I am trying to understand the logic with win / loss of LP.

I went on a huge winning spree. I believe I went from (gold 1) 25 points, all the way to 95. No losses in between. My LP gains were reduced beyond 80, which I understand is to make it more difficult...... +7. +5. But the win that took me to 95 gave me....... +3? At that rate, I would have had to won another 3 games?

Now that's okay. I lost a game ( and played poorly might I add), and lost 5 LP. Fair enough. Then I lost a second game. MINUS 14.

Now I am down to 76. I am have to going to win another 6 or 7 games just to make up for the 2 I lost, and that is even before the promotion series. Is it necessary to make it THAT difficult to advance? I am trying so hard to make it to Plat, and being a support main is hard enough.

Can anyone explain why this is the way it is

And I spelt Frustration wrong. FML

LP gain / loss is based on... well it compares your League placement with your hidden matchmaking rating (MMR, formerly Elo). If your MMR is higher than your League, it tries to move you up faster (more points). If its lower, you get clamped (less points). Some threads for ref, and more to do with LP gain/loss:

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/....php?t=3084419

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/....php?t=3081991

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Originally Posted by Zydion This is roughly correct. And based on my experience the clamping is minimal if your MMR is approximately equal to your league placement, as I gained 15 LP from 85 LP after hovering around 90 LP. I'll let Yegg handle the specifics though.

Ah
Well thanks for the links, I am not a fan of clamping ><
well here we go again!