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Um what? C9 have been playing all the strong champs every single game O_o don't know what LCS you've been watching. Don't really get on what youre saying with how people scared of straying away from meta, but pros do all the time. I see a jungler, 2 solo laners, and a adc/support lane every game.
And why do you constantly bring up competitive games when we're talking about soloq. people complaining how theyre still losing games in bronze and i see them playing champs such as poppy and karma. I really don't see what point you're trying to get across

Lane swaps were a pretty substantial change in the meta.
Hell, even playing someone who doesn't scale off of AP in mid lane was a pretty substantial change.

And because League is, in its nature, a competitive game? Solo queue is how a lot of competitive teams have come about...
It's really only a logical step from a -> b.

There are just as many people who are playing nothing but poppy and karma and are high on the ladder. You've completely missed my point so I'll reiterate:
Champions have nothing to do with how prosperous someone is in solo queue or ranked teams. I know people who have carried themselves to diamond by playing nothing but heimerdinger.

Giving someone the advice to stop playing a champion because in your opinion said champion is bad might only serve to perpetuate their stay in elo hell.

In bronze I'd suggest not dropping a comfort champion for the FotM, but this isn't an absolute. I've played Vlad since 2011 and I usually do well with him because I'm familiar with him. On the other hand, I've played Ashe since 2010 and I'm still pimentos at Ashe because I can't aim arrows.

^^
I've played Ashe for the longest time and I've gone up rather substantially because I'm familiar with her, while many players have attempted to tell me that she is a "bad and unused adc"
Familiarity >>>>>>> all
Why do you think pro players tend to play the same champions?