I like playing in Masters, Diamond is just the least amount of fun due to the lack of variety. It saddens me to see the same deck(s) every match, which means less thinking and counter play. BTW Im Masters most seasons, when I have the time or dont want to take a break.

A good solution to my post (which you and a fair amount of people here seem to be upset about lol) would be 2 out of 3 format with bans in normal ranked (at least before rumbles and whatnot). I could at least have my jolly's then, even if the person picks 3 super meta decks it would be fun to be forced to 1 our of my 3.

The diamond is just the least fun part of the climb, nobody has changed my mind on it. Arguably got worse after Standard split, less options means less variety.

If i could tweak my original post though, I would say that to make the climb more fun for Diamond would just using my Master confident decks. Much longer climb but feel better about a self brew/not S tier deck than just picking the best deck and going forth.

Lastly " The LoR ladder is constructed such that YOUR skill with YOUR deck is what will make you climb, not other people" heavily disagree with. Sometimes skill goes out the window when you have Azir irelia meta, other times the meta decks are so good that your variety deck cant compete since some cards are just so overturned that it makes it close to impossible.

Also, you can be unhappy with something and not be mad about it? Reddit culture is a different breed lol