My theroy is this:
Mid and Jungle are carry lanes. Bot is a total crap shoot based on skill and jungle camping. Therefore, you should assume 2 things:
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Bad players subconsciously know they aren't great and will defer to roles not capable of carrying in this meta (bot)
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You should Top.
You should top based on the assumption above which won't be correct every time, but should be correct most of the time. By taking top, you've done a few things
- put the swing role in your own hands. Learn counters and build strats
- you've reduced the variables. If the jungle sees you're not falling prey to ganks or stupid dives then he can focus on other lanes.
- few top lanes truely roam. By playing top, you can change that.
I think the thing that matters in Bronze the most is this:
Getting a kill isn't worth living. So all player should be overly cautious. If someone get's away with 1 HP, that's not a kill you missed, it's a trap you dodged. Secondly, the less resources you take away from your jungler/mid, the more you're on the path to winning.
In short:
A. Don't feed the enemy
B. Towers matter more than kills
C. Handle your own business and let the carries deal with the deadweight without having to worry about you. I genuinely believe the less help top needs, the higher the change you can win will be.