Ways to Improve Top Lane

RookPusher·2/2/2018, 10:44:06 PM·2 votes·394 views

It's obvious top lane has become something of a white elephant. To that end I sat down with a few friends and we cooked up some ideas on how to improve the gameplay but sort of the overall vibe of the lane and how people feel about it. We took into account some of the nuances you have with the different options up there: Darius, Quinn, Swain, GP, Teemo and tried to suggest real changes that would make a difference, similar to the Auto redirects minion aggro.

At any rate, here's 10 quick ones for Riot to mull over.

  1. Install "Secret passages" like in Clue that connect Bot and Top Lane.

  2. Have the Rift Scuttler build and operate a tram around the map. Killing the crab will give you vision in that area, but your tram fare will permanently go up.

  3. Have the map contract 2 millimeters every minute the game goes on.

  4. Put Drake in top lane, there by encouraging people to visit.

  5. Create telepads from top to fountain

  6. Add a 6th player to the game, mandate they go top

  7. Give top lane 4 towers. We don't see those guys until the 30 minute mark anyway

  8. Smashmouth writes a song about Top Lane

  9. Top Lane is littered with brush, making finding the enemy, or minions far more difficult

  10. Delete Jungle

2 Comments

KoreanEzMode2/2/2018, 10:49:50 PM1 votes

Is this satire

Whisper872/2/2018, 10:56:33 PM1 votes

I feel like we have been in a place for a long time where we just are not encouraged to go top lane. Every now and then there is a brief glimpse where a team just ignores bot half because it's only a cloud drake so they gank for top since they have a vlad up there.

I really think they should make herald an option that is a little closer to Drake's strength, both in value of the buff and in it's stats/takeability. I mean it's less of a problem in pro play, but still an issue I'd say. It needs to be a little bit more of a toss up about where the jungle and mid are going to play around the map, especially in solo q.