Aatrox, Darius, Riven or Vladimir?

CorruptShadowsxx·5/5/2015, 5:59:08 AM·2 votes·1,333 views

I had previously posted about whether to buy Syndra or Viktor. I am not certain that I want to buy mid laners. I kind of lack in top lane champions so I went ahead and found 4 champs that I like. Which one would you recommend, and why (btw fiy I have tried aatrox and darius in my noob days but still got many kills and had tons of fun so hehe how will they be now). If you do not suggest any of these champs, then tell me another and why.

9 Comments

stealthfox945/5/2015, 6:00:24 AM4 votes

Get Darius and proceed to dunk noobs.

Akeydel5/5/2015, 6:10:09 AM1 votes

Vladimir is probably the safest, he's a strong sustain ap top who counters lots of people and scales well into late game. That being said, Darius is a VERY strong bruiser, not hard either, you could go with him.

ZergReap5/5/2015, 6:28:19 AM1 votes

Vladimir Riven > Aatrox Darius IMO.

Gym Leader Yaki5/5/2015, 2:43:47 PM1 votes

Vlad if you need AP, Riven if you need massive aoe physical damage, aatrox if your team needs an engage and darius for... overall everything bruiser like o.O (like damage soaking, damage overall, etc). It really depends on what your team needs.

Duroxxigar5/5/2015, 3:07:14 PM1 votes

Come, join the few who play Aatrox . DO IT!

Shroom Junkie5/5/2015, 3:09:18 PM1 votes

Depends. Vladimir is safe, Riven is good against anyone that doesn't outrange/outdamage her(and even then), Aatrox has tons of sustain and damage, plus his passive if he does die, and Darius... well, he's Darius. Bursting-fairly-tanky-dunkmaster-Darius. 'Nuff said.

Quantum Bread5/18/2015, 1:06:32 PM1 votes

Aatrox=no(In a bad spot currently), Darius tho fun and bursty on squishy just gets kited and killed mid late game has no real utility to warrant being a super tank and his pull is very unreliable. Riven is really fun when ahead and offers alot of dmg, baiting with sheild, and cc tho taking alot of skill and being a very crappy front liner in perspective of a top laner in teamfights. Vlad is the all around has sustain dmg can burst gets off tankish has ridiculous sustain, one of the craziest end game full build fantasies and dmg amp ult but lacks any hard cc and only has slow that is offensive when rylias is purchased. In this meta I'd take vlad or riven if you want to put in learning hours. If you want to have fun and take advantage of noobs in normals aatrox and darius will do fine most of the time but are laughable in serious ranked play.

Only Play Darius5/18/2015, 1:14:38 PM1 votes

Nasus is the only top laner you need, and he's 1350 so there is no reason to not have him in your roster.

Darius destroys Nasus so with Nasus becoming more popular you can count on having your fun in lane with Darius.

Riven she's alright but she suffers somewhat in the tank meta.

Aatrox is very underpowered at the moment, no reason to use him and considering his current state of balance, I believe his IP price needs to be cut in half, so no reason to buy him.

Vladimir takes practice but he's a true raid boss with an outstanding late game, and once you get good with him you can easily roll entire teams.

Beertaster5/18/2015, 1:30:15 PM1 votes

Riven takes a lot more to suceed with, you always have to cancel animations with her. That and she has had a lot of nerfs in the past. hp regen gut (no sustain, get hit and it hurts in lane), shield duration 1/2 as long, ad scaling is lower and full AD build is a waste of money now. So she isn't any where near as forgiving as before. People still cry about her though. Her q is a ton of early damage for a duelist.