Like, have you ever mained/played a lot of a champion that was not meta or popular at all, but then became pick-ban status overnight? Idk, seeing Sejuani get super popular all of a sudden was kinda funny for me. Played her on free week a few days after I started League (June 2014), fell in love with her, and mained her until about February of this year when I found midlane was my calling. But have you ever had that moment? (side-eyes Swain mains)
Jungle Lux God2 votesFor me, it's pretty easy to play champions before they were cool because I generally stick to my champion pool regardless of what the meta calls for. As a result, there were some champions that I definitely played before they became cool.
For a while I started playing Trundle and Shyvanna top before Season 4's supertank top lane meta came into being. I liked to play both champions, but I started liking them less in the jungle, and at the same time I was looking to broaden my top lane champion pool, and really enjoyed playing both of them in the top lane. Eventually, Shyvanna became one of the three top laners that defined the "super-tank" meta, along with Renekton and Dr. Mundo, while Trundle also rose up in popularity because he countered these champions (definitely Renekton, not sure about Shyvanna and Mundo).
Viktor was also my main in the mid lane ever since I started playing back in Season 3, and eventually he became a staple burst mage among quite a few players fairly recently.
Likewise, I also played a bit of Nautilus support (I didn't play support a lot, but when I had to fill as support Nautilus was my go-to champion). Now it's definitely a thing.
Terff1 votes
Krigjer1 votes
I used to get into arguments with people. 'Omg Morgana isn't a support, you're so stupid!' Now she's played almost exclusively as support.
Rico Nasty1 votesWait, Morgana used to only be a mage? O_o
Krigjer1 votes[{quoted}](name=karma or feed,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=Wn41AHV6,comment-id=00010000,timestamp=2015-06-19T03:15:04.490+0000)
Wait, Morgana used to only be a mage? O_o
This was before things like Annie support, so only utility supports were popular. Anything that could deal reliable damage was frowned upon. The whole meta thing and all.
Mob Psycho 1001 votesGana support. Tank Ekko Tank Fizz top (i used flash tho) Quinn top before she was fotm Urgot mid before fotm
Original Quitter1 votesI shen jungle - 
and
Anivia Support - 
and I mained voli way before cinderhulk.
Hedønist1 votes
SwiftKitten881 votes
yes.. i have....
NemeBro1 votes
mid.
I pretty much used him exclusively mid (I don't know why, it just ended up that way) and mained him like a month before he became FotM.
The Bearded Bard1 votesNautilus recently, Maokai back in the day. Also played Leblanc support way before the pros thought to do it.