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Positional Ranks - People "trying" out roles

D3ath1y·2/13/2019, 2:44:23 AM·2 votes·3,392 views

So I am a bad player and in silver in basically every role, but it seems like over half my games I get people who are not even placed yet in the roles they are playing. they are just "trying out other lanes". So do I just dodge the game where my mid and top have played a combined 8 games in their roles on accounts over level 100 this season? I'll never get to play with the dodge timers and I only have 1 alt account.

I thought the new positional ranks would be cool, but it just seems like everyone doesn't give a crap about ranked now because they aren't playing their main roles 60%+ of the time or they can splash the lp back up.

4 Comments

Kei1432/13/2019, 2:55:29 AM2 votes

When they are playing a role they don't main in, they are playing at a lower MMR, so their match making is easier.

If they were in your game and haven't played much in that role, it would mean that their main is a much higher rank, so you can probably count on their map awareness, understanding of macro and positioning in team fights.

My personal example; I'm a silver2 support, but my mid rank is bronze3. While I may not know the specific lane matchups, I can still ward effectively and can still tell others of where the enemy jungler is.