, and why my MMR is so terrible? Also, could someone tell me what I have to do to break the trend/raise my MMR? like...should I get myself to gold 3 so I can win some and maybe get my MMR proportionate again? I just ask because I've not only gotten to promos but would have on many other occasions if I just didn't lose so much lp per loss, and it's REALLY frustrating.

2 Comments

Arkiece7/18/2015, 6:20:46 PM1 votes

bump

EL HAMSTERO7/18/2015, 6:39:40 PM1 votes

to raise your mmr you have to go on a winstreak and then maintain 50% winrate afterwards.

every match you win you gain about 20 MMR. when you lose you lose 20. so if you want to raise your mmr you need to go on a winstreak and not go on a losing streak afterwards. when you are at the correct mmr you will win and lose 50%.

in your match history you have been playing a lot of gold 2 players. so you are probably about 100MMR below plat 5. if you can get 5 or 6 more wins than losses your MMR will climb back to plat 5 level and you should start to gain as much LP for wins as you lose on losses. then with your MMR at that level you have to keep winning 50% to maintain it. a losing streak will put you back where you started - gold 2 MMR.