That's not true. The skill disparity between the very top players (100-500), and the rest of the players in the top league is usually very large.

He IS a very top player (solo Challenger, top 200 in 4/5 roles in the game). There's not a chance in hell he's able to go on autopilot at that point, even in slightly lower rank games during his grinds where he has to try and win losing games with a team that's not good enough to help him do it. The only reason he's not playing as a salaried professional is that he's in a bad region to do so and makes more being a personality.

That is my point. You don't think he could autopilot and still win majority of his games while climbing from Diamond to Challenger?

> where he has to try and win losing games with a team that's not good enough to help him do it

This doesn't mean he can't autopilot. Attempting to solo carry a team of 5 is difficult even if you're completely dialed in.

The point of match-making is playing with people your same level. It doesn't matter what level tyler1 is, he'll be playing against people that will challenge and give him a hard time.

You're not matched against people less skilled than you where you can just "relax" and walk it in. When you reach your skill ceiling, you have to work hard just to remain there.

> When you reach your skill ceiling, you have to work hard just to remain there

Top players hit the ceiling of the MMR system before they hit their skill ceiling.

When you get to the very top of a ladder, matchmaking stops working correctly. Partly because the top few players are insanely good compared to everyone else and partly because there are literally not enough people online at any one time for an equal match to be made.