No mid lane and no mid lane towers. It’s just top and bot lane and an entire jungle in between. The river is now connected through where mid lane used to be. How important is the river now? What benefits does it give? The game is still 5v5. What do “mid laners” do now and what are they called? Are they fighting/skirmishing over some kind of valuable resource against the other “mid laner” while junglers focus on camps/ganking? Are supports still mostly bound to bot lane or are they more free? Is there a flag in each base where mid inhibitors used to be and supports disappearing from bot lane could either be them trying to steal the enemy flag OR joining a skirmish in the jungle? What new elements are introduced into the jungle? What do team-fights look like? Does top and mid just frequently swap roles through out a game depending on the need? If so what is this “need”? Is bot lane or top lane more important? Does baron pit replace top lane alcove and dragon pit replace bot lane alcove? What’s at the very center of the map?
I spent all night thinking about this my head is going to explode.
I think it’s a little sad that they don’t experiment more with simple game mode changes.
Run a 4v4 SR queue for a patch or two, see what happens.