I am hoping to get gold on time this season, hopefully the first couple of months. I have always had trouble with silver 2. Took me 8 tries over 2 seasons to get past it but once I was in silver 1 I never dropped down to 0 lp. Thinking it should not be as much of a problem this year. Only problem is right now only people still in silver will be plat/gold players and good silver players. Its nice I guess since teammates should on average be better, little harder to carry though.
I ended season 4 in silver 3 and after season 5 placements I was in silver 5. Won enough games in a row to jump from silver 5 to silver 3. Got into promos right away again but then hit a losing streak :((. Hoping to jump a couple of divs this year and not get stuck in silver 1 or 2 for too long.
Good luck on your goal! Right now mine is gold 2-3. Potentially plat if I am really feeling the immobile mages update that is supposed to take place this year. I love me some lux mid along with other mages.