I was bronze 5 tier, have now gotten to Gold without duos. There is hope.
Started in December 2015, was stuck in bronze for 21 months, and have finally on april 25 gotten gold elo. Just cuz ur terrible and almost get stuck in elo hell for 2 years straight, doesnt mean u cant get better. woohoooo
oh and I never duo qeued. Cassiopeia one trick
if u wanna check out my other progress posts u can visit my account i think, i made a post when i got into silver a little less than a year ago.
and i dont duo either.