i was wondering if anyone has a good way to de-rank without ruining other people's games. the only way i know of to de-rank is to lose a bunch of games which requires purposely losing. I don't want to people to lose games because of me, i just want to play ranked with my friends who are lower elo. (Note i don't have the time before the season ends to rank up a new account to 30 to play with them)
make a smurf account and level it. if you intentionally play a champion or play in a way that results in you losing more games, ur inting lol. dont be a dick and just level a smurf.
This proposition in any form is dubious. If you for any reason play less than what you are capable of to deliberately fall in rank then it is basically griefing.
The idea would be to play normals if your friend(s) are sufficiently different skill level from you that you're not within 1 tier in ranked.
Also consider the spicy world of flex, since your ranks there may be more similar unless you've put time into climbing that as well.
