Literally had one of those call me bad because i went Poppy jungle

in a Normal Draft... Before the match even started

He said that no professional players play Poppy jungle. I proceeded to tell him that not because something works/doesn't work in LCS means that it's also the case in lower elo. He told me i was wrong, that there are analytics backing up that data.

That was just one example of someone who believes everyone should walk in LCS footsteps and only play champions that see plays in competitive level.

Sigh... i don't understand how people can be so gullible. How can anyone fail to understand that mastering your favorite champions, no matter how meta/off-meta they are, is a hundred times better than picking a champion you are not used at just because the best player in the world picked it.

Saddening to lose a promo because top laner calls in champion select ''lol Jayce is so strong right now'' and then proceed to feed 0/8 in laning phase. And when you go check his match history, they don't even have any mastery level with that champion.

I even have some real life friends who are inately good players, but they are unable to climb past mid-silver since they only play ''meta champions'' instead of picking whatever they are already good with.

I understand that people seek a role model in professional players, but even them will prefer to pick champions they are good at over another that might have been better for that game.