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Pretty much just the title. I’m not even able to play ranked yet and I’m getting matched up against level 200+’s on my own. What’s going on? I’m trying to learn a new role, which is hard enough as it is, let alone coming up against people who have been playing 10x longer than I have.

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I’ve been playing a lot of normals recently. My friends and I are largely plat-diamond and level 200+ and we run into sub-30s frequently. I always assume they’re just strong players or alts or smurfs and their MMR is in our range and they’re not actually new.

I assume similar things are happening to you: the game is confident in your skill level and matches you with people who, despite their increased experience, are at your skill level.