Is top lane always like this?

Uiraya·1/2/2016, 9:45:14 PM·4 votes·568 views

Where you die once and you might as well never try to fight them again?

I main jungle/sup/mid and I understand adc well enough but top just hurts my brain.

I got Irelia to rank 5 and it was occasionally fun but when I did well people get super salty (like, Soraka level salt) and I'm trying to pick up Illaoi now but the usual issue of idiots never grouping is only exacerbated by Illy wanting to have everyone around.

Also can we make it reportable when people act big when they pick Teemo into a melee lane, because that's some grade A scumbag there

17 Comments

Critmaster Garen1/2/2016, 9:58:27 PM6 votes

if youre behind and then die, ofc youre not gonna win the next fight right again.

knowledge of individual champions power spikes, keeping an eye on their items and their cooldowns might win you the next round though.

for example if your opponent blew flash, ignite and ult to kill you, and you still have your cooldowns, dont hesitate and wait until he has his cooldowns back up. youre either gonna win now or not at all.

Stonington1/2/2016, 9:56:17 PM5 votes

Top is the most unforgiving lane to learn how to play. That's why Riot gave us teleport for so long, just to bandaid the unforgiving snowball.

To answer your question, no, but you have to understand power spikes and itemization which takes a while.

Mecha MaIphite1/2/2016, 10:15:00 PM3 votes

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Also can we make it reportable when people act big when they pick Teemo into a melee lane, because that's some grade A scumbag there

Have you ever laned against Vayne?

Hahahahyena1/2/2016, 9:57:07 PM2 votes

basically yeah at least jungle if you cant get a kill or you die you can scurry yourself back to farm camps mid lane is more of a tug of war but a kill wont really do much if the other side can play safely and roam with their enemy laner adc is just who can farm the most in cs and kills supports is whoever can run around the map fastest and help in kills wins

FortisDominus1/2/2016, 10:37:45 PM2 votes

there is alot to top lane (more then meats the eye). Minion control, freezing the lane, knowing champions power spikes (including your own), does the enemy have ignite or exhaust or teleport, do you have ignite or exhaust or teleport, making a trade and then going into a bush to drop minion aggro, level advantages (this is a big one), counters, knowing how to play vs counters, and much more.

This is just me being sloppy to be honest ^

top lane is more of a battle of experience rather than mechanics (although mechanics do play a part i just dont think its as important!). The more you know about every champion and their abilities and builds, the easier top lane gets.