About ranged characters in top lane...

Centuros·2/20/2015, 3:08:34 PM·5 votes·640 views

People are apt to complain about ranged characters top lane, but this is really just the meta shifting, and it is all up to the players.

What do you expect Riot to do about it anyway? It's not like they can FORCE ranged characters to stay out of a lane.

14 Comments

Sir Yamazuki2/20/2015, 3:11:20 PM4 votes

Riot made Gnar, so they don't expect top to be a melee only lane anyways.

MarkedOfKane2/20/2015, 3:38:38 PM3 votes

I dont see anything wrong with it..

Grimspeake2/20/2015, 3:45:24 PM2 votes

delete darius and then there would be no reason to take a ranged top anymore

BeatzBoyFTW2/21/2015, 11:13:01 AM1 votes

Lissandra Heimerdinger Ryze Azir

A place where people use mage champs who they utterly suck with at mid lane.

ZergReap2/20/2015, 3:35:52 PM1 votes

Gotta love playing a melee vs Quinn top. I don't think Riot will do anything or that they even would consider it an 'issue'.

Sire Hippington2/20/2015, 3:28:18 PM1 votes

give melees more tools against ranged harras early on maybe? Like shifting the champion-shield from the inner tower to the outer, so your outer turret is actually a save place you can fall back to. Or reduce the base ad of ranged champs and compensate them with aditional aa damage vs minions. Or let dorans shield reduce ranged AAs stronger than other damage. or mabye don't give ranged champions superior disengage compard to the engage potential of most melees.

There are alot of things that can be done to help melees in the toplane, some aren't even that much effort...

TeemoJenkins2/20/2015, 3:33:00 PM1 votes

I play Garen top... I've taken down Quinn / Teemo / Gnar with no muss or fuss. Zed is the only champ that gave me any trouble in top lane. Mana-less champs that have sustain will do just fine.