"Hey Riot...ranged champions Top are a problem and have been..."

AttackOfTheBeard·2/11/2020, 9:09:09 PM·7 votes·1,889 views

"We've heard the community loud and clear and realize that ranged champions are very abusive and feel very unfair to lane against. So with that being said, we'll be buffing Gnar and Jayce in 10.4 because with our 200+ years of experience, we feel Jayce and Gnar could shift the tide of ranged champions Top being too powerful." - Riot Balance Team

14 Comments

JackMcCarry2/12/2020, 12:45:39 AM7 votes

Aside from Sona and Soraka who have spiked in WR this patch and are getting nerfed immediately, almost the entire majority of toplane S+ tier picks have been melee bruisers for a long long LONG time.

Gnar has 49% winrate and 2.7% pickrate (25th place in toplane pickrate). Jayce has 48% winrate and 1.2% pickrate (lowest pickrate listed in toplane). Kennen has 48% winrate, 2.2% pickrate (30th place in toplane pickrate).

Please tell me how they are dominating your toplane?

https://u.gg/lol/tier-list?role=top

chipndip12/12/2020, 2:17:06 AM7 votes

Top laners are babies.

Darkdemon6532/12/2020, 12:26:31 PM5 votes

In terms of balance, ranged champions in top aren't a problem. They're just obnoxious to face.

As for Gnar and Jayce, Gnar is getting buffs to his melee form and Jayce is extremely weak.

vgamedude2/11/2020, 10:33:11 PM4 votes

I have way less issue with gnar and jayce than some other top picks. At least they dont scale as hard as some.

ZephyrDrake2/12/2020, 12:41:29 AM3 votes

"Hey ranged tops don't belong there" "But top has always had ranged champions" "No it hasn't It's only for melees" "Give me one season where it has been exclusively melees on top and it wasn't a tank meta" "....." "I thought so"