K/D/A indexes and KDA ratio

When talking about how good or bad we did play in a certain game, we often refer to K/D/A indexes and KDA ratio as one way of judgement. Why are these indexes and what do they actually mean? 1. K/D/A indexes v.s. KDA ratio First off, for clarity, we have four different indexes of discussion: K, D, A, and KDA. The KDA index or KDA ratio is calculated by: KDA = (K + A)/D These indexes convey different meanings which are not simply "the numbers of kills, deaths, assists, and...

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The newsletter

This post, as the newsletter, provides an overview of all the contents discussed on this site. The content on this post will automatically get updated soon each time a new post is published, since it is transformed directly from the feed of this site: The Silencekeeper's newsletter. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to RSS headline updates from: Powered by FeedBurner The Silencekee...

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Initial Elo and ‘fresh account’, provisional matches and ‘soft reset’

DISCLAIMER: Due to the hidden policy of Riot Games on these issues (MMR related issues[1]), it is impossible for a third party to claim any fact regarding the issues. This post, on the same spirit, is not to claim: “this is what Riot has been doing or used to do”. The purpose of this post is to provide a probe on how the system works, by providing the strict reasoning – which in my opinion is the optimizational method for the system to work properly. ---------------------------------------------------------------- In the post regarding the...

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Issues of MMR/ Elo and LP (League Point)

You love League! No doubt. That is why you have decided immediately to read this post once your eyes catch the title: a kind of the most fundamental, basic, exciting, secret, ambiguous, and... complicated – but also a kind of by far  the most familiar, regular, boring, popular, unclear, and... simplest issues on playing League. On one hand, we have to deal with them every day of playing League; on the other hand, we almost have no certain understanding of them: nothing about them is ever...

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Issues of AR/ MR reduction/ penetration

DISCLAIMER: due to the ambiguous nature of the issues which have never been officially confirmed by the publisher – Riot Games, all the references herein are just to back the reasoning and assumption, they can not be considered to be unquestionable proofs to trust. Furthermore, also due to the ambiguity, the degree of certainty of the discussion should be judged by the readers themselves. ---------------------------------------------------------------- When we play defensive-leaning champions like tanks, one of the most important issues for...

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