Hyper-Counterpick meta top might be the most unfun thing I’ve ever experienced in top lane

You can literally just counterpick your opponent and chances are, baring that you’re an OTP, you can hard counter your way to victory. It’s not even just about the picks themselves, it’s the fact that you then have the opportunity to play something where keystone usage comes into play significantly - like Kennen with klepto.

There’s a lot of reasons why counterpick match ups are extreme:

Damage Overbuffing of champions Keystones Champions have been balanced with specific counter concepts in mind (healing debuff, shield breaking, %hp true damage). Defensive stats being garbage when even slightly behind

All of these things have led to this volatile set of engagements in top where if you pick first, you legit do not get to enjoy the game. God help you if the enemy jungle recognizes the counter match-up and decides to help. And all of these things are decisions that Riot has insisted are good for the game, so this meta isn’t going anywhere any time soon. I am honestly just not having fun with this. It is actually incredibly demoralizing and to boot, it makes the games feel toxic too because everyone flames you when you feed. And deaths are so easy to escalate beyond control. I really wish this would change.