Save yourself. Don't play ranked now. Even for the rewards.

Sooo. Ranked. The gamemode that most league players play when they want a challenge or to improve. Ranked is popular because humans love to compete. Humans love to progress. Humans love to get back up when knocked down. Ranked encompassed all this. When you won and got your LP, you were happy. When you lost and dropped LP, you said, I'll do better next game. When you climbed tiers, you would feel a strong sense of achievement.

Now, Ranked doesn't give you the same emotions. If you win, it's feels unsatisfying. If you lose, you feel frustrated. If you progress, you know there's a losing streak around the corner. I, as well as other players, spent years honing our skills, learning the game, watching tutorials to get better in Ranked and climb the ladder. Some people even dreamt of making a living by becoming really good. They invested time, the most important asset in the world. But Riot undid all of that. Threw those dreams, all the hours spent, into the bin to cater to a demographic that I do not even know about. They removed a lot of the strategic elements and streamlined the rest to be limited.

If you play ranked now in your bid to get end of season rewards, your mental health will probably be at risk. You might even smash something. My advice is, play normals or aram or RGMs. Don't go into ranked when you know how it's going to end. You'll only end up hurting yourself. If you can't play other modes because they are too casual, try playing other games that don't turn you into a masochist.

Stay safe out there.