Blue essence should be easier to obtain or champs should cost less blue essence to purchase

Hello, Riot and players of League of Legends,

  I am CallMeMoses, a level 33 player who is getting into the ranked scene and trying to play the game at a somewhat competitive level. As I attempt to climb the ranked ladder, I notice that I have a distinct and significant disadvantage compared to higher level players in my ranked group. It is that I do not own the same or similar amount of champions as they do.

 As I play League of Legends, I notice constant updates and ever-changing METAs every other week. This is great of course, but it makes the game significantly more difficult for players who do not play the game as much as others and do not own every champion. For example, I noticed that Lucian was one of the best ADC's in the current META. That is great and all for people who play Lucian, but the players like myself have trouble affording a champion at the cost of 6300 blue essence. So once I am able to afford the champion, so I buy him. Then next patch rolls along and Lucian gets nerfed. That is just great. I played a good amount of games and spent a long time trying to get this one champ, and he just gets nerfed right away. Now jinx is on the top of the ADC META and now I am stuck with no blue essence to buy her.

 I am making this point because I own very little champions, to begin with, and every time I purchase an expensive champion that is in the current META, they get nerfed right away. So now I am stuck with weaker champions as the META keeps changing to better support players who own all the champions versus the players (like myself) who need to grind up to buy a new META champion and then for them to get nerfed to the ground.

Time to play devil's advocate. People will always make the argument: "Just put a couple of dollars into the game and buy the champions you need." That is a fair argument to make, but people do not always have the luxury of being able to throw twenty dollars into a free-to-play game. I am a college student with no job that has to commute almost every day to college. I cannot afford to throw away my money into a video game because I need to be a little more responsible and spend my money on essentials, such as transportation and food. Some people may be able to afford to put money into the game or kids will have their parents buy them a gift card every now and then, but not everyone has that luxury. Newer players should be rewarded for playing the game versus feeling like they are just grinding up for a little bit of blue essence every time they load onto the rift.

Riot, I ask you this: Please make the champions in League of Legends easier to obtain for newer players. It will make the game more enjoyable for newer players as well as make it feel as if we are playing the game versus just grinding up to buy new champions.

-Thank you