Ranked is incredibly stressful

Agreed. Game balance is flawed. Matchmaking is flawed.

Many games I feel powerless. I miss the days where I could affect the outcome of a game through my individual play on a consistent basis. And attribute my losses to specific mistakes I made instead of just being on the wrong team at the wrong time.

This game still has a lot of potential it just needs some better management and design direction. Hopefully that happens before too late

I haven't played ranked ever since Runes Reforged. Frankly, I don't know how anyone does it. It's a breathtakingly bad experience. The fact that Riot hasn't addressed it should be enough evidence that they don't play their own game.

wait you took this game seriously

let us adventure deeper into madness!

Depends on the elo but yea ultimately it's pretty shit. I am happy I played ranked this season though I enjoyed it a lot in recent months. Start of new season always beyond frustrating though I was raging and just hating the game then. But once shit settles down and you adjust your play to the meta it not as bad.

But yes I honestly do think the game is way less fun to play now than it used to be.

one word:

PROMOS

Ranked is 10x better than normals. Ranked games seem to have more attention from everyone and the games feel more competitive, focused and exciting. If a normal game starts in a stomp, it often ends in an effortless stomp. Ranked games show the players' will for a comeback at the very least. I play ranked not just for ranking up, but for the quality of games too. My friends and I play normals together, but when I solo queue, I prefer to play ranked rather than normals.