This but it's the wolf t-shirt meme

See also challenge runs like "Beat dark souls without leveling". With lower skill you need all the help you can get but once you get better you can use suboptimal options. I think the tendency to optimize is often more socially and psychologically driven than mechanically required.

As a counterpoint to this consider LoL onetricks who find ways to win with their favorite character at the highest levels in whichever role they get. More successfully in some roles than others ofc but in some ways skill opens up new options since ability can make up for the numerical disadvantage