Winning KDA?

Silent Bob US·10/13/2014, 7:48:17 PM·1 votes·817 views

Is it possible to look at a KDA and determine whether the person should have a winning record?

For example, I am in Silver IV now (I got placed into Silver III) and I play Jungle Warwick for 75% of my games. My KDA with Warwick in Ranked play is 7.5/6.5/8.3, which strikes me as something which would have to be a winning KDA, because I have both more kills than deaths and more assists than deaths. And yet I am only winning around 44% of my games with Warwick.

Is there a calculator to say how many games you should be winning at a given position with a given KDA?

Is it just that Junglers have very good KDAs compared to laners? Perhaps if other people shared their KDAs, lanes, win rates and divisional rankings I can figure this out.

6 Comments

Jubbinaut10/13/2014, 7:58:28 PM2 votes

I don't like KDA as a measurement of anything. I think it's a silly statistic to pay attention to when determining how effective a player is being.

See, kills don't win games. Objectives do. Suicide Singed is actually a really good example of that, with a typically low KDA (rare kills, few assists, and relatively high number of deaths), but his ability to pressure objectives allows his team to make successful pushes and force unfavorable fights and trades.

Also, don't take my word for it, because I'm no expert, but averaging only 1 more kill than your deaths is not what I would consider a good KDA.

Sammander10/13/2014, 8:01:47 PM1 votes

Don't focus on KDA, it's a waste of time. Focusing on just about any other aspect of your game play would be better...

Tooth Burglar10/13/2014, 8:12:09 PM1 votes

2.4 isn't god awful but it certainly doesn't mean you're solo carrying and deserve wins because of that kda. The people that have already have posted are sort of right about kda not mattering because in the end all you need to do is kill the nexus.

However, limiting your deaths and maxing your kills and assists makes it a lot easier to win games.