With Liss new Passive let's talk about melee top laners

Liss new passive in testing seems like an awesome addition to her kit. I like it. But it brings up a problem. Because my friends who main top instantly thought "Oh shit Liss is now coming back to top lane. But now with empowered AAs that increase and increase her mana with every hit."

And that is a huge problem. But is it Lissandra's problem? No. Neither is it Quinn, Teemo or Rumble's fault you are so easy to harass out of lane. Immobile, melee champions with no ranged harass or CC are the problem.

Everyone says "Other mobas handle this fine!"

Well in the other MOBA I play, HotS, there are no champions like Morde, Garen or Mundo. If you are melee you have SOME form of laning tool and/or gap closer. Because how the fuck else is a melee meant to get in range?

And no. Not like Mundo's easily blocked and dodged cleaver slows. Like Arthas built in perma slows and ranged root. Like Sonya's leap and stun. Like Muradan's leap and stun.

There was a time in WoW Paladins were trash in PvP because unlike warriors they didn't have charge. Solution? Give them more movement speed utilities and RANGED CC.

So instead of talking about making Doran's manditory in those matchups or demanding 2/3rds the roster be made unranged or immobile stat sticks like your champion. Perhaps the immobile melees are the problem, not every other champion.

My suggestion? Immobile melees should get higher early HP regen. And more tools for gap closing like range CC, poke or Leaps/Dashes that make them more threatening to poke than a hornets nest. Because nerfing everyone else in the game so you can remain a slow moving wall of stats isn't going to happen. They aren't removing all mobile or ranged champs. And while fixing minion aggro would help and buffing Dorans shield would be okay. They don't fix the fundamental problem that if you are shorter range you need a method to make yourself in range. And if less mobile you need tools to bring the enemy to your level.

and are close to handling this well. This would be an ACTUAL fix and allow melees to go bot and perhaps even mid.

It's almost as if you cannot design a champion with limited range, then give them no tools to get within that range. But no, better blame every other class in the game.

With the best intentions. Mira Arya Enthe