Just came back after like a year. Did yalls limbs fall off? What is happening? Feels like the skill ceiling has collapsed. Nobody at my rank knows how to play the game anymore.... I didn't just magically get 100x better while not playing for a year? What gives?
I just don't really understand. For context I finish around Silver or Gold every season. Normally it feels competitive for me when I play because I am always around this level of play.
However, I just watched the recent AT&T Annihilator Cup and was watching all the streamers playing League. It gave me the itch to redownload and get some sets in. For like the last week I've just been destroying every single game.
It genuinely feels like these people are Iron. Some of them don't seem to even understand their champions? I'm just going lane to lane killing everything that moves an inch.
Nothing has changed. I am around the same rank I always am (S1). Playing the same champions I always play. Using the same runes and builds I always use. The only difference is time.
So seriously what is happening here? Did they do something weird with ranked while I was away? Or have all the good players left??? I had to actually sweat for wins before. Now feels like I can't lose. My team picks garbage match ups and whatever and I still get them across the finish line most games.
I also realize if I just keep going like this, I'll move up ranks eventually and meet more balanced games, but again why was it so much harder the last time I played? Now it feels like an actual joke, and nobody knows what they are doing but me? Silver-Gold players before felt like they could hold their own. They at least understood their champion most of the time.
You should have seen this Annie I just played against. It was like she had no limbs irl. I genuinely don't know what her gameplan was besides getting kicked in the mouth 17 times. I dropped 15 kills in 18 minutes and forced them to FF.... The very next game I dropped 12 kills in 15 minutes and forced them to FF.... Like I'm talking I'm just speed running these people over and over, when last year I was having to try so hard for wins at the very same rank.
Something just doesn't feel right. Maybe yall can clear it up? Unless I've just magically reincarnated as Faker who isn't yet dead there is some tom fuckery at hand here.