I don't know why, but no matter what I do or how hard I try, I always seem to lose every single time. Either my team is just not equipped for the other and it's unbalanced, the opposite team are all higher-level X ranks and out-skill us, or my team is completely incompetent and keeps throwing the match. I know that 'once you get in the higher ranks, it'll get better', but I can't when all I do is lose no matter what. I would play with friends for coordination, but:
-they either never/have not played before
-arent competitive like me
I don't know what I'm doing wrong
I main Nautilus and currently in S+
#I always seem to loose
ebon plank
To add on: aren't the matches supposed to also be balanced to make sure your win-loss is roughly 50-50? Because I know for a fact it's never that
pale marsh
I always like using recon mode to see any flank routes or alternate paths to use. I rarely see anyone notice that platform underneath centre of sturgeon shipyard
small fable
I think the ranking system tends to put people too close together in rank, with multiple mechanisms pushing you towards your end rank (increasing opponent skill level and increasing cost of entering a series / losing an open match as you climb the ranks). As a result, once you reach the highest rank you can reach given your skill level, you'll be in a place where opponents outclass you more than they should. I don't know if there's much you can do about that.
That said, it can be helpful to watch a few replays of your own matches, see if you can identify things you could've done better in hindsight, see if any repeating patterns emerge in that. If you don't see it yourself, you can post a replay or two here for someone else to analyse. Everyone will always have room for improvement, even (perhaps especially) the best of the best are still continually looking for ways to get better, so you should be able to identify points of improvement in your game as well, but that doesn't mean it's easy to do so 😅
Also, your original post makes it sound like you're blaming your teammates. Stopping that and looking what you yourself can do better is a healthy first step (as long as you don't get mad at yourself). As a rule of thumb, blaming one or two individual losses on your teammates can be valid if you win most of your games, but if you lose most of your games over a longer time then the problem is really with yourself and you should look for a way to work on it. At very high levels like S+ you might also have to keep an eye on the meta, since most of your opponents will as well.