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Balance of Power

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Matches affect the balance of power between the factions. This “scoreboard” influences the storyline and ultimately determines the winner.

Anyone can create a scored match anytime. Just remember to send us the results for scoring.

Current Balance of Power

This graph shows the current balance of power between Shurima, Noxus, and Piltover.

Match Scoring

Factions gain points by winning matches and lose points by losing matches. Match value is set by factors including:

  • Map and mode. Summoner’s Rift is worth the most points. Also, the more Summoners are involved, the more points the match is worth.
  • Skill adjust. We’ve used the data gathered from years of Factions matches to estimate the winrate of two teams based on the ranks of their Summoners. This allows us to at least roughly correct for skill imbalance. Simply put, if a lower-ranked team beats a higher-ranked team, the match is worth more points, whereas if the higher-ranked team wins, their victory will award them fewer points than normal. If you’re curious about a particular matchup, you can use our winrate calculator to check the estimated winrate. The system gets smarter the more matches are played.
  • Faction standing adjust. For every one point of gap between the two factions’ scores, the value of the match is increased or decreased by 1%.
56 comments on “Balance of Power”
  1. The Melee Begins! Schedules posted for June 20–21 Featured Matches | FACTIONS says:
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  2. Nyroth’s Final Tournament Concludes Today | FACTIONS says:
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  3. Nyroth Tournament 2: Schedule | FACTIONS says:
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  4. The First Tournament Begins! | FACTIONS says:
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  5. Tournament Schedule | FACTIONS says:
    2014/11/21 at 2:21 pm

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  6. New Rule: Trial Matches and Undeclared Summoners | FACTIONS says:
    2014/11/08 at 4:52 pm

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  7. Proposed Rule: Trial Matches and Undeclared Summoners | FACTIONS says:
    2014/11/02 at 9:51 am

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  8. October 18-19 Featured Matches Schedule | FACTIONS says:
    2014/10/18 at 9:33 am

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  9. Agenda Update | FACTIONS says:
    2014/10/10 at 2:01 pm

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  10. September 27-28 NA Featured Matches Schedule | FACTIONS says:
    2014/09/26 at 8:46 pm

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  11. Purple Caster Minions Buffed | FACTIONS says:
    2014/09/09 at 1:30 pm

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  12. Featured Matches: September 6 and 7 Schedule | FACTIONS says:
    2014/09/06 at 11:44 am

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  13. XalkXolc says:
    2014/09/06 at 12:38 am

    Post-Reddit Nyroth: the Bipolar BoP.

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  14. Enhanced Balance of Power Released | FACTIONS says:
    2014/09/03 at 9:45 pm

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  15. StormRevolver says:
    2014/07/14 at 4:02 am

    the tourney bonus for demacia and pilt is missing too

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  16. Companion Prism says:
    2014/07/14 at 1:56 am

    Probably nothing, but there seem to be a few games missing from after the tourney which hold the potential to change things a little.

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  17. The Shuriman Dispute Has Concluded | FACTIONS says:
    2014/07/14 at 12:07 am

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  18. StormRevolver says:
    2014/07/10 at 2:10 pm

    oooh it became so close together for the ending :)

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  19. Research Rolls: July, Week I | FACTIONS says:
    2014/07/06 at 7:30 pm

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  20. Runeterra versus the Void — Schedule and Stream! | FACTIONS says:
    2014/07/04 at 2:15 pm

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  21. How much does rank matter? Initial results. | FACTIONS says:
    2014/07/03 at 5:08 pm

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  22. Runeterra versus the Void — Sign up! | FACTIONS says:
    2014/07/01 at 4:27 pm

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  23. EUW Tournament (July 4–6): En garde! | FACTIONS says:
    2014/06/30 at 11:44 am

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  24. Saturday June 28: Piltover vs. Bandle City! (schedule, stream link) | FACTIONS says:
    2014/06/28 at 2:19 am

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  25. Research Rolls: June, Week IV | FACTIONS says:
    2014/06/28 at 1:08 am

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  26. InsertCleverNiaknsmeHere says:
    2014/06/21 at 8:05 pm

    It seems a bit odd that a pact was formed right at the ending of the chapter.

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    • CupcakeTrap says:
      2014/06/21 at 10:33 pm

      It’s been gradually building since the first lore event.

