"ranked should be about my skill and my skill alone"
when did Riot patch in the 1v1 ranked mode?
It's ignorant to pretend that ranked will ever or has ever been even a little bit about your own individual skill. It's almost entirely based on your ability to play nice with 4 other people. Now those 4 people might just be premade. Anyone else just excited that with a 4man as your other 4 teammates you're really unlikely to get a DC or afk?