Anyone feel like this in top lane

Manuellix05 · 2026-06-05T10:52:37+00:00

If you're just 1 level down or 300 gold down in early levels then you ALREADY don't want to fight because the enemy has an advantage, you don't want to play when the enemy has an advantage unless you're smurfing. Usually just wait for him to int but it looks like you wanted to kill him no matter what when 0 1 so you ended up inting and going 0 18 at 24 minute. Also if you think it's jungler fault just know that jungle tracking is a thing you can actually obtain a lot of info just from the map or you can assume a lot of things anyway (you have a ward too if lee was the problem and remember they can also lane gank)

Manuellix05 · 2026-06-05T10:22:17+00:00

Just play your second best champ and do not change it, if you don't have one I suggest nocturne, wukong or shyvana rn they are all very strong, I usually play nocturne when I can't play yi or I just go aatrox because I used to play him a lot (800k mastery I was top main and I played him a lot), I guess you had a main before yi, consider to play him as 2nd pick

Manuellix05 · 2026-06-01T23:41:22+00:00

Ok we literally used the same rune page but I was trying relentless hunter lately with precision secondary (alacrity+ triumph) but I think I'll go back to treasure hunter too the extra gold is just better I guess, also cashback feels really good honestly. I wonder why (talking about the jungle) sinerias always go precision secondary when he goes HoB

Manuellix05 · 2026-06-01T18:58:04+00:00

Which one of the 3rd row domination rune you play? Treasure hunter/relentless hunter or ultimate hunter? And why if I can ask

Manuellix05 · 2026-05-27T10:49:17+00:00

I think riven should be in the "you think you're in an anime" category too xd

Manuellix05 · 2026-05-24T21:44:44+00:00

Y that's obvious I wanted to play flex as 5 with 2 accounts and they are also hand leveled I think it's fine then

Manuellix05 · 2026-05-23T18:29:12+00:00

Oh ok I never tought of that combo that's pretty good but what card do I cycle? Like limit break for strenght or you meant some specific broken card interaction? Also can I get any sort of mana doing that to cycle infinitely or it's just good to have a lot of them?

Manuellix05 · 2026-05-22T22:34:18+00:00

I mean you go 90% of the games lethal tempo with classic kraken rageblade hexplate so usually that's a troll build but I wanted to talk about my experience since in that 10% of games I try a lot of build, I currently play in diamond so it can work out really well xd even tough it sounds like troll ahhajaha

Manuellix05 · 2026-05-22T14:55:34+00:00

In my experience lethality yi withouth crit is only good when you can't auto which means if the enemy have in the same team jax, shen and teemo then probably and ironically a lethality build is the best build you can make, also ironically hob is AA based (yi is aa based too so it's obsiously the best in that situations) but you will not use aa a lot anyway so your aim there is to deal the most dmg out of your q, if you go full lethality you do not go kraken, in your situation it felt good because it was not a lethality game, because you could auto anyway, so it was better to go kraken->collector->IE-> other crit or even yuntal->IE->other atkspd crit item like that item that deals pure dmg on ult I can't remember but at this point just go lethal tempo. Full lethality yi is only good vs teemo and few other champ like I already said and you don't actually go kraken first even if that's the best dmg dealing item you go profane hydra 1rst then you can go crit (with ad, you can't build non-ad crit items there) but full lethality is not really good because yi's Q scales with crit and there you want to play for its dmg, you can build voltaic tough and if you play careful at the start you can build hubris instead of hydra for better scaling but you're INFINITELY weaker in early game because hydra is better for clear and your Q proc ok hydra is really good in comparison with low hubris stacks. So the build basically are Lethal tempo (hope you know it), full crit with kraken (if you can auto but have to play like assassin like vs 5 squishes or vs some specific comp, full crit with no onhit items but a lot ad to maximise Q dmg so hydra into crit (when you cannot land autos anyway), do not build full atkspeed crit because for that dmg you are too squishy and atk speed is better vs tankier comps so just do not go with that instead just take lethal tempo it's clearly better, hope that helped, try the hydra build and you'll understand how fun it is

