Variety in games. Is that not Riots goal? Every other class has had their time out of the spotlight, so why can't the marksmen have theirs slightly shifted?
Not to mention that if you think that marksmen need to go bot because they have nowhere else to go, obviously have never faced: a top/jungle
or
, a mid lane
,
, or
, a Teemo(who is a marksman) an Azir(also a marksman), a top lane
,
, or
, a mid/jungle
, or a
(seriously...). And who could forget the ever lovable support
.
So Marksmen are not struggling at all to find other lanes. So tell me, why is it such a foreign idea to want an ap carry that could go bot side? It would be a nice change.
And since when are marksman the only class that could scale into the late game? Let me introduce you to: any tank ever, most assassins,
,
,
. (Im sure I missed a few, but I only went for those I knew to be late game scaling.)