Seriously, that Lucian is not ok

So what you're saying is a niche playstyle is working for one tricks and not working for people just trying it out? Sounds fine to me. Why shouldn't lucian be allowed mid especially when it isn't a large number of people that's actually doing well with it?

that's what I'm saying

Varus mid was and is a joke. If an ADC mid or top actually becomes meta, it's because that ADC is busted.

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There is nothing wrong with ADCs being able to go mid. Varus did it for a long time and midlane used to be his home a season or two ago. Classes should have that flexibility, but the problem lies when ADCs are able to fill every lane but no one else can. When an ADC is one of the better picks in midlane, while also being the class that is almost always dominant in botlane (outside instances like Ziggs and Morde), that's where the issue is.

But just him being able to go mid isn't a problem and is no reason to call for a gutting (there is almost 0 reason to call for the gutting of a champ). He might be strong and need some nerfs, like what is currently going on on the PBE, but him being there isn't the actual problem.

Again, let me explain. ADCs are dominant at bot because they're the class that is screwed over the LEAST by spit exp. And by the nature of the map, you HAVE to have at least one duo lane. That's why you had to specifically design Morde to get full exp in that lane. ADCs go into other lanes when their ADC identity is compromised - Corki, Varus, Lucian, Graves were changed in various ways to play fundamentally differently from botlane ADCs.

Maybe Riot started ignoring NA boards opinion when it comes to marksman because they know its biased as hell.

Yup.

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mages botlane don't work because XP is split, and mages are more level reliant than marksmen.

The level thing, while relevant, isn't really a make or break difference, what does matter however, is synergy between the bot laner and their support. A damage dealing champion that has good synergy with a teammate around (examples include: , , ) generally make excellent partners for meta support picks (which usually don't do much damage, but are good at protecting their teammate who does do damage). Sometimes you don't even need that much damage if other things make your duo strong (for example, + is actually an effect bot lane, especially against basic attack focused marksmen).