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Choosing an Unusual Top

McAllister·6/10/2015, 8:04:39 PM·1 votes·650 views

Let's say I want to bring something unusual to top lane.

=> Pros: Q+auto gets up to a 2.1 AP ratio (0.8 from Q, 0.7 over time from poison, 0.1 from Luden's, 0.5 from Lich Bane) Mushrooms will hurt like a son of a bitch With no attack speed, hit-and-run tactics deal almost as much damage as focused fire Cons: Eat one CC and you're done, you're so glassy and hardly mobile Sustained damage is less impressive Is Satan

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=> + ??? Pros: ~350 armor to put 70 damage on his passive and W ~1200 bonus health adds 60hp to his heal... these are terrible ratios, my god Even with the terrible ratios, W+auto will hurt and ability weaving should be able to get some work done A bit of attack speed and crit will go nicely with a +70 AD steroid that everyone forgets about Still has a point-and-click stun (for now) Fabulous Cons: Taric top Probably super mana-hungry Most useful against teams with no magic damage threat

No, I wouldn't inflict these on ranked or solo queue without a lot of practice, but fortunately, I have some supportive friends to practice with. What has more potential to work?

11 Comments

Crunchyfied6/10/2015, 8:06:11 PM2 votes

Teemo has more potential to win a game but I'd suggest neither.

Drunk Rummate6/10/2015, 8:23:15 PM2 votes

I think Taric would do reasonably well top. A great niche pick into a full AD comp.

Teemo can work as well, though he's also more of a niche pick. Good against auto attack reliant tops like Fiora and Tryndamere or the occasional ADC/marksman top.

Frank3276/10/2015, 9:24:51 PM2 votes

Taric item 3047 item 3143 item 3075 item 3025 item 3068 item 3110 the dream

Kãtãrinã6/10/2015, 8:15:01 PM1 votes

The teemo is an actual top lane pick while taric is the only "Unusual" top laner out of these 2

tonzillacrayon6/10/2015, 10:03:06 PM1 votes

in your elo im sure the taric would work better because the point and click stun with all the surprising damage you will do will throw them off guard. teemo build isnt that great because you cant really teamfight well as teemo unless you do the on hit build and you cant really split fast with those items so your basically playing nuke assassin teemo where you have to hide and wait for your teammates to die or them to luckily go into a shroomed area. So i personally believe that taric would work better for you than teemo.

Faith Breaker6/11/2015, 5:26:03 AM1 votes

Before Karma's change I'd take her top. My first item built Item would be Sheen < Boots and then I'd build Icebourne Gauntlet. Easy multiple frequent Sheen procs due to the nature of her kit and not bursting all your spells in a second. Playing as AP Bruiser, Liandry's, Zhonya. Safe from ganks with a Sheild/MS Steroid, Tethered Root/Slow. Harass melee champs , capacity to deal sustained threatening dmg while having the tools to peel and protect herself or allies adequately. Patient play made her into a Lissandra class frustration for Top Lane.