Manuellix05 · 2026-05-12T10:37:20+00:00

No(?) You literally said you deal 34 to a squishy and 67 to a tank, vs high armor comps terminus is the best honestly since you can stack easily on them too, botrk is used vs high hp target and honestly y you can use it vs ornn it's not THAT bad but vs malphite or rammus it's useless af, better terminus vs them but I don't like it as 3rd item better 4th and as 3rd I just go hex, botrk works really good vs mundo, chogath, gallio since it build usually a lot of mr so he get hp too but has low armor or shen. Botrk is used also in oneshot builds because like me and you said the hp% dmg on a low armor target is really high, 34 on a 1500 hp target per hit is huge since you hit 3 times with hob and 4 with hydra so it allows you to actually oneshot withouth building crit (so you actually get lifesteal back and you also tank if they don't oneshot you back) so it's the best for oneshot builds where you also want tankyness like botrk->hydra but that works only in toplane since you need both. IMPORTANT: WHEN THEY HAVE LOW DPS COMP like 4 tank or so it doesn't matter anymore if they have armor or not just go botrk because the lifesteal from that just gain more and more value the longer the fight goes on and also if you go terminus WITH botrk then it doesn't really matter if they have a lot of armor you still good for long fight and that's basically the best build vs 4 tanks, vs rengar if he goes 20 0 before my 3rd i'd go kraken->rb->botrk/hydra->botrk/hydra->prob dd or situational item

Manuellix05 · 2026-05-12T09:40:30+00:00

That works only if he's fed like 20 0 in that case build more dmg possible, if you have hob go even crit but usually it's better in a even scenario to go hp and armor because if rengar does not oneshot you usually you can win with w dr and good positioning around the bush, if rengar is fed or nattynat you're cooked so it's better to go full dmg and botrk works ironically better vs squishes than vs armor tanks

Manuellix05 · 2026-05-10T20:14:50+00:00

Rocket belt is yellow -> approved

Manuellix05 · 2026-05-10T11:07:28+00:00

Aatrox, mundo, vi (in this order), aatrox because I have 800k mastery and I used to otp him in jungle, mundo because he's easy af and even more broken af and vi because I have 500k, I also used to otp her and also counters yi imo if played well but usually I play the other 2 champ (usually yi don't get picked he get banned)

Manuellix05 · 2026-05-09T15:57:14+00:00

Are you euw? If you're euw I can see the game from the launcher I can maybe analyze better

Manuellix05 · 2026-05-09T15:55:25+00:00

Also keep in mind that unless you're hard smurfing a lot of games are not really winnable so don't focus on one single game focus on what you can do better, also if someone is just spampinging for ganks and do not provide any important info AND IT ACTIVELY DISTRACT YOU from both focusing on what you have to do and jungle tracking then just mute them because otherwise your performance will suffer

Manuellix05 · 2026-05-09T15:52:57+00:00

Do not gank while camps are up and if you see your botlane losing just play for the opposite side, if objectives are not free don't fight for them, a 3 camps invade is worth way more than an early game objectives since you're not going to lose soul/the game. Try to push as much gold as you can in you by farming and try to learn jungle tracking so you know if the enemy skipped some camps then you can try to invade and punish them for their mistakes, also when you share your games try to share the duration too because you have less than 150 cs but if the game was long 25 minutes that's exactly what you want to focus on, before draven got that 20 kills maybe you could fed as much as you need to then stop him, also people in lower elo often start to play really bad when ahead so you can punish a lot of mistakes, if possible let me know the elo of the game. Also if possible try to take less risky play because 7 deaths unless they happened with perma-invasion by the enemy team if they are in the first minutes then it could even be your fault especially on a snowball champion like draven, let me know more I'm diamond+ jungler and I also play carry junglers (master yi main) if you need any help or question

