How does duo affect your MMR?
When two people duo queue their MMR is averaged out and then raised. It's hard to pin this down because MMR is hidden but from what I've seen it's generally around 1-3 divisions.
How does duo affect pick order?
Generally one of three things happens, the last of which is almost always at very high elo only.
1 - One of you is first pick and one of you is last pick. If your MMRs aren't super close, this is usually what will happen. The person with higher MMR will be first pick and the person with lower MMR will be last pick.
2 - You are 4th and 5th pick. If your MMRs are close this will happen a good bit. Because duo queue raises your average, if you're both close the average will be above both of your MMRs making you 4th and 5th pick.
3 - You are 1st and 2nd pick. This only happens to people at high elo usually, where a duo queue can both have very high MMR and have troubles finding games with people at their inflated duo MMR so they are matched with people who are lower than them after being in queue for a while.
Other combinations can occur but they are generally rare and require odd combinations of teammate MMRs.
What are the advantages of duo queue?
Obviously if you duo queue you get to play with someone you know. He or she is going to take your side if something goes down. He or she will easily be able to swap champions. General things that comes with playing with someone that you know who can talk with you outside of champ select.
If you're in Skype with your duo partner you can communicate more effectively. You won't need to take time to chat in order to let him or her know things. If you're duo bot you can talk about your lane strategy much more easily. If your duo partner is a jungler or you are you can set up ganks etc.
Basically what duo brings you is guaranteed synergy. You get to play with someone who you know you work well with.
When should I duo queue?
You should only duo queue when the synergy that you and your partner have more than makes up for the increase in MMR you get from duo queuing.
What I mean by this is that if the advantage in your team's strength because of your communication and synergy isn't worth the challenge increase of your raised MMR then you should NOT duo queue.
Think of it like this:
You are duo bot. Both of you are less skilled than the enemy laners because of your increase in MMR. So, the other laners play the lane slightly better than you.
However, because you and your partner have amazing synergy, you can make plays 2v2 more easily than they can and get ahead in the lane.
This would be an example of where duo is worth it.
Now think of being ADC yourself with your friend in Top lane. If he only splitpushes all day and you never work together then you're both essentially increasing your MMR for no real reason. You both are fighting better players in your lane without any real advantage to show for it.
This would be an example where duo isn't worth it.
If you're in Skype with your duo partner you can communicate more effectively. You won't need to take time to chat in order to let him or her know things. If you're duo bot you can talk about your lane strategy much more easily. If your duo partner is a jungler or you are you can set up ganks etc.
Basically what duo brings you is guaranteed synergy. You get to play with someone who you know you work well with.
When should I duo queue?
You should only duo queue when the synergy that you and your partner have more than makes up for the increase in MMR you get from duo queuing.
What I mean by this is that if the advantage in your team's strength because of your communication and synergy isn't worth the challenge increase of your raised MMR then you should NOT duo queue.
Think of it like this:
You are duo bot. Both of you are less skilled than the enemy laners because of your increase in MMR. So, the other laners play the lane slightly better than you.
However, because you and your partner have amazing synergy, you can make plays 2v2 more easily than they can and get ahead in the lane.
This would be an example of where duo is worth it.
Now think of being ADC yourself with your friend in Top lane. If he only splitpushes all day and you never work together then you're both essentially increasing your MMR for no real reason. You both are fighting better players in your lane without any real advantage to show for it.
This would be an example where duo isn't worth it.
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