Stop assuming champions are terribly weak just because they're uncommon.

Imagine calling Hecarim strong a bit over a month ago, and seeing how many people would laugh. Because he was never played.

Imagine playing Kennen right before he became popular in the LCS, and seeing all the people laugh about your "trollpick."

Think about how useless Lissandra was considered before she became a 100% pick/ban toplaner in the LCS earlier this year/late last year. It wasn't the result of buffs. It was just untapped potential that was discovered after being used in the LCS.

Think about how Xerath was just an obscure midlaner who was considered weak due to the unreliability of his ultimate, before he became a staple midlaner after some LCS players demonstrated his power.

Think about how many of YOU would have laughed and called me a baddie if, one month ago, I said Cho'Gath was actually quite strong and viable both in mid and toplane.

Think about how shitty people considered Zed, before some skillful players showed that he's one of the strongest champions in the entire game.

Now stop, and consider that YOU ARE THAT PERSON. If you're sitting here calling a champion unviable trash because you rarely see them, then you ARE being that person, who assumes anything off-meta/uncommon must be trash. If you're sitting here saying, "wow Riot, Bard is a total failure, so fuckin weak" then you're following that exact same path. Even Imaqtpie, who's been playing botlane for years and years, **considers Bard one of the strongest supports in the game since his buffs. ** But you rarely see Bard, and when you do, it's a random soloq player playing them at a mediocre level - so you assume he's trash.

Why? Not because they're actually trash. But because of confirmation bias. When you assume a champion is shitty due to being uncommon, then if you ever see that champion die, or have any sort of weakness whatsoever, you just affirm to yourself what you already believe; "Yeah, see, I knew it, X champ is just shit, plain and simple."

This isn't a "go break the meta!!" post.
This is just a post to say, "stop calling champions shit and demanding Riot buff them just because you don't see them often."

That's all.
Sorry for the impatience.

Thanks for reading, friends.