Does Deadlock have MMR?

Deadlock is a MOBA, which means that skill, decision-making, and game sense all play in to how well you’ll perform. This goes for any online PvP game, but more so here than a lot of others thanks to just how much you need to learn and keep track of.

A ranking system can help to make sure you aren’t put against people with a much greater understanding than you. Here’s whether Deadlock has MMR that it factors into matchmaking.

Does Deadlock match you based on skill level?

While not outwardly apparently, especially with no ranked mode present, Deadlock does use MMR in its matchmaking. Every time you queue up for a match, it uses a variety of hidden factors including your average soul count, kills and deaths, and win/loss ratio to put you up against people who perform similarly. This can sometimes increase queue times as it finds these people, but the trade-off is that the quality of the matches increases.

However, you may notice at times that matches aren’t always fair with someone much better than you. There can be a few reasons for this. Most notable in the short term is that the game is in early development. Many aspects of the game are still in their early iterations, including the MMR, so there’s a good chance it may slip up and put you against someone much better than you, or vice versa. This has the added consequence of influencing matchmaking, as games where you either stomp or get destroyed can wildly sway what Deadlock thinks your skill level is.

During this period, you shouldn’t think about MMR too much. Given that Deadlock doesn’t even have a competitive mode yet, let alone anything permanent or long-term for playing, you gain and lose nothing for wins and losses. Instead, you should focus on having fun and finding ways to improve your gameplay. Practice makes perfect.