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Any good top laners for carrying?

Rikari··1 votes·1,963 views

I'm currently in Low Silver 5, and while i am able to get fed or at least win the lane(Irelia),seemingly every single time,the other two lanes lose hard. while i can roam to mid and teleport to bot,i can only do that so often if i have teleport unless i am pantheon and took teleport. So,any strong semi tanky top laners that can carry games hard?

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FiendOfOne3 votes

Irelia. Fiora, kinda, though she doesn't get very tanky at all. Nasus if you can get dem q stacks (though he's a bad pick against a mobile champ). Panth (though I think he's better jungle because lol level 2 dragon), Mundo, Ryze. Ryze is a great counterpick to most top laners. Ryze and Mundo scale VERY well but tend to have a weaker earlier game. Rumble. I personally like Swain in the top lane, and if he can get fed, he's DEVASTATING (though immobility is a problem).

KlNGPlN3 votes

Rather than focusing on carrying being a result of WHO you play, look at it as a result of HOW you play and what you do with what you have. Many people play a champ because they can get fed, but do not know how to use their lead properly and lose games. My advice is to pick a champion you know you won't have trouble winning lane with. However, once you are ahead of your opponent focus on the fact that you are the strongest player on your team and recognize that your team needs YOU to be the one who takes objectives for/with them. Getting fed won't win a game; getting fed and using that strength to destroy the enemy base WILL win you a game.

OhBoyItsaMegaman2 votes

I took a quick look at your past 20 ranked games. Looks like you're top in 5 of them, all 5 times as Irelia. Here's the breakdown:

4/4/11, but your team has no adc and no support. Predictably, this was a loss. There's little you can do when this happens.

4/3/2, your team's adc was 13/6/7 and your support was 7/4/16. Enemy Jinx was 3/8/1 with 26 cs. Meanwhile, your lane opponent was 10/4/2 with more farm than anyone on either team.

6/6/6, your adc 16/9/6 compared to the enemy adc's 3/10/6. But the enemy Fiora was 16/4/12 and they won.

5/3/1, your adc 4/0/5, your sup 5/1/6, your mid 5/0/4.

9/0/2, your adc 5/3/7, your sup 1/3/9, your mid 4/2/7.

I'd say you have plenty of games where your mid and/or bot do just fine, and you have plenty of games where you don't win your lane. Rather than trying to alter your playstyle to account for the fact that your other lanes will always lose, you should understand that your lanes are going to lose half the time and win half the time. You should simply try to improve at every aspect of the game, rather than attempting to fill the shoes of the mythological Ugh-Bronze-Team-So-Heavy hypercarry.

Rikari1 votes

Check some of these matches: http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1645684758/213342938?tab=overview Yasuo top,eve got fed and yeah the 4/4/1 i was afk for the first 20 mins,stuff happened,told gp not to pick him,no one let me cs,lux was "support" 4/3/2 was ap nid top,surprised me too. if you look lee is constantly smacking the crap outta yasuo and i kill nid once. 6/6/6 was a lane swap,i asked gragas if he wanted to swap as well,said no,and,well...

oh and well this match was literally just a flat out slaughter. http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1622776563/213342938?tab=overview voli top.

there won't be any recent top lane games as right now im going duoQ with a friend as support,cuz we both need each other and i can do anything,i don't mind. I also know that the top lane has little influence on winning the game,if you wanna see my top lane matches filter ranked with Irelia,i rarely pick other top laners as bronze/silver "counters" me and im not too crazy about counterpicking often.

OhBoyItsaMegaman2 votes

Right, I get that some of the games have feeders in mid and/or bot while you're doing well. What I'm trying to point out is that even if it feels like "seemingly every single time", it's really not. There are plenty of games where one or both of the other lanes does fine; there are plenty of games where you don't do so hot.

If you convince yourself that all your losses are caused by other lanes doing poorly while you do well, it's going to block you from seeing what you need to do to improve.

Sohleks2 votes

Rumble. His damage can be really disgusting, single target and area of effect. He really takes some getting used to though. His heat mechanic is unique only to him and his ult is pretty special too... If you go play him just know you don't necessarily play him like a melee all the time, it can be fine to just harass with flamespitter sometimes- it won't draw minion aggro since it's an ability. But do know when to melee, like when you smell the kill. Also you might want to spam your Q before minions spawn to heat up to 50% just because. However don't expect to be super strong until you get a few levels as rumble.

Pantheon is pretty good too for a top lane carry. Pretty straightforward. Strong lane, use that and his ulti ganks to snowball.

Akali is very strong too. She starts out slow, but if Akali gets fed she's pretty broken

Gnar is my personal favorite top lane. He's a tank that plays like a ranged. He suits me perfectly but it takes some experience to fully utilize Gnar. In teamfights Mega Gnar's CC is pretty broken. Little Gnar has some really solid damage. In lane Gnar is very safe pick... expect nerfs

Eljin1 votes

Gnar is my personal favorite top lane. He's a tank that plays like a ranged. He suits me perfectly but it takes some experience to fully utilize Gnar. In teamfights Mega Gnar's CC is pretty broken. Little Gnar has some really solid damage. In lane Gnar is very safe pick... expect nerfs

I've actually been leaning towards getting Gnar as my next champion because a)He's too cute, and b)I like the idea of having a quick mobile character that can turn into a slow, beefy tank if you time it right.

Didn't he just have a round of changes? Or do you think he's still too much and not worth picking up because he might be a little too strong and not worth properly learning the lane with?

Sohleks1 votes

Didn't he just have a round of changes? Or do you think he's still too much and not worth picking up because he might be a little too strong and not worth properly learning the lane with?

Gnar is definitely worth playing, even if he stops being too strong.

He already received a couple damage reductions. I hear more could be on the way, but I haven't seen it myself yet. For now he's still very strong and frequently banned

The Mormonator2 votes

Nasus, Riven, Garen(If you know how to play him), Fiora, Irelia.

Wyenot1 votes

Jarvan or Ryze.

You'll thank me later.

Rikari1 votes

the ryze nerf was too hard for me,gonna try j4 tho. im also thinking riven but shes quite the champion.

Brado111 votes

Riven - takes practice but I well worth it

Nasus - crazy late game assuming you survive until then

and finally one of the most carriable = Master Yi. Mid to late game Yi has an insane power spike when played correctly. Most low elo players do not know how to deal with his damage and use CC incorrectly. He can assassinate any of the other team when fed if you use your Q to dodge cc. If you haven't tried you should give Yi a go but whether jungle or top is your choice

Brado111 votes

MASTER FUCKIN' YI MAN IM TELLIN YA

Kitten Eater1 votes

a lot of champs can go top lane. even adc, apc and support champs. usually the ones with hard time clearing don't do well in solo lanes.

Renaille1 votes

Vayne. She is literally a carry.

WateredDownPop1 votes

A amazing top laner is Darius .. Hes tanky and deals damage and that ult always kills if you can hit the basic attacks for his passive ability to bleed the opponent. Irelia is perfect to I have played her and got the most easiest kills ever. Your best bet is Darius and pick up dunkmaster and dunk on everyone! Darius Darius

Brenticus121 votes

Not really. He wins lane really easily but falls off extremely hard late game. He needs a decent team to initiate so he can come in for the dunks. Of course, if you can catch the enemy team's ADC and such out of position, a simple E-Auto-W-Q-auto-Ult combo will kill them.

thedirtypelican1 votes

Atrox is awesome for carrying in the top lane

WateredDownPop

I always have good early and late games with Darius hes tanky and deals heavy damage if you can build him right, its all about how you play him to.

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