I know there's a strong "there is no elo hell" thing around, and I half-agree. But lately I've been realizing I lose more games when I duo queue with lower elo friends than when I solo. It's just that no matter how bad/mediocre my laners are, I just can't have enough general presence to forcecarry and pretty much someone ****s up somewhere.

It's all a lot more complex than it looks, but at least on my regular elo there's less idiots and it's generally easier to create farmlane conditions while still creating gank or fight situations that are favorable. Heck, there's less dc's and people keep their cool.

Well, I need like 10 consecutive wins to return to where I was, and another 7-8 to finally reach that weird elusive 1.6K elo.