If you still take ignite as midlaner/toplaner, you are doing it wrong. Exhaust will give you a way easier duel than ignite will ever do and it also secures ganks much easier than ignite ever could dream of
Nerf Exhaust or buff ignite, because nobody will take ignite once they have taken exhaust for 2 games and realize how fucking OP it is.
They have their good points and their weak points.
Better vs. burst
Better when you're light on CC
Better for getting kills out in lane
Better late game
Better vs. healing/sustain
Better when you have good hard CC already
Better for tower diving
More reliable at securing kills
You take no damage when your opponent is dead(*). Why would I risk someone getting away when I can just guarantee a one rotation kill with Ignite?
Top laners should take Teleport. Exhaust is a situational pick up on mid laners (i.e.: Assassin vs Assassin). As for bot lane, the rise of sustain lanes makes Ignite desirable again.
(*)And even when you do, Exhaust will not reduce damage of post-mortem DoT spells.
Die trying to Exhaust Mundo
I cant immediately disregard people since I cannot see their badges.
I pretty much only take exhaust now. It is pretty OP.
shhhh! Don't tell them!
I think it's situational. What if your opponents have dashes/jumps/teleports/etc... an ignite can finish the kill while an exhaust doesn't help. What if they have sustain healing abilities that can stop them from dying due to your burst (mundo comes to mind). What if they can get rid of slows (eve or yi) or can't die right now (kayle or especially tryndamere).
I'm also not sure how exhaust works against magic damage so I'll need to go check, but I was under the impression it was only really good against attack damage (physical damage) champions? so against an ap mid or top you should probably not take it. I also think a lot of top laners should have teleport.
