Kai'sa mid with smite Braum Support JG?

This is what happens when Ghostcrawler re-watches Gigabyte Marines vs Fnatic at last year's Worlds and gets a stiffy without using Viagra. Carry roles get nerfed into the ground while duelist/split push champs get a big boost totally flipping the charts on what champs are strong or weak. As a result teams are doing some crazy things to get wins and it's so far off the established meta that some pros are badly struggling to adapt and getting benched.

welcome to 8.12

its the "funnel strategie" where you tell the junger (and your entire team) yo you guys are my slaves this game. i will farm as much as possible to become fed and all you guys protect me.

never try this in soloq

Ahhhh the funnel strategy. Kai'sa gets all the mid farm and jungle farm. Tarac and yi can do it too. But for solo Q, it takes a 100% commitment on the part of the entire team starting from champ select to pull off consistently. But when pulled off, it requires a lot of risk taking and team work on the part of the other team to counter.