User blog comment:Hidden Sniper/Riot's hand in the meta as we know it/@comment-86.204.208.145-20120926072348

you must understand that the meta is what it is for reasons:

top is bruiser/high escape ap because alone on a long lane is easy to gank

jungle is sustain/cc champ to be able to farm it while playing safe and gank

bot is carry AD/support  because the carry AD alon on a lane would be raped on ganks and support doesn't need as much gold so he helps carry AD

ap mid is mid because he's squishy and needs farm ( you could swap ap carry and AD carry, but  anyone swapping in the other team would win because ap carries  > AD carries early on)

it's a moba, the most optimal strategy is used, that's kind of normal

you can take whatever comp you want though and win a game, it may not be done to be played so but you can.