Diversity is ruining this game more than it’s helping
At first I was on the notion of “Heck why not? Let’s see if it’s fun to have different champions in different roles”
Hahaha wrong.
Let’s start off top lane. Top laners simply don’t like the idea of ranged champions in their lane, they exert too much control over their lane and usually results in the melee champion just sitting at their turret farming and having a non interactive lane.
Same way Graves, Lucian, Lulu, Viktor, Kennan and more recently Zilean top were all considered toxic to top lane because of how much pressure they exert is the same way other lanes don’t like it when bruisers or tanks go to their lane.
Mid lane, same way bottom laners don’t want mages is the same way top laners don’t want them they’re simply not equipped to deal with them keep your mages in mid lane. Same way Corki, Lucian, Irelia, Yasuo, Urgot, Gallo, Sion were all considered unhealthy in mid lane due to mages lack of ability to deal with them is the same way top laners feel when a mage is headed top they aren’t equipped.
Bottom lane, but wait a minute bot lane has only been marksman they NEED diversity REEE. No, mid lane has been predominantly mages and top lane has been predominantly tanks/fighters and bruisers (or simply melee) yet we don’t hear constant complaints about how other things should be in those lanes.
Same way top laners didn’t like Lucian and Graves and mid laners didn’t like Corki and Lucian is the same way bottom laners don’t like fucking mages in their lane. Mages have more burst in a short span and with most Marksman having about 20 MR to start off the game they take a substantial amount of damage early. Champions like Zyra and Brand are dealing nearly 60% of your HP in one rotation of a combo while sustain of most Marksman have been gutted.
Conclusion, diversity has failed this game on many levels. Most of the non-binary and off “meta” things were simply too oppressive for most people to deal with simply because the said class excelled too well at their job in an off role. Same people who scream bottom lane needs diversity are the same people who would scream something else needs a nerf if it ever touched top or mid lane and it’s fair to say the game is better off with what is considered a “standard” play rather than this current nonsense.
When champion select doesn’t even become recognizable that I have no idea who I’m laning against there’s an issue.
EDIT: Here are some Zilean top reactions, but Riot will most likely say “We WaNt ZiLeAn ToP tO sTiLl bE a ThInG”
But way much more does it become too much:
