From Diamond 2 to Plat 1: Is Loki Failing Me or Is Ranked Broken?

[SilentAeterna]

I was just playing my usual matches, having fun, and feeling pretty good. I managed to win six games in a row and even reached Diamond 2! Everything was going great, especially since I was ranking up using Loki exclusively. Honestly, he's such a versatile character—great as a healer in some situations and solid DPS in others.

But then... one match ruined everything. After that game, it’s like the wheels came off. I’ve been on a losing streak ever since, dropping from Diamond 2 back to Plat 1. Now, I’m hesitant to even queue for ranked because of how draining and frustrating it feels. It’s not just about losing—it's the time wasted and how repetitive this cycle seems.

And this isn’t the first time it's happened. It makes me wonder if it has something to do with time zones or if I’m the problem. I mean, I have the “Lord” title with Loki and consistently average over 10k heals per match, so I feel like I know how to use him well.

Could it be my teammates? Or maybe the other teams are just stacked? I honestly don’t know. I feel like a lot of players have dealt with something similar, so I’d love to hear thoughts on this. Any advice or insight would be awesome.

[Fluffy]

Originally posted by SilentAeterna:

But then... one match ruined everything. After that game, it’s like the wheels came off. I’ve been on a losing streak ever since, dropping from Diamond 2 back to Plat 1. Now, I’m hesitant to even queue for ranked because of how draining and frustrating it feels. It’s not just about losing—it's the time wasted and how repetitive this cycle seems.

You're tilting, that simple.

[Ice-Nine]

It's a combination of many things, but mostly the MMR algorithm sucks and it doesn't have enough data to be super accurate even if it didn't suck. The game hasn't been out long enough to get good data. It's basically the wild west out there. MMR and rank don't mean jack **** yet.

[SilentAeterna]

Originally posted by Fluffy:

Originally posted by SilentAeterna:

But then... one match ruined everything. After that game, it’s like the wheels came off. I’ve been on a losing streak ever since, dropping from Diamond 2 back to Plat 1. Now, I’m hesitant to even queue for ranked because of how draining and frustrating it feels. It’s not just about losing—it's the time wasted and how repetitive this cycle seems.

You're tilting, that simple.

Is more of like a roller coaster

[SilentAeterna]

Originally posted by Ice-Nine:

It's a combination of many things, but mostly the MMR algorithm sucks and it doesn't have enough data to be super accurate even if it didn't suck. The game hasn't been out long enough to get good data. It's basically the wild west out there. MMR and rank don't mean jack **** yet.

Agree, this is a huge problem right now in the community, hopefully there is a solution out there.

[Fluffy]

Originally posted by SilentAeterna:

Originally posted by Fluffy:

You're tilting, that simple.

Is more of like a roller coaster

Either way you should take a break its only gonna get worse if you are feeling like that going into the matches.

[﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽]

Originally posted by SilentAeterna:

I was just playing my usual matches, having fun, and feeling pretty good. I managed to win six games in a row and even reached Diamond 2! Everything was going great, especially since I was ranking up using Loki exclusively. Honestly, he's such a versatile character—great as a healer in some situations and solid DPS in others.

But then... one match ruined everything. After that game, it’s like the wheels came off. I’ve been on a losing streak ever since, dropping from Diamond 2 back to Plat 1. Now, I’m hesitant to even queue for ranked because of how draining and frustrating it feels. It’s not just about losing—it's the time wasted and how repetitive this cycle seems.

And this isn’t the first time it's happened. It makes me wonder if it has something to do with time zones or if I’m the problem. I mean, I have the “Lord” title with Loki and consistently average over 10k heals per match, so I feel like I know how to use him well.

Could it be my teammates? Or maybe the other teams are just stacked? I honestly don’t know. I feel like a lot of players have dealt with something similar, so I’d love to hear thoughts on this. Any advice or insight would be awesome.