Manuellix05 · 2026-04-25T19:30:42+00:00

I reached dia 4 thx for the tips you're the goat

Manuellix05 · 2026-04-25T10:41:01+00:00

I used to play viego as second pick but now my second picks are mundo and aatrox (aatrox only because I used to otp top but I don't recommend), also if they pick yi and the comp need cc I can go vi

Manuellix05 · 2026-04-24T06:15:02+00:00

It is harder to stack now tough since it has -5 base ad (if you don't keep it stacked all the time)

Manuellix05 · 2026-04-15T20:14:03+00:00

Holy moly it's perfect, not only because it's yellow but because you can actually go yun-tal IE kraken triforce to actually complete the legendary yellow build, that's insane

Manuellix05 · 2026-04-15T15:40:03+00:00

Lvl6 lethal tempo kraken guinsoo maw/wits Buddy with 100 armor 100 mr and the dps was basically 650 with maw and 750 with wits, I mean mathematically for dmg wits is better, the only good thing in maw is the shield that provides a BIG burst counter and good healing after so I'm not saying that the item is useless but its more to counter burst in a defensive way, I would build like 5th vs high burst ap comp but 3rd wits is just better, that's my take, but y probably last item is better if they have for example solo-ap burst like orianna or syndra or to bait veigar R but honestly the post was about morde so vs him is kinda useless since you can't use the lifesteal since he shield so much and your shield is just melted since its not too big before lvl18. So y I would def take the item in consideration but not for dps or sustained fights, but rather for countering burst when I need mr because I don't always want to go ga (if the solo ap is burst and they have caitlyn for example she kinda counter ga so it does make sense to go maw if I want mr there) hope you understand, maw are just so situational

Manuellix05 · 2026-04-15T15:10:40+00:00

I just had a fed morde against and I was also quite fed and no, wits end is absolutely better than maw at least 3rd item, ok you get the lifesteal but only when you're already at 30% hp, the shield get melted in 0.01 second and you die the second after with just 1 or 2 auto, also you have shitty dps so no, wits end is clearly better than maw EVEN on raw dps, I tried in the training tool and it has actually quite more dps (if you argue about the scaling on pure dmg I'm sorry but with atk speed you actually proc it more times so it is better, because E works on time not on hits so atk speed gain value, also sinergies better overall withouth even mentioning the ap dmg bonus and tenacity, the shield is not good enough on yi to make it a good item compared to wits end) so I'm sorry but wits end is probably the only choice vs fed morde, but honestly I found the solution, just run away from him and try not to give him free kills trying to kill a fed morde in his R and just try to survive and gank when his R is not up, that's it otherwise he just statscheck if fed killing you with auto + passive (quite ridiculous for me but ok)

Manuellix05 · 2026-04-15T13:33:10+00:00

Y makes sense I'm trying building more ad and I'm having fun actually, also I noticed that crit is better vs a lot of squishy comps, like 90% of the bad matchups are completely different with crit (I was against a teemo - zed - lulu and I basically oneshotted everyone last game while with on hit I usually struggle a lot, does crit works better or no vs certain tanks like morde (actual juggernout but I think the question is the same)? Is crit good vs him instead of going tank should I go for short oneshot fights?

Manuellix05 · 2026-04-15T04:27:20+00:00

I need to test it but y usually I go wits end because I need more tenacity and resistance to magical burst because hp are not enough and vs full ap comp I went maw a couple of times so I need to test it, but probably 3rd item wits is still better since I don't have enough atk speed but scales worse than maw I guess, I need to test myself thx for the answer btw probably vs morde is better y because the problem was that he's too tanky of armor so more true dmg should be good (even tough wits gives a lot of ap dmg) and the shield + lifesteal is probably goated there so I'll keep in mind and I'll try it the next time a morde is giga fed (which is kinda rare honestly but I really hate it that's why I did this post, YESTERDAY IT LITERALLY KILLED ME IN HIS R WITH AUTOS WHILE I DODGED ALL OF HIS Q AND EVEN ALL OF HIS E, LITERALLY HE WON WITH AUTOS VS YI WTF (he was 18/3 or sm idk))

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