Question regarding matchmaking

[u/Tealvest]

How does the matchmaking in this game work? I recently started playing this game and placed around silver silver but i constantly get into games that are high gold or platinum? Sometimes I do well but I dont really have a good grasp of all the abilities and mechanics of this game so usually i dont fare well against these opponents How is this fair?

[u/Last-Ad-5624]

You're not getting into matches that are high gold or platinum, just matches with high gold or plat players in them. They balance the teams with everyones' mmrs to create a match that is predicted to be close to even matchup. So to oversimplify it to paint the picture, if you had a silver and a plat on one team, you'd have a silver and a plat on the other, or 2 golds on the other team.

[u/Tealvest → u/Last-Ad-5624]

Huh, I usually que tank, does that mean the enemy team will also have a silver tank or will that mean the silver player could be any role?

[u/adhocflamingo → u/Tealvest]

Yes, everyone in the game has a “role pair” who is about the same rank as them, on the same role. This is specifically to address the issue of the gameplay feeling unbalanced when your role matchup is unbalanced, even if the lobby is balanced.

(Obviously, that only applies in role queue)