

Which leads to an average increase of 40% in the time it takes to get into a game at this level. This is the primary behavior we're targeting. Only ~%1.6 of highly ranked players are dodging 3+ times per day. The good news is that only a minority of highly ranked players are truly abusing the system. At high levels of ranked play (Diamond I+) for the past few months, ~ 3 3 % of champ selects end in a dodge. The first and most salient thing we look at are the number of games that don't start. But the spike in dodges at high MMR tells us that this isn't what's occurring in most of those cases. That's why the first punishment tier is light, so that occasional dodging for legitimate reasons isn't overly penalized. Of course, there are real cases like emergencies or disconnects that warrant not playing a game you’ve started. That's another reason we're working to curtail this behavior.
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Playing around bans is a key component to being skilled in the game, and dodging whenever your main gets banned removes the need to get better by learning how to win on multiple champs. It’s a part of what makes League dynamic and interesting, and creates a tradeoff risk to one-tricking.

We expect players to try their hardest in all situations, even those that are uphill battles from the start.įor example, strategically banning champions is a core mechanic in ranked. Dodging gets everyone into matches more slowly, and the matches are worse.īeyond lower quality matches, we also believe that intentionally dodging ranked games to guarantee favorable circumstances reduces the competitive integrity of League. Already-long queue times get even worse and match quality goes down because the matchmaker has to pull from a wider skill range to fill open positions.

This can be a headache at all levels of play, but is especially bad in places with a low player population, like the top of the ladder. We mentioned before why dodging is bad for League: When a player dodges, the matchmaker has to throw everyone back into queue and form new teams out of the remaining players.
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