I am having a hard time climbing emerald ranks and i’ve read that others are having the same issues aswell. Recently after hitting emerald 3 my lp gains dropped dramatically even though i had 59% winrate, after that my games have become an utter mess with people straight not caring about winning and just running it down.

And the problem isn’t just constant inters but smurfs and players who ranked masters and are now climbing, but are matched in emerald games.
I’d like to know what has been this community’s experience.

  • StetinacB
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    1 year ago

    I got -20lp +28lp in d3. When I got to d2 i got -28lp + 20lp.

    If I have too high mmr for D3 but too low for D2. Where am I susposed to play?

  • ZealousidealYak7122B
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    1 year ago

    because league ranking system is designed in a way it prevents you from climbing ( willingly or not from the devs).

    the correct system should be like your winrate is more than 50% -> you net lp gain is positive -> you get to a higher rank -> you get better people in your games -> your winrate comes down to 50%. -> your net lp becomes 0
    thats how well designed systems are, make you rank up/down to reduce/increase your winrate and make it 50% to make your net score (lp here) gain near 0.

    but in league, it works as you have over 50% winrate -> your net lp gain is positive -> you rank up a bit -> it awards you with less lp for wins and costs you more lp on losses so your net lp gains become 0 - > you are now somewhere between the rank you deserve based on your skill and where you started.
    this way, league ranking system makes your net lp gain equal to 0 while your winrate is not 50% and is higher/lower, thats where it fails to be an actual ranking system.

    solution: dont play ranked. as simple as it is. league ranked will not let you rank up without tons of grinding which with some unknown mechanisms breaks the original rule and somehow lets you rank up ( maybe if you buy a skin? who knows? they arent open about it. if they dont do it now, there will be a day they secretly break the rule for you and let you rank up). just play normal draft and enjoy the game