It's honestly infuriating going a slow melee top like 
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Or will you continue to introduce new champions that will continue to fuck over brusiers and tanks alike? Oh wait CertanilyToxic just released his newest edition to the league 
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Drunk Rummate3 votesthink about it in terms of the meta:
Top lane is considered an "island." This is due largely in part to dragon location and the irrelevance of baron until much later in the game.
As a result, you must be a good duelist to compete in top lane, this generally includes winning your lane without help, or with minimal help. It also helps tremendously to have the mobility to split push, since you will likely be the player on your team who takes teleport.
So in order to be a strong duelist, you need gold. In order to get gold, you need to farm safely and/or push your opponent out of lane. Thus, top lane becomes inhabited by counterpicks and lane bullies with the requirement that they are able to split push or deny a split push safely.
Is it Riot's fault that some champions are worse in lane than others? You could say that, but if all champions were equally powerful in lane we would also lose a lot of the choices that are made in champion select and a lot of the unique feeling that a lot of champions give. We don't want them to homogenize picks so much that every champion is equally powerful in lane with the same spikes in power oriented completely through items.
TeemoJenkins2 votesShen loses lane, but wins games. In Silver and lower elo though, his utility is lost as there's no point in protecting an under fed carry.
Kitten of Evil1 votesI had this exact experience earlier today. I won my lane against him easily as Heimer (took down his tower quickly), but I couldn't kill him, and his team won because their Vayne outdid our Kalista.
redniwediS1 votesGnar and Azir can be dealt with, they don't have large enough escapes to be safe at all times. It just takes a little smart play and good timing to take them down. Garen works quite well against Gnar, as his silence really helps, where as Nasus can completely ignore Azir after the first or second back.
Lissandra on the other hand... Unless you can bait out her ult without dieing and you have enough burst/cc to kill her before she escapes you'll just need to survive until she doesn't deal damage anymore. I personally recommend Vlad against her. I know he's not a melee, but let's be real here, you don't want to just survive lane and let her free farm.
TeemoJenkins1 votesPersonally: I ban Gnar as I think he's pretty tough in the top lane to beat, although as Garen I haven't had too tough a time with him. Darius and Olaf are really easy to counter and I wouldn't pick them top lane unless I was 4th and 5th pick and was taking them as a counter pick.
U4fyn2vZzW1 votesThe thing about Gnar is that he renders most traditonal tanky top laners useless.
Why pick Shen over Gnar? A champion who has more damage, more cc, better engage, better laning phase and kill potential in lane, better mobility.
TemplarKenway1 votesIts Simple Dont pick Immobile Champions
SmokingPuffin1 votesYou can't expect the anti-melee bruisers like 
to do well against kitey ranged champions. That's not what they're for.
On a similar note, you can't expect Lissandra to do well against long-ranged mages like 
. That's not what she's for, either.