I keep getting win streaks to 3, then lose streaks to 7, over and over and over...
How do I stop Scamaz from rigging my matchmaking?
I feel like each time I win, I keep getting increasingly more difficult matchups, and ultimately I run into legend players with perfect hands. I have every single deck in the game, and this pattern is shared amongst every single one of them.
Should I just concede to lower my MMR each time I start winning too much? How do I cope with these mathematically unlikely streaks(If my winrate is even 40%, I should not be winning for 12+ games in a row followed by losing 9+ times in a row by crushing counter matchups).
How does it work? 1. How do I reset my MMR/How do I know if my MMR is too high? 2. How do I avoid streaks and encourage normal throttling/casual ranking, eg instead of winning to 3 then losing to 7 (because of getting robbed every game), only get robbed until, like, rank 5 before I start meeting decent matchups again. Should I be conceding more often? 3. Should I concede when I face bad matchups, so that I do not accidentally win and increase my MMR by too much? For example, when I play face hunter, I win more than 50% of the time against priest, even though it's a really really difficult matchup. Should I just concede to avoid raising my MMR?
MMR only applies to Casual mode. Ladder doesn't care what your MMR is, it's just going to throw you against the first person it can find with a similar rank to yours. The best thing you can do is pay attention to what type of match ups you're seeing most; Are you facing a lot of face hunters? Or is it more Priest, Paladin and Control Warrior? This can change daily, so every day play a few test matches to see what the meta is like and then pick a deck that counters what you're facing the most. Fight aggro with aggro, and if you're facing a lot of control try Midrange Paladin or Dragon Priest.
I thought that for a bit, but thats not true. The matchmaking is rigged for the first 10 games when u switch a deck. When I switch to freeze mage i have increased odds of seeing warriors. When I play hunter, I am going to see nothing but priest for the first 3 games. If I play control warrior, I'll see only secret paladins. I've had a time when I switched to handlock only to face 3 mill rogues in a row... nobody even plays mill rogue.
The pool of players is so high that the matchmaking can afford to queue you into counters to simulate skill, eg it punishes you for switching decks, and winning too much (this seems to affect you less the more you stick to the same deck).
All these claims seem like personal bias to me - I have never before encountered a problem with switching decks and suddenly coming up against counters to it. As the last person said, the best you can do is try to play against what you see the most of. your best bet right now would be to play something that counters Secret Paladin, and then figure out what else you're facing and try and counter as much as possible.
Of course, take everything I say with a pinch of salt - I hardly ever rank, and thus have never really had to counter any meta before. All I can say for certain is that you are not facing direct counters as part of some in-built system. That's just bad luck.
I keep getting win streaks to 3, then lose streaks to 7, over and over and over...
How do I stop Scamaz from rigging my matchmaking?
I feel like each time I win, I keep getting increasingly more difficult matchups, and ultimately I run into legend players with perfect hands. I have every single deck in the game, and this pattern is shared amongst every single one of them.
Should I just concede to lower my MMR each time I start winning too much? How do I cope with these mathematically unlikely streaks(If my winrate is even 40%, I should not be winning for 12+ games in a row followed by losing 9+ times in a row by crushing counter matchups).
How does it work?
1. How do I reset my MMR/How do I know if my MMR is too high?
2. How do I avoid streaks and encourage normal throttling/casual ranking, eg instead of winning to 3 then losing to 7 (because of getting robbed every game), only get robbed until, like, rank 5 before I start meeting decent matchups again. Should I be conceding more often?
3. Should I concede when I face bad matchups, so that I do not accidentally win and increase my MMR by too much? For example, when I play face hunter, I win more than 50% of the time against priest, even though it's a really really difficult matchup. Should I just concede to avoid raising my MMR?
MMR only applies to Casual mode. Ladder doesn't care what your MMR is, it's just going to throw you against the first person it can find with a similar rank to yours. The best thing you can do is pay attention to what type of match ups you're seeing most; Are you facing a lot of face hunters? Or is it more Priest, Paladin and Control Warrior? This can change daily, so every day play a few test matches to see what the meta is like and then pick a deck that counters what you're facing the most. Fight aggro with aggro, and if you're facing a lot of control try Midrange Paladin or Dragon Priest.
I thought that for a bit, but thats not true. The matchmaking is rigged for the first 10 games when u switch a deck. When I switch to freeze mage i have increased odds of seeing warriors. When I play hunter, I am going to see nothing but priest for the first 3 games. If I play control warrior, I'll see only secret paladins. I've had a time when I switched to handlock only to face 3 mill rogues in a row... nobody even plays mill rogue.
The pool of players is so high that the matchmaking can afford to queue you into counters to simulate skill, eg it punishes you for switching decks, and winning too much (this seems to affect you less the more you stick to the same deck).
All these claims seem like personal bias to me - I have never before encountered a problem with switching decks and suddenly coming up against counters to it. As the last person said, the best you can do is try to play against what you see the most of. your best bet right now would be to play something that counters Secret Paladin, and then figure out what else you're facing and try and counter as much as possible.
Of course, take everything I say with a pinch of salt - I hardly ever rank, and thus have never really had to counter any meta before. All I can say for certain is that you are not facing direct counters as part of some in-built system. That's just bad luck.
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I just played 1 deck, and the game handpicked all the secret paladins that don't know how to play to ensure that I would hit legend quickly.
Not sure why my ladder experience was so different from yours.
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