Honest Opinion from a High elo Toplaner

highnivia·1/10/2018, 9:36:05 PM·6 votes·803 views

Im posting this with the hope some Riot employee will maybe read this and tell me what im actually supposed to feel about this situation. Lets just quickly introduce what i want to talk about which is: The current situation Toplane is in and the fact that Riot doesnt do anything to make the Role whats its supposed to be again.

So what is Toplane? Its an Island that is true infact so the strongest Toplaners have always been Champions that in general do well in 1v1 situations which tend to be more tanky. But the saying "tend to be more tanky" is something that is just not given right now for 1 reason which is that you literally have no other option than playing a real Tank and dont get me wrong i dont mind Tanks i dont mind playing against Tanks and everything since i already know they are going to just get shred Lategame. But the fact that any type of fighter is literally useless to play in Toplane at the current moment makes me kinda sad since i really dont like playing Tanks myself. So many ppl are already writing "Yea but there have to be Tank Metas in Toplane occasionally you just cant live without any tanks at all" Yea ofc but ffs its not ok if literally no Fighters are even viable in Toplane it just cant be that the only keystone that differs between melee and ranged champions is a goddamn tank keystone. That alone is already a big "FCK YOU" to all Bruiser Players but then further riot helped fighters Stats and small Stat adjustments during the Preseason and i was like: Hmm ok thats atleast a step in the right direction even if its small and only for individual champs but then in this new patch you hit us with the new resolve buff by halving the Hp stat you gain from it but being able to gain the stat of your secondary tree like are you for real??? You are literally giving attention to Tanks while Tanks are Dominating the winrate charts for Toplane anyway (Which is a given not to happen since many autofill Toplaners and overall inexperienced Toplaners abuse them and also its not been a thing since eternities since Tanks in general shouldnt be an appealing Class to play in Solo Queue) and giving Tanks the chance to dominate the lane Phase against Champions like Irelia and Riven. This is the worst State Toplane has been in since a very long time and needs to be changed it just cant be that Tanks keep getting attention while they are the ones who just by picking them win games. What fighters need is not individual Changes or buffs or even a goddamn class rework they need the keystone to differ between ranged and melee and be either buffed for melees so Bruisers can win lane against tanks like they are supposed to or they need to be nerfed for ranged champions so the cc and peel that tanks offer is worth less than it is right now making Bruisers outscale Tanks. One of those 2 things need to happen and they need to happen soon or the Toplane will stay in the worst state its been in since eternities. This is not a Rage soloq loss streak post im actually winning most of my recent games but the Patchnotes just triggered me and reminded me that riot only cares about Tanks if it comes to Toplane but anyway guys have fun seeing a Maokai vs Ornn matchup every single Competitive game im sure thats going to be insanely exciting and make ppl hyped about laning against a Maokai in their next soloq Match after any Tournament game just look at all the Counterplay and Options to outplay each other ^^

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nice table1/11/2018, 1:53:44 PM1 votes

d3 highelo btw hehexd

Solicitude1/21/2018, 8:49:52 AM1 votes

RIOT has already stated that they are planning more runes along with some changes to the current ones. Maybe even a whole tree revolving around fighters. But probably only a couple of new runes and changes will happen in the next 2 patches. But more will come in time. Maybe they are already creating a new tree and just need time to make it proper.