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Ranked/MMR Help ... A Simple Player Trying to Understand MMR and Placement

ołly··2 votes·988 views

WILL UPDATE AS MORE PLACEMENTS ARE COMPLETED

So, I've been playing a little bit of ranked recently. Just a little. Doing my placements, that sort of thing. I just really need some help in understanding how I'm going to get placed, what affects it, and so on.

I've been playing ranked since Season 3. Season 3 - Bronze 4 Season 4 - Bronze 4 Season 5 - Bronze 2

Not sure which ones are still affecting me, but I believe those are the ranks I obtained. In my (almost) 4 years of playing this game, I've improved a lot, yet I've never been keen on ranked. Although it sounds sad, my life goal is Silver. I will be happy forever with Silver. But, sadly, my placements aren't going too well.

I've done 4 matches.

Ahri - 23/7/6, 17k, 180cs : LOSS Ezreal - 15/5/11, 20k, 308cs : LOSS Caitlyn - 11/3/11, 13k, 170cs : WIN (surrender) Ashe - 19/6/7, 20k, 281cs, Pentakill : LOSS Tristana - 11/4/9, 15k, 221cs : WIN Fizz - 4/8/2, 5.9k, 56cs : LOSS (this hurts my soul) Caitlyn - 6/1/10, 8.5k, 112cs : WIN (surrender)

It's making me upset that my teammates are dragging me down. In every single game I've played so far, I feel as if I have pulled my weight, yet others are taking it so light-heartedly. By this alone, I already know I won't be placed in Silver, because of the overall losses. I'm wondering.. Does my individual performance effect my MMR? Especially in these situations, where I've done fairly well each time.

I look forward to reading your responses, as I'm really curious about my situation. I do understand that it is a team game, yet I feel as though my individual performance should at least make an impact on where I get placed.

Thanks for reading, -Centaxyx (aka, PoodleOfThePit)

13 Comments

CLG Factor1 votes

stomped hella hard on my placements and got bronze 5 tho

ołly1 votes

That always stinks.. Sorry :C

cuddlykitten41 votes

You could just finish your placements and not have to wonder.

ołly1 votes

The main point of this post i to help me understand the MMR system, but I did kinda obscure the point a bit.

cuddlykitten41 votes

Get higher rank, get higher MMR. Best way to grasp it is to just monitor your MMR there are various sites that allow this, you'll just have to look around for the one that you like since they're all fairly different.

ołly1 votes

Thank you!

Opportunistic1 votes

If you are losing that many but still doing well kda wise you may be doing something wrong. Kills don't mean a whole lot. Objectives do. Ive had games in the past where I went 36 n 0 with Katrina but because i only knew how to win fights i lost the game because i wasn't helping to take towers or inhibs. I was just focused on killing. Ive recently had games where i fed pretty hard but still win because i know when to live and die protecting carries ir towers and also taking towers. My suggestion is review your games with lolrecorder and see if you could have done something different. Honestly you're getting bronze 5 even if you would have won all ten.

ołly1 votes

Both the Ahri and Ezreal game were lost because somebody had to go. Shen had to go, so he threw himself intentionally into the enemy team and got us all killed because of the way he had positioned his taunt. Nasus just ended up leaving, and we 4v5 lost. Ashe game was lost because team didn't follow on my calls of getting towers. I can see why each game was lost and I can understand every persons contribution to the loss (especially my own, ie mispositioned, dumb plays, bad calls, etc). I don't think I'll get as bad of a rank as Bronze 5, not impossible, but I've never been placed there, and only dropped once because of a duo with a friend who wasn't great. Either way, Bronze 5 was fun AF because I never lost a game there. But, alas, thank you for the advice. I'll review my games a lot closer and analyze them deeper. Have a good day :D

Opportunistic1 votes

I wasn't saying b5 to be an ass. I was serious. If you were bronze 1 even last year. You start b5 unless you won all 10 then you get b4. I was silver 5 at end of season, s4 in preseason won 4 games outa ten and got b4. My friend finished silver one end of season. Started b1 after placements. And he won 8 outa 10. Like i said, i wasn't being an ass. Whether you like it or not you're starting b5

Fallenliam1 votes

OK so with 4 games and a 3 loss 1 win rate your most likely going to get B5. Not being mean but with everyone LOSING mmr from the reset and your last season placement (that is the only one affecting you) it seems impossible for you to get higher. If you win the rest in a row you might get B4. Your performance in a match doesn't matter. Only whether you win or lose. Surrendering won't make you lose more mmr. Dodging will. Win streaks and loss streaks matter. all of this comes together to make your mmr. Also The enemy mmr so winning against higher mmr will net you more while losing to lower mmr will lose you more.

Sorry about the afkers. report and hope they get banned. Those loses still count and the game won't take into account that people afked.

ołly1 votes

Thank you for explaining it. I find it kind of hard to believe I'd be placed in Br 5, I think Br 4 at the lowest, but hey, I don't know much.

Thrëat1 votes

Your MMR right now is between Bronze 4 and Bronze 3 ( This is not an assumption, but fact based on your current opponents ). Winning more will make it go up, losing more will make it go down.

ołly1 votes

Thanks!

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