alright, mildly off topic since its unlocks but the banners are a great example of people accepting something as good very slowly.
Conch in its current for minus passive heals has been legal since S17 (late 2014), Battalions since S22 (2016) and sure they did see use here and there every once in a while it took us until late last year for the to be as prevalent as they are atm with pretty much every prem team using one of them in some capacity, meanwhile last i heard (could be wrong) NA is still not using them all too much compared to EU where they very much big part of the meta
Not the best example since you are stilll playing vanilla lineup but point stands that actual change in this game takes ages and even now its still more of a regional thing (also RIP Buff Banner)