User blog comment:TawnyOne/Meta: Why does it exist?/@comment-6486964-20140327135436

The Meta exist for to balance the game. Believe it or not the Meta wasn't formed because the champions picked are Op or really strong. The Meta exists to balance out those Op/really strong picks. Like when people started to play mundo because season 4 masteries worked really well on him. People started to play trundle to counter those mundo's. And when people played trundle a lot, shyvana surfaced toplane. But when Shyvana got really strong people started playing renekton again after his short hiatous at the end of season 3-preseason 4. The Meta balances out these Op/really strong team picks. And that's why I cringe when I hear people crying out "KILL THE META" Because if every one stopped picking the "Meta" Champions then a New Meta would begin. Just think. If everyone started playing poppy top, then soon enough Rumble would become the new big pick. and to counter rumble people would be playing someone else, then someone else, then A new meta would begin. Then you have counter Meta champions that came out. Like when thresh came out. He was made to stop the Blitzcrank's that ruled the support role. And then when thresh came out he offered so much CC to the team he was on that other supports were made to bring the same amount of CC that thresh did, Hence Leona being a top pick now and sona being practically non existant currently. then when CC supports became so popular that Adc's (SORRY....Marksman) started having trouble surviving that counter CC started to be strong, HENCE Morgana being brought back from the hole she was shoved in after season two. So the Meta is not only great, It is unavoidable.