He hard-counters some top-lane picks, like
and
, but Speedyr's existence is kinda pushing out his role as the fast, tanky split-pusher. He's by no means weak, Dark Seal + Refillable Potion gives him surprising lane sustain and damage, but he's very susceptible to counter-picking. Some match-ups literally the only thing you can do is let them push, fling them under tower, then run past them and proxy as much as you can. Though if you just ban
and
every time, he's relatively safe, because all other lanes he can at least live through, though some, like, Nasus, are basically just "waiting for them to get MR and now I am literally just a gnat". And even if you go 0/8, just remember you can get fed off minions.
Also he needs an actual passive.