Why are players at the same rank so much better all of a sudden?

[jongemann]

Am i the only one who has noticed a big shift in the skill level in ranked the last couple of days/weeks? I was plat III in doubles for a pretty long time, and i feel like i only get better (my skills clearly improve in training and games). But for some reason i started ranking down very fast the last 1,5 weeks or something, to the point where i lose almost all my games the last couple days. I'm pretty sure it isn't because i'm getting worse. You can see it from objective factors like the amount of air dribbles and double touches opponents do all of a sudden for example. Plat 2 feels the same as how diamond 1 felt a month ago.
The same for 1's. I only got better in 1's because i only started playing it seriously like a month ago, and all of a sudden my opponents are so much better at the same rank. Could there be something ♥♥♥♥ed up with the matchmaking? I also noticed i'm matching parties in 2's pretty often while playing solo myself. Or does this stuff happen regularly, because more people are playing all of a sudden or something? Just curious if anybody expierenced the same thing!

BTW: i'm playing on PS4, so not on PC

[5kimi]

You probably focused on mechanics, you made a few mistakes and they werent punished and now they turned into a habbit. There isnt a skill shift

[jongemann]

What do you mean exactly? It's not only mechanics it's everything: pace, rotatian, accuracy, aerials etc. Everything just feels better than it did. I added the stuff about the air dribbels to point out that it's more than just a feeling but can be noticed objectively.

[Manny]

Could be a number of reasons like someone smurfing, most of the world is on lockdown so players have more time to practise and improve or it could just be some players at your rank are good at certain mechanics, but aren’t good enough to carry their team, so that player struggles to move up. I have a friend who is Diamond 1/2, but he can easily hold his own in champ 1/2 but he’s not good enough to carry his team.

I moved from console to PC a few months back and definitely noticed that PC players are better. If you do come up against players from other platforms, turn off cross-play and see if you notice a difference. I used to turn it off on Xbox One.

[jongemann]

Thanks for the answer. The main thing why it's weird is that it's such a sudden shift. So it has to be something that changed all of a sudden. Maybe the lockdown has something to do with it. A month or 2 ago when the lockdown started i thought i noticed exactly the opposite, where the ranks got easier. Maybe this effect is now vanishing somehow and that's why it's harder now again, idk

[Toothbrush Cheapwood]

It's because I play ranked again ! Everyone going down to leave me a comfortable place...

[Slacker]

Yes. In 2v2 I started this season at G2 and climbed to P2 after week 4. Stayed around P1/P2 for 2 weeks. Now, I am currently on a 2 week losing streak going from high P2 to G1 with maybe 3 or 4 wins thrown in there. Also a lot more smurfs and just general asshats. After my 6 game losing streak tonight I uninstalled. GL.

[jongemann]

引用自 Slacker：

Yes. In 2v2 I started this season at G2 and climbed to P2 after week 4. Stayed around P1/P2 for 2 weeks. Now, I am currently on a 2 week losing streak going from high P2 to G1 with maybe 3 or 4 wins thrown in there. Also a lot more smurfs and just general asshats. After my 6 game losing streak tonight I uninstalled. GL.

Yeah that sucks. I also thought about smurfs, but everybody would have to be smurfing then, because the skill level is pretty consistent every game. It's just as if everything shifted 2 ranks, like P2 is now what D1 was, P1 what P3 was etc. Guess i'll just ketting better and hoping it shifts back again

[Manny]

引用自 Slacker：

Yes. In 2v2 I started this season at G2 and climbed to P2 after week 4. Stayed around P1/P2 for 2 weeks. Now, I am currently on a 2 week losing streak going from high P2 to G1 with maybe 3 or 4 wins thrown in there. Also a lot more smurfs and just general asshats. After my 6 game losing streak tonight I uninstalled. GL.

That sucks. If you do decide to reinstall the game again you can get yourself out of Gold. Most Gold players struggle with double jumping, fast aerials, dribbling and many other mechanics - if you use those mechanics more you will have an advantage over many players and should be able to carry your team or at least make the game harder for the opponents to win.

Change your play style up to better suit your team, so for example if your team are ball chasing, you should sit back more and create passes and then rotate back.

[Bubba Kitty]

SunlessKhan made a video that may describe what you are going through:
https://youtu.be/rTSRMB9wyiM

[Protect Freedom]

Thats because of the extreme high amount of Derankers and SMurfs right now, Ranked 3v3, 2v2 and 3v3RND is higly infected of those peoples

[jongemann]

引用自 Appa：

SunlessKhan made a video that may describe what you are going through:
https://youtu.be/rTSRMB9wyiM

Interesting. Difference is that i don't feel like i'm playing bad, probably even better. The opponents just seem to be so much better. Anyway, acceptance will be the best answer regardless. So i guess that's all i can do

[jongemann]

Yet another evening with losing every game in 2's... Now down to plat 1. I decided to ask a couple players if they were smurfs, and some actually admitted it and told me they were like D1 or 2. So i guess the answer to my question is that 2s basically is infested with smurfs right now. I have no idea why tho. It's so frustrating that ranked is ruined all of a sudden.

[Auspicious]

Its all the trash smurfs in diamond pushing the diamond players down into plat.

[Lord Dazed & Insane]

Not a big dif b/w plat and low diamond tbh.

[Lord Dazed & Insane]

引用自 Auspicious：

Its all the trash smurfs in diamond pushing the diamond players down into plat.

The smurfs all fly through to high champ pretty quick