User blog comment:Ysana/Changing Around the Lanes/@comment-15244341-20130908143441

Honestly, people should do what they want as long as the teamcomp makes a little bit of sense. I've played one hour games against 3 assassins teams because they were utterly terrible at taking objectives and couldn't burst five people in a teamfight because on our side were both a tank and a bruiser. They proceeded to jump to the carries, get peeled, waste their leftover burst on both of us and then get murdered by our damage dealers. You need to know when does it make sense to pick what, and know that you do need a carry and a tanky initiatior to at least have average teamfighting capabilities. Otherwise, good luck in teamfights against competent people that know how to deal with crazy shenanigans.

And I don't want to be annoying, but there is a point in League's metagame, since it maximizes exp and gold gain while minimizing risks (ADC+supp since ADCs are weak early, midlaners on mid since many are susceptible to ganks...) and puts champions in their optimal setup. I understand that playing always the same way might be boring, but when I see a "support Poppy" botlane I don't normally expect them to do well. And they normally don't. People need to understand that you can't play some picks in unorthodox positions just for the fun, since they are niche. I play Swain. I sometimes pick him top against Tryndamere, since he is as hard as a counter gets. And even then, Swain's job might have been better done by other pick in that top lane, since Swain does have some harsh issues when toplaning that can be worked around if your team is willing to help and understands what you are doing. But I will be an idiot if I picked Poppy support against a Lulu-Ezreal bottom lane, since they will just poke both you and your partner apart. And that is the problem. People tend to be greedy or stupid about their picks. I can understand a Nautilus support. Is weird, he should have some problems, but it is a workable pick. But then, suddenly, someone has a Lee Sin support locked and you are a metasheep because you point that thats obviously a pretty bad pick as a laning partner for your Ashe.

So yeah. Be unorthodox as long as you are not being dumb about it. The blog's strategy is not bad, for example. You might be getting kills that make up for the experience loss you get from duo laning, so it's a kill lane, basically. However, I do hope you had an ADC. For the late game DPS that actually kills those pesky tanks/fed guys.