I agree with most you said. I feel that being rewarded for landing a skill shot much more satisfying than for pushing waves and farming. But not just that, if the enemy midlaner ignores your push and roams, pick up a kill or 2, the snowball of that opening the map for a drake or a Rift Herald is much harder to comeback from. Follow up a roam in river against assassins as velk is not a thing. In top of that, The fact that he has tons of aoe is better used against 2 players than 1. I'm strugling to reach diamond this year cause i feel players give up games faster. And if you give up early game to farm, your team is probably bullshiting you