Me when I see someone lock a mage top

Squidsmastah·Oct 10, 2016·3 votes·764 views

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7 Comments

DynikusOct 10, 20161 votes

what's wrong with locking a mage top?

Handy Sandy Oct 10, 20161 votes

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what's wrong with locking a mage top?

Tons of bad matchups and you cant really go against their all-ins

TormentulaOct 10, 20163 votes

Iconically a lot of mages go top, and while their mid pickrates are higher, their winrates are higher top usually.

Annie Cassiopeia Karthus Malzahar

Then there is mages built for top

Heimerdinger Kennen Lissandra Rumble Ryze Teemo Vladimir

And the few remaining are either stuck as supports or mid laner due to their necessary roam presence.

Mages top is nothing new, I always laugh whenever I go cass top and my team yells troll pick despite for a month straight her plat+ top winrate was the highest above any top laner.

Put it this way, you wouldn't put top laners mid due to bad matchups, so bring the bad matchups to them instead. If they can't deal with them mid how can they deal with you top?

RaptorKarrOct 10, 20161 votes

I'v played Ahri top.

and she makes people go POP!

Could not careOct 10, 20161 votes

Yes yes YES!

Kennen

LupusFidusOct 10, 20161 votes

I go kass top and its much better than mid. Yeah there aren't alot of ap champs for kass to make his q worthy as much. But the main thing is kass doesn't get poked to hell top lane. Which makes all the difference.

EvilUnicornLordOct 10, 20161 votes

Hey, don't worry, I completely understand you. You have to pick someone unconventional just to counter them, your team often is left with no tank, otherwise they just poke you to death and punish your lack of range.