How do you even play league of legends as a top laner?

MysteriousBootie··1 votes·514 views

Hi i play poppyPoppy top lane, laning phase i'm bad and almost never get any kills without another teammates help. Trades never go my way, I feel like i'm always camped and will be punished the moment I attempt to play aggressive even if I throw down wards, and when the laning phase is done I don't know what's better: staying in lane and farming and split pushing or trying my luck at grouping.

Grouping is a coinflip, teamfights go wrong often, and I end up getting myself killed most of the time. If I don't group with my team I feel like they'll just get picked and die, but if I group i'm missing a bunch of XP and gold. I need help at this point on a fundamental level, like basic HOW TO TRADE, AVERAGE DECISION MAKING IN THE MID-GAME because I legit don't even understand why i'm losing and how i'm dying most of the time.

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WatchDogs Legion1 votes

Poppy is also my kinda OTP top lane, shes pretty good in almost any match up top

She really weak against range tho

MysteriousBootie1 votes

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Poppy is also my kinda OTP top lane, shes pretty good in almost any match up top

She really weak against range tho

Ye often times I get pushed to my tower if i'm against like a graves top or quinn, or even jayce. ACTUALLY this brings me to another concern: if i lose lane or i'm pushed to my tower for w/e reason and I can't 1v1 the other top laner (idk at what point I can try to trade with a ranged laner, maybe when I complete my first item if i didn't die?), I still feel the need to try to roam to help my team elsewhere but i don't wanna sack my turret for free either.

Spoofghoul2 votes

item 3512 summoner 12 summoner 6 are all good for enabling roaming

you don't really need damage on poppy at best you buy 1 damage oriented item you bring alot of utility which is always good and have good base damages.

alternatively item 3742 item 3117 can also help with roaming

and later on item 3083 can give godlike sustain if you get outtraded alot just back off and regen

vs quin or graves top item 3075 will help as a firstbuy too, if possible with double beads but only if at least one of them builds into an item later on, ideally both will but selling one later is ok the armor will help and your passive increases it your passive shield will be tougher and you auto counter their poke a bit.

Thornmail isn't very good right now but can still be very usefull in such matchups in the early game.

The double beads will give you double regen for cheap to heal their armor reduced poke which means it will be wholly ineffective that early on if neccesary to survive grab item 1054 +item 2033 start with one buy the other asap it works very well vs ranged

hope these tips help you deal with the toplane pressure and annoying matchupos like quin a bit

Ralanr1 votes

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She really weak against range tho

How many top laners aren't?

WatchDogs Legion1 votes

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How many top laners aren't?

Pantheon Malphite Yasuo Trundle Rumble Illaoi

Erksuo1 votes

oh dont get me fucking started on yasuo this dude sucks in any fucking matchup to date

420 grams1 votes

Hard to say because I've never played poppy, but she seems like you should be in team fights more as the tank. She doesn't have a lot of wave clear and whe can be 1 v 1'd so split pushing isn't very on her. If you want to split push, buy a fighter who can do well with hydra.

MysteriousBootie1 votes

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Hard to say because I've never played poppy, but she seems like you should be in team fights more as the tank. She doesn't have a lot of wave clear and whe can be 1 v 1'd so split pushing isn't very on her. If you want to split push, buy a fighter who can do well with hydra.

Can't she build titanic hydra? IBG + sunfire cape can help with waveclear too

420 grams1 votes

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Can't she build titanic hydra? IBG + sunfire cape can help with waveclear too

She can, but there's better champs in my opinion who can split push better (aatrox)

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