TFT Climbing

Gamma Sector·Sep 13, 2019·1 votes·1,084 views

Why is it so hard to climb tft? I've climbed up to Silver 1, with only 1st/2nd place spots the past like 20 games, but man.... 28 lp per 1st place spot? And -40 something per 8th place spot? That's steep

7 Comments

Milo de VriesSep 13, 20191 votes

It doesn't work the way you think it does. LP changes based on who you are playing against. I've seen anything from 20 LP for 1st place up to 101. If the other 7 players are, on average, better than you, then you will be rewarded more for a win, punished less for a loss. If you are better, then you will be rewarded less, punished harder.

If you are stuck in silver, I would recommend you are probably focusing too much on rerolling to try to get the comp you want. Instead of relying on rng to get what will win 1st place if only you get it, think about what economy decisions you need to make in the midagme so that you can consistently come out in the top 5. If you can be 2nd - 5th in every single game, you can be in plat in under 40 games (I reached plat IV on game 39). If you get 1st half the time and 8th half the time, you won't level ever.

Gamma SectorSep 13, 20191 votes

In the last 22 games I've played the past 2 days, I've gotten 1st place in 14, 2nd place in 6, and 3rd place in 2. I'm not having any sort of issue climbing, I'm just saying, man I get no LP for 1st place anymore. I WAS getting around 38, now im only getting 28. It significantly increases the amount of games I have to grind out just to rank up

Milo de VriesSep 13, 20191 votes

"Why is it so hard to climb tft?" "I'm not having any sort of issue climbing"

Moving right past that, what interests me most about your comment is that if you have gotten 1st place in 64% of your recent games, top 3 in 100%, and you are telling the truth about these numbers, then you have clearly you aren't new, but created a alt account to restart from the bottom and work your way back up. And the game isn't giving you many points for it. So maybe you are just trolling, but if you are telling the truth, then it sounds like Riot has implemented a system that punishes smurfing. Interesting.

Gamma SectorSep 13, 20191 votes

No, this is my main account lol. Had this account since I started playing in season 5. TFT isn't hard, I found a challenger guide and listened to what it said. Not really too hard to climb through silver, people don't know shit about controlling their economy so it's pretty much free matches. I'm not complaining that its hard for ME to climb, i'm just saying that if I were to lose 2 matches i'd be demoted a whole rank, when it takes me 4 games to promote.

MrEndsSep 13, 20191 votes

lol wait till you get to plat you can lose up to 86 lp for getting last place and gain like 38 for getting first

Gamma SectorSep 14, 20191 votes

jeeeeeesus. I just took a dive in a match to see if it would somehow mix my mmr and I think it worked. Went from getting 28 LP per win now back to 38

HopeskiSep 14, 20191 votes

Agreed! I just posted about it also! I landed number 7 because of course shapeshifter buff and glacial buff on enemy side, and lost 58 LP! But I can land in the top 3 and only get 5-15. It's a serious issue.