Maining a champion doesn't mean you play them a lot. They could honestly be your least played champion at times. What it means to main a champion is that your chosen champion is fun to play and never gets old.
I've mained Garen since I first played him in Season 1. I go back and forth between playing Viktor, Sejuani, Taric, and other champions that I really do enjoy, but if I keep playing them I will eventually get bored and move on to someone else.
Garen, however, I have never gotten tired of. I've gotten tired of top lane, and so I occasionally play Garen mid or support, but I've never been tired of playing Garen.
When I have the time to play a lot I'll go on sprees where I play mages or true tanks or even "try" to learn ADC where I never touch my main, but I always come back. There's never a time where I have the chance to play Garen and I don't want to. I may want to play someone else more, and so I don't pick Garen, but that's not the same as actively not wanting to play him.
So here is the question for you: is there ever a time where you are bored of playing Shaco? If the answer is no, then you don't technically main him.
main. He is my highest mastery champion (over 150K), and honestly my best. But I don't usually play him, at least not recently. I go on sprees of playing a champion for about 10-20 games, having a high mastery and doing well, then moving on. I still go back and play that champion, but only when his/her/it's/their "rotation" comes around. Does anyone else do this? I find it weird saying I main a champion when I haven't played them consistently in a little while.
