Anyone else having fun top lane?

I guess I don't ever care whether I win or not, then. xd

I'm the opposite. For some reason going 9/0 on adc I can't carry my team, but going Teemo 2/1 I can just shroom the map and let the enemies suicide.

I mean... idk, if your team is 0-12 and you're bot lane playing a scaling adc, even in farm and doing well you can still come back. However, that's not the same case the other way around. Top lane has 0 agency over the game. Mid lane right behind them. Jungler and bot lane is the most important as it stands. Gank your mid, get pressure, 4 man bot. That's how you win games.

Welcome to the Riven club. Let me help you out a bit:

1. PTA is useless

2. Electrocute is terrible

3. Unsealed spellbook is godlike especially vs all squishy teams

4. Vs a lot of tanks (jg and top both are tanks) take grasp if it's tanks you can easily trade into (malphite, sion, etc) or if it's juggernauts (garen, nasus) and aftershock vs a bit harder matchups where if you go all in for extended trades you're likely to die (darius - actually all I can think about atm)

5. Lethality isn't good for someone just starting riven. go old bruiser build. It's still effective and you don't die if you screw up hard

Also, take resolve tree until you get use to the champ so you can learn trade patterns. Grasp to learn how to properly trade and to keep track of multiple things at once so you learn how to multi task better (such as keep an eye on grasp timer so you keep it running, your skill cooldowns to see if you can go into proc grasp and get out safely etc). Also, take aftershock vs more pesky matchups like Teemo, Quinn, Jayce etc. It'll help you survive longer.

Almost always run inspiration 2nd tree for that stopwatch. You can take insight for more cdr or future's market to hit spikes faster, honestly depends on preference and matchup. Some prefer cdr on summoners while others prefer getting their items faster.

I know you didn't come to a lesson, but just thought I'd help a bit.

Top is an incredible bad lane right now where if you're not playing a tank to peel for your adc, you're useless mostly. You can have pressure, but it's still up to your team to do SOMETHING with the pressure you're getting for them. Which is why you don't have much say in the matter. :(

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Trying to learn Riven currently, I think I'm 2 to 6 right now. I lose lane a lot, both due to my lack of knowledge and probably the champions. Nunu went AP but I maxed E so that wasn't too bad. GP traded with barrels so I lost those fights. Panth tossed Q. Ornn is Ornn. Singed used glue which I didn't realize stops half my kit because it's a ground. And Maokai got camped like crazy so I just got dived a bunch.

She's really cool but this lane is hard and the champion isn't helping.

if you want i can give a little advice im not great but i have one tricked her for a long ass time

I don't even get bans. . . (>_>) (TT problems.)

Also, Illaoi can be beaten by walking away. She's a bit unique among juggernauts in that she's not only kitable, but also self-zoning. And the reason you need 3 people to take her down, is because her ult and passive get stronger based on how many people she hits. So there are times when she's actually happier in a 2v1 than a 1v1. I, personally, find that to be one of her most interesting components (from a design perspective).