User blog comment:Commander Marko/Diversity: Is it dying out?/@comment-1920550-20150316061245

Out of all roles jungle is the one with the least variety (and still it's more than last season with Rek, Nida and Sejuani entering the fray of J4, Lee and Vi)...thing is Riot buffed several tank junglers and gave them Cinderhulk/Gromp buff...thing is...alot of junglers who become too strong tend to transition to top lane...Zac was one long ago...Hecarim and Maokai now...because of role overlap strong junglers transition to top, where they use they power in lane and pretty much anything new/nerfed gets tried in the jungle...the jungle lacks a distinct identity and champions defined for the jungle....Rek'Sai is likely the first champion that was made solely for the jungle...

But rant aside, variety overall in this season has shown some cool surprises in all lanes...the return of Annie and Leona on support, Graves and Sivir on ADC, Viktor/Karthus/Cass/Xerath/Diana on the midlane, Maokai/Hecarim/Renekton/Rumble/Sion on the top. And then you have the flex picks, which i believe have been a defining point this season: Ezreal/Kennen/Lissandra/Kog'Maw/JarvanIV/Nidalee...these champions can operate in full power in more than one lane...that simple concept (one that i wanted for a long time) makes for so much different comps and strategies...

If anyone saw the patch rumdown from Riot, they said a massive truth...when champions are sucessfull they tend to be viewed as oppressive or without counter-play, while in reality every one of their kits did have counter play of a varying extent, and that their policy to nerf things that were too sucessfull went a bit overboard...hence why we're seeing the buffs/added mechanics no older champions...rather than simple numbers these small new mechanics work as a glue toa finally connects the champion's kit...