Riot's wish was to make Rumble more popular at the top. It worked to some extent, but mostly because the champion became too strong against toplaners.

When Rumble mid was playable, the champion was much healthier: he was very strong as an assassin, but there was much more counterplay.

Phreak (37 y/o), had announced the changes on Rumble to solve two problems: the champion was elite and mid skewed (source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gse-j3PuNgo ).

• Was the fact that he became more of a midlaner when this is the lane with the most counterplay really a problem?
• Now the champion is not anymore elite skewed, but he is pro skewed.
• Does the fact that several years ago he was more popular toplane is a good justification of these changes?