In the last ranked act I climbed from gold 2 to platinum 3. In this next upcoming act, I am aiming to make it to diamond, and diamond 3 if possible. Over the course of the act I have noticed a consistent pattern of my teammates instalocking duelists, and in around 40 percent of my games I am forced onto smokes. Of course, smokes are a necessity of any team comp, but I greatly dislike playing them. I believe that being forced onto smokes is negatively affecting my rank, and I pose this question: would I be in the right to refuse to play smokes?

My tracker.gg profile: Sayt#Cuh

Omen x 58 @ 48.3% | 28 W / 30 L

Reyna x 50 @ 56% | 28 W / 22 L

Cypher x 36 @ 52.8% | 19 W / 17 L

Jett x 30 @ 60% | 18 W / 12 L

Astra x 24 @ 37.5% | 9 W / 15 L

Sage x 20 @ 65% | 13 W / 7 L

Viper x 15 @ 40% | 6 W / 7 L

Killjoy x 3 @ 100% | 3 W / 0 L

Brimstone x 2 @ 50% | 1 W / 1 L

Overall 238 games | 125 W / 113 L | 52.5 Winrate | net + 12 | Start G2 - End P3

Smokes: 99 games | 44 W / 55 L | 44.4% Winrate | net - 11

Duelist: 80 games | 46 W / 34 L | 57.5 % Winrate | net + 12

Sentinel: 59 games | 35 W / 24 L | 59.3 % Winrate | net + 11

As you can see from the statistics this act, I am unable to be impactful enough in soloq games on smokes. Let me know what you think I should do. I don't post often, but I thought Id reach out to the community for advice. I want to be a team player, but I feel that Its holding me back from ranking up. Would I be in the right to refuse to play smokes, or is it simply a skill issue?