Here is a comment by Riot EvrMoar, a ranked developer: This includes.Ī) baiting people on entry to preserve your death tollī) playing site exit on a bomb explosion (exit frags) without trying to push siteĬ) playing only flank all game to receive a statistically safer KDA (generally less deaths, more consistent single kills per round) This is independent of rank and individual player quality.Ģ) 'KDA padding' becomes an issue when it is significant part of the reward function for rank increase. This is also set up to avoid some (arguably) large issues with KDA being a poor indicator of total 'ranking'.ġ) Some agents (Phoenix, Reyna) statistically have higher KDA's on average than others (Sage, Cypher). This is set up to be able to quickly allow players to find their individually performing level at first, then prove their rank based on the much more consistent metric of win/loss ratio. Afterwards, rating is almost exclusively decided by win/loss and your team score round difference (the effect of performance is higher in low ELO and cuts off around Diamond). Individual performance is only a large factor in your rating changes at the start of your ranked “career” (approximately the first 15 games). That is the way the ranked system was created and how most online competitive ranked ladders are formulated. You will always lose rating on a loss and win rating on a win.

Rating change is first and foremost decided by win/loss (and by how many rounds). I don't doubt if you are trying to improve and practicing effectively that you will climb. I'm sorry you've felt hardstuck, but remember everyone is on their own ranked journey. Realistically you will get there if you truly belong at that rank, you are in the same set of rules as all of the other players. Yes, ranked can be upsetting when you want to climb, or want a certain rank. Our goal is to create a system that finds your true skill. The system does not want you to game it, or try to manipulate it, and will push against you if you start to get too far away from where it thinks you belong. Yes, technically you will get a small bump in win MMR by just chain winning games but there is still a performance factor. That means that the only way to truly climb is to actually get better and skill out of low ranks, increasing your performance MMR. The system can tell if your win MMR is high, but your performance MMR is low. It's very easy to have a group of friends boost you to a rank you may not belong in, by feeding you wins etc. Unfortunately, because we let people group up to 5 and because shooters are much easier to carry then say a moba - we have to be a little more aggressive with your Ranked Rating. This was the case in the arrow system as well, you just didn't see it(or people just complained about getting 3 arrows down and only 1 up). I've seen people talk about this, being frustrated that wins are worth less then losses. You are the constant factor in your ranked matches, start improving and you will get more points! That is why your performance bonus in Ranked Rating is only weighed against yourself and your average performance. Valorant is not only about being a great slayer, depending on your agent it can be about enabling your teammates. The other points about certain agents having higher KDA, which is why we don't use that as a major factor for rank is very true. If you improve, changing where you belong, you will get pushed upwards. Rank cares about finding your your true skill, the only way that is possible is by testing you at where it thinks you belong and pushing you exactly to that spot. Every game is changing your MMR, so by having good games that is how you will raise your MMR, which will increase your RR gains, which will help you climb. But by having those insane games you are increasing your hidden MMR.

Just like you don't want to be punished for having a game where teammates may throw/tilt, we can't overly reward you for having an insane game either. Unfortunately, one game is just one game in you career. We don't know if players just fed you kills in their spawn, maybe someone was super tilted and having a bad game, maybe you were just having a good game etc. MMR is important because one match where you get 54 kills is awesome! But that's just one match.

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