The "Bar" for each lane/role

SH Azykan·12/29/2016, 8:21:32 AM·1 votes·504 views

So recently I got to thinking as to what each role really is in each lane and how people play around them. And in turn I looked to balancing strategies Riot employed over time I noticed the Renekton Bar for top lane was really a legit thing for a while (neglected now but meh).

I started thinking what would be my champions of choice to have each lane balanced around for and for each role in said lane.

Top : Tank : Bully : Carry My top lane ideal tank is of course Maokai, if all of the tanks kinda fit into a similar balance strength of Maokai when it came to other matchups I would be pretty happy. That would include champs like Chogath Galio Malphite Nasus Nautilus Poppy Shen where they could fit into the other roles as well (like shen imo should actually be fairly good at bullying in certain matchups, and nasus scales into a carryish champ)

Bully Renekton strong early? check. Falls off for the most part? check. Can lane vs melee and ranged both effectively? check. yeah bullies should fit into a similar style of renekton and be balanced around him. other bullies? Darius Garen Irelia JarvanIV Jayce Pantheon Rengar Rumble Trundle Tryndamere XinZhao

Carry Kayle weakish early? check. Scales hard? check. has tools to survive lane and make it into later game? check. like the long lane? check. Yay kayle, yes top lane carry I feel is epitomized as kayle. others? Camille Diana Fiora Gangplank Hecarim Jax Kennen Kled Quinn Riven Teemo Yasuo

The rock-paper-scissors of top would then go as Maokai > Renekton >Kayle >Maokai which I personally feel is actually rather accurate for those champs as well. with of course some champs not fitting 100% (like kennen is a good bully, or rumble actually does scale well and can carry hard)

Jungle Tank - Carry - Control Sejuani is my ideal jungle tank, and Khazix is my ideal jungle carry, with Ivern as the optimal control jg (ironically I play none of the 3 very often)

Mid Mage - Assassin Orianna and Katarina / Zed

ADC Ezreal and Jinx (caster vs right click)

support tank - utility Alistar is really the ideal tank support utility is hard to class though Lulu and Thresh would probably be the ones I would use as a benchmark for balancing.

How about you, what champs would you like to see the roles balanced around? and if you have any particular reasons don't be afraid to list them too P:

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