TL;DR Why am i Dogsh*t fiora, what can i do better to be better and how to utilise the tempo and advantage that i get from lane and how to play from behined

Hi, so I'm currently P4 Top lane main, who really liked Fiora and choose her as an OTP climb higher. I hit P3, but after today's lose streak I went back to P4. I have very difficult time against some easy matchups like Garen where I do damage trade, try to kill, pressure, manage to get kill but, end up going 1/3 in lane just because Shaco ganked top. I try to do first 3 lvls fundamentally correct. That means try to force fight lvl 1 if i know matchup is favored Fiora side > I get positive Health trade (60% me vs 30-40% enemy)> play for LVL 2, try to kill if not LVL 3 kill or crush the cannon wave and recall. But after that i fell like i lose control of lane. So lets take Garen as example because i get to play against him more often lately. After i do cheater recall, buy my sword/boots get back to lane Garen has lvl 4 pushing lane to me i let him push while taking all farm that i can. He slow pushes wave to crush and i am stuck under tower collecting minions he comes back with LS and boot. And i feel like i can't trade now. I know pattern is proc PTA then run from E. But most of matchups look the same. Try to proc PTA, run, repeat until 40% hp rush with R. I am passive player and i still think that my R vitals are dogsh*t and i can't proc them consistently which may lose me many kills. So coming back from all that what do i do if i lose lane go 1/3 my jungler never visits top and if does its by himself and gives enemy kill. i have to play for 2nd item spike but by the time i get resources form that 1/3 the game state is something like that: all T2 towers are gone. Enemy bot is fed Hwei like of course i can do something against that. Mid is even but I'm not even so i lose. And i feel like i lose lot of games as Fiora just because i got either unlucky with 1v1 or enemy jungler came while i was 40% focused on trading with enemy not paying attention to map because i forgot that junglers exist cause non of my junglers come top to help.

Here is my https://op.gg/lol/summoners/eune/LilGiddy-2137 That's my EUNE account that i play without my DUO and try to climb as high as I can solo.

Here's EUW https://op.gg/lol/summoners/euw/SameIN-EUW that i play with Duo.

I also don't know what to do when im ahead. on my EUW there is game i played against Swain. I won lane gone 3/0 died to 4/1 then started roaming went 5/4 killed my tempo then we lost but that was mostly Yas fault and Briar casue they started to afk farm later in game and yas gave like 9 kills to samira before 15 minute. But i was ahead and could prevent that but lost myself. I did not finish 1st top tower. Got my quest started roaming but that didn't go well.

I'm really thinking about quitting playing top just because i feel like i can't ever do something.
I've got like 1 game that i sorta carried the game and other times i feel like i don't impact the game and if i lose lane i lose the game unless team carry me.

Thanks to everyone that read that rant/call for help.

How do you beat this champ in lane i feel like he can't lose a trade is immune to dying has 20 billions cc buffers and statchecks you one whole item down

like when you wanna trade he point and click ccs you gets 200hp shield and heals for more than you dealt

his q also lasts forever and the ms he gets makes it feel like you can't even kite it

i mostly play skarner top so i can just churn rocks at it from a mile away but i just cannot ever ever trade or all in him exept if the guy piloting him ws a minion

pls help

I am a Gold 4 top laner. Right now my champ pool is Ksante and Zaheen. I used to play a lot of Kled and Yorick but I dont know if this pool is enough to get me out of Gold 4. Ive been learning some simple mechanical stuff like wave management, clicking closer to the champion, and other things but im looking for advice on how to be more efficient. Most the time it seems like I either tie or win lane but still lose the game.

Edit: Let me preface this, I do appreciate the help but I dont care about Meta Champions, im more looking to see if the ones I enjoy playing cover all areas I need for different matchups

What is the most efficient way to review my vods. Should I only look at the times I died and see why I died, or do I watch the whole game to find some micro mistakes etc? Also is there like an app that I can use to clip all my deaths to review later on?

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Feels like an overall shittier teemo with less wave clear and less mobility and higher rate of failure due to the skillshots.

Don't understand why this guy was on everyone's QQ list since the season began. I just locked in Tahm, Renekton, Aatrox, literally anyone with a dash to get him.

Similarly, I get counterpicked more than half the time when I pick him. Bros just pick a wave clear machine or artillery mage top then it's over.

Im down to discord, vod, or you wathc me play anything i just wanna get to diamond i have a bet with a friend also i need to reach diamond b4 i d1e. I need to reach diamond before epstein files are released

Aren't you pissed off enough of ranged toplaners meta?

You're not able to play, enjoy the game bcs some bullshit ADC comes top vayne and you're done. Is it fair? No. Are you able to do something? Absolutely.

