trying to diversify my pool

Lucky Iccy·11/10/2015, 11:00:12 AM·1 votes·550 views

So this is actually two questions as I play two roles primarily, top and support.

The question is which champion for each role that would be something similar enough to the ones listed to make playing him enjoyable but still different enough that it diversifies the picks im comfortable with for different comps

For top lane i seem to do best with a heavy harass ranged champs that can out sustain in lane, I prefer ranged champs in general and am ok being a bit passive to scale into late game, currently my comfortable top picks are Ryze and Vladimir

For support I seem to prefer decent damage ranged supports, i like to be able to engage heavily and really bully my lane, I tend to try and snowball lane and again, prefer ranged supports. I do dislike being so squishy but find that melee supports often lead to being pushed under tower in lane. Currently my supports are Annie Morgana and the occasional off meta Brand

So I will raise the question to smarter men than I, and as u can see I have a lot of AP champions overall and could use some AD in my life...who's next folks?

4 Comments

BadmoonBC11/10/2015, 3:46:54 PM1 votes

I kinda see what your saying. Let me first off say you should really learn at least one champion in the other roles as well. Because it's almost unavoidable that your going to be in multiple games where you want get top or support. Secondly, don't always go for the same type of champ. I'm in a similar situation. I'm a mid main. Diana and LB are my mains. But with the new season approaching I really need to learn an ap long range/control mage(other than azir since he apparently will be reworked). I am a decent Jaycee, but with all the ad changes there are going to be a lot of ad tops, so I gotta find an ap that has what I need. Anyways, as I was saying, your two top laners are non tanks, and sometimes your team is super squishy so did you ever think of maiming or at least using a tank to better fit your team comp? Mundo is a super safer laner that had great harass if played right and a decent shot with cleavers and has sick sustain. If your all about the harass then Gnar is an awesome pick, he's tanky, mobile, ranged, and his ults are game changing. Maokai gets overlooked now days but he is still amazing with his cc, sustain, and damage/tankyness mix.

As for support, again your super squishy in this area, you need to beef it up. My personal opinion is Leona all day every day. Insane tankyness, ridiculous CC and in lower elos she's basically broken. None of them can ever figure out how to get away since her hook travels through minions. And her peel for the carries is otherworldly.

I still encourage you to check some jungle champs and mid laners out. Though ryze and vlad can both go mid so I wouldn't worry as much about mid lane. Just remember, if your team is squishy and your top lane, there's times where if you don't pick a tank you could lose the game in champion select, enemy might have a good dive team and you got no front line or peel.

darkmatchwaldo11/10/2015, 6:21:56 PM1 votes

Leona support all day

for top lane maybe Gnar he has awesome harrass, good mobility, can engage like a boss, and if your team is super squishy he makes a great tank.

BadmoonBC11/10/2015, 11:36:58 PM1 votes

This thread reminds me of the Chapelle show episode with Wu Tang Clan Financial. "Yo, you need to diversify your bonds %#*€#"