Seriously the Grading System for Supports is BULLCRAP

CarameI Frappe·Jun 16, 2016·7 votes·964 views

Playing as Support Nami
Only need one more token to get Mastery 7
Ended up with the score 3 / 0 / 28
Attended every dragon, and helped with 2 Barons
Warded along with buying multiple pink wards
Over 80% kill participation over the 40 minute game
Get an S- Grade

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ARE YOU FREAKEN KIDDING ME RIOT???? Ok, like .... the flying hell guys? I had a perfect KDA and warded like crazy. I did everything and I mean everything by the book to qualify myself an S or higher, with NO DEATHS. How the blazing crap did I not earn an S or S+ ??? If i'm being salty or spoiled, fine. But come on, how can I do better then that? This tilts me so freaken hard you wouldn't even know.

11 Comments

theDeblinJun 18, 20163 votes

3/0/28 in a 40-minute game isn't all that exceptional for a Nami. It's good, but it's the high end of one standard deviation good.

What I found getting 7 on another champion that has annoyingly consistent stats (Heimer) is that the S only really comes when you're not just doing well, but your enemy is continually screwing up as well. Just doing well in itself isn't going to set you apart from the 90% of players that focus on a champ they also know well.

You might try taking Nami into an odd role or something (e.g. top or jungle) in a couple unranked games to see if you can beat her averages in roles no one usually plays except as a joke.

HeartageJun 18, 20163 votes

Yeaaaah. I got my 7 on Soraka exclusively through playing Soraka mid any time there was a Yasuo on the enemy team, lol.

I very rarely seem to even get S when I play support, even if I do stupidly well like the scores you've mentioned.

CarameI FrappeJun 18, 20161 votes

Ohhhhhhh nice! Congrats on reaching Mastery 7 with Soraka man.

Guess I might have to do that, even if it's seen as trolling because .... Leona top? Nami mid? ... I don't think i'll even manage well, because they're meant to be played as Supports. That's not to say they can't manage but having a Leona vs a Vladimir would NOT go well, at all.

Brimaz The KingJun 16, 20162 votes

Just KS a few more kills.

CarameI FrappeJun 16, 20161 votes

I've always felt as a Support, you shouldn't steal kills from your allies because despite it would help you purchase Sighstone / Key items faster, you aren't going to be doing the damage to win team fights like your ADC or other laners would. The fact I have to be selfish in order to get a higher grade as a Support seems mighty flawed to me ... also how is 3 kills with 3 / 0 / 28 not enough to get an S though?? So baffling man.

TheEvilQueen135Jun 16, 20162 votes

you're def not being spoiled. everyone thinks its "so easy" to get an s as a support but it's f-ing hard!! we need kills but we're not supposed to get kills. to get my level 7 on sona after sightstone and frost queens i had to go ap and actually try and take kills from teammates. it needs to be changed. riot said here: http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/gameplay/state-season-mid-season-followup that they're going to try and work on it

Brimaz The KingJun 16, 20162 votes

I feel you. They are changing the support rating next patch. I was just trying to put a band aid on your question. Also late game when your allies have full build you need to KS to catch up.

CarameI FrappeJun 18, 20161 votes

My recent game with Nami ... 0 / 1 / 43 and I still get an S-

Congrats Riot, i'm just about done with your game now. No point in trying to get S or above as a Support when the grading is beyond stupid.

Lucian WaifuJun 17, 20162 votes

Jungle is the same way. Can get a perfect KDA but if I don't have high enough cs I will never even get an S-. This happens every game I play as sej jungle because I don't like taxing the lanes. :/

CarameI FrappeJun 17, 20161 votes

.. Dude, i'm so sorry. That's freaken terrible- Riot needs to fix that crap. Why does a Jungler need CS for a better grade anyways when they're doing their job of stealing dragon, baron, and ganking lanes? That's pretty ... ugh. Best of luck to us in getting our mastery 7 mate.

Dangerous ManJun 16, 20161 votes

Yeah going 3/0/15 and getting S- is so unfair.

Do good man. I'm pretty sure I heard the system graded you if you were in the top 5-15% I don't remember. So if you play Quinn and all other Quinn players go 20/0 every game you'll have to go 60/0 or something (This is exaggerated but whatever)