If you've won that many games in a row
Consider playing unranked so you don't lose your rank that's what I do
Even then I still lose because I still get ♥♥♥♥ team but I've figured out that I can reduce the rank damage loss this way


I tank my upcoming loss games in unranked its obvious every single time I'm on the loser team my team were on previous losing spree or start of one

[SilentAeterna]

Originally posted by ﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽:

Originally posted by SilentAeterna:

I was just playing my usual matches, having fun, and feeling pretty good. I managed to win six games in a row and even reached Diamond 2! Everything was going great, especially since I was ranking up using Loki exclusively. Honestly, he's such a versatile character—great as a healer in some situations and solid DPS in others.

But then... one match ruined everything. After that game, it’s like the wheels came off. I’ve been on a losing streak ever since, dropping from Diamond 2 back to Plat 1. Now, I’m hesitant to even queue for ranked because of how draining and frustrating it feels. It’s not just about losing—it's the time wasted and how repetitive this cycle seems.

And this isn’t the first time it's happened. It makes me wonder if it has something to do with time zones or if I’m the problem. I mean, I have the “Lord” title with Loki and consistently average over 10k heals per match, so I feel like I know how to use him well.

Could it be my teammates? Or maybe the other teams are just stacked? I honestly don’t know. I feel like a lot of players have dealt with something similar, so I’d love to hear thoughts on this. Any advice or insight would be awesome.

If you've won that many games in a row
Consider playing unranked so you don't lose your rank that's what I do
Even then I still lose because I still get ♥♥♥♥ team but I've figured out that I can reduce the rank damage loss this way


I tank my upcoming loss games in unranked its obvious every single time I'm on the loser team my team were on previous losing spree or start of one

I tried this once, and it worked. I think this may be the issue even if it is luck it kinda works. But yea I am going try this often and see.

[Merkiko]

Originally posted by 正是在下 (PingPing):

most loki players i see dont even know you can reset the cooldown on the heal AOE early, they dont even read his info they just wait for the full cooldown. crazy. you can get the AOE heal down to 5 second cd if you build stacks. i only see people doing this above plat. maybe we need to make instructions for these players.

i dont play Loki, but im intrigued, what stacks are u talking about?

[Gamefreak]

Ranked in this game is extremely swingy lol. A loss streak can easily drop you three divisions in a short amount of time.

[LunarisRuin]

Originally posted by SilentAeterna:

Originally posted by Ice-Nine:

It's a combination of many things, but mostly the MMR algorithm sucks and it doesn't have enough data to be super accurate even if it didn't suck. The game hasn't been out long enough to get good data. It's basically the wild west out there. MMR and rank don't mean jack **** yet.

Agree, this is a huge problem right now in the community, hopefully there is a solution out there.

on top of mmr not really working that well, there's a lot of cheaters in ranked, especially once you hit platinum and beyond.

[Big Daddy-Chan]

I usually see good healers pull over 20-30k in long drawn out matches. Not saying 10k is bad cause if you're stomping or getting stomped it's prob around 13k roughly. With Loki tho you make up for it if youre getting picks. I just now got to plat tho so uncertain how things go in diamond.

[Antpile]

This happens to even pro athletes. Something goes wrong, it gets in their head, and they struggle to pull themselves back out of it.

It's just a slump, and it's just you getting in your head about it. Sometimes losing streaks just happen, but now it's put that worry and fear in you. Or you are getting tilted. Either way, now you are all up in your head about it and it is becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Maybe take a break from loki for a day or two. might help pull you out of the slump.

[THEUZIN Fé em Deus é os Z1KA]

Ranked is trash, the matchmaking is rigged so you have to spend more time on this chinese trash

[St. Timmy]

Originally posted by THEUZIN Fé em Deus é os Z1KA:

Ranked is trash, the matchmaking is rigged so you have to spend more time on this chinese trash

But you've spent 138 hours in this game? Sorry they forced you to play it.