How do you deal with going against a duo top?

Science Mommy·12/13/2015, 9:36:13 PM·1 votes·753 views

I love playing characters on top so much but I really suck at 1v2.. At first I didn't mind it when I went against 2 people at top, it was just a few games. Now it's literally almost every game I decide I want to be top, the other team has a duo top. I'm not trying to complain but it gets really frustrating and feels almost unfair to me that it's 1v2. I'm just wondering if anyone has some tips for dealing with it, and please don't say anything like "just don't go top lane then" because again, I like playing top when I'm not dealing with two people. (sorry if I posted this is the wrong board by the way, I don't use forums often!)

10 Comments

RogueWill12/13/2015, 10:10:27 PM2 votes

It depends on what lane is missing the extra player.

If the JG is missing just fall back and farm under turret. use your power spike wise to initiate and trade and play passive otherwise, since they are splitting XP you should be able to out level them sooner or later, also they are splinting gold so you should be able to afford bigger and better items. Just play safely until you outscale them, only ask for ganks when you have the advantage since it will be a 2v2.

If the support is missing, you can do the same and let your adc get fed or just ask your own support to go top with you and help you out, beware thou that by asking the support to go top you will be considerably behind mid game.

Beldair12/13/2015, 9:56:15 PM2 votes

Use champs with mobility or poke.

Call in the jungler for a gank when they push to your tower.

Or use caster champs like Brand, Ryze, or Vlad.

Or be the juggernaut of the sea....Ill who has no real issues smacking ppl from a distance.

Paladin 0f Life12/13/2015, 10:09:43 PM1 votes

Use a marksman and kite them both just try to farm under tower and wait for mid to roam

SaltyKracka12/13/2015, 10:17:22 PM1 votes

Get out of Wood 5.

Woodakoodashooda12/13/2015, 10:17:56 PM1 votes

Farm safely to level faster and gain twice their gold. And, when I've nothing better to do, spam laughs and taunts at the enemy (Sometimes they'll get annoyed enough to dive me, giving me a double).

SSShutTheDuckUp12/13/2015, 10:24:00 PM1 votes

Hug the turret, get whatever experience you can. Champions who can farm from distance can deal with 1v2. you'll get exp. advantage, if you do no die. Talk to your jungler to let you top jungle to farm it (assuming they have duo top they do not have jungler, so your jungler can farm enemy jungle). Most important thing: do not die. Even if you are behind at CS if you do not give them kills they will fall off. Coordinate with your jungler, maybe help him gank mid.. Sometimes it is better to abandon tier one turret, let them take it and freeze in front of 2nd turret. Still it is up to the champion, if he can freeze ealy or farm under turret. Anyways - if they are under your second turret easy ganks for your team. Still it is better if your midlaner and jungler come toghether, because depending on champs there is a chance to lose the 2v2. If they want to fight - build tanky and try to bait them to towerdive you, then try to CC them under the turret. Never be the one, who initiates. Chances are to still lose the fight, but at least you have chance to take a return kill. Whatever you do 1v2 the rest of the map is 3v4. Your team must take advantage of that. It sucks that you just derp there and wait to be carried, but if you and they are equally skilled - that's the only thing. Also baiting and outplaying under your turret, but it is still situational, so do not take risks.

Boulderox12/13/2015, 10:25:44 PM1 votes

I find it is sometimes easier 2v1 top, they fall out on xp as they share it while you get full xp. All you need to do is stay safe, poke with whatever you can to farm, farm should be your only objective, and when jungle comes, try to kill or puah them out to catch up on farming.

NoPaxt12/13/2015, 10:06:01 PM1 votes

If they're duo top you have 2 scenarios.

(1) They are 2v1 bottom. You can take your support since the ADC won't need it.

(2) They have no jungler. You can just tower farm and out level them by not splitting xp, which allows allows your Junger to free farm both jungles and get geared up really quick