qephire.qephire
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Hi everyone,
I’d like to bring up an issue about how it currently feels impossible to climb in ranked once your account gets stuck at a very low rank after many games. I’m definitely not the only one — there are plenty of players in the same situation, and most of them just end up creating new accounts to escape this frustrating experience.
I have over 800 hours and more than 1100 games played. Before the rank icon changes, I was Seeker I, and now I’m Arcanist 6, but nothing has really changed — I’m still completely stuck, regardless of my personal performance.
I’ll admit I used to play quite poorly, but I’ve done a lot to improve: I’ve watched many streams and VODs, analyzed my own matches and those of top players, and even took coaching from tournament participants. I give my best effort in every game, trying to communicate and make good calls for the team — but none of it has made any difference, neither in rank progress nor in match quality.
For example, I had to win five or more games in a row just to reach Ritualist I, and as always, after a few wins I suddenly get teammates that make winning literally impossible (I belive there’s some hidden mechanism keeping winrate around 50%). Then, just like that, my rank drops again.
Here’s one example match – #44759270 (I am Victor):
two players went AFK one after another, one kept feeding, and when I politely asked him not to push deep into the enemy jungle for no reason, he started throwing insults instead.
After experiences like this, it’s really hard to stay motivated to keep playing or improving — I hope you can understand that.
P.S. One streamer from the top 100 of leaderboard even tried to rank up on a similar low-rated account as a challenge. He lost only 1 out of 70 games before finally managing to climb a single rank tier. That made me realize I’m not crazy — there’s clearly something off with how the system works.
I’d like to bring up an issue about how it currently feels impossible to climb in ranked once your account gets stuck at a very low rank after many games. I’m definitely not the only one — there are plenty of players in the same situation, and most of them just end up creating new accounts to escape this frustrating experience.
I have over 800 hours and more than 1100 games played. Before the rank icon changes, I was Seeker I, and now I’m Arcanist 6, but nothing has really changed — I’m still completely stuck, regardless of my personal performance.
I’ll admit I used to play quite poorly, but I’ve done a lot to improve: I’ve watched many streams and VODs, analyzed my own matches and those of top players, and even took coaching from tournament participants. I give my best effort in every game, trying to communicate and make good calls for the team — but none of it has made any difference, neither in rank progress nor in match quality.
For example, I had to win five or more games in a row just to reach Ritualist I, and as always, after a few wins I suddenly get teammates that make winning literally impossible (I belive there’s some hidden mechanism keeping winrate around 50%). Then, just like that, my rank drops again.
Here’s one example match – #44759270 (I am Victor):
two players went AFK one after another, one kept feeding, and when I politely asked him not to push deep into the enemy jungle for no reason, he started throwing insults instead.
After experiences like this, it’s really hard to stay motivated to keep playing or improving — I hope you can understand that.
P.S. One streamer from the top 100 of leaderboard even tried to rank up on a similar low-rated account as a challenge. He lost only 1 out of 70 games before finally managing to climb a single rank tier. That made me realize I’m not crazy — there’s clearly something off with how the system works.
