User blog comment:GustavoNuncho/No Role, and no meta./@comment-89.135.131.125-20130131173817

You CAN play them in any way you like. Hell, you can even play AP Tryn if you like. But in most cases, these builds are sub-par in all areas or just plain terrible.

That point aside, roles and builds are not set in stone, and anyone who thinks they are is an idiot. The problem is, people will generally keep repeating what they hear/see without actually thinking about things themselves. To be honest, wikis and forums are partly to blame for this. People are just too quick to label others as "trolls" for trying something new, because the "majority" thinks it's bad, but what they disregard is the fact that all builds started as experiments. And when people realize that XY build works after all, it suddenly gets accepted. To give a recent example: think about AP Yi. I've been playing AP Yi for a good while now, and people often called me out for being a troll, retard, idiot and threatened me with reports and acts of sexual intercourse with my mother. And now, Alex Ich gets a penta with him during a tourney, everyone and their dog starts to play AP Yi. AND he gets nerfed. Figures. That's just how short sighted the LoL community (and internet communities, or herds, more like) are. Just keep on experimenting bro, one day, you may find the "new meta".