Can I get demoted from silver to bronze

Machine Gun Jinx·Jul 2, 2015·1 votes·1,512 views

I just finally got into silver and was wondering if you can lose tiers as in will I ever be at threat of being in bronze again. I hope not I have worked to hard for this

7 Comments

OhBoyItsaMegamanJul 2, 20152 votes

You cannot get demoted from division V unless your MMR is a full tier below your rank. So, in Silver V, you are safe from demotion unless you lose enough games to sink down to Bronze V MMR.

It is important to note, however, that even with Silver V showing on your profile, you will be considered Bronze for matchmaking purposes if you just lose a game or two. Reaching Silver does not protect you from losing MMR and playing with Bronze players again.

EleshakaiJul 2, 20151 votes

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You cannot get demoted from division V unless your MMR is a full tier below your rank. So, in Silver V, you are safe from demotion unless you lose enough games to sink down to Bronze V MMR.

It is important to note, however, that even with Silver V showing on your profile, you will be considered Bronze for matchmaking purposes if you just lose a game or two. Reaching Silver does not protect you from losing MMR and playing with Bronze players again.

What this guy said.

You can't decay down at silver from inactivity, but if you lose enough games and your MMR drops to ~Bronze 5 and keep losing, you'll fall down to Bronze again.

And your MMR, not your rank, determines who you play against... so if you lose games you will end up playing against players below you in rank.

Baritone HornJul 2, 20151 votes

I'm in Bronze I trying to get into silver. This is a good question that I would love to know the answer to

disregardableJul 2, 20151 votes

Yes, if you lose a game at Silver V with 0 LP.

TerntJul 2, 20151 votes

Yes, you can, but it's sort of difficult. There's a lot of factors that go into it. I know a buddy who lost 6 games in a row with 0 LP on Silver V and didn't get demoted. If you keep your MMR above the Silver V threshold, you will unlikely ever get demoted. But if you are playing at lets say a 1000 MMR, which is like Bronze 1, and you are Silver V and lose 3 on 0 LP, you would probably get demoted.