With the new map changes, it appears that Top and Mid will be more protected and worry less about ganks from the Jungler or Support:

https://preview.redd.it/fyqogrxfcx1c1.png?width=623&format=png&auto=webp&s=a60ba14bf457790f53f9d8bb33b184ec0f65cd01

https://preview.redd.it/sh0e1vlhcx1c1.png?width=610&format=png&auto=webp&s=8ea78566a6642144055486218191585ba1a4ad57

Meanwhile, Bot lane is getting a bit easier to gank:

https://preview.redd.it/r2e1r8fmcx1c1.png?width=618&format=png&auto=webp&s=3ad6f4d4b20be4aa3caabc81990871b1cacb1a0f

Mid and Top are already the most popular roles, here is a poll from a couple days ago:

https://preview.redd.it/2j7922wncx1c1.png?width=146&format=png&auto=webp&s=ed73f38df3aa5fb7c289a612c8c1d3c732ba730c

https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/17zw9ff/whats_your_main_position/

And here is the data collected by League of Graphs:

https://preview.redd.it/fz2pz1hpcx1c1.png?width=409&format=png&auto=webp&s=233aed500b8bf24e7cf627308f30eee94858801f

https://www.leagueofgraphs.com/champions/main-stats/bronze

Jungle is at risk of becoming even more of a PVE role which I don’t think is going to make it more attractive to anyone, meanwhile Bot lane will be even more prioritized as the fiesta lane to gank.

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I expect the sum of the changes to make Mid and Top even more contested roles to play, and to see a lot more autofills in the other roles.

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What do you think?

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