User blog comment:Leyrann/I overrated ranked.../@comment-91.120.13.74-20120719071818

That's the biggest problem with ranked... too much bad players at the initial rating. See when I began ranked, I ended up carrying 2 games, and I too felt that opponents were quite underwhelming. But then, I immediately lost 4 other games, where I dominated my lane, but still could not carry, as all the other lanes ended up feeding and people ended up AFKing. In a nutshell, 1400 is easy to reach if you have some luck with matchmaking, but God help you if you don't...