A Suggestion You'll Never Accept But Ought To

RookPusher··1 votes·923 views

In the Top Lane, invisibility, of anything, shouldn't be allowed. Real or implied, the lane seems to be further from most of the action in the game. Preventing any form of steal up top would eliminate some ganks, some champs, and Teemo's dominance making him rely on his DoTs and range for wins, and use shrooms for zoning.

I get that you aren't going to do it for all the whiney reasons that will get posted below. But it would go miles to stabilizing the lane, and it would leave most top lane champs largely unphased.

Edit: I've never had a downvote so quickly. I must have said something right.

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Elite4Runner5 votes

Anything is allowed anywhere.

Everything has strengths and weaknesses.

Everything can be countered, and everything is a counter to something else.

To say that something shouldn't be allowed to exist somewhere is simply your refusal to adapt to something that is difficult or makes you uncomfortable.

That is part of the game.

SwiftKitten881 votes

{quoted} Everything can be countered, and everything is a counter to something else.

im examining this part of your post because i agree with everything else u wrote

while i agree this indeed SHOULD be the case

riots balance team is doing a horrific job of making it so.

about 95% of the champion this is indeed true with..

but riot is constantly making an reworking champions to have answers to literally everything

you see with this Irelia Akali Pyke Yasuo

yes u can play them badly... but if you don't you have an answer to everything.

and after they reach a specific point in the game, based on how fed they are there are very few champs who can deal; with them even if they are played at the highest level..

and while i dont find new akali as bad as most people do. she is a prime example of: "oh champions had a way to deal with her stealth" she had invisibility it was good and it worked but it had counterplay.

lets removed 90% of THAT counterplay as well. by making it TRUE stealth... and sure some champs can STILL deal with it.. but WHY?

there are absolutely NO NEED to give her this

DeracadaVenom2 votes

As a top lane main; I think I have the right to downvote this. Invisibility sucks yes, why do you think I ban Vayne and Kha’Zix? But it helps make some bad champions better. So I think it’s allowed anywhere and everywhere

Elite4Runner2 votes

Question for you.

Can you name a top laner that is not allowed to be played in any other position because it would be unfair?

RookPusher1 votes

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Question for you.

Can you name a top laner that is not allowed to be played in any other position because it would be unfair?

That's a confusing question, so I guess I'll say "no, I can't." But what I'm suggesting wouldn't prevent anyone from playing top.

The other problem is that top isn't a strong lane currently. So that's a bit like saying "Do you know any 8 yo that would be banned from playing the in NBA." I don't because no one's going to do that.

Elite4Runner4 votes

So you're saying that top lane should be protected because they're weak.

Hm, interesting. Ok

RookPusher1 votes

{quoted}

So you're saying that top lane should be protected because they're weak.

Hm, interesting. Ok

Like a Bald Eagle.

usul12021 votes

Have I missed the re-emergence of stealth? I mean, it's not like teemo is top tier, shaco has a pretty low play rate, and twitch ganks top how often? Eve is the only heavy stealther, and that's post 6. I'm not a top laner, but I can't see this change having a massive balancing effect on top lane....

(akali isn't stealth, but also more popular mid afaik)

RookPusher1 votes

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Have I missed the re-emergence of stealth? I mean, it's not like teemo is top tier, shaco has a pretty low play rate, and twitch ganks top how often? Eve is the only heavy stealther, and that's post 6. I'm not a top laner, but I can't see this change having a massive balancing effect on top lane....

(akali isn't stealth, but also more popular mid afaik)

No, which is exactly my point. It hasn't remerged, and when it does it largely isn't Top Lane. It's a way to curb Teemo cheese and occasional ganks. The argument that it won't have a massive effect, is correct, and another reason it's fine to employ.

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