So I'm playing with a friend of mine who has played the game longer than I have but never put a ton of time into it. He never got out of silver in his time playing and started this season in Bronze. I had 2 smurf accounts, one barely hit 30 a few months ago.
When we started duoing a few months ago it was rough, he was a standard bronze player with bronze mechanics and decision making. It was really hard at fist because while he was listening and trying to learn he was absorbing it all pretty slowly. This combined with the fact that he only plays yasuo and some Diana made it even harder. Then suddenly it all seemed to click for him and 2 months later he's gold 3 with 1 win from promos to gold 2 and we are constantly paying plat 3s and 4s despite only being gold.
I don't have any silver accounts anymore