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CantTrust a Soul··1 votes·334 views

Teleport is the reason that top lane is so stagnant right now. TP forgives every single mistake that you can possibly make in the early game. Take a bad trade? Get killed in a 1v1? No biggie, just TP back into lane and you lose nothing.

This is coming from a Tryn main who runs ignite about 99 percent of the time, so believe me when I say that TP is unbeatable. Even if you manage to get FB running ignite it wont matter. In fact it puts you behind a lot because you will be low hp after the duel and have to B and walk all the way back to lane. Meanwhile the person you killed just TPs back to lane after an 8 second death timer and voila.. hes ahead in exp and you are left wondering how and why.

And don't even get me started on the "clear jungle camp for lvl 2 and tp to lane" cheese. I mean really? lol

I think the fact that TP is now a staple SS in the top lane has really nerfed a lot of the High pressure/snowball champs and has given way too much power to the tanky/safe champs. Its incredibly difficult to kill or force out a lot of these tanks who rush early resistances and without ignite its sometimes impossible to do. Even when you do manage to force out or kill one of these champs TP basically nullifies everything you worked for. In the end you just get "outplayed" by repeated abuse of a very strong SS.

/rant off

2 Comments

Erockandroll1 votes

You do Realize that Top lane as a whole would be devalued if it got nerfed. TP is what allows you to contest Objectives, and start team fights. You really can't do your job as a top laner w/o it.

Your focusing too much on Getting back to lane with it. If that was the main reason for taking TP, you could Justify it on just about any champion.

CantTrust a Soul1 votes

You are right. I understand that it is an invaluable tool for contesting objectives. You just pointed out another great use for TP, which makes my case even stronger because I am arguing that TP is just too strong.

It allows you to have map presence and incredible playmaking ability while also giving any champion you play infinite sustain in the early game. Its impossible to punish someone who is running TP simply because they do not lose anything from their mistakes.

the FACT is that people ARE using and abusing it for getting back into lane in the early game, so please do not try and tell me that I am focusing too much on that issue.

You also didn't comment on the jungle camp for lvl 2 tp to lane cheese that is running rampant in solo q atm. TP is being abused in ways that it was not meant for and that's why something needs to be done.

TP offers so much in the way of map pressure and playmaking ability while also making it so you do not lose gold or exp for making mistakes in early lane. It is superior to any other ss in the top lane atm and it severely nerfs champs that want to run ignite to have more snowball potential because it completely nullifies any advantage gained by landing a kill or forcing a back.

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