Free AdellaidSkyhart

You shouldn't be banned by playing something off-meta, but it wasn't the off meta pick that got him banned; it was the fact he refused to communicate with his team and refused to play his role.

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For me it's the principle. You shouldn't get banned for playing something off meta. And obviously if he had a positive win rate and made it all the way into Plat, he had to have told his teams what he was going to do somewhere along the way.

If not building sightstone is bannable now then I should never see or cause most of the support players I see picking those champs almost never build sightstone either.

I main brand and most of the time find myself in the support position. I will say if you don't build a sightstone on a support you're supporting wrong. However, that doesn't mean sightstone has to be first item 100% of the time. The way I see it when I play brand there's 2 scenarios:

1. You win lane hard, get first blood and continue to dominate = rush damage/cc (rylias / liandries) then finish sightstone.
2. No kills, maybe you lose lane, die, etc = sightstone first.

As a Brand support if you get ahead early you're no longer just a support, you're now a considerable damage threat to the enemy. Brands kit is great because you don't need a ton of ap to still do damage, so ending up with a sightstone is always the best way to go. I will say sometimes I sell the ss if the game goes late enough and 1 fight determines the winner.

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If not building sightstone is bannable now then I should never see or cause most of the support players I see picking those champs almost never build sightstone either.

http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2345116078/209494370?tab=overview

http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2311285758/209494370?tab=overview

http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2313907548/209494370?tab=overview

...I beg your pardon?

It has been and always will be a poor excuse. Sightstone is a major part of supporting because providing vision is a key point in the role, as is peeling for your lane partner, and later your whole team. Yellow trinket is simply not enough, on top of the fact you need to be constantly clearing wards which involves getting sweeper.

That doesn't mean they agreed to his strategy.

I read his story, his strategy, watched his games and I've also read all the Rioters messages on the official post.

And only by reading Riot's replys you would've understood that...

People should not get banned for having fun and winning the way they want.

...that's not the reason of the ban.