User blog comment:Dantasticjux/Getting out of Bronze Solo Que/@comment-5544574-20130910102847

As a LoL player in Bronze, where I don't currently try to climb out of Ranked but I do a lot of background research in the mechanics of the League, I respectfully disagree. As Busecatu mentioned below, I feel like the solo lanes are the positions you need to contest in order to 'carry' your team.

It's not exactly that the ADC can't actually carry, contrary to title (Marksman now but who really uses that title :P), but it's just that the ADC cannot do its job if the laners and jungler is not 'competent' (I say this not out of insult, but rather saying that they don't bear the knowledge or understanding) to keep enemies off the ADC and peel for their team.

What I'd feel is that the mid laner seems to have the strongest effect on the game, especially in a meta where the earlygame is prioritized (late-game comps seem to stagnate recently) and burst damage is becoming stronger than DPS (the buff to Deathfire Grasp and the downplay of health). The top laner also has strong effect on how the game progresses but the current situation for top lane is to stay as long as you can so other parts of the team can fall behind, while the mid lane can easily roam and help boost the other lanes.

That's just my IMO - the ADC is a great position to hold the team together but my own skepticality tells me that you can't trust your teammates completely. That's no cynicism exactly, that's just a respect for human nature.