The bot lane meta right now is pretty crazy and the most diverse in terms of champion classes it’s been in years. You may have seen it in your solo queue games and watched things like Heimerdinger bot this past weekend in competitive League of Legends.

All of this is happening right now because the build path for traditional AD Carries / Marksman that rely on crit damage has been nerfed by increasing the gold amount for Zeal items. They also increased the overall cost of Infinity Edge which delayed the power spike of AD Carries who rely on Infinity Edge by an additional 5 - 10 minutes.

This created an opening for other classes of champions to compete for the space in bot lane since they could have a more immediate impact on the game much earlier on and snowball for wins. This doesn’t mean all AD Carries are dead, there are a few AD Carries you can still play in this meta.