Bad Matchmaking Thread

[GoodGreeny]

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Are you trolling, devs? How is their rank even possible and why is my matchmaking so broken?

 

[spike_]

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69919090

Solo Q, my team full of randos was placed two times against blatant pre of 4 people twice in a row. HOW and WHY?

 

[hellofoug]

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Rem making racist comments towards the hispanic community. Permaban this account and figure out how to address this problem. Valve is beyond pathetic with it's lack of and I hope Gabe feels shamed af out on his yacht knowing so

 

[wolfpredator956]

I'm Seeker III, my friend is Alchemist II and we end up a lot of times with Initiates. Our last game was against maybe high Seeker / low Alchemist and we have been destroyed.

Game id :

 

[ReuN]

you want to check this out Match ID: 69915760

 

[TheBearded]

Ok i'm not even gonna bother linking games at this point.
How can I play in phantom lobbies with players that doesn't know how rejuv works? Or walks into enemy jungle and complains that "they cant do anything".
Whatever you did this patch absolutely broke matchmaking, which is impressive seeing as it's been bad before.

You need to implement placements OR separate ranked from casual play. Putting new people into high ranking lobbies is NOT the play

 

[orbitalsalttrooperx1]

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Enormous team diff. Geist ran it down, Paige did jack shit.

 

[DontJimmyMeJules]

Ok i'm not even gonna bother linking games at this point.
How can I play in phantom lobbies with players that doesn't know how rejuv works? Or walks into enemy jungle and complains that "they cant do anything".
Whatever you did this patch absolutely broke matchmaking, which is impressive seeing as it's been bad before.

You need to implement placements OR separate ranked from casual play. Putting new people into high ranking lobbies is NOT the play

This is just a venting thread. It does not look like they care at all based on 629 pages of complaints.

Mar 2026 so far, 42 pages (1.82/day)
Feb 2026 - 55 pages (1.96/day)
Jan 2026 - 36 pages (1.16/day)
Dec 2026 - 29 pages (0.94/day)
Nov 2026 - 29 pages (0.96/day)
Oct 2026 - 40 pages (1.29 pages/day)

 

[GoodGreeny]

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I'm afraid at this rate the matchmaking will become just as bad as Dota's. I don't get how I keep getting these people it's either the 'forced 50%' system or just completely random matchmaking. Apollo is toxic and has zero game sense. How am I supposed to play when it's like this every game? I'm forced to look for high-rank players to party up with, but even then, I still run into 'newbies' who don't belong there

 

[loikverbist]

PLS do something about the mm it's unbearable, every game I have atleast one lane that has more than 1 death/min it's unplayable. Every game I see a mate dying wave one. I just want to play the game I love but you are making it impossible. Plsss do something it can't be that hard to make an atleast ok matchmaking system in 2026. It also makes laning phase more frustrating because if I'm not ultra ahead of my opponent I know the game is already lost and I don't think that how the game is supposed to be.

 

[Derdahald]

69962302 Completely one sided had no chance

 

[пень]

69963986 Haze
66367404 Dynamo
68241592 Haze
They just use cheats, more specifically aimbot. The last two even have a ban on their account

 

[rauros]

Match 69969898

Honestly, why even bother with matchmaking at this point? Stomp after stomp after stomp.

 

[orbitalsalttrooperx1]

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https://statlocker.gg/profile/187434761/matches Warden is a smurf
https://statlocker.gg/profile/777029065/matches Wraith is a smurf. Has several smurfs and this is his main steam acc https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198126037221

 

[Reecemonz]

69957037 - Most of the enemy team were on fire. Fed constantly. HUGE skill disparity. Absolute abysmal matchmaking.

 

[oneofthemanydavids]

Absolutely phenomenal job on the matchmaking of late. I'm having a wonderful time.

 

[dan.zaikin]

Since some of the more recent matchmaker updates, I've had many wonderful games. Great teammates, great vibes, strong opponents. Everyone was having a good time.

Till the most recent update. Things are really bad. I'm mid Oracle, and I'm constantly being put into Emissary and Archon lobbies. Vindicta, the character I usually roll, is marked as green on the stats screen - I should be getting stronger lobbies, not weaker. I've had games with people who are literally playing their first match, like this one (Match ID: 69999954). I love playing Vin, but I can't unless the team works with me, and people at these ranks are unable to.

 

[dazio]

I have gone almost a whole week without a dynamo or lash on my team but the other team either has both or atleast one. They both have powerfull team ults and it makes the game so unfun, can we finally be given the ability to draft instead of this rigged matchmaking

 

[maxair215]

Feeding billy since the start of the game. 6 deaths under their tower with no minions at 5 minutes. Please ban



70021798

 

[LunarMess]

70018077 Extremely underrank team mates + VPN'er 69994388 bebop + venator who literally had no idea what to do / another large rank dispairty.

Eta on removing this forum?