Daily reminder that melee vs ranged top lane is completely unfair

Fangerform·Sep 17, 2017·2 votes·1,492 views

Gee I'm sure getting outplayed by the enemy (insert ranged top laner) right clicks from range with zero mana cost or cooldown . Such fun and interactive gameplay . /s

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Lil Homie bustaSep 17, 20174 votes

The thing is, most of the melee champions can't fight back without going all in against a range champion that's poking with AA's. The ones who have a ranged skill, such as Kayn's W or Olaf's Q, needs to hit their skill shots, while the enemy laner only need to click at distance for a granted hit.

As a laner, you're punished for "laning". It's a very non-interactive gameplay when compared to melee vs melee, where you can actually fight more equally by having the possibility of fighting back without needing to always go for all in's.

TBH, there's should be a melee exclusive early item that counter ranged AA's somewhat. This is one of the reasons why ADC's succeed in lanes that they shouldn't, because they end up facing easy and unfair match ups.

PhDs NutsSep 17, 20171 votes

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TBH, there's should be a ~~melee exclusive~~ early item that counter ranged AA's somewhat. This is one of the reasons why ADC's succeed in lanes that they shouldn't, because they end up facing easy and unfair match ups.

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Asayake 5150glowSep 17, 20171 votes

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The thing is, most of the melee champions can't fight back without going all in against a range champion that's poking with AA's. The ones who have a ranged skill, such as Kayn's W or Olaf's Q, needs to hit their skill shots, while the enemy laner only need to click at distance for a granted hit.

As a laner, you're punished for "laning". It's a very non-interactive gameplay when compared to melee vs melee, where you can actually fight more equally by having the possibility of fighting back without needing to always go for all in's.

TBH, there's should be a melee exclusive early item that counter ranged AA's somewhat. This is one of the reasons why ADC's succeed in lanes that they shouldn't, because they end up facing easy and unfair match ups.

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Also ranged champions are generally far squishier, meaning all in's are very possible. They also generally have less mobility, making it harder for them to 1) escape and 2) dodge skillshots. Their auto attacks also have less range than the average skillshot.

Also quite a few champions have the ability to farm or poke at range.

WoonStruckSep 17, 20171 votes

Pretending there's interactive gameplay between a ton of melee match-ups too. lol

Laning in general isn't very interactive in most match-ups. At least now.

The majority of melee laners have much stronger powerspikes than ranged laners. As long as you don't die before that, you can usually snowball off of them.