We already know who's annoying, let's talk about matchups that we love instead.

ArnoldSchwarzens·Jan 5, 2017·8 votes·1,061 views

For me it's .

A long time ago, when she was overpowered she was my nemesis and I hated her guts but currently it's the most fun toplane matchup that you could have. Yes, she is a bully but not like some other champions where you feel like you couldn't have done anything against it but with her it's actually because you actually got outplayed. Likewise, outplaiyng a Riven instead just feels amazing. You never stop trading and you always fight but never in an unfair way. It's just a fun matchup no matter what.

19 Comments

18 NAKED COWB0YSJan 5, 20174 votes

Fiora

as a riven main its always so god damn fun to fight a fiora.

if i make a mistake i die and if she makes a msitake she dies.

the thing is we never fall off in terms of 1v1ing.

it only becomes a hindrnce when she gets a huge gold lead.

meaning if i die to her once i still have a chance to outplay her and thats the belief that makes me enjoy the lane.

laning vs kennen/jayce tho?

elegiggle i dont even have to die to them to be behind.

Mira Arya EntheJan 5, 20173 votes

Yasuo Riven Vayne

I just play Malzahar

GULAG 4 UJan 5, 20173 votes

Azir Enjoying free LP

RalanrJan 5, 20172 votes

I like fighting melee heavy squishy duelists that aren't insanely mobile as Sion.

I take them bowling. They're the pins.

Noxian PrideJan 5, 20172 votes

As a Teemo player, I find laning with most melee-range champs is a ball ;)

Jokes aside, lately I've mainly been using Darius top, and thus far I'd say Fiora and Sion are my favorite opponents. Both can be very entertaining to face down if they have a brain. Usually a stomp if they don't though.

SlythionJan 5, 20172 votes

As a Darius main with a little Teemo experience, I'd like to ask you, a Teemo player with a little experience with Darius a bit about the matchup

I find that until the first or second back (as Darius facing a Teemo) it's a bit rough, but once you get a item 3211 item 3044 (or item 3022 ) and item 3111 the lane is over. I find myself easily zoning him out/making up my missed cs to catch back up and without jungle presence, I win lane.

I don't see how Teemo is such a hard counter to Darius. If you hook them, you can get the W down before the blind hits, followed by a Q (at which point the blind has worn off) and you can just stack from there until they die. Sure, there's a lot of harrass, but it's no worse than from someone like Kennen .

The only times a Teemo really beats me is if a) they never mess up with their positioning, but even then a jungle presence can easily win the lane for me b) I get camped, but we all know that never happens with the whole bot lane situation now

Noxian PrideJan 5, 20172 votes

The thing about the Teemo-Darius matchup is that, in my opinion to a degree it's a skill matchup, because they're both considered lane bullies. Whoever out-bullies the other wins.

You have to understand that Teemo's strongest point is the first three levels, when you really feel his poison. As the game goes on Darius gets more and more tanky to a point where he can really just all-in Teemo whenever he can catch him. This is exactly why every single time I'm in this matchup as Teemo, the first thing I rush is swifties and I max W second over Q. Once it's post-3, my goal in that matchup is to be annoying and kite you without getting caught.

No offense, but it does sound like you aren't facing the greatest Teemo's. Ideally if they're in pull range, they should have thrown out the blind before you even began pulling, because the range is about the same and that's how they save themself from your W and thus get away.

In a 1v1, no jungler situation, Teemo's win condition is to bait out your pull without getting caught by it. This gives him a huge opening to start wailing on you and try to shove you out of lane. Combining the movespeed build with these factors is how Teemo wins: If you can't catch him, you can't kill him. This is why Teemo is considered a counter to Darius.

Similarly, this is also why if I play Darius into this matchup, I take flash over ghost: If you can get Teemo afraid of the flash-pull, you can zone him hard enough that he can't cs whatsoever. Don't even bother actually using the flash-pull, because then the lack of flash will make him less scared when he's back. Just knowing that you can do it to him is usually enough to keep him away.

In most cases if Darius survives to level 6, he's 'won' lane, because he scales much better than Teemo does itemless, so he can pull back easily at that point. That said, watch for shroom baits, because he can turn that nasty on you.

