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League of Legends (LoL) Question: Can I drop rank from Diamond back to Plat?

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Can I drop rank from Diamond back to Plat?

Asked by cahanghally on June 26, 2020

I've been getting a message demotion shield expiring often lately so I'm really curious if I can actually drop back to Platinum if I lose 2-3 games on 0LP when I'm Diamond 4

Answers (2)

(326) |

Players are demoted when they lose matches at 0 LP or through inactivity decay (decays only really matters at Master+ elo). Demoted players move to the next lower division and their LP is reset to 75.

Players who promote to a higher division enter a demotion immunity period that lasts for several games, this is what we call the "Demotion Shield". The purpose of the immunity period is to prevent players from being demoted due to bad luck. Once this shield does expire, you will demote to a lower tier if you lose a game while at 0 LP. However, Master+ players demote after playing at least 3 games and then losing with 0 LP.

Since Season 4 it is possible to be demoted from a tier. Players in the division IV of a tier whose MMR drops an entire tier are warned about possible demotion. For example, a player in Gold IV will receive a warning upon reaching Silver IV MMR.

Thanks for the answer!

(10) |

No, you cant actually drop from one elo to other because of demotion shield expiring. But you get demoted within a particular elo like say you get demoted from diamond 3 to diamond 2 likewise.
I hope i answered your question.
Thank you.