Talk:Mordekaiser/@comment-7511848-20160210170946/@comment-26203093-20160216132803

It's there because people believe it works. Subtle difference.

There won't be a change in the meta because people have to change for the meta to change. People aren't willing to adapt to role changes bot because it changes the timing and risk assessment on everything. ADC/Support bot being the only two things at bot that work is an illusion.

But when you've played 1500 games with adc/support at bot, you're always going to play that game - no matter what your role is - better than the 15 you might get with renekton & annie/alistar bot that kills every botlane without a quinn in it. Popularity is self perpetual. No reason is required.

1500 games with a different setup is what's required with that other botlane before you can say for sure it doesn't work - because until you have you're not including the same amount of experience with that setup. Now let me ask you if you're willing to do that - especially considering people will shout, curse and try to ban you - would you?

I'm assuming no - so the meta stays. Popularity remains self perpetual.

There aren't proper talks on this for LoL as far as I can tell, but you should listen to some pros/ex pros talk about star craft 2. They don't just talk about whether you pick terran, protos, or zerg on certain maps - equivalent to sending champs to certain lanes - but about build orders, timings, resource management, expansion timings, attack timings, tech timings, army shift timings, timings timings timings - because a lot of adc only have real power - relatively speaking - beyond the 30 minute mark. And with the right team, you can make sure that never happens. That doesn't just require the right lane pick. It requires timing.