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      • CrazedPorcupine says:
        2014/06/22 at 9:33 am

        I’m so sick of everyone picking on Piltover, and pick up matches never being even. That and Zaun always gets stupid bonuses on everything because they are so far ahead. It’s not fair. Zaun has the best roster and the best players. There is no possible way any other faction can win this arc without zaun getting hammered hard with restrictions and sanctions and losing all their research progress.

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        • CupcakeTrap says:
          2014/06/22 at 9:49 am

          As announced previously, because Zaun is now in “victory mode” (with a chance to win outright and end the arc early if it prevails in this tournament and a follow-up), I’m going to be a bit harsher than normal on them. At the end of the day, though, the central concept of Factions competition is that the stronger faction wins. Which faction is stronger can depend on the Champions they pick up, their organization, and a number of other things. And the basic idea of the research system and such is that the faction that wins matches gets the most in-universe power.

          I’m going to be throwing more bonuses at other factions and more obstacles at Zaun, but not so drastically that my own actions in themselves topple Zaun.

          If Zaun truly does have “the best roster and the best players”, it probably “should” win. But I’ll do what I can to (1) give the other factions a shot at victory – maybe not an even shot, but a shot, and (2) enable the other factions to score smaller wins, like sending hamsters to the moon.

      • rick6tkh says:
        2014/07/15 at 1:29 pm

        “harsher” they call it. then zaun gets a free 5 army units, and then their sanctions are changed from “No points even if you win” to “champion ban” even though it’s already been decided because it was “too harsh” and go figure they win the featured. harsher my ass.

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  27. Research Rolls: June, Week III | FACTIONS says:
    2014/06/20 at 10:35 pm

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  28. Sun June 15 Schedule: Piltover v. Bandle City | FACTIONS says:
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  29. Sat June 14 Schedule: Demacia v. Zaun | FACTIONS says:
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  30. Sun. June 8 Featured Matches Schedule: Piltover v. Zaun | FACTIONS says:
    2014/06/07 at 6:22 pm

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  31. Sat. June 7: Demacia v. Bandle City Schedule! | FACTIONS says:
    2014/06/07 at 3:19 am

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  32. Sun. May 25: Demacia v. Zaun schedule | FACTIONS says:
    2014/05/25 at 11:36 am

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  33. Sat. May 24: Piltover v. Bandle City Schedule! | FACTIONS says:
    2014/05/23 at 9:23 pm

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  34. Schedule for Sun. May 18 Featured Matches: Piltover vs. Demacia | FACTIONS says:
    2014/05/18 at 12:55 pm

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  35. Schedule for Sat. May 17 Featured Matches: Bandle City vs. Zaun | FACTIONS says:
    2014/05/16 at 10:35 pm

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  36. Schedule for Sunday, May 11 Featured Matches: Piltover vs. Bandle City | FACTIONS says:
    2014/05/10 at 8:14 pm

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  37. Schedule for Saturday, May 10 Featured Matches: Demacia vs. Zaun | FACTIONS says:
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  38. Schedule for Sunday, May 4 Featured Matches: Bandle City vs. Demacia | FACTIONS says:
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  39. Schedule for Saturday, May 3 Featured Matches: Piltover vs. Zaun | FACTIONS says:
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  40. LERY JNKNS says:
    2014/04/27 at 7:04 am

    Zaun’s Base point value for games(when we get to over 40 it seems):
    all matches are worth 1 when we win.
    all matches are worth -10 when we lose.
    XD

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  41. Sunday, April 27 Shoutcasted Featured Matches: Bandle City vs. Zaun | FACTIONS says:
    2014/04/26 at 3:39 pm

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  42. Saturday, April 26 Shoutcasted Featured Matches: Piltover vs. Demacia! | FACTIONS says:
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  43. Interactive Lore Event I (including a vote for a new Champion for each faction) closes Thursday | FACTIONS says:
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  44. Sunday, April 20 Shoutcasted Featured Matches: Piltover vs. Bandle City | FACTIONS says:
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  45. Interactive Lore Event Posted! (Select a new Champion for your faction and make other decisions.) | FACTIONS says:
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  46. Final Shon-Xan Email: Shon-Xan Ends, A New Story Begins | FACTIONS says:
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  47. Vote to decide the third playable faction for next arc (and for how Shon-Xan ends!) | FACTIONS says:
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  48. Help Us Improve Factions Match Balancing | FACTIONS says:
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  49. Shon-Xan Interactive Lore Event | FACTIONS says:
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  50. The Shon-Xan Arc Has Ended! | FACTIONS says:
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