I want to branch out to other toplaners for fun
#most fun toplaner for yall to play and why?
wide jasper
fringe swan
Kayle bc she kayle
wide jasper
šļø
fringe swan
The first day I was playing league my friend chose to main kayle and she looked boring
Then he hit level 11 and i was like ZAMN š
So i forced myself to accept being weak until level 11 cuz she looks cool
wide jasper
yeah she's early boring, but i see the appeal of being a god-like hypercarry in late
fringe swan
in terms of actual playstyle though, probably irelia since you have permanent kill pressure on anyone who isn't a tank (and ability to outplay tanks)
civic basalt
Trynda cuz i'm a gambling addict.
But for real, his ult is my ultimate lol fantasy, nothing gives me more feeling of power than Trynd ult.
And once you snowball, you snowball HARD
fringe swan
yoo kayle gets to live that same fantasy in the next update lol
wide jasper
yeah i've experienced some extreme snowball trynds
wouldnt recommend
but thank for the recommendations, ill try em
civic basalt
but thank for the recommendations, ill try em
Just expect to die a lot.
Trynd is all about limit testing.
You can't afford to play like a pussy with him
Also, permaban Malphite, and dodge Nasus
These 2 matchups are hardcore counters
fringe swan
if you do end up playing irelia, trynda might be a good permaban actually
his ult ruins her constant kill pressure thing and gives him the kill pressure
civic basalt
his ult ruins her constant kill pressure thing and gives him the kill pressure
LMAO, i love clueless irelias engaging onto me, a half HP trynd.
dense drum
Teemo.
wide jasper
You can't afford to play like a pussy with him
as someone who only played support, i learned that the hard way in when i began to play top lane cause i was so scared to engage
also for malphite ban, is that just in general or when i play trynd
spice hare
tryndamere because its like going to the casino and playing the slot machine
mortal pawn
mord cause i can counter 95% of the top champion pool
wild gazelle
mord cause i can counter 95% of the top champion pool <:kekW:626450502279888906>
The better reason to going morde is the jglers ganking you when ur 75% hp eith ult
mortal bison
Olaf because broken asf and easy to play
Yasuo because a lot of outplay potential and very fun to play champion has a lot of fun things in his kit
irelia because very fun champion, fun kit can 1v5 after bork is decent early good late
wide jasper
if yasuo can top can yone too 
fringe swan
Of course
mortal bison
yeah yone can
but yone can't play into tanks with cc
yasuo can cus of windwall and also his r giving him armor pen
heady badge
Gwen bc snip snip sew
visual pilot
Kāsante, Irelia and Gwen
zinc comet
k'sante before nerfs, now its prob azir
tawdry forge
kled
wild gazelle
If you get a really good riven game being immortal can be fun
But i also love to flash ult with sett
strange barn
Renekton. He's a step down from Riven so he's actually accessible to those without 8 hours a day to spare.
tawdry forge
But i also love to flash ult with sett
flash ulting with sett will never be the same
quaint sable
Sion
Reason: int 2 win strategy
sonic meteor
Renekton. He's a step down from Riven so he's actually accessible to those witho...
Riven isn't as hard to become decent at as people seem to think (she's isn't as unforgiving as someone like Akali), but it's true that Riven's skill ceiling is very high.
eternal raptor
Fiora because cursors
distant viper
I would personally say Alistar I have a 85% win rate with him but I build him a certain way I am usually able to outfight my laner with ease (Dm me for a run down)
placid thicket
running down someone on olaf= pure orgasm
menace
pine pagoda
Riven isn't as hard to become decent at as people seem to think (she's isn't as ...
akali is infinitely more forgiving than riven what
fringe swan
Rivenās damage output gets neutered if you mess up an input
sonic meteor
akali is infinitely more forgiving than riven what
My experience playing both champions has been the opposite of what you're saying. Riven I don't have to play perfectly (or even close to it to get results). Akali feels like if you make even one not correct decision you will just die and do nothing. (But if you do everything right, you're unstoppable).
pine pagoda
My experience playing both champions has been the opposite of what you're saying...
complete opposite for me. akali has infinite escape, juke potential, completely ignores any auto attack based champs with W, and has stupid sustain with second wind doran's shield. easiest trade pattern ever, easy to escape bad positions and very strong & clear advantage state
riven makes one mistake and her damage takes a swan dive, if you dont abort the trade on the spot you just lose lane entirely immediately because you will die
sonic meteor
riven makes one mistake and her damage takes a swan dive, if you dont abort the ...
