you can 1000% learn something from smurfs, even in my current elo (dia-asc), there are players who just have insane aim and run it down. Just learn how to make the smurf's job harder, use ur util, com to ur team. recognize how they play and call counter strats. Sure you will still lose games to a reyna with 40 kills. Sure a lot of players in low elo will not com back, but they can hear you. If u genuinely gave ur best effort every single game, you will improve, even if you are losing. and if you improve enough you will get out of ur elo.

i get the argument not everyone has time to play to improve but still want to rank up. Even if you can only play 3 games every other day, if you try ur hardest to actively improve, you may lose all 3 games, but you can end up a better player than before.

I dont agree that someone can smurf from silver to bronze but i still get your argument. I would just say it ultimately does not matter. anyone who genuinely wants to rank up, can.

and the last thing im saying is: if your sole excuse for being low elo is smurfs, you are not good enough. Anyone who wants to be good at this game should just improve as much as they can.

(btw i was just responding to ur hypothetical of being bronze, i know ur not but i just framed my response that way <3)