Jeremy as someone with experience of having 3 smurfs, 1 of which was once at 700 elo I can tell you there is no elo hell. I have carried from 700 up to even 1400 at times. A good player will easily have a huge impact in a game where his skill level is at least 200 elo above. Dont want to be mean but you have played over 400 games this season and have still not broken 1k elo, and obviously deserve your elo. Biggest problem with low elo is that you dont admit that your bad and and dont improve. Blaming your team will get you no where

And A common misconception in low elo is that kdr is more important than objectives

There is an Elo Hell. Its -200 Elo from where your really suppose to be. -200 from elo says, "your just not good enough to carry these downs kids so you lose" To gain elo you must, and i quote RIOT on this, "be head and shoulders better than your current elo"...which really defeats the purpose of elo anyways, cause your really suppose to be playing in a "bracket" or "elo" based on your current skill level, which isnt the case here.

Winning your lane is simply not enough. Cause while your 4-0 the other downs kids on your team are 0-8 and the bruiser in top lane is now gunning for you cause he knows its a race between you and He.

Again, There is an Elo Hell. Its the place where your just good enough to be but not good enough to pass because its a team sport, not and individual one.

As for going duo, i have played with really good ppl and i've seen no difference in win ratio between the two. Im sure duo is better cause you can coordinate better. but i just havnt seen it in the win ratio for myself.

there is also a big difference between the brackets. >1250 you have people who just are now starting. Some have never played before and have never experienced ranked. Alot of them dont know the current meta so they choose really aweful champs that do not mesh well with the team. Also you have alot of toxic unstable ppl with really bad comps and connections. Once you get past that those hinderances become less apperant and skill level and RNG plays more of a role.

good luck getting out of your ELO hell....

I have been as low as 387 and have seen for myself the difference in teams and behavior at every single level up to where i ma now. There IS a distinct and constant difference. Yes i still get trolls, lack of communication and bad players. That being said you get more of it and thing you would not even think were possible in elo hell.

Elo hell is real, it is there, and it is an actual thing. Now like i said before most of the time if you are there it is for a reason. Myself, for instance, joined ranked at 30 had no idea what a meta even was, had no idea build order if i even knew what to build, didn't understand the concept of map/lane/jungle control. I had no idea how to modify and adapt not only to the enmy team but our own team.

As i learned these and became more patient things got better and still do. I am a better player becuase of elo hell

Elo hell is real, it is there, and it is an actual thing. Now like i said before most of the time if you are there it is for a reason. Myself, for instance, joined ranked at 30 had no idea what a meta even was, had no idea build order if i even knew what to build, didn't understand the concept of map/lane/jungle control. I had no idea how to modify and adapt not only to the enmy team but our own team.

This is the average player from 1-1250. THen why does Riot start people at 1250?

everyone should start at 0.