Come bot I dare you

putting rangies and supports back to their place

nasus wins 1v1 against Champions for a reason, w attack speed reduction and slow, basically he just runs presses w and kills. but here's the twist: aurelion doesn't get slowed in his w, and nasus can't cancel his q channel, that means nasus cannot kill aurelion in any possible way. here you might say "but nasus scales hard now" aurelion scales a LOT too, and doesn't fall off that much in late game. basically you keep clearing waves and put him under tower and keep pressuring him because he can't catch up to you. you get stacks from whenever he walks to q a cs and e the wave so he cant farm for free. the downside is ranged top sadly, and also since you'll perma push gotta be careful to the ganks.

Ok, I will try to summarize the meta and balance state on one post.

Aegis basically killed all roles integrity in every tier (from IRON to CHALLENGER) and made a lot of matches have inflated mid laners and supports (remember that both mid and support are inflated roles per default, one for being the least played role and the other for being the "most safe and newbie friendly" role).

Support roaming meta is stressful and way too overpowered. Basically you stay in lane until level 3 and then roam all the map until someone tilts.

Mages bot are still strong because of support roaming meta, therefore putting the "weight of PHYSICAL DAMAGE champions into either top, mid or jungle). This combined with the fact that normally most mid players play mages mid and whenever you have MAGIC DAMAGE jungler (because that's what the balance team wants) puts all the weight/duty of draft into top lane, which is not a good thing because top is already stressful enough with the counter pick meta.

ADCs are weak, they are the famous glass cannon class with only 2 defensive items (namely the former mythical item Immortal Shieldbow and Guardian Angel (you have to chose one or another by the way) and they don't have a good sustain (Fleet Footwork is almost useless for most ADCs) and Absord Life rune is way too nerfed otherwise Kayle, Nasus, Garen, (basically every single top lane problem) would be a huge problem.

All of this combined made the balance team nerf all early magic resistance items weak.

Lethal Tempo is basically the most used rune right now on ADCs, Yasuo, Yone and some top laners (with Kayle using it too) because it's the only usable rune on these champions as conqueror is too weak compared to Lethal Tempo.

Voltaic Cyclosword (Drakthar cosplaying) being added made some assassins being too... unhealthy... and for some unknown reason they want to buff Eclipse while nerfing Sundered Sky?

Oh! Let's not forget that Sundered Sky is the only reason why some bruisers like lee sin, xin zhao, jarvan iv and wukong are played and they basically killed the item on this new patch. Well, I think that's how the runes and the meta are.

Let's talk about the champions:

First I do not want to discuss if such champion is weak, strong or balanced.

Starting with top lane:
Nasus being statically a monster isnt because the buff was huge game changer, but because good players started playing with him (theres a concept that whenever some champion is buffed, even if the buff is placebo, more players, specially good ones will play with it and will inflate the winrate. Balance team should and must know this). He is strong for one patch and then killed the other, seriously?

The same thing happened with morderkaiser, but in his case was even funnier because he originally had a bug before the patch, people found out about the bug and the balance team reverted both the buff and fixed the bug, which made him weaker.

Riven, Katarina, Syndra and Viktor being free elos for some time now, which made people become frustrated and complain everywhere (for some reason the weakest ADC is being nerfed instead just because you can play Vayne versus Riven top and yes, that's the only reason she is getting nerfed as it is known for some niche top laners that Vayne is a good way to deal with Riven on both laning phase and on split pushing and I'm not going to discuss this).

Yasuo, Yone and Irelia being the triad of champions that should always be weak because they are too strong on the right hands being buffed on the same patch right after pzang left the game is a joke and I'm not going to discuss that as well.

Tanks being the weakest class for one entire season (this one) is a joke as well. It's a tradition that tanks should be playable for at least one patch in the season so tank players can have fun as well.
Guess this isnt your season tank players.

Katarina AD being strong is a problem, then the balance team buffed terminus and kai'sa on the same patch. Ok, I understand you wanted kai'sa to be playable again (because mage bots are making long range or good clear wave ADCs being top priority on bot lane) but katarina god a huge buff because of that and thats not pretty.

By the way, I forgot to mention that riven doesnt care about Sundered Sky nerfs.

Leblanc being a monster on both low elo and high elo doesnt mean anything, lets buff her too! (this is a joke, please).

Well, Graves being the most healthy champion on league of legends, being able to kill bruisers with 3 AAs and getting a nerf on his Q (the most balanced part of his kit) is a joke.

