A message to people who play melee champions

Ben Sharpio·Oct 17, 2016·6 votes·840 views

Your time in top lane is up. Ranged picks are running rampant and making your life 20x harder than it needs to be. As much as you want to play top lane it isn't a place for you anymore. The solution is to become a jungle main so that you don't have to deal with free ranged harass, get to farm, PLAY THE GAME, and increase your quality of life. They don't want you to see this post because they know it's a free win/free lane for them but i'm telling you this now the jungle welcomes you with open arms

21 Comments

Malicious MetalOct 17, 20163 votes

Eh, It's annoying and they get way too many benefits being ranged but that won't stop me playing top lane,

Pill SlingerOct 17, 20162 votes

But then why do melee champs consist of 8 of the top 12 win rates?

Chamuel85Oct 17, 20162 votes

Because someone was annoyed in their laning phase and thus thing laning phase is it all.

RivuoOct 17, 20162 votes

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But then why do melee champs consist of 8 of the top 12 win rates?

They dont.

http://champion.gg/statistics/#?sortBy=general.winPercent&order=descend Consists of Plat+

Not a single top melee champ in the top 10

http://www.lolking.net/charts?region=all&type=champion-winrate&range=daily&map=sr&queue=1x1

Has Sion but a 2% play rate... which isnt enough to account for anything

Pill SlingerOct 17, 20162 votes

I assumed we were talking about top lane win rates...since we're talking about top lane melee champs.

RivuoOct 17, 20161 votes

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I assumed we were talking about top lane win rates...since we're talking about top lane melee champs.

They still dont.

Its made up primarly of ranged champions.

Also the 3-4 melee champs you're talking about have a 1.5% play rate.

http://champion.gg/statistics/#?sortBy=general.winPercent&order=descend

Pill SlingerOct 18, 20162 votes

#1 Galio - melee #4 Sion - melee #5 Panth - melee #7 Jarvin IV - melee #9 Wukong - melee #10 Irelia - melee #11 Tryndamere - melee #12 Malphite - melee

8 out of 12 when sorting top lane by win rate.

RivuoOct 18, 20161 votes

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#1 Galio - melee

???????????????????????????????????????????

#4 Sion - melee

1.9% playrate

#5 Panth - melee

Ok.

#7 Jarvin IV - melee

1.86% playrate

#9 Wukong - melee

Wukong

#10 Irelia - melee

#11 Tryndamere - melee

#12 Malphite - melee

8 out of 12 when sorting top lane by win rate.

My post mentioned that Irelia was not included because she is anti-ranged.

Tryndamere has a win rate because hes a split pusher. Not because his laning phase.

Malphites a tank.

He can absorb 100 autos.. Thats why i didnt list him as the champs that get punished in my PREVIOUS post...

Pill SlingerOct 18, 20161 votes

A) What does the playrate matter? It surely doesn't mean only "Galio mains" play him...as his average games played is like 18. Unless you're saying he isn't melee? I thought he was, but haven't played him. B) "I excluded the champs that beat ranged"....wut

Ranged champs have a stronger laning phase against melee. That in no way means melees are in a bad spot, since they obviously win more games. There is more to League of legends than laning.

RivuoOct 18, 20161 votes

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A) What does the playrate matter? It surely doesn't mean only "Galio mains" play him...as his average games played is like 18. Unless you're saying he isn't melee? I thought he was, but haven't played him. B) "I excluded the champs that beat ranged"....wut

Ranged champs have a stronger laning phase against melee. That in no way means melees are in a bad spot, since they obviously win more games. There is more to League of legends than laning.

I dont talk to people who consider galio melee.

Goodluck

ErockandrollOct 17, 20162 votes

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They dont.

http://champion.gg/statistics/#?sortBy=general.winPercent&order=descend Consists of Plat+

Not a single top melee champ in the top 10

http://www.lolking.net/charts?region=all&type=champion-winrate&range=daily&map=sr&queue=1x1

Has Sion but a 2% play rate... which isnt enough to account for anything

Okay, I just clicked on that link and searched for top lane specifically. The results were about 50:50.

But Plat plus isn't representative of the whole player base. ( I think Riot said the average falls around Silver ELO) Which would make it curious if Ranged top laners are preferd in plat+ and Melee champs are still perferd abroad.

When I look at the common LCS ranged picks, (Kennen, Jayce, Gnar) Gnar is still a Tanky Bruiser Character. Gnar and Jayce are still hybrids, and halve Melee kits within them. And Kennen is an Engage mage (like Liss), He has the combined AoE CC lockdown, mid to high damage, and a good engage tool. Where his lack of defenses are made up with mobility items (Proto belt) or with stasis (hourglass)

But that in mind, I wouldn't generalize ranged champions, as the future of the top lane meta.

RivuoOct 17, 20161 votes

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Okay, I just clicked on that link and searched for top lane specifically. The results were about 50:50.

But Plat plus isn't representative of the whole player base. ( I think Riot said the average falls around Silver ELO)

They stated the game is balanced around Plat+ because even in gold you can do soraka adc and still win.

O Fallen ScholarOct 17, 20162 votes

Riven but this one has 7 dashes lul, broken shield

AcidTheWarlockOct 17, 20162 votes

Yorick

Wanna play immobile carries? Have fun.

JustMonika13Oct 17, 20161 votes

Yasuo :^)

SlashStrikerOct 17, 20161 votes

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Your time in top lane is up. Ranged picks are running rampant and making your life 20x harder than it needs to be. As much as you want to play top lane it isn't a place for you anymore. The solution is to become a jungle main so that you don't have to deal with free ranged harass, get for farm, PLAY THE GAME, and increase your quality of life. They don't want you to see this post because they know it's a free win/free lane for them but i'm telling you this now the jungle welcomes you with open arms

Yasuo MasterYi Fizz Fiora Ekko Irelia Riven Zed XinZhao MonkeyKing your point again?

FalconPawwwwnchOct 17, 20162 votes

The only good champs in that list are Irelia and Ekko

The rest are complete garbage and haven't even been contested at worlds

Commit SudokuOct 17, 20161 votes

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The only good champs in that list are Irelia and Ekko

The rest are complete garbage and haven't even been contested at worlds

assassin update may fix that problem forcing more tank champions in the meta we will have to wait and see

RequiemsfireOct 17, 20161 votes

Fiora dominated by ranged laners, Riven dominated by ranged but can probably turn it around at level 6 when she has ult, MonkeyKing potentially dominated till level 6 but can probably turn it around once he has ult, Zed total skill match up here, Fizz should be able to beat most ranged champions especially at level 6, Yasuo good match up against most ranged champions. Ekko hard to say, i'm leaning towards he probably won't be able to win a ranged match up easily. XinZhao any ranged match up with a disengage will destroy him in lane. MasterYi has to survive to 6 to generally win ranged match ups, Irelia generally one of the best counters to champions with ranged harass.

SlashStrikerOct 18, 20161 votes

The way you describe this tells me you are focused on farming and less on harassment

MasterYi with aggressive playstyle can dominate most range champions. Rangers are pretty squishy while Yi is pretty tanky compared to them and does more damage than them