Or are there A LOT of smurfs in gold league. I just got done a game with a pantheon that went 5/3, built an occult sword, and camped the Annie mid who built a Mejais. They were both speaking Korean the whole game and they stomped us by 20 minutes. This is like the third time this has happened to me in gold league. Is it just bad luck on my part, or are there really just a lot of people who smurf in gold?
Korean does not equal high skill level. Pantheon and Annie are classic pubstompers, if they get a lead they can afford to buy those items and still deal adequate damage. If it was you getting stomped, I would suggest taking a second look at their kits on the wiki, if it was your team, try buying a ward or two and spam pinging if you see panth or annie trying to roam. Also upgrading your trinket at level 9 helps tremendously. It is possible they were smurfs, however many people in gold have a higher skill level than gold ELO but are held down by their team. No one can fully carry a game at that elo.
I think if an account is new the highest they can place is gold 1, so if someone in masters is doing a unranked to challenger thing or w.e on a new account u might run into them? But i cant imagine their being that many.. so idk lol
It's just you.
Most unranked high elo smurfs will place higher than you so it may be just a coincidence, or they may be plat'ish level smurfs that didn't place well in placements.