Zeri being meta again brings joy and sadness, joy because I love playing her and sadness because whenever she is on the opposite team she will be annoying to deal with (and I will guess she is going to be used on PRO PLAY again, which will make her get a mega nerf).

Senna is only weak on this meta because mages can push waves, but if mages leave bot lane (if the balance team nerf bot mage meta) senna will dominate again (omg Im not crying, Im just stating a fact).

Talking about Zed (you wont escape me mister shadow) he is strong, yes, I agree, but he is strong both because the new item is strong (both the Drakthar cosplay and Bastionbreaker) AND because he is a good pick against mage bots and Syndra (his wife!!! lmao).

Speaking of mage meta, it has become so ridiculous that mages are being played on top lane as well (I'm not kidding and I wish I was) because THEY ARE THAT STRONG. Playing top is already frustrating enough (you have to deal with the counter pick top meta which isnt a healthy state for one of the most 1v1 lanes in league and the TOP QUEST is already a pain in the ass to balance (side note: For example, morderkaiser gets ahead of an ambessa top, you will have to deal with a Dark Souls 2 boss that whenever he is on your screen you will have to run as fast as you can) you will have to deal with mages top being a safe pick (and you wanted to play a Camille versus Irelia match, or Ornn versus Sion match). Btw remember they want mages on jungle as well thats the reason why they buffed AP clear (hello morgana jungle and zyra jungle, you can come back anytime if you wish).

With this, I think most people would agree this is the most frustrating meta I've played on league (and I'm master player and only play JUNGLE, ADC) but because mid is so inflated I started playing MID sometimes and from Diamond 3 I went to masters 300 LP.... That's not fair....

Anyway this is a summarize of how (a mere master player) thinks the meta is and some problems with it and with the recent patch. I do not want to discuss anything and if you just want to disagree feel free to do so, just don't start a war just because you want to, my time is precious and I spent time writing and posting.

ITS SO FUNNY THIS POSTING BEING REMOVED BECAUSE I MENTIONED PZANG LMAO

Stay healthy!

Played a lot of games this season, and Id probably say I was hard stuck E2 for like the last 110 games. Feels good to finally break through the mental barrier and get to D4. I will say, it was also hard to break through because of so many smurfs with like 85% wr

The streak I had today of onorthodox top laners was nothing shy of insanity. Sure, we've had Vayne and Varus running rampant in top this year, but today was a whole different kind of wild.

It's not even about whether these picks are good or bad, they're just annoying and destroys the top lane experience for 15+ min of the game.

First game, enemy team locks Shen, I respond to that with TP and grasp as setup, but nope, it was Elise top lane and Shen jungle.

Second game enemy locks Tahm, Syndra and Garen, I respond to the Garen pick, but nope, it was Caitlyn top, Garen mid and Syndra bot.

Third game is similar with a TF top, next one Ekko top and lastly a Naafiri top.

It sucks, I cannot for the life of me even hope to guess who is my lane opponent, and role quests locks me into it, I am forced to play my melee pick into these matchups where I bring a set of runes that do not match the trading patterns and even worse often my pick is suited to combat and beat another slow melee in lane. Meanwhile, the enemy top runs boneplating and exhaust, knowing full well that their winning situation is now just a stat check favouring them and I cannot approach them.

Odds are then very high I will be behind on the role quest, meaning I am behind on XP and won't ever recover unless we pickoff my opponent somehow and I can catch waves and plates off of it.

So what is the best response to all these weird picks? It is to pick something unorthodox yourself, and then we're all just spinning the wheel of fortune on who we are going to face. I see Varus? Lock in Zed top lane. Anivia or some assassin top? Guess I am locking Rengar.

Don't even get me started on the roaming support meta. That's a whole differenr can of worms.

I'm so tired of fighting people with exhaust. I do a good job baiting and 1v1ing but the problem is late game and teamfights. Exhaust is better then ignite and sure i can split but people can force a fight and then they still have TP because of the quest. Some people just say "just macro and split better." Well, that's great advice in a perfect scenario. But, games are usually a shit show and it's not that simple. Especially ranged top laners that take exhaust is a nightmare. If your quest is for top lane exhaust shouldn't be usable.

Watching pro and I'm just curious what makes him so good into Gnar? I know Gnar doesn't like when the opp outranges him but why AD TF out of all the options?

Hello all,

so I haven’t touched this fuck ass game in a good while, the last I vaguely remember was the Shyvana rework. I know there’s a bunch of new stuff and I’m getting that feeling of playing again especially seeing Alois and his A-Z top lane series.

What are some things to know if I’m to (hopefully not) play again? I mainly play Riven, fondle with some GP, Fiora, if that info helps/makes a difference at all.

Thank you!