Top lane dominance

EvilRabbitt··1 votes·455 views

I'm having trouble winning lane as Fiora. I've been trying to focus my effort into becoming as good with her as possible, but I notice that I am unable to trade anyone in lane pre lvl 4 (2 points q, 1 point w, 1 point e) and that I'm unable to kill them without Tiamat. It's pretty consistent. I can only kill weaker top laners that rely on some advantage I can't see- Teemo and Vladimir were the show for that.

I have roaming down, post Hydra/Bork/Greaves I tend to destroy anyone that isn't horrendously fed. I can recognize my strength and understand "yes, I can kill them. but good lord, keep off them". And I have a habit of taking top tower then going into ally/enemy jungle and just power farming until I am another item in or so. Its just not dieing first in a lane or even being able to just cs without being abused.

So my question: As a melee top laner, specifically Fiora if possible, how do you assert lane dominance on a Darius or a Graves?

Another bonus question: What should I start with? I tend to go reju beads and long sword for an early tiamat/hydra rush because playing Fiora without those is beyond rough, and a reju/pots start if I know I will be abused.

A final bonus question: What do I change on my runes/mastery? 12/18/0 mastery--> Fury, Feast, Natural Talent, and Bounty Hunter/ Savagery, Assassin, Merciless, Bandit, Intelligence, and Thunderlord's Decree 7.7 Armor Pen and 38 physical damage at lvl 18 runes I'd really appreciate some help here.

3 Comments

SpiritOfLemur1 votes

Ok, i'm by no means the best top laner EU so take my tips with a grain of salt:

  1. AS is not a very good stat to get on Fiora. AD/A pen/CDR are wayy better. Considering that, i tend to rush Black Cleaver if i'm not doing the best. The tank stats and extra mobility are REALLY good.

2.the runes i run are AD marks, Armor seals, MR glyphs and AD quints. Just thought you might wanna try them.

  1. For masteries i like to take 0/12/18 with Grasp.

Hope this helps. I tend to do very good with these

EvilRabbitt1 votes

How do you trade other laners? I'm probably going to start buying more runes and try new builds, but I tend to do pretty well with hydra/bork/bg(or lucid) because at that point my burst consists of 4 instant autos and the on hit if they were in melee, or just 3+onhit. Anywho, my problem is asserting any kind of lane dominance? Post tower (mine or theirs) and post Tiamat I can do very well, but even csing before one or the other tends to suck.

SpiritOfLemur1 votes

That's exactly why i run Grasp. Every time u have the chance to proc it without getting out-traded, do it. It will keep u very healthy and assert a lot of pressure on your enemy laner if you're able to proc it every time. Also, the reason i don't like AS on fiora is cuz most of her dmg is her Q, so A pen and CDR is a lot better

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