Please address the melee vs range matchups in top lane

Hibeki··3 votes·1,400 views

Now I say top lane because the mid lane is assassins. They are designed to be weak against the mid laners early so they have a chance to be shut down.

Now I'm talking about top lane, the lanes where if you pick someone who doesn't have absurd mobility you are forever shoved out of lane while they hit you harder and harder for free.

Under turret? Doesn't matter. Proper timing means they can poke you without taking a shot.

The fact that a matchup like that exists to the point where the cs is 40 to 110 is absurd.

The differences in raw stats from melee to range top laners is so non-extistant it's not worth mentioning. At most theres a 10 base ad difference with a 9 base armor difference. That is nothing. This does not make up for the free harass and forever zoning the lane possesses.

Range vs Melee matchups are cancer.

Yes, there are some champs that can deal with it. But I shouldn't be REQUIRED to go that specific top laner just because they picked a range toplaner. Even then, what happens if i locked in top first? What do I do?

Make an item, buff stats, do SOMETHING to stop this BS..

8 Comments

Takazaki2 votes

corruption potions and if you're pushed on your tower df is the jungler doing?

Chogath Fiora Gangplank Garen Illaoi **Irelia Renekton Yasuo ** just pplay one of these more then halve of them are meta top laners to begin with

Marshbouy1 votes

All like 4 of them. Teemo Graves Quinn Lissandra Any item they could possible introduce or something to help out thetank would be game breakingly OP. Right now you just have to settle with them missing out on a slot for a tank.

Hibeki1 votes

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All like 4 of them. Teemo Graves Quinn Lissandra Any item they could possible introduce or something to help out thetank would be game breakingly OP. Right now you just have to settle with them missing out on a slot for a tank.

Brand Gnar Kayle Kennen Vladimir were all forgotten i guess

Marshbouy1 votes

I stand corrected on my list, minus brand because there is no way that he functions as a top laner.

I'd like my actual points to be addressed though.

Ok sure but why1 votes

with proper timing

don't judge someone for having skill

and if reaching them is the problem, rush boots

ValyrianBlade1 votes

The way melee wins the ranged vs melee top lane matchup is simple: Stay in xp range but ignore cs, play safe until you can get jungle pressure. Jungle ganks are free kills. Literally. Camp them, you'll get insanely fed.

And in the off-chance that your jungler doesn't feel like coming top and getting free kills, then just rush a thornmail/sunfire against an AD top lane ranged champion. Their poke begins to do nearly nothing. Not even kidding, had a Darius rush Thornmail or Sunfire against my Quinn once and I couldn't even harass him anymore. Wasn't even worth it, because after 200 shots he'd barely be dented, and if I didn't kite properly once I'd be dead from a grab (and flash-grab still works).

Oh, and if all else fails, take Flash+Exhaust. Free lane. Not even kidding. I hate to suggest it because I get so tilted when I go against exhaust as Quinn, but there you have it. Any top laner can win top against a ranged AD top laner by taking exhaust. If the ranged tries to commit to an all in, you use exhaust and win it. If they refuse to commit to an all in, you get to CS. Win-win for you. Plus you now have two exhausts to use on the two ADCs in teamfights, which is pretty sick too. Exhaust in place of TP doesn't sacrifice the late game power that Ignite does. (You can ask your mid to take TP too if you think it's absolutely mandatory).

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