Can I play a duo in my placements in the 2023 League of Legends season?

The 2023 League of Legends season is here and players are already trying to complete their placement matches.

Solo/Duo Queue is the primary ranked experience for players wanting a ranked experience. This means a player can queue alone or with another person to play with three other players.

League of Legends players often choose to queue up with a friend when tackling the solo/duo ladder. There is a ranked mode that allows you to queue up with a full team of five, which is fun and increases the competition.

So can you play ranked solo/duo with a friend before you reach your rank?

Placement Matches are the 10 matches a player must pass to see their visual rank. The placement system does not allow a player to lose LP and allows them to win a significant amount per win. Players can play with a duo partner in the first placement game, but playing with each other after the first game depends on the rank difference between the two accounts.

If one account is placed more than one tier higher or lower than the other account, you will not be able to play in pairs again until the accounts are closer in rank. For example, accounts in Silver can only play with players who are ranked Bronze, Silver, or Gold. So a Silver player cannot play ranks with someone who ranks in Iron or Platinum.

As long as both players are ranked within a tier, they can play all of their ranks together.