Here's some context: I've been a Gold/Platinum ranking player for a while, ever since I got to play Valorant. Just after one day of bad games, I manage to get demoted hard to Silver 3.

Let me tell you, grinding out of Silver 3 is hell.

That rank manages to pool up a mix of mechanically great players, but also gives you the instalock duelists who won't enter for you, the sages who flank every goddamn round..you get my point.

So imagine being a solo queue, Gold/Plat player who has a bad day. A day so bad that you go down Silver 3. The only thing you can hope on your side is:

1. Your rushes are better than the enemies rushes.

2. They have a bad team composition.

3. Your games don't even out in wins/losses.

4. You get a smurf or a communicative 4-stack.

5. The enemy team implodes on each other soon enough that they play bad.