User blog comment:TheTobarMethod/Why you SHOULDNT follow Pro's./@comment-76.184.242.248-20130219220300

As skill/rating goes up, the relevance of "preference" goes down. In lower levels, your odds of winning are better if you just pick who you are good with. But the more competetive the enviornment, the more rigid: at some point what works for you needs to be what works in general. So that point is only somewhat true.

The other part is correct in that the meta is determined by the skill level of those in it. High skill cap champions are probably a lot worse, champions that are readily countered/played around at high levels can exploit that enviornment. But while this is indeed the case, high level playstyle reflects a standard of play that lower level players should be striving to achieve. There is a reason why the professional meta is the way it is, and paying attention to that can improve even a noobs game.

In short; I think it is more correct to say that you shouldn't religiously follow pros.