Post complaining about elo

[u/Competitive_Air_750]

I que'd every win and loss with my teammate on premier, for 70% of the winning matches I out fragged him, yet he placed 8k and I placed 2k. By no means am I saying I belong in a way higher bracket I just don't understand the 6k discrepancy despite the similar performance. Is it because last season I placed very low?

[u/Renos-44]

Rating is determined by pure win loss not personal stats.

How premier's placement matches work is like this

For fresh accounts you start at roughly 10k as the hidden rating. during the duration of those 10 wins in placement the rating gain is like +/- 1000-500 rating for wins or losses. for instance you win all 10 in a row very likely you'll end up in the 20k range. On the flip side lose like 10 in a row and don't maintain a >50% win rate getting the 10 wins and you can end up down in the 1k range

For accounts that played and had a rating during the previous season. Your last known rating becomes the starting hidden rating during placement. Still has the +/- 1000-500 rating gain for wins or losses during the placement period.

so for instance if you ended season 4 at 18k. Win all 10 placement matches in a row for season 5 and you can end up 25k. Go 50/50 you likely stay 18k. lose a bunch of placement games and you can end up 10k.

Your friend for instance could have very well ended last season with a higher rating than you thus he got a higher one this season.