Should I avoid playing ranked for a while after the season starts?
When the season starts everyone's MMR gets pulled in towards the average, and you play 10 matches to get yourself assigned.
This means though that all the challenger, diamond, gold etc players have all been pulled down to artificially low MMR.
Myself as a silver player have 4 people on my team that may get the diamond player, but 5 people on the other team that may get that diamond player.
Does the fact that there are more bronze players than diamond counteract that tendency or is it "safer" to wait for a while before playing ranked and get a more consistent mix of players in each game?
It seems to me that early on you're going to end up with a lot of cases where a diamond ends up vs a bronze in lane and the resulting destruction will then skew the entire game making your performance much less significant.
Best Answer
While you're true that the mmr is changed when the season starts, it does not change that much. I was Gold 5 and last season I still played with basically the same players maybe a Plat here and there. As you are in Silver, I do not think you would be matched with a Diamond. I wouldn't really think waiting would change where you would be ranked too much.
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Should I play ranked When season starts?
Playing ranked during preseason allows you to familiarise yourself with the new additions and changes while continuing to improve as a player. The main objective is to give yourself the best chance of getting a good start when the new season begins.What happens if you play ranked after the season ends?
The block of time after one season ends and before another begins is called the preseason. You'll still be able to enter the Ranked queue during this time, but you won't receive any rewards for climbing to new tiers. Your MMR, however, will continue to change, so do your future self a favor and play to win!At what time should I play ranked?
You should start playing ranked when you develop the mindset that losing is learning and acknowledge your mistakes. Also, you need the mindset that you are better than all of your teammates. You can't get to high ranks only supporting, you have to learn to lead your team.What happens if you play ranked in pre season?
Divisions Gained In Preseason COUNT! But the ranked doesn't reset HARD. It does a so-called SOFT reset for everyone, meaning every player's MMR is reset by a chunk only, meaning that if you went up 5 divisions in the preseason, you will place significantly higher with the SAME score.EVERYTHING You MUST Know BEFORE Starting Ranked in Season 11 - League of Legends
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