Valorant Swiftplay 2025: A lost cause?

Is it worth playing Swiftplay anymore in 2025 and beyond? Or better to just quit since nothing will change about Smurfs in Swiftplay...

Background:

  • Usually play for an hour to 1.5 hours each day just to do the dailies and Swiftplay fits that decently well.
  • Really don't mind losing 2-5 or 3-5 since losing is just part of the game - if it's a hard fought game where it comes down to a 1v1 even better!

Here's the problem:

  • In the last couple games (back-to-back) I've gotten an obvious Smurf every round where each round was a consistent stomp with it ending 1-5 or 0-5 lose. The smurfs don't even hide it since they show levels and essentially run around doing 12-0, 15-2, and 12-1 KD ratios like it's nothing.
  • For those who respond with "Just Get Good" -> Is dying 2 seconds into every round really that fun? Is it a learning experience?
  • Reporting doesn't help because Riot doesn't care.

Open to the floor:

  • Any suggestions for low commitment modes that can knock out dailies as efficiently? I've tried spike rush but sometimes the rounds go longer than 1.5 hours: Swiftplay is high-risk, high-reward essentially.
  • Would it be better to create another account and become a smurf since it goes unpunished outside of comp play?