I'm slowly improving, but I'm still the same nut you played last time.

Honestly, I think the real challenge to being successful in ranked is managing stress.

I played so loose in Ultra Plat because the stakes of losing were low, and winning was so rewarding. I gained like 4,000 LP in little over a week.

I was stuck in Super Plat for months tho (and often dropped back to Platinum and even Ultra Gold) because the cost of losing was so high and a couple wins barely offset a single loss. So I was playing tense the whole time. It wasn't until I started to relax that I got over that plateau.

Like we all know the points don't matter, but you still want them damn points, and that distraction really messes with your game.