Marksmen being professional play oriented class, faster paced and faster paced soloq games, burstier and burstier soloq METAs didn't do good for the class and it finally happened.
Statistics are taken from league of graphs. I think their statistics over mained roles are quite reliable. Their popularity of roles statistics corresponded with Rioter's posts in the past.
So lets take a quick look at it:
ROLE | IRON+ POPULARITY | BRONZE+ POPULARITY | SILVER+ POPULARITY | GOLD+ POPULARITY |
---|---|---|---|---|
TOP | 21.5% | 21.5% | 21.4% | 21.1% |
MID | 20.6% | 20.6% | 20.8% | 21.0% |
JNGL | 20.3% | 20.2% | 20.2% | 20.5% |
BOT | 19.1% | 19.1% | 19.4% | 20.0% |
SUP | 18.5% | 18.5% | 18.2% | 17.4% |
AND
ROLE | PLATINUM+ POPULARITY | DIAMOND+ POPULARITY |
---|---|---|
MID | 21.4% | 21.7% |
JNGL | 21.0% | 21.0% |
TOP | 20.8% | 19.9% |
BOT | 20.3% | 20.5% |
SUP | 16.4% | 18.2% |