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My opinion: the new champions ou metagame doesn't necessarily have to be "champions-ish", since it isn't "champions" from the beginning but a showdown meta, so, I mean, separating the clauses from the original champions game is quite reasonable.
Think of a guy who plays a lot of TMG on main and became room voice in a month or two, room driver in two months or three since we first knew each other.