New Meta - Evolution of the Top Lane

As a game that is constantly changed and updated through patches, League of Legends is  in a constant state of change, and this allows countless play-styles to be utilized successfully. Of course not every play style is viable, however, the main gameplay, AKA Meta, is constantly evolving through the experimentation of the community, as well as the changes brought by every patch.

The current "Meta" most people would agree on is a normally tanky top, a high burst AD or AP mid, a jungler with a lot of utility, and a bottom composed of a support and an ADC. Of course there is always odd exceptions, but that is what is looked at as 'normal'. However with the addition of new items, and some changes to current ones, variations are becoming viable.

The variation I will be talking about concerns the top lane, hence the title. Putting the ADC in the top solo lane. Although this isn't a new idea, I believe it is an idea that will force the top, or any solo lane to evolve. This strategy has been used a few times in professional game, however it hasn't been very popular in regular games due to the higher skill it requires for the ADC. Of course there are skeptics that would ask the age old question "Why change what isn't broken?" Well I will list some of the pros and cons of this new setup.

Pros

• Having an ADC in a solo lane would give that champion much more experience than in a duo lane because he/she wouldn't have to share experience. Although experience isn't as important to an ADC as gold, it's still important, and it would give a level advantage.
• Most match ups in top lane would be in the ADC favor as most tops have short range and are susceptible to being kited. This would allow an ADC to farm almost unchallenged and push back any melee trying to farm.
• In an ADC vs ADC lane, it would most likely become a farm-fest, however the lane would  also be easier to gank or counter-gank.

Cons

• More susceptible to ganks.
• The sustainability added by supports wouldn't be there.
• Junglers would need to be attentive and ready to counter gank if needed.

 A popular ADC  to run top is Caitlyn because of her long range to poke, traps to help prevent ganks, and her net to disengage. She had high survivability thanks to her skills, and is able to control her lane with ease.