Comments often go out-of-sync with the code, so I think it makes a lot of sense to prefer writing comprehensible code instead of trying to explain with comments something totally incomprehensible.
It's weird to me how people will slate low quality code, but think it's okay (or inevitable) to let comments go out of date. If your comments aren't useful, delete them. If they are, keep them up to date. It's part of behaving responsibly towards the rest of your team just as much as writing readable code is.
Comments often go out-of-sync with the code, so I think it makes a lot of sense to prefer writing comprehensible code instead of trying to explain with comments something totally incomprehensible.