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I need help with the laning phase

SolusInCadere·9/19/2015, 4:56:12 AM·1 votes·366 views

My last few games as Yasuo have not gone well. I play top lane, btw. So the game always statrs and I'm doing well: My CS is higher than my opponents, I've poked them down using my shield to absorb harass, etc. Ussualy I can get a 20 CS or more lead and sometimes a level advantage before the laning phase is over. But then I start feeding. I don't know why this happens. I can go from 1/0/1 with almsot double my lane opponent's CS to 2/8/3 with less CS than my opponent in a matter of minuets. This usually happens around the time I finish item 3087, what is supposed to be a huge power spike ends up getting me killed. Over and over again. I want to know why this happens. I don't try to all in during this time (cause now I'm afraid of dying), I ward constantly, but HP pots, poke from a distance, everything. It just doesn't make sense.

A note: This is coming from recent experience against Riven and Irelia mostly, so maybe they just counter m or something, but that doesn't explain how I can get a lead and then so consistently and suddenly lose it...

Please help me not lose the laning phase every game

5 Comments

TouchpadExpert9/19/2015, 5:25:14 AM1 votes

Statik Shiv gives you safe poke but pushes the wave. Perhaps try building a different starter item such as Blade of the ruined king. It will help with sustain and dueling.

ShaftyMegee9/19/2015, 5:27:08 AM1 votes

Static makes it so you are actively pushing the wave even when you might not want to. Maybe that's your problem?

50000000000000009/19/2015, 7:27:22 AM1 votes

If you like to push wave, try and see if you can roam. It helps you snowball other lanes. I think what's happening is that you're not respecting the power spike of the enemy. Riven with a Tiamat has a ton of burst, and the completed Ravenous Hydra provides even more burst+sustain. By the time you got your shiv, the enemy Riven probably got a Tiamat so she can burst you down. If you're both squishy, it's a fair duel no matter how fed you are so long as each of you can burst the other. As for Irelia, I think she's just good at comebacks.