Is the support bot meta a good thing?
I think its a cool role. Sure. But it might lead to better balance if we get rid of the duo lane meta. I dont think support will entirely go away. Lulu mid is good. Ori is that kind of midlaner. You could make soraka into a midlaner. When I see that midlane support type champion in the lcs I usually watch because its such an interesting game usually. Very different.
On the other hand, there are a couple of supports I will miss seeing. Wait. Only thresh. Ill only ever miss seeing thresh in bot lane. Forget jana. Forget soraka supoprt. Hate blitzcrank. Leona and Naut are really really hateful, even if I do have the option of taking cleanse (which I should be doing more often and would do more often if the spell was cooler). Omg 3 second morg root. Yay. SO fun.
Im probably exaggerating a little bit. It is fun at times because of the challenge of laning with 3 other ppl. But its not fun because it makes the game WORK. Its fun because its hard and its different. But the cost of not getting a blue trinket util 2-4 minutes later than a solo laner would is crippling at times. Being at lower hp when zed is getting fed is crippling frequently. Its a bit frustrating to deal with an overly aggressive enemy support when your own support is failing or struggling and your jg is absentee. Those arent things you can always deal with yourself. Yes u can do a better job than i sometimes do, but does the support meta add so much to the game that we should insist on keeping it? Some ppl like to play support characters, would they be less happy living that fantasy in a solo mid support role? It seems like they would like that. And as an adc, I would like to have lvl parity and an earlier blue trinket.