Gold+ elo is filled with players that really dont belong there
I have been playing a lot recently to get to plat 1 this season, and from looking at my team mates game history, I have noticed a lot from it. A lot of them have been Bronze/Silver a few weeks/months ago and are now Gold/Plat. This is because of the game being so brain dead right now, that everyone is a smurf. You dont need to get good farm anymore, you dont need to dodge skill shots. You can just slam your head into your keyboard and kill people in .4 seconds because of how brain dead the game has gotten. You can be down 2 items, getting 4 cs per minute, but still be able to 1v1 the enemy because WE ALL DO INSANE DAMAGE.
This season is all about hiding on a brush and waiting for the enemy to walk next to you and booping him first. Having more skill than you opponent doesnt even matter anymore. Its really sad how bad this season has become.