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Top lane blows right now!

FortisDominus·Mar 13, 2016·1 votes·721 views

I use to love going top lane because it had the most variety, it didnt feel like the winner of top lane was decided in champion select back then. Now a days top lane consists of mostly and with the occasional . These 5 or 6 champions just destroy the competition. and are practically lane bullies that cant die and have fuck loads of CC for teamfights or for setting up ganks. and auto win lane unless camped. is a scaling time bomb that is strong throughout the entire game. These champions have pushed and out of the top lane. Im not saying these champions are bad, but they just feel outclassed right now. Even with i have 13 wins and 2 losses in ranked and i have never even played malphite before this season. Im playing alot of and because they win me games despite the fact that they require no skill to use them. Then why am i complaining? because i hate playing them, they are so boring and i really want to see champions like back in the top lane again. Atleast when i beat back then, i know i just outplayed her

9 Comments

Gunslinger744Mar 13, 20161 votes

Nobody's forcing you to play "no skill" (seriously, there's gotta be a better name for that) tanks like Malphite, if you wanna play X so badly, just play X. If you're losing as X maybe you need time and practise to adapt to the current meta.

I've been maining top since season 2, so meta shifts have hit me multiple times. If you want to play a champ that's out of the meta you'll have to adapt your playstyle accordingly. Renekton still works like a charm by the way, just use your ridiculous early game power.

FortisDominusMar 13, 20161 votes

i mean i have been playing top lane since season 2 as well, but top lane currently seems to have the smallest champion pool with the least skillful champions at top lane since i have started playing.

Gunslinger744Mar 13, 20161 votes

Well, personally I enjoy champions that aren't mechanically intensive. It allows me to take on the leader/shotcaller role I'm comfortable with. The thing with competitive gaming is that the meta is shifting almost constantly, and there's always gonna be people that dislike it. Like back in the assassin meta I pretty much quit, 'cause I just couldn't deal with the twitchy-ness of the game. I imagine people that like fast-paced reaction-based games loved that meta, while RTS/Strategy players like me weren't too fond of it.

I wouldn't say the champion pool in top right now is small, but I'm inclined to say you can play any champ at any time if you're comfortable enough with them. What kind of champs do you usually play? Maybe I can help you fit them into the meta right now. I can't help you to get matched against Riven though :p

DrNovaMar 13, 20161 votes

Imo top lane has always sucked. Always been the least interactive and always a really small pool of champs who make no one else viable top

Kuiper CliffMar 13, 20161 votes

Irelia and Jayce player here, I never really have too much trouble with any of these. Maybe it's just where I am at in rank but they don't really phase me. Karma really gets me through Quinn and Fiora .

LaughingMan11Mar 13, 20161 votes

as Irelia at least, if you wait for them to burn their game changer (quinns flip, fioras riposte, Karma's ult) you use a minion to hop-scotch to them, then while their big defences / offences are down you just punch them in the face.

Rain NTMar 13, 20161 votes

They just need to change banner of command so that magic damage can actually damage it atleast 55-60%. The biggest counter to Naut and malphite are heavy AP poke champions, but banners makes it almost impossible to do anything because MR, give them AP and give them a seige minion that you can never take down. Nah not cool riot.

Critmaster GarenMar 13, 20161 votes

i really find nautilus not much of an issue. maybe because im playing garen, but i may not be able to kill him, but neither will he be able to kill me. usually just stacking defenses and farming, which makes the lane rather relaxed.

same thing goes for malphite. only that i feel i can definitely kill him. especially since he runs out of mana fast early on.

darius and fiora are skill matchups. quinn is exceptionally stressful.

maybe it wouldnt be so bad if riot already buffed dorans shield against ranged champions. i dont even feel like its an issue that adc can go top lane. but we dont have enough tools to deal with them.

in the past i rushed thornmail against these matchups, but they trashed that item and strategy. so it left a void.

CarelessWandererMar 13, 20161 votes

top lane is easy peasy... game is simple so simple they have bots playing in game that go 0/22/0

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