Does the skill rating even change?

Question

So, to preface this, i am by no means an amazing player, i am at most above average on a good day, so its not like i'm expecting to have some pred level skill rating or something.But here goes. In season 25, there was added the season start reset based on the (hidden) skill rating, i got reset to bronze 1, no complains there, we had no frame of reference, thats just where i was starting.in season 25 i did solo queue into plat 4, and duo-ed into diamond 4, which i think is decent performancein season 26 i got reset based on my skill rating, again into bronze 1what i dont get is how is it possible to climb to diamond without the skill rating increasing one bit, this honestly feels furstrating and demotivating that all my ladder progress is not aknowledged by the system one bit...

crabraviolii · Answer

skill rating is a joke they are just trying to gaslight us into believing theyve actually done anything productive with the game when it reailty they havent done **bleep** in years

reconzero · Answer

This is just one of the many, many reasons why it's impossible to take ranked gameplay seriously in this game. Any game, for the matter of that. They're all the same. Convoluted, opaque, and manipulative. The only way to win at ranked is to not play it.