Also I have a question for you guys, do you think that winrate reflects skill, or can winrate be increased by taking advantage of the system somehow? A solo queue player with 52% win can be just as good as someone with 65% win who generally only plays 5 mans or party, yes or no?
I only know 2 ways how people cheated or took advantage of the system in order to get a higher win rate:
-Party with a friend who is in low priority = you play against noobs and it's easy wins; the game still counts towards your stats
-Early abandonment. theres no consequence for early abandon. the game won't count, and you won't receive an abandon on your stats. This is commonly used to dodge stacks and pro players.
Anyways win rate is just based on how much you stack. However i've seen some people stack a lot with their friends and have low 50% win rates (koala). So when i say stack, i mean stacking with good players. so i'd say win rate doesn't entirely reflect your skill, but it still has a meaning. it's just a representation to give an idea of how good of a player you are. like you can't get a 60% win rate with 1.5k games like me if you're a bad player AND stack with good players because it'll match you against pros or players of equal skill level.
Im actually surprised ive maintained 60% win rate for quite a while now. The only good players i stack with are mostly divine/highsenberg...the rest of the ppl i party with are just sub par players. been facing a lot of stacks and pros too. Just recently beat 1437/Eternalenvy and merlini
http://dotabuff.com/matches/405714609http://dotabuff.com/matches/404348452 gg
also!! check out this new site called mydotaskill.com which tells you where your skill level is at compared to others. I have no clue how they determine the rating but apparently it's the new
**** that everyones been talking about lol. Im top 3% rank = 1490
http://mydotaskill.com/index.php?id=http%3A%2F%2Fdotabuff.com%2Fplayers%2F121029852