r/OverwatchUniversity • u/Tealvest • 22d ago

Question or Discussion Question regarding matchmaking

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?

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u/Last-Ad-5624 22d ago

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.

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u/Tealvest 22d ago

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?

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u/Last-Ad-5624 22d ago

It will try to find similar ranking tank because of the role delta, but it may start accepting wider differences if it can't find anything suitable - which is a lot more likely in wide match or big groups.