User blog comment:Ysana/Changing Around the Lanes/@comment-5969046-20130908090719

Following the meta is not such an important thing in 'Normal blind pick' games where people tend to troll / test champions / have fun anyways. We played yesterday a game with Shaco top and Janna mid, noone said anything about it and we won heavily.

However, I would not recommend this for ranked games, and for draft pick games only if you are 5 premades. These games are mode competition-oriented so people are (for a reason) reluctant to have teammates pick unknown champions in unknown roles. The meta stays a solid effective frame.