Should I be duo-queuing ranked?

ValyrianBlade·9/10/2015, 7:29:56 PM·1 votes·657 views

Game after game I typically am the most fed player on the map, or a close second. Game after game, no one else on my team can get anywhere close to matching the two best players on the enemy team.

I'm far below a 50% win rate. I consistently get excellent K/D/As, often have more than 100 more farm than anyone else on the map if I'm adc (and if I'm jungle typically have a high gank success rate), I focus objectives over kills most of the time (admittedly I've made mistakes chasing a few times), and overall feel like the way I'm playing and the fact that I'm fed in the large majority of my games should result in a win rate of about as much above 50% as I am actually below 50%.

I'm attributing it to luck. My sample size is incredibly small, we're talking like 30 games, 10 of which were placements that I went 8-2 in (yes, despite an 8-2 start and 30 games total I'm well below 50% win rate). I figure it's mostly bad luck that the good top/mid seems to always be on the enemy team and that as adc/jungle the enemy top/mid who gets fed can beat me if I'm equally fed. I know I make mistakes, I know I miss skillshots and don't always make the perfect decision, etc... but I think overall I'm better than the elo I'm at. I figure eventually it should even out and those tops and mids should end up on my team and I should go on winning streaks similar to the losing streaks I get on.

I'm not asking for a duo-partner here. I'm just wondering - is duo-queue the logical choice to break this kind of funk? Get a top/mid main who consistently gets leads as well, and share the burden of carrying? I'm hesitant because duo-queue artificially raises your MMR for matchmaking and I already am consistently matched against enemies that are better than my allies (if I duo will the difference be even worse in the remaining lane?).

9 Comments

Serevas9/10/2015, 7:40:42 PM1 votes

Actually an artificial MMR bump isn't necessarily a bad thing.

The MMR of the games you play in increase, so theoretically in addition to getting better skilled opponents, you should also get increasingly more skilled teammates. Again that's entirely theoretical, but it's the way it should work.

I'm personally a fan of the duo system, especially since I'm in bronze, it just gives you a better chance of winning the game by making it so you have one less random that you may or may not be able to depend on to perform properly.

Tyren9/10/2015, 7:49:11 PM1 votes

I'm seeing a lot of talk about kda. How is your objective control?

Eggstealer9/11/2015, 1:21:11 PM1 votes

Duo isn't good because when they leave you or you out rank them you will be alone again and drop to where to truly belong. solo queue is the only way to get the rank you actually deserve to be at in my opinion.