Fixing Top Lane for Season Four
As a top lane main, here's what I believe needs to be done in order to make the lane a more enjoyable experience for all in season four:
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Nerfs are given to Renekton, Shen, and Jax. These champions, by far, outclass every other top lane-oriented champion in the game and balance-wise, are definitely to the far right of the balance curve.
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The Ancient Golem and Lizard Elder camps no longer yield enough to experience to reach level two, but additional experience is allotted to both the Wraith and Mini Golem camps. Top lane is already heavily influenced by the jungler and quite frankly, there's nothing more "anti-fun" than being completely zoned on blue side while still level one because the purple-side jungler cleared the Lizard Elder camp and then immediately ran top for a gank. With a ward, you're zoned and without a ward the result is the same assuming you actually survive the 2v1 encounter (not including the effects of the Summoners burnt for your survival).
The net result of these changes would be that one would see an increase in the number of champions played since there wouldn't be obvious "go-to" champions that one solely has to select from and additionally, while this would impact the initial camp clearance of the jungler, in terms of a net clear they'd remain unaffected considering the net experience gained throughout the total jungle would be the same.
My two cents as a top lane main and one that enjoys playing champions other than Shen, Renekton, and Jax.