League-of-legends – What ranged champions are good at top lane

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I am trying to find out which ranged champions would work the best at top lane. Any ideas Thanks 😀

Update: I prefer using ranged champions and want to go top lane. I haven't started playing any ranked games yet so I am not really worried too much about countering any champions in this question. I am good at harassing and am usually pretty cautious about possible ganks. Champions I can play pretty well are Annie, Malzahar, Leblanc, Miss Fortune, Tristana, and Ziggs.

Best Answer

The big thing about top lane is that you've got to have enough sustaining power to handle staying up there for a long time. There are only about 5 AP champions that can handle this:

  • Swain (because his passive returns mana upon killing a creep)
  • Rumble (energy not mana, spell vamp)
  • Kennen (same as Rumble)
  • Vlad (High HP sustain, no Mana or Energy)
  • Gragas (mana returning ability [although low], built in tankiness, easy ranged creep clearing)

The reason you don't see standard AP mid characters in top lane is because it is a longer and much more dangerous lane and they'll end up having mana issues and not sustain well.

As for AD champions, your best bet with those are going to be:

  • Corki (heavy ranged harass, good escape. You'll have to build some mana regen stuff though)
  • Caitlyn (highly situational, but possible due to super high range)
  • Urgot (Very tanky high range)

Most common ADs will get pretty abused top, but you can make it work out.

The biggest and most important thing about top lane is the simple fact that from a meta (and mechanical) standpoint pretty much any champion can do it. Top lane isn't so much "Can X champion solo top" as much as "Can X Champion safely lane against Y Champion." So it is really mostly about knowing the match-ups. Just because someone like Malz isn't terribly great top lane doesn't mean you can't make it work, it could just be highly situational.

Hope this helps :)

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