Tsamari wrote...
I find it odd that you have to put someone in the jungle when there was no point.
Being a jungler does a lot to your team in fact, top lane gets more farm and thus gold while he also get's more exp meaning that if you have a Shen top he's gonna get 6 before or at the same time as bot/mid meaning a lot of plays could happen.
Having a jungler also means that if any lane gets behind, you have someone there to help them get back. Let's say you have 2 top and botlane gets behind, what are they going to do, wait for lategame and teamfights? Impossible, the opposing botlane is ahead and can therefore dive, get even further ahead and possible win the game just because of that. 2 top laners cannot gank bot because that would mean a 2v1 scenario and possibly another snowball scenario too. This all means that 1v1 top is a better idea because then the jungle can help out if these scenarioes happen.
Takerial wrote...
It is weird switch though. Hopefully it won't take too long to adjust with my main champions.
If you want an easier time with smartcast turn on range, there's an option somewhere in the hud that turns on those circles, meaning you won't instacast stuff like swains W when you press the button but when you release it instead.