Anyone else experienced game quality dramatically increasing once you hit plat 1/2?(EUW)
To clarify, yes I know emerald is a meme for how toxic and hard it is. That’s not my point.
I peaked emerald 1 in the first season they introduced emerald. After that I barely played to climb. The past week I decided to climb again. At first it was exactly like it used to be. Snowbally games with tons of kills, nothing too surprising since I started in gold 4. the only new thing was the insane amount of fresh accounts. Tons of duos with 80%+ winrates. Regardless, it was an uncoordinated mess. No intention to actually closing out the games, very little team interaction.
2 days ago I reached plat 2 and the game quality started to significantly increase. For one, there are barely any fresh accounts anymore. Most people actually play champs that they have played 30+ times. But what really blew me away was the coordination and intention people started to display. People actually holding their big spells, dancing around the pit as a stack, clearing wards, spacing spells.
Specifically amazing are the rotations during the early and midgame. Priority actually meaning something. Everyone checking the minimap for plays. And the commitment. If the flash could be secured by flashing, they flash. Dives don’t feel like a complete mess. Maybe I was insanely lucky for the past 10 games, but even the losses felt somewhat enjoyable with teammates that try. Maybe something clicked for me and I just see the game differently. Even back on my first emerald climb games never felt this coordinated.