Toplane is still and island.

With the newfound importance of getting dragon(s), top lane is very much a distant island far away from everyone else. Because of this, it has encouraged junglers to virtually ignore top lane and only focus on mid and bot. If the mid laner or bot get's fed then that is a free dragon, which helps keep the momentum of that lead.

Dragon's importance has created the meta for top laners, because whoever gets the first dragon usually wins, and if you don't have then most likely you won't be able to join these teamfights. This is in its own way creating more mobility creep by favoring gankers, instead of snowballing champs with . I'm not saying that I am in favor of snowball lanes instead of this, but the necessity for means that top is becoming more about splitpushing , and super cc ganking tanks these are just some examples. Unless there is some other objective between top and mid besides baron, then top will always feel obligated to take teleport in favor of other summoner abilities.

I understand completely why the jungler lets me fend for myself on this island that is top lane, because everything else matters more. I wish that it wasn't that way, and that my lane had more of a point besides being the tank of the team or being an awesome splitpusher. I don't know how to fix this issue, but would like others feedback and opinions on the current top lane meta.

tldr: Top lane is enforcing the teleport meta, because of no important early objectives besides the new dragon. There needs to be some kind of new objective near top lane to give more initiative for mid or jungle to gank.