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Even if all players above plat smurfed that's less than 15% of ranked players. We know that not all of those players are smurfing, because if they were you wouldn't be able to find matches over plat :P

We are getting better and better at reducing smurfs, as well as getting them out of low ranks. Unless you are purposefully manipulating an account, by throwing games, most smurfs get out of low ranks pretty quick due to encounter MMR(most under 5-10 games, if it's an account that has been purposefully manipulated it can take longer tho which we are looking into actively).

That being said, we know smurfing is a pain point; in fact almost every ranked design change has made sure that it does not promote smurfing and even tries to reduce it. A great example is the 5 stack restrictions removal, one of the biggest reasons we saw players smurf is because they want to play with friends so we tried to find ways to make it easier to do so. Or the account level requirement to p...