Ranked doesn’t determine your skill as a player
Ranked is a solo game mode, which is why it will never actually be truly competitive. It come down to these main points: (TLDR at the end)
- Your playstyle
Ranked favours aggro players, which is why if you normally play control brawlers for your team, you will naturally struggle to carry in ranked
- Drafting
Drafting is also part of your skill as a player, but in ranked, you can only make one pick, whereas if you were a drafter for your team, you would be able to make all three. This nerfs drafters and coaches in ranked by a lot.
- Teamplay/ comms
It is impossible to communicate with your ranked teammates except in the most simple forms ( sprays, pins) which means that it does not test your teamplay and synergy as a player. This usually mean that playing carry brawlers like Mina Mortis and Kenji is more optimal than playing brawlers that require team play (Kit, Gene, Doug etc.)
- Wintrading and hacking
Every three games you will meet one wintrader or hacker, which isn’t very competitive in the slightest 🥀
TLDR: ranked heavily favours aggressive play styles and doesn’t test your team play. It is also a cesspool of wintraders , hackers, and people with 0 mental stamina . If you seek a truly competitive environment, find a team and play some matcherinos, or sign up for the monthly qualifiers next year