Sooo, I'm almost about to start playing ranked and I've found that top is where I do best but I notice that most top lane champs that are good that aren't tanks get instabanned (riven, Darius, jax) so I was wondering if there's any safe BRUISER champion I can main that is good and won't get banned most of the time? Thx {=^-^=} Edit: I'm not looking for TANKS pls ;-; no tanks
singed :D 
i dont know what gets banned for u - none of those are ever banned in my games.
these are possible bruisers you could play top though.
tier 1 
tier 2 
take note i dont play top - these are options ive seen played/played myself. feel free to disagree.
Pick lissandra
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roll in the freelo
Sion is pretty dumb, in that even if you lose lane you're still a huge threat.
Cho, Pan, Irelia are all good.
Rumble is amazing but he's hard.
I've got to say, I was wondering something similar, so I had some of my higher ELO friends give me some advice, and the tier 2 boots > Triforce > tanky 
turned out to be pretty strong against any other melee laner (but Riven posed a slight problem if she initiated a trade before you could.) He's got some great damage and is fast enough to take advantage of most openings. If an Singed ties to CS, auto-Q him. If a Liss's W is ever used on something other than you, E past her, W, knock her away from tower and mash Q. His W is great sustain once you hit lv 3 and he's just overall really fun to play imo.
Another really fun pick was the AP (AP tank if behind) 
. His damage is lovely and his kit is relatively easy to use. His ult can also make or break a teamfight, dealing insane damage to any who stay on it.
Hope this comment was helpful. (P.S.: I'm only adding Hec and Rumble to the comments bc they are quite strong and I didn't see them there yet).
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I like Pantheon top, he's pretty good there and in the jungle. Good luck with your placements when you start.
I can't even remember the last time I saw Darius banned.
I like ranged top-laners, like Quinn, Karma, and Vlad. Though they all have a hard time against some of your sustainy bruisers (Cho, Sion, Irelia)... they do well against the more damaging bruisers (Riven, Darius)
Garen and Sion are very safe picks right now.
I don't agree with everything down to everything on this list but it's pretty accurate. http://www.nerfplz.com/2015/02/2015-champion-tier-list-solo-queue_28.html
Swain is a great top laner right now that is never banned along with it hard countering liss. Wukong when done right pretty much just wins fights single handily. Ire is pretty obvious just need some practice with her.
I haven't seen a Jax ban in 3 months. Also, if you're looking for an extremely safe laner that can build tanky and scales well into the late game, pick Nasus. With his passive and buying defensive early, there's little to no way the enemy top laner is gonna kill your by himself.
Gunna throw my vote in on Cho'Gath. The Terror of the Void has tons of sustain if you can get your last-hitting even fairly decent, and his Silence, and Knockup make him tough to turret dive, or engage on. No gap closers or mobility though, so watch out for getting camped. Still, a good Cho'Gath can get huge, both literally and figuratively. Building some AP/Tankiness items on him is fantastic. Rod of Ages and Rylai's are great pickups on him, and against a double AP comp you can even grab an Abyssal as your MR item. As long as you stack up your Feast properly, and avoid dying constantly he gets a ton of free health, so building resistances on him is great. Heck, you can even get a Zhonyas. Just keep in mind his early game can be a bit hard, especially with his mana costs. Also he doesn't start getting really tanky till he hits 6. Still, fun champ, also has some great skins. Battlecast AND Gentleman Cho'Gath are both fantastic skins. I prefer Gentleman, those voice lines are enough to make me even not care so much in losing games :3
Trundle: A lot of people seem to just look at his ult and think he is only good at shredding tanks he is a good 1v1 duelist, split pusher and few can beat him in raw ability to take down towers. If you get bored of going top with him hit up the jungle he does very well currently the sustain is real with that passive and W. If you ever get annoyed with certain champs getting tweaked every other patched Trundle is one of the most stable champs in the game and he does not really need anything changed either. One of his core weakness is being kited, so if that does not float your boat don't go for Trundle. Last tip though NEVER EVER PICK HIM INTO SWAIN OR LISSANDRA JUST DON'T.
Tryndamere: Personally i think Trynd is one of the few truly viable Melee ADC in the game right now, though he does see some bans every now and then His ult is a great safety net for those times when you overextend or just get picked out, and his spin does cover ground well as well as jump some of those pesky walls. Other than that though enjoy those manaless abilities and spam away.
Jax & Darius: I know you said you don't won't those "Instabanned" champs, but man I just never really ever see these guys banned anymore. They are both pretty solid and do well in many comps. If the meta does another 180 and push bruisers back into the spotlight then yea you might see them move back into the common ban cycle, but for the most part if you really enjoy them have at it and crush that top lane with them.
Tryndamere is really really good, and i hardly see him get banned. He has extreme sustain and high damage.
Swain top is nice too, if you want an AP top
Also, a LOOOOOOOT of people underestimate the power of Singed top. You will get really easy farming, and be unkillable in teamfights late game.
