Why Relying On paladins.guru Is Bad
Paladins.guru features:
- Global Win/Loss
- Champion Win/Loss
- Global KDA
- Champion KDA
- Casual Elo
- Ranked Elo
- Most played champions
As you can see, paladins.guru is an extremely useful multi-use site for just about any Paladins player.
With that in mind, I'm going to tell you something:
Paladins.guru KDAs are USELESS
Alright then, allow me to explain. Now, calling paladins.guru useless might be a bit too far. Paladins.guru certainly can be useful for checking your stats, playing around, etc. However, I believe that the kda found on paladins.guru is most definitely not an accurate representation of a player's skill for many reasons. It is because of these reasons, that my Paladins team InterN doesn't have a required kda to try out, only a level requirement. You never know what kind of player someone is until you actually play with them, not just by looking at numbers on a screen.
So first off, when you first start out playing Paladins and you're just getting used to the game, you're obviously not going to be as good as an experienced, long-term player. I know when I first started, I had barely touched FPS games or action games before as I mostly played Strategy games or RPGs. Because of this, I was horrendous when I first began, and during the time in which I needed to get acquainted with the game, my kda is obviously not going to be as high. In recent times when I play, my kda is usually around 2 - 2.5 per game, but my global is only 1.63, dragged down by games that don't accurately represent the kind of player I am now.
Also related to this is the fact that people's kda are more often than not going to be dragged down by champions they don't often play, and I'll use myself as an example again. If you go onto my paladins.guru profile, you can see my top 5 most played, and, going by kda (rounded to tenths), they are 1.4, 2.1, 1.5, 2.4, 2.2. Now, this pretty much doesn't average to my global kda, which is 1.63, it should be a lot higher. However, if you go to my champions page, you can see that basically all other champions after my top 5 (with the exception of 4 or 5 champions) have kdas lower than my global, which is obviously bringing it down. Now, here's my point. On a competitive Paladins team, I won't be playing champions I don't play often, AKA, most champions under my top 5 most played. Therefore, just judging a player based on their kda is a huge error in judgement on many levels.
Next, another big thing about paladins.guru is that it puts a lot of players' emphasis on kda rather than experience. I find that level is extremely important, and it stays that way when it comes to cutting/adding players to the roster of my team. For example, if there was a lvl 100 with a kda of 1.3, I would definitely take him/her over, say, a lvl 20 player with a kda of 2.2. Why? Simply because, in a game like Paladins, experience matters. There's a lot of stuff that only experience can teach in the game, including certain mechanics, solutions to certain situations, etc. Also, the higher level player probably will have more matches with other higher leveled players, while a lower leveled one is probably just starting and also matched with players who have just started.
Lastly, the problem with depending on kda is that certain champions just tend to get a higher kda. I know that when I first started, I found that Kinessa would always get a lot more eliminations than other champions I played due to her mines leaching kills. If you look at my Kinessa kda, it's a lot higher than my global. Does that mean I'm good with Kinessa? Hell no! If there was one champion you should never trust me to play, it's Kinessa. The same concept goes for other champions, like Barik, whose turrets can easily pick up eliminations, or Viktor, who you can easily switch targets to maximize your kda, but not exactly displaying that you're a better player than Player X or Player Y. This goes the other way too, with champions like Grover or Mal'damba naturally being less able to pick up eliminations and in turn getting lower kdas. I think that this point really brings my argument home, that stats on paladins.guru isn't a very useful resource for players or teams to look at how "good" someone is. Because you simply cannot tell if they are until you play with them, not just by staring at some stats on a screen.
So again, my four main points:
- Your KDA when you just is usually lower and will affect your KDA
- Champions you don't main will often drag down your KDA
- In most situations, experience matters most
- Some champions just tend to get a higher KDA
Thanks everyone for reading, I hope you enjoyed this mini-rant! I'm always happy to receive comments and feedback. See you all next time!
Alright then, allow me to explain. Now, calling paladins.guru useless might be a bit too far. Paladins.guru certainly can be useful for checking your stats, playing around, etc. However, I believe that the kda found on paladins.guru is most definitely not an accurate representation of a player's skill for many reasons. It is because of these reasons, that my Paladins team InterN doesn't have a required kda to try out, only a level requirement. You never know what kind of player someone is until you actually play with them, not just by looking at numbers on a screen.
So first off, when you first start out playing Paladins and you're just getting used to the game, you're obviously not going to be as good as an experienced, long-term player. I know when I first started, I had barely touched FPS games or action games before as I mostly played Strategy games or RPGs. Because of this, I was horrendous when I first began, and during the time in which I needed to get acquainted with the game, my kda is obviously not going to be as high. In recent times when I play, my kda is usually around 2 - 2.5 per game, but my global is only 1.63, dragged down by games that don't accurately represent the kind of player I am now.
Also related to this is the fact that people's kda are more often than not going to be dragged down by champions they don't often play, and I'll use myself as an example again. If you go onto my paladins.guru profile, you can see my top 5 most played, and, going by kda (rounded to tenths), they are 1.4, 2.1, 1.5, 2.4, 2.2. Now, this pretty much doesn't average to my global kda, which is 1.63, it should be a lot higher. However, if you go to my champions page, you can see that basically all other champions after my top 5 (with the exception of 4 or 5 champions) have kdas lower than my global, which is obviously bringing it down. Now, here's my point. On a competitive Paladins team, I won't be playing champions I don't play often, AKA, most champions under my top 5 most played. Therefore, just judging a player based on their kda is a huge error in judgement on many levels.
Next, another big thing about paladins.guru is that it puts a lot of players' emphasis on kda rather than experience. I find that level is extremely important, and it stays that way when it comes to cutting/adding players to the roster of my team. For example, if there was a lvl 100 with a kda of 1.3, I would definitely take him/her over, say, a lvl 20 player with a kda of 2.2. Why? Simply because, in a game like Paladins, experience matters. There's a lot of stuff that only experience can teach in the game, including certain mechanics, solutions to certain situations, etc. Also, the higher level player probably will have more matches with other higher leveled players, while a lower leveled one is probably just starting and also matched with players who have just started.
Lastly, the problem with depending on kda is that certain champions just tend to get a higher kda. I know that when I first started, I found that Kinessa would always get a lot more eliminations than other champions I played due to her mines leaching kills. If you look at my Kinessa kda, it's a lot higher than my global. Does that mean I'm good with Kinessa? Hell no! If there was one champion you should never trust me to play, it's Kinessa. The same concept goes for other champions, like Barik, whose turrets can easily pick up eliminations, or Viktor, who you can easily switch targets to maximize your kda, but not exactly displaying that you're a better player than Player X or Player Y. This goes the other way too, with champions like Grover or Mal'damba naturally being less able to pick up eliminations and in turn getting lower kdas. I think that this point really brings my argument home, that stats on paladins.guru isn't a very useful resource for players or teams to look at how "good" someone is. Because you simply cannot tell if they are until you play with them, not just by staring at some stats on a screen.
So again, my four main points:
- Your KDA when you just is usually lower and will affect your KDA
- Champions you don't main will often drag down your KDA
- In most situations, experience matters most
- Some champions just tend to get a higher KDA
Thanks everyone for reading, I hope you enjoyed this mini-rant! I'm always happy to receive comments and feedback. See you all next time!
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