How should I play out melee vs ranged?

MysteriousBootie·Sep 14, 2016·1 votes·539 views

I mean srs tho this is like the most annoyin' thing in the history of league. I feel like I can't ever step forward for 1 CS without getting chunked by autos by the other guy. Earlier today I played Kassadin mid vs Ezreal mid and he always poked at me whenever I tried to farm, meanwhile pre-6 I don't even have the means of touching him with anything but a Q. He could even poke at me under my turret, like idk what to do I feel so hopeless, like I have no choice but to give up like 20+ CS so I don't die.

When I did hit 6 I had a gap close so it got easier but regardless, in ANY scenario where it's ranged vs melee what do? Quinn vs poppy top? How does poppy SURVIVE? Just give up CS over and over and hope your jungler ganks or wut? It feels so wrong to play so scared in the laning phase T_T

6 Comments

Fondling GemsSep 14, 20161 votes

Rush some tankier items and a lot of pots. Don't grab the assassin mastery thing that makes you take and deal more damage. Sometimes it is best just to run tank runes. Try to farm what you can, the most important thing is levels at that point, not items, because melees will screw over ranged champs so long as they are on roughly equal power levels later.

oSEXYPLATYPUSoSep 14, 20161 votes

well i face that alot top when people go Gnar Quinn Rumble Vayne Teemo top to name a few , i try in most cases counter pick if i see what they picked before i do. 2ndly i change to a defensive safe rune page cuz i know im gonna take damage for farming, i make sure i try to freeze the wave just out side my turret range and farm what i can. its best to lose 20 cs then to give kills. when they back you can try to roam from mid and get pressure else where. i have found some success in taking item 3301 into item 3096 as i try to farm and survive til i get my power spikes. it works wonder for the cs you miss you gain gold anyways, hp per cs that dies , and the regen and cdr is nice. i just used it top as Maokai into Illaoi

i ended up 6-4-11 , Illaoi ended up 2-11-5 and i had 221 cs and 14 k gold to her 138 and 9k

The WhamboozlerSep 14, 20161 votes

Kass gets abused by nearly EVERY other midlaner early. That's just how it works. You gotta hobble your way through the early game, then at 6 when you get ult... gank. Roam and gank. Float bot and kill someone with your teammates. If he follows you, ambush him in river well away from his tower. Gank top if you can. Invade the enemy jungle with the help of YOUR jungler. You're an assassin... act like it.

JIDF OperativeSep 14, 20161 votes

I always play tanks at top like Nautilus and Poppy if I don't know what champion my opponent is using and if I'm playing against range I usually just let them push to my turret and try to farm the minions the best I can at that point. Usually after I hit 6 and have item 3751 I can all in most ranged top laners except Vayne . If you don't think you can all in them then try to just outscale them, you are more useful to a team as a tank than they are as a ranged carry especially if their team doesn't have a tank.

ShahamutSep 14, 20161 votes

Renekton

LXIISep 14, 20161 votes

You don't. You just take the abuse and pray your jungler gets fed and comes to help. lol

On a serious note, it is really annoying sometimes. Decided to play a Tryndamere game earlier and who am I laning against? Ryze. Literally couldn't up to minions AT my turret without getting blasted by a ridiculous amount of targeted non-dodgeable damage. Won that game in the long run, but it's not fun.