what is the point in playing outside of the meta?

all you do by playing someone outside of the fla$hy s1ck lc$ plays meta is run the risk of having someone on the enemy team pick them. you can say that sure, there are champions that can beat said meta champs. but even then sometimes its still a huge challenge just because of how overloaded and stupidly strong their kits are. a smart lee sin gets free harass and escapes with high damage CC, almost no counter play to that. a good yasuo literally crits through your 250 armor like its nothing, akali wrecks post 6 even with vision wards, azir is an extremely overbearing lane bully, and these picks pretty much nullify 60% of the picks you can go with in the game. not to mention push tanks completely out of the meta altogether. it's now all about super high dps champions, and everything else is left to rot.

also, wtf is with all of the manaless champions strength right now. its like you nerfed mana regen just so people pick what is obviously the only GOOD choices left. i,e . i'd say all of them save for yasuo are EXTREMELY strong right now and a nightmare to lane/play against due to overloaded/bs kits. the only reason yasuo isn't as op as them is because he's had a lot gutted from his kit since launch. but gnar, zed, and lee sin have tons of safe harass, akali becomes a god after 6 regardless of skill level, and tryndamere gets massive lane advantage as soon as he gets fury.

riven doesn't even need explanation because come on. she's pretty god damned strong in all areas of the game.