How? How do you guys keep calm at top?

Muirgilla·Jan 25, 2018·1 votes·333 views

Yeah so... Plat 3 top main here. Playing from 3 seasons, deciding to main top is the worst decision in the game for me. Whenever I play against a top tank my hands are just shaking with anger. What pisses me off is that the idiot against me is allowed to be a retard, just because he plays a tank. For example, whenever I have to lane against an ornn, poppy, maokai etc.. I just can't play properly because my frustration is not letting me. I tried everything.. My chat is removed from the screen, emotes are perma muted, not going to say a single word ingame. I am not starting a thread to complain about tanks, pretty sure there are millions of them out there, i am just asking you guys how do you keep calm against those matchups? I don't care who wins the game. I just want that person that plays a tank top to have a bad experience, want him to feel bad for picking a tank.

4 Comments

PrimaquariusJan 25, 20182 votes

Funny thing, I found a couple of Hashinshin rants about this exact thing, plus apparently theres no decent rune picks for bruisers

ZéychinJan 25, 20182 votes

Tanks gets punished severely for dying even once in lane. Kill them once, zone them off of farm. Even if you don't kill them, you should be able to kill them from farming effectively. Don't waste cooldowns on tanks when their Aftershock buff is active because it gives them a ton of resistances.

I see you play a lot of GP. GP's dream lanes are against tanks because they can't keep up with his poke or all-in.

If you don't want to become what you hate and play a tank, then at least pick up someone like Renekton. His kit and playstyle is designed to win lane, even moreso against champions with lower damage like tanks.

Yes, tanks get too strong towards mid-game if you allow them to farm up or even kill you, but if you play the lane effectively, you come out much farther on top than they would.

(This post completely ignores the state of Nasus because he's in his own entire category of poorly designed.)