IDK what you consider a mistake on Riven, but I find most of the time I blunder in a fight, it's not a night and day difference because she's deceptively hard to kill thanks to having a quite spamable and pretty strong shield for an E. Likewise with her passive, if you accidentally miss an ability, you still get the passive charge (as it's from casting that ability, regardless of if it hits or not) to use for damage output, and likewise accidentally cancelling an auto with another spell cast doesn't deprive you of the passive charge, and thus it can still be used (she can store up to 3 at a time too so sometimes it's worth using a few abilities and then dropping the charges 1 at a time on the enemy).
mortal pawn
Rivenās damage output gets neutered if you mess up an input
^
imagine not knowing how to animation cancel amirite
white sorrel
With akali you literally just have to land e and the enemy is dead
pine pagoda
IDK what you consider a mistake on Riven, but I find most of the time I blunder ...
her E is a 12 second cooldown level 1 and you have no AD to scale the shield off of. We arenāt assuming shes fed here becaude that defeats the point, every champ wins when fed.
people are pretty much echoing what im thinking it seems too. (see the last 3 messages not sent by you or me)
Rivens damage comes out very slowly unless you can do the fast q combo and auto animation cancels, and she isnt the type of champ that can take long trades against most top laners, (sett, darius, morde, olaf, gwen) because the second she expends q3 or W the fight becomes āwho has the bigger stickā, and it is almost always not her. you have to manage your qs as both mobility and damage, for both cs and trades. you need to perform the combos and tech correctly or your damage is very subpar. her E is a very strong sustain and mobility tool, maybe around level 6-7 and 1 item, but surviving to that point is extremely unforgiving, especially for a champ that is designed to prefer fighting. The vast majority of top laners WILL out damage you if you both just stand still and use all your abilities, the reason Riven isnt a terrible top laner despite that is because she has incredible outplay potential in every single scenario, the problem being that messing up a single time means you instantly lose, ie she is unforgiving.
indigo obsidian
Shen
I also like the ability to save my teammates at the last second just before they die, giving them that boost of armor too
sonic meteor
her E is a 12 second cooldown level 1 and you have no AD to scale the shield off...
E is on 10 second CD at rank 1, not 12, it's CD goes down w/ ranks too (10-6 ranks 1-5) and that's base CD. Rank 1 it's base shield strength is 80, and it has a 110% bonus AD ratio, from runes alone you should have 10 bonus AD from 2x Adaptive Force, add a starting Long Sword and that's at least 20 bonus AD, so that shield is just over 100 hitpoints to start and goes up from there. I specifically remember playing the matchup v. Mordekaiser and being surprised to learn that I actually out-trade him pretty well, especially later in the laning phase.
white sorrel
but your e stays level 1 for the entirety of early game though?
literally no one maxes e first on riven
pine pagoda
E is on 10 second CD at rank 1, not 12, it's CD goes down w/ ranks too (10-6 ran...
your E is rank 1 until level 7 and stays rank 2 until level 10. 100 hp for 1.5 or whatever seconds every 10 seconds is not all that especially in top lane. Irelia heals that in 2 qs at level 3, HEALS, not shields. Warwick is warwick. Darius both outheals and outdamages. Olaf instawins into riven. Renekton is a decent counterpick. Malphite should never die to a riven. Morde is a skill matchup but should honestly be morde favored, because again, we are talking about forgiving-ness here. Morde can miss every ability and still outtrade half of top laners with his passive. If you dont save a q and your e to escape his passive you will get out traded the second you try to walk away by him just walking at you. You either need to kill him (you wont, her earlt cds are too long.) or save half your damage and sustain just for escaping.
hollow briar
For me its gotta be either ryze or sylas. I liked them but didn't play mid so I just made my own modified builds and played them top so it was quite enjoyable. But now I just play jungle
sonic meteor
your E is rank 1 until level 7 and stays rank 2 until level 10. 100 hp for 1.5 o...
Her laning is actually pretty strong, she has one of the best level 1s in the game. Her Q CD begins on the first cast, and the subsequent casts are available for up to 4 seconds after the previous cast (meaning you can space them out by up to 8 seconds while the CD is running, so really as little as 5 seconds of downtime before AH enters the picture). That 100 hp shield on a fairly short CD is a lot of free damage mitigation if you use it properly (use it to absorb damage, the dash is a bonus more often than not). Riven has a pretty favorable win rate into Irelia (54.33% atm, her healing early is a lot less than you imply), is winning v. Mord 53.88%, is winning v. Darius 51.76% of the time, is winning v. Olaf 51.33%, and v. Warwick 51.52% of the time, only Renekton is actually winning more often than not (47.29% riven win rate) in Plat+ global data for current patch. I don't think I'm good enough to win all of those matchups consistently on her myself, and yet I generally get by just fine most of the time I play her. I am not a Riven 1-trick, not even close. If you find yourself really struggling with this champ, I'm inclined to think you're missing some key ideas about how to play her properly (I might be missing such things for Akali tbh, not sure).
idle girder
Shaco, because playing mental games against a poor Darius is funny. And they usually tilt
amber hill
Illaoi because it's funny to 1v3 and get a triple kill and make your enemies call you slurs
white sorrel
Singed
fringe hemlock
not playing toplane is the most fun part about league
feral raptor
does not get much more fun than fiora.
placid thicket
aatrox 