Valorant was my first game on PC. Played a lot during the first 2 episodes and peaked VERY BRIEFLY in diamond 1 during Ep. 2. Been playing again recently and am getting absolutely shit on every game I play ranked or unrated.

Placed plat 3 beginning of last season and have been stuck in this awful cycle of bottom fragging nearly every game while being queued against current d3/ascendants. Many of them with immortal gun buddies. Unrated is arguably even sweatier, immortals gun buddies everywhere, even seen some radiants.

Despite being at the bottom of the board nearly every game I'm only losing 10-15rr even when we're losing extremely lopsidedly and I'm going double negative plus.

Then I get carried by my teammates and despite being bottom of the board it's plus 25-30rr.

I only solo queue. Is there any way to get my account to a more appropriate elo for myself so I can actually enjoy myself every once in a while or do I need to make a new account and abandon the $100 or so I've spent on skins.