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I'm confused about versatility in this game

rtbf238882719·12/17/2018, 4:04:43 PM·1 votes·1,117 views

I know that champs go into other lanes very often, to try and explore new stuff, and that's understandable. But sometimes it makes the person who isn't trying new stuff to have a hard time playing the game.

This is from a top perspective , when I see mid Laners top, I always get the idea it's gonna be an easy lane I can just run them down. But it never happens. Cass top. Ryze top. Akali top. Viktor top. Ezreal top. Neeko top.

If I got the memo I'd be playing something wild like Zoe top too, but I'm playing things like udyr, Jax, Olaf, camille, ornn and I just can't do shit.

People say it's a longer lane they're at a disadvantage , but is that why Viktor was nerfed 2 patches in a row? Was he really at a disadvantage . And what's more funny is that I see things like mages more than I see talons or zeds or yasuos, which actually have a harder time playing top than these mages do. So why is that it's fair that an Akali shows up and pokes the living death out of me because I'm Mellee and don't have a skillshot to farm with, but when I go for her the same poke ability can slow me and she can shroud and she can e away and when I go for an all in I just don't win because my base damages aren't that high, aka I'm supposed to get stuff like sheen to activate my damage and scale first?

Can there be some sort of way to fight this stuff without being shoved or poked to my death? And it isn't just Akali, this isn't a balance issue. It's a mobility issue where me not having mobility like a Zed or yasuo is being taken advantage of by mages just so they can get free poke and stacks without dying.

Or maybe I'm just stupid and want to have fun .

1 Comments

3TWarrior12/17/2018, 10:24:05 PM1 votes

assassins do not go top because their resists(and often their dueling capabilities)are bad. Any time an assassin can build resists and scale into an actual threat, it is nerfed because it makes for a very bad experience

it's actually why Pyke has a passive specifically to prevent him from gaining health

Akali probably will not get too out of hand at 51% winrate top, but her kit is the issue in all lanes.

I can offer what advice I can: Udyr has always had it rough top. While he seems a decent melee, all of his abilities depend entirely on him landing auto attacks and he is a tank, so if he can not land attacks, he sinks like a stone. Most top laners have a method of dealing with kite-able champions, so it's very problematic for him even against other melees

First, I would suggest getting a magic resist item, then going for any form of harass you can afford. If you want to go for harass first, consider trading in your starting item for either item 2033 corrupting potion or Doran's Ring or another item with sustain so you can go for poke

you will have to remember that even though your stats are higher than akali's , she's built to deal with champions that haven't built defensive items yet

it's an annoying lane due to the increase in damage from runes, but you should be able to scale against her once you get the right item

I'm not familiar with camille or ornn's kits, but orrn as a tank the same might apply. You could go for item 3751 item 3068 to farm better and have damage in her aura, but the armor would not be effective against her magic damage...hmmm

overall, it's one of the problems riot has had recently where they do not consider what happens if there is no real way to trade with an opposing champion

you can at least make it harder for her to gain an advantage over you