So enough about the negatives of Top Lane, here's some positives.

-Most lane match ups with the exception of Ornn, Maokai, Teemo and Pantheon tend to be decided by matchup knowledge and ability to play the lane, a large portion actually do come down to mechanical prowess.

-pick and ban is very impactful for us. unlike other roles that go down a tier list, what champion we can play is decided by our position in the pick/ban and later on enemy composition or top lane choice. It's not great to go first, but it's not always great to go last, you might get a winning lane matchup pick for instance but they have bad synergy with the rest of your team (picking Yasuo when there's no other knock ups and no front line to peel for you).

-Losing lane doesn't mean losing game. Top tower falls, it's not a matter of if, but when. Losing it sooner against a bad lane match up can actually be a blessing as you can favourably freeze near your T2 and free farm until it's time to swap to bot lane.

-Your Jungler won't shout at you over taking Gromps/Krug as long as you don't do it while they're pathing to them.

-You can starve the enemy Jungler of vital camps with deep vision and knowing where they are by shoving your wave, making it look like you're sneaking off to gank mid but you swing into their jungle and steal away camps.

-The lane is one of the most interactive between laners, extended trades, jockeying for lane control, punishing little missteps, knowing when to shove, when to freeze, when to TP. There's more action going on in top lane than either bot or mid nowadays.

-Every dog has its day. If someone picks one of those horrible to lane against champions that force you to sit on turret and spam flair because you're losing Cs, fear not because they will get frustrated and end up getting caught by the Jungler or worse, completely outplayed and killed solo.

-the meta for top lane, outliers aside is pretty diverse. You only need look at the top 20 win rates for top lane worldwide to note the sheer level of diversity in the lane.

-While split pushing is much harder now, with your power spikes coming in earlier, you can go team fighting earlier, you'll be surprised at how easily you squish ADCs when they're still building toward their shiv.

Just remember folks it's not our fault that towers are paper, ADCs get very out of control and there are several op cheese picks right now.

Take any enjoyment out of the lane you can get because sooner or later, those OP champs will show up in pro games and find themselves very much on Riots priority nerf list.