User blog comment:Commander Marko/Diversity: Is it dying out?/@comment-24057740-20150323104055

Short answer: No.

Long Answer:

There will allways be meta sheeps (as there will allways be hip and cool things with clothing). People are gregarious animals, so they will follow theyr leader blind... eh copy and past the pros. But the good part is, not everyone feels like he wants to be a sheep. There are poeple who main other chars, and poeple who just pick what  is good in the moment despite the char is not a well nown meta pick.

In league, all champions winrates range from 54% to 46% (outside the hard nerfed one) wintrate. In a bronze/silver/gold/plat/ even low diamond game, it is offten not this 8% better champ that wins the game. It is decision making, single player skill, teamcomp and most important teamplay what wins it. It is also really important, that you know, how to play to the strength of your char. That you know in and out at what situation your champion shines and what he does better then X/Y meta picks. And thats the thing with uncommon picks, your enemy judges them wrong. you can force situations that he can't win. So do yourself a favor and open your mind. Look for champions, that counter common meta picks or teamcomps. For example, your enemy picks a assassin(Zed) mid an riven top, you don't have to play the standard Vi/Jarvan/Lee dive the carry char. You can play Skarner for example and peel the shit out of your enemys that try to reach your carry. Diversity seems low on the surface, but when you brake it, you will see that nearly all heroes are viable in some way.