Dynamic Queue hurting the solo player even in low elo?
Dynamic queue is undoubtedly been a rough experience for high elo players as Riot even admits in their round table video. We can also see LCS players creating their own ladder to play on. But can the same be seen in low elo as well? This is just my personal experience but this what I have seen.
Me personally: After grinding silver for 2.5 years finally hit gold 5 during preseason 6. After rank reset dropped from gold 5 to silver 5. Within 2 months main account back in gold 5 playing mostly solo. Alternate account (this account) dropped from silver 3 to bronze 3. Currently in silver 1 practicing different roles hoping to get to gold soon with 56% win percentage. So for me personally, I have not seen much of a difference. Maybe I finally learned enough and adjusted my play even with major patch changes? Or I am just getting lucky?
One friend: Gold in season 4 & season 5. Dropped to silver 5 at the start of this season. After 200 games is in silver 4....
Another friend: Gold season 4 & 5. Ended season 5 in gold 3. Start of season 6 dropped from gold 3 to silver 3. After 150 games still in silver 3 with 0 lp.... and like 45% win percentage. (I have no doubt in my mind he is a better player than I am or at least used to be. I still ask him for advice time to time).
Few other friends. Silver players around silver 2 or 3 elo. Most stuck in silver 5 this season after hundreds of games.
Strangers: Played with a lot of prior plat players this season especially on my main. (as everyone dropped at least a tier at the start of the season). Even now I still get matched with prior season plat players who have negative win% and are stuck in silver. Maybe they were boosted last season? Main champions fell out of the meta? Haven't adjusted to major patch changes?
Not sure what the answer is. All I know is ranked seems a lot less consistent this season with the introduction of dynamic queue and new champion select. I personally haven't noticed a ton of differences. But It seems I can find a lot of examples of other players struggling with the new system. What is the communities thoughts?
