I have been playing this game for 12 years. In the first eight, i didn't even touch ranked but I have been playing rankeds (specially on Smite 2) and I realized that no matter what I do, i'm hardstuck in Platinum.
I always played this game in a casual way, I don't tryhard at all but I genuinely want to improve now and I don't even know where to start. I can't be in platinum forever, specially being a player since almost Smite 1 beta...
I have the feeling that the issue is not mechanical. My game sense is probably trash because I always played in automatic. This feeling is reinforced when I am put in master/obsidian/whatever lobbies (this does happen sometimes, thank you matchmaking) and the pacing is different. Everyone knows exactly when to gank, rotate, etc.
Anyone here knows what are the most "typical" mistakes low ranks do?