Riot, Address the Ranged Vs. Melee in Top Issue, Please

Woodakoodashooda··3 votes·620 views

The title says it all.

I'm just going to add this to the collective mountain of complaints surrounding this issue that has amassed over the past few weeks, hoping that someday, eventually, one of them will finally grab attention.

Because it is beginning to suck whatever little fun remains in this game.

12 Comments

Sona Ping4 votes

The ranged vs. melee issue is people not knowing how to play match-ups, which is always going to happen.

That's like saying there's a Singed issue when the entire team is chasing him across the map instead of doing things to win. That's like saying there is a Master Yi issue when players push up alone to the second tower with no wards as ADCs. That's like when everyone was saying there is an Illaoi issue because they kept standing still under the tentacles' clearly displayed hitboxes (and ignoring how awful she was for the majority of her time in this game).

Yet all these are issues with a mountain of complaints, that all result from people not playing correctly and were eventually dropped, without changes to the game, to complain about the next thing they lost to in their last game.

Rivuo1 votes

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The ranged vs. melee issue is people not knowing how to play match-ups, which is always going to happen.

That's like saying there's a Singed issue when the entire team is chasing him across the map instead of doing things to win. That's like saying there is a Master Yi issue when players push up alone to the second tower with no wards as ADCs. That's like when everyone was saying there is an Illaoi issue because they kept standing still under the tentacles' clearly displayed hitboxes (and ignoring how awful she was for the majority of her time in this game).

Yet all these are issues with a mountain of complaints, that all result from people not playing correctly and were eventually dropped, without changes to the game, to complain about the next thing they lost to in their last game.

You are unranked, and last season you finished silver.

The Melee vs Ranged issue is 100% a problem and its a problem beceause people KNOW how to play match ups.

Ranged champs are extremely oppressive against melees

You wanna know how i know? Because i play ranged champs top and itsusually a free lane

The Darius King1 votes

Certain top laners do counter ranged ones like Irelia she has an engage and stun Nautilus engage root on passive slows and a knockup/stun ult Jax auto attack, block leap to target, stun Ekko dash/blink, stun, heal from ult TahmKench slow, stun, sheild Darius pull, slow,heal Chogath knock up then a slow, a 2 sec silence, execute ult

Rivuo1 votes

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Certain top laners do counter ranged ones like Irelia she has an engage and stun Nautilus engage root on passive slows and a knockup/stun ult

Agreed

Jax auto attack, block leap to target, stun

Agreed

Ekko dash/blink, stun, heal from ult

Ekko has major balance problems , So this one is Valid tho

TahmKench slow, stun, sheild

Tahm kench has no fuckin gap closer why are you listing him as a counter to range

Darius pull, slow,heal

Darius is literally the perfect example of a champ that should NEVER catch a ranged champ unless he flashes on you in which they still have forms of disengage...

The worst example you could have listed.

Chogath knock up then a slow, a 2 sec silence, execute ult

Uhhh... Cho gath has no form of movement speed or dash... He has a knockup and thats his only source of closing the gap..... in which he still has to walk up to you..

Overall i can assume you are extremely inexperienced in top lane. You listed Darius as a counter to ranged champs.

I have no words for that.

The Darius King1 votes

I main top I listed darius because he's my main and I have no trouble with ranged champs as him tahm he's so tanky its hard to kill him and if he gets his passive off and cho he prevents any escapes such as gnars hop or kennens w I belive that gives him ms with his knock up and silence

Rivuo1 votes

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I main top I listed darius because he's my main and I have no trouble with ranged champs as him tahm he's so tanky its hard to kill him and if he gets his passive off and cho he prevents any escapes such as gnars hop or kennens w I belive that gives him ms with his knock up and silence

You are bronze 2. nobody knows how to do anything in your elo..... When you get to mine ( plat ) you'll understand

Sona Ping1 votes

{quoted}

You are unranked, and last season you finished silver.

The Melee vs Ranged issue is 100% a problem and its a problem beceause people KNOW how to play match ups.

Ranged champs are extremely oppressive against melees

You wanna know how i know? Because i play ranged champs top and itsusually a free lane

Since we are sharing... Do you want to know how to tell if someone has no idea what they are talking about (and is also kind of an ass) in a discussion?

They jump immediately to the tactic of trying to invalidate another person's ability to contribute an argument or have an opinion because they want to hide their inability to say anything relevant.

Especially when their accusations are obviously not fact.

Feared Texan2 votes

Gnar says hello

CrazyBear19871 votes

How? If your role is top lane, your champion selection is melee fighter's or tanks only?

Maybe that should be the case for mid to be mage only

and bot lane to be support and marksmen only

and jungle is the only one with free pick,

sound good?

SrbLud1 votes

{quoted}

How? If your role is top lane, your champion selection is melee fighter's or tanks only?

Maybe that should be the case for mid to be mage only

and bot lane to be support and marksmen only

and jungle is the only one with free pick,

sound good?

Gnar

legionnaire991 votes

Use the bush

TyrekGoldenspear1 votes

In S7 throw a control ward into one of the top bushes.

There, you now have a little bush fort the marksman cannot attack you in becuase they can't have any vision in the bush without facechecking.

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