Hello,
I just did my s5 placements (new level 30). I went 2-8, and ended up in... Silver 5? How does the placing system work? My theory is that I actually was doing well individually in the games I lost... For example, in my last placement match I went 17-6-5 as Irelia, but we lost. Any explanation to how placements work would be great. Thanks in advance!
Swagimus Prime1 votesThey made placements more forgiving. Sure your stats may have helped, but usually you need to lose 9 or 10 games to end up in bronze these days.
Akaterina1 votes[{quoted}](name=ELG Wakka,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=ot7E6UI7,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2016-01-17T14:45:34.181+0000)
They made placements more forgiving. Sure your stats may have helped, but usually you need to lose 9 or 10 games to end up in bronze these days.
Not sure why people keep saying this... I went like 7-3 and ended up in bronze 4.
Swagimus Prime1 votesThats rough. I guess your norm mmr must have been really low.
Akaterina1 votes[{quoted}](name=ELG Wakka,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=ot7E6UI7,comment-id=000000000000,timestamp=2016-01-17T15:52:08.784+0000)
Thats rough. I guess your norm mmr must have been really low.
Dunno last 4 seasons I havn't gone less than 6-4 and I've never been placed in silver, had to work towards it every season.
disregardable1 votesDid you duo with a higher ranked player?
Generous Player1 votesI solo queued for every game
Dedrius1 votesPretty sure individual performance has nothing to do with your rank after placements (could be wrong but I am fairly certain this is the case). If you played last season, your previous season's MMR has an effect on where you are placed this season (AKA I had a plat/diamond MMR S4, went 2-8 in placements and got placed in gold 3 season 5).
If this is your first ranked experience, possibly your normals could have some effect on the initial MMR of the players you are facing in placements which would effect your elo but that is less certain.
Pantheon Forever1 votesPersonal stats don't matter in terms of cs or kda for placements. however if you have a duo and there rank matters as well as your normal mmr for placements.
Project omen1 votesYour placement is affected by the rank of your opponents and your team. If you have a team with a lower rank than the enemy in one of your placement matches and you win, you have higher chances to get placed to a higher division, and vice versa. If both your team and the enemy team are in about the same division (let's say between silver IV and II) and you win, you will have a chance to get placed there. Your score in the game will not affect your placement in any way.
RogueWill1 votesYour first placement depends mostly on wether your win or lose your first game as it draws a base line from there. If you lose your first game, next game you are matched against lower elo and you start " climbing" from there. So...If you were placed against lets said a bunch on Gold 5 on first game and won and then started to lose then your MMR will still end up high since it draw your base line so high and then you started to lose 15lp or so per game dropping you a few tiers.
Generous Player1 votesThat's very odd... I was actually matched against high silvers and golds my first game. However, I lost the first 6, then proceeded to win, lose, win, lose. Maybe Rito just likes me?
JRobin311 votesIt is only ten games, which is not sufficient to place you relative to others skill-wise so don't put too much on being placed in the most populous division in the game. There are many factors, but one thing we can say for sure is that your "doing well" in a game (such as having a good KDA) isn't one of those factors. You being new to the game is one of those factors. Maybe you should have waited until the season started (Jan. 20) before doing your placement matches.