Your friends are part of the "community" that you'll meet that basically shits on anybody who's not as good as them. From the Top at Tencent, to you at Level 26 Tryndamere main.
I use to watch video and techniques to find out how to best utilize my champion. After I got the hang of using champions, I began experimenting. Not just "experimenting" like some person trying to take Karthus Jungle for the first time ever because he saw a streamer do it. I was abusing S2 Eve with 1600 crit damage at level 13, using S5 Graves to deliver ludicrous bang, and going Darius Support. All of these champions have had changes to drastically reduce their ability to function in these ways.
Karthus Jungle still somewhat works, but if you get someone to Counter-Jungle you like Shaco, Kha Zix, or Twitch then you're kind of screwed.