Now, if we were to account for junglers, then the matchup basically becomes a question of which one is more inclined to gank top, because Teemo and Darius both are very weak to ganks. Darius has no escapes and, while Teemo has his W and shrooms, he's also the absolute squishiest toplaner. If the jungler does manage to catch either of them, 9/10 times they're dead.

TL;DR: If the Teemo isn't braindead at kiting he can win, if the Darius isn't braindead about his pulls he can win. This matchup is big on zoning. Smart junglers can very easily decide who wins this matchup.

P.S. I play them both about evenly :P Lately I've been doing more Darius than Teemo actually, because in current meta Teemo is kinda garbage.

SlythionJan 5, 20171 votes

I feel ya dude, and I completely understand the whole flash > ghost thing too. I've just been running ghost on Darius recently just because it's better in most matchups, but I should really start thinking about it in a situational matchup way at this point (experiementing time is over by now lol).

And ya, most teemo's I've faced are only because they're like "oh teemo is a counter to darius, right? Even though I only have like...10 games on him, I totally got this". I guess I've always recognized that movement speed was essential in the matchup (hence why I usually rush boots + phage) but I can see now that if the teemo actually knew how to itemize and got swifties I could be in trouble, especially if I don't have flash.

I'm also probably a little to liberal with my E's, and should probably hold on to them for when I know I can get a grab or if my flash is up with my jungle waiting.

Thanks for the discussion man, Darius vs. Teemo has always felt like a matchup that I...should just know more about. Whenever I played it I wouldn't be really afraid, but I also felt like there should be something...more to understand about it.

Thanks again m8, have a cute picture in return ^-^

http://imgur.com/topic/Aww/T0jQw

SlythionJan 5, 20172 votes

Viktor has always been an interesting opponent to play against imo Ahri as well

funny though, cuz I don't play mid lane too much xD

warpenguin555Jan 5, 20172 votes

Malphite I like the feeling of cracking through the shell and hitting the exposed champion. I dont know why.

Ryze Rarely does anything i can't handle.

Ahri I only lose to her when I make a mistake. And since i rarely do that during lane phase its not a bad matchup for me

Jhin I see him, i pick Bard/Ziggs/Nocturne and ult him when he ults.

Captain AishiJan 5, 20172 votes

I tend to like playing against the champions that I like playing in the midlane

Anivia AurelionSol Karthus Katarina Syndra Velkoz a matchup between any two of these champions is something I tend to enjoy

toplane I enjoy playing against lissandra and lulu as renekton

Sahn UzalJan 5, 20171 votes

Heimerdinger This guy is fucking free for GP :P

Mecha MaIphiteJan 5, 20171 votes

AurelionSol giant caster minion

Risk of FateJan 5, 20171 votes

Zed They're always so smug until I smash their faces in. After they play extremely passive, makes it even more enjoyable when they spam their /laugh

WoonStruckJan 5, 20171 votes

I used to love the Riven match-up when playing as Vladimir .

It used to be a lane that was always on a knife's edge. I had to outplay her the entire laning phase, baiting Es, Qs, and Ws.

However, once Riot nerfed his MS and gave E a fucking 15 SECOND CD EVEN THOUGH ITS PATHETICALLY WEAK EARLY, the match-up has become near-impossible unless the Riven is one of the worst players in League. Now its just cancer...

yoshi2790Jan 5, 20171 votes

Katarina vs Zed

It's so fun to play and to watch, both players can outplay their enemy!

Magi MayvinJan 5, 20171 votes

Khazix vs any fighter, love how they try to 1v1 you with their dps and u just burst them in a few seconds with 0 cd on Q LUL

LongHair FoxJan 5, 20171 votes

As an Irelia/Maokai main..... Camille Fiora Jax Kennen Maokai Olaf Riven Yorick Damn that was more than I thought it would be... guess I will keep being top for a while.

ItsbeghdevJan 6, 20171 votes

I've had more fun in lane than against Gangplank , but he's who comes to mind. Denying barrels is always enjoyable, and it doesn't really matter if they're poking me with Q whenever it's off cooldown or doing nothing but farm, because if they're aggressive I often find myself trading better and if they're not I'm farming just as hard as they are, with as much poke as possible mixed in.