Post#44 » Thu Jul 09, 2026 5:46 pm
No, that’s not true. Since the new matchmaking was introduced, prem teams aren’t as powerful as they used to be. In 95% of cases, you get very balanced team compositions. I’ve seen many times how a well-balanced and skilled pug team beats a full 6-man team.
Of course, there are sometimes groups on Discord, but they don’t have the same influence as they used to.
The problem usually lies in the players’ lack of knowledge.
In the case of Order, a common and egregious mistake is that a large number of players (who likely play WB daily and have no idea what the more advanced SC gameplay entails) jump into SC with a useless AoE spec. I don’t know why, but on Destro, far fewer players make this mistake (of course, there are still some “monster Mara” or “free-immun GTDC choppas,” but there are definitely fewer of them).
Many don’t assist each other. WH/WE try to play as if they were in a solo ORVR, and instead of playing like regular DPS, they try to attack solo on their own. People often hit the wrong targets. They give away free immunities (AoE pulls / AoE punts). They have bad builds. Tanks try to run around the enemy backline on their own instead of protecting their DPS, etc.
Sometimes, a single good player can tip the scales of victory in one side’s favor.
If many of these mistakes are made in every match and the other side doesn’t make them, you can end up losing 30 matches in a row.
It’s all the fault of the players in the queue.
To me, it’s normal for the better players to beat the worse ones. It would be strange if it were any other way.
80+ | Chosen | BG | BO | Knight | Choppa | Zealot | DoK | Shaman | AM | RP | WP |
40+ | IB | SM | SL | Engi | Mara |