I play ranked to get a solid stream of 1 v 1 ' s against people who play to win as well as to get an estimation of how good I am . That ' s what its purpose is and it fulfills that purpose well . If you ' re going to try and climb which I think is a silly concept in any game with a ranked ladder seeing as ELO systems are designed to get you to a point where your skill is accurately reflected in your ranked position , and not to allow you to just play the game a bunch to have a number increase . I ' d go on but these brackets are really dragging on aren ' t they . is dumb . If you ' re a diamond player , you ' ll get to diamond if you just play ranked without looking at your elo much and don ' t play while tilted . If not , well , you ' ll stay in plat . Parrypassive play is a different discussion , but I also think there that it isn ' t as big a problem as people make it out to be . Play an aggro kitted weapon and ~~ ab ~~ use chain dodges and you ' ll be fine .