What top laners are good to learn for soloq

Maru th Undrtkr·9/25/2015, 1:51:59 PM·1 votes·1,025 views

So top lane is the only lane I dont know much about. Can someone give me some good champs worth learning and what their role is in the game. not a complete guid or anything but if I can learning lets say 4 champions and nothing more thatd be good since I dont know many top lane match ups a little about the champs would be nice.

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Squidsmastah9/25/2015, 5:29:45 PM1 votes

Garen Garen- Fighter, Tank: Very high damage output and health if you build him that way, very hard to fight against, and doesn't use any resources. Darius Darius- Fighter, Tank: Also very high damage output and has a heal on his Q. YorickYorick- Fighter, Mage: A lot of sustain and almost nobody knows how to fight him. Riven Riven- Assassin, Fighter: EXTREMELY high attack damage along with a shield, knock up, and a stun and doesn't use any resources.

RespectPlus9/25/2015, 5:44:55 PM1 votes

Garen: Probably the easiest top laner, incredibly tanky, good dmg output, and his R's passive it's a nightmare to the carries Gnar: No hard counter, amazing engage with his mega form, if gets ahead can do a lot of dmg while receiving a little Fiora: She is broken

Squidsmastah9/25/2015, 5:52:15 PM1 votes

Yorick is probably the best choice because he doesn't have a very high skill cap, and there is an extremely small playerbase that actually know how to counter him. Plus he's got like a 0% ban rate.

ninjaIRL 9/25/2015, 5:55:13 PM1 votes

Irelia She really isn't hard at all. You can just buy a Trinity Force and build the rest tank and you will still be able to half health carries with your combo. She's pretty bullshit at times to be honest. Her role in teamfights is to ignore CC and go straight for the carries, stunning them and allowing the rest of your team to dive into theirs. Her passive gives her constant anti-CC strength which isn't found in a lot of other champs.

NemeBro9/25/2015, 6:50:06 PM1 votes

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So top lane is the only lane I dont know much about. Can someone give me some good champs worth learning and what their role is in the game. not a complete guid or anything but if I can learning lets say 4 champions and nothing more thatd be good since I dont know many top lane match ups a little about the champs would be nice.

Sure man, top lane main here.

Garen Very easy to pick up and play, with probably the most intuitive combo in the game. Extremely tanky, but with high damage as well. Fairly immobile, but if he gets onto a squishy ADC or APC and was doing well in lane he can usually kill them. He's a very heavy fighter or a "juggernaut", so his role is to be hard to kill and a huge threat in fights. His team should help him stick to targets.

MonkeyKing Fairly easy to learn. His laning is only okay, he generally has a harder time against tanks and heavy bruisers, but can snowball off of squishies. Wukong operates like an assassin, but Wukong is far more durable than most champions of that class. Boasts high burst damage and respectable durability, as well as a fair amount of mobility and outplay potential. Oh, and his ultimate is one of the strongest in the game. An AOE knockup with a huge total AD ratio.

Irelia is similar to Wukong, but with less AOE and more sticking power in team fights. Also has very easy farming and good sustain in lane. Only damage item that is essential is Triforce, but she can also get a Blade of the Ruined King.

Tryndamere The king of splitpushing. Simple mechanically, able to 1v1 most laning opponents with his ult, especially late game. Also the king of level 2 cheese. His early game crits are absolutely brutal, and his trades are very powerful with his full fury bar. After laning phase he typically contributes by splitpushing or cleaning up team fights (he has to clean up because his own team fighting is fairly weak). Of the top lane melee ADCs he is probably the easiest to learn and still the most effective in solo Q.

Malphite Wanted to have a tank as well. Easy to learn, with decent waveclear in lane due to his E. Virtually unstoppable when against an all AD comp, since he actually gets damage by building armour. Due to this he does more damage than your average tank, and his ultimate is one of the best initiates in the game. If you can get your R off against the entire enemy team or at least the backline, the team fight is probably won then and there.