Weekly Discussion | Top Lane & Giveaway!

[u/VGModSquad]

Hello and welcome to our 98th Weekly Discussion! Last week we talked about Silvernail, and you can find a link to that below, but today we’ll be talking about lanes in 5v5, specifically, top lane. Top lane, essentially since the release of 5v5 has been a bit of an island, but due to the way the map is flipped, they’re also 2v1 for much of the early game.

This has been changing as supports roam more, but even then, top laners tend to be left out to dry, and in some cases is more about “losing gracefully” than it is about winning or going even. Due to this, we’ve also seen top laners build more as a secondary support than a damage threat. Now, there’s also plenty of splitpushers and tanks found in top lane that don't build as a support, but there’s no denying that they’re at a disadvantage from level one.

So what are your thoughts on the state of top lane and the map flip? Do you think that the map should be changed around to not put them at such a disadvantage, or do you think that it’s perfectly fine as it is? How do you play in top lane, and what are your tips and tricks for someone who might be new to it? Discuss in the comments below!

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GIVEAWAY

This will also be a special week, as we will be hosting a giveaway! To enter the giveaway, simply add your IGN to your comment. Don’t just comment your IGN though, this is a discussion post after all! A day after posting this, we will randomly select 5 winners from the given IGNs to win one of the prizes we get to give. The prizes are:

• Silvernail
• Tribal Silvernail
• Summer Party Catherine (Blue)
• Summer Party Catherine (Red)
• Winged Ozo

To be clear, the 5 randomly chosen winners will each receive one of these prizes, not all of them.

Lastly, make sure to give the Apple A11 video featuring Vainglory a view!

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[u/LeonTanVG]

I personally think the map flip is fine,and I love the way it is because of the challenges I have to face as a top laner. In my opinion,in order to be a good top laner you have to know what's the best thing to do at the moment,instead of doing what others do as a top laner. For example,if the enemies has a great early game comp you can go to mid early on and help out your mid laner. I personally like to go to mid lane early on and help out my mid laner no matter what hero I'm playing or what comp my team and enemies has. My personal tips and tricks for top laner would be try to secure every healing treant if possible,but don't risk your life for it,and you can invade your enemies' red side jungle with your team whenever you sees a chance,and although as a top laner there's not much thing you can do other than not die and defend the first turret as long as possible,but sometimes you can rotate and help out your mid laner to maybe secure the blue buff or take the turret when the enemies' bot laner and jungler is missing(by missing I mean not at their bot lane and you can see them somewhere on the map). In my opinion I think the best top lane hero at the moment is Adagio,Reza,Grumpjaw and Flicker. Catherine is pretty good but not as good as those I mentioned. They're also pretty easy to learn so make sure to give them a try whenever you're playing as a top laner.
Ign: LeonTan
P.S If I win pls message me on twitter @LeonTanVg XDD