Silver 4/5 is actually harder than Silver 1/2

I've played games on both sides for a while (S4/5 and S1/2). Although S1/2 is a higher division, I find that games in S4/5 are actually harder. Anyone else find this to be the case?

There is such MASSIVE skill fluctuation in S4/5 it makes it difficult to find a consistent play style that will work. Your KDA will be higher than in S1/2 but in terms of actually WINNING, it seems harder. Also, it feels like you MUST hard carry every other game or else it will be over.

By contrast, in S1/2 you can just "do your job" and more than half the time you will neatly fit into the puzzle of a decent team that will win. Just small things like CS-ing better than your lane opponent can actually translate into a win (whereas in S4/5, it takes a lot more to change the bad waters).

S1/2 is more about tailoring your play style around whoever you notice is the best player on the team and doing a competent job, whereas S4/5 is more about having to be the best player to win most of the time.