Aatrox

Only way to lose to Aatrox is if you fight him outside of a wave after he gets his Serrated dirk. Your autoattacks when you have your passive stacked just shred his HP bar, so you don't need to hit E in order to trade. Getting passive then Q-ing on him, pressing E and not re-casting it is much more consistent and still a winning trade pattern.

Akali

In top lane, this matchup is easy since she can't bully you too hard early, and once you get Blade of the Ruined KIng + vamp sep, you'll outheal her damage if you're 0/0. Don't engage on her unless you hit E first or she has a stacked wave that you can use to outheal her damage.

Akshan

Akshan is a little stronger than you early so you need to wait for first back and level 4-5. You don't need to hit E to kill Akshan. You can get 4 stacks of passive, press E and not recast it. The most important thing to do is to hug Akshan so he can't E away. As long as he can't do that, you always win fights against him.

Camille

Camille can zone you off the wave level 1. I would recommend walking from river if you think she will do that. She wins short trades with her shield, so you need to only take long trades. A way to do that is to only trade when you're close to the wall, so after you fight and tries to E away, you can chase with R-Q (Note, you have to be high enough hp so she doesn't just E on you) The only short trade pattern you win is if you hit E on her then auto attack and walk back. Be careful not to R her if you're not close enough to chase her after she E's away.

Cassiopeia

This champion can randomly oneshot you even if you're melee range. You can only go in if she misses Q, if she doesn't miss Q or uses it on a minion, the fights will be very very close. Otherwise, you can use the long top lane to create a freeze and make it very hard for her to walk up without dying.

Cho'Gath

Cho'gath is very difficult to kill due to his high sustain + silence + execute. I would recommend trying to get 10 CS per minute into him and holding a freeze rather than pushing and trying to trade with him unless he's very very bad. Just be careful of Cho'gath in team fights because his entire kit can be very annoying mid-fight. So, either wait for him to use his cooldowns or avoid him in fights.

Darius

You have to take conq. Never take lethal tempo in this lane or you lose it. Level 1 get E and farm from range safely. When you get 3, get 4 stacks and go in if you hit E. If you ever hit your E on him pre 6, you will kill him. After 6, you don't need to hit E as long as you Q him when he tries to Q you.

Dr. Mundo

Run Flash ignite or ignite TP. Mundo will slowly win the sustain war versus you, so the most important thing you need is to not get hit by any Qs even if you have to give minions for it. Hitting E is decently important to proc his passive so he loses a burst of HP. You should E-Q then walk behind him to collect his passive before he can. If you all-in when you're 100% hp with passive, you always win.

Fiora

Go ignite-TP or Flash ignite. Get lethal tempo if you're not confident or conq if you are. Walk from RIver level 1 if you think that Fiora will zone you off level 1, Q 3 minions and then auto her to death. The most important thing in this matchup is that you do not let her get her vital hits. It's a little dance where when she auto attacks, you have to move to reposition yourself instead of auto attacking, and then after her auto attack is done, you then AA her. If you're not feeling confident in this matchup, wait for Bork and if you're 0/0, it will be easy to win fights. Go immortal shieldbow instead of Gore because the shield+sustain is more annoying to Fiora than Goredrinker.

Gangplank

Gangplank can randomly kill you early if he hits a single barrel. In order to beat him pre-BORK, you need to always win the barrel mini-game, whether that's by dodging the barrels using Q on a minion or by stunning him then hitting the Barrel while he's stunned/W-ing the stun. If you don't get hit by the barrel, or you have bork and you''re 0-0, the matchup is pretty okay.

Garen

W his Q-E. When you're no longer silenced, Q to a caster so you can kite his the second half of his E damage and then re-engage when his E is over and you will win. Keep in mind that in team fights Garen Q-R can be very annoying for you when you dive, so wait unitl you see him or until after he's used it.

Gnar

You hard win with passive stacked. You can use your E while Gnar is stuck in his jump animation and he can't dodge your E. When he has no Mega, you can just Q on a caster, R him then Q in and insta win even without htting E. Take doran shield not D-blade since if he plays normally, he won't die on first 3 waves.

Gragas

Take D-shield and second wind. This matchup is more about punishing Gragas when he misses his E and scaling till BORK than it is about playing well. Hit the wave often and match Gragas' push with Q-W. That's the most important thing early game. After you get Bork, you can easily run him down without counterplay. Or, if he screws up E before Bork, you can look to punish him.

Gwen

Gwen can cheese a kill early with ignite + 6, so be careful of that. The matchup is a little difficult early, make sure when she stacks her Q that you dodge her E-Q damage, and as soon as she E-s in, engage on her with your Q and press E1 and don't press E2. Spam auto and you will win pre 6. After 6. you can't quite do that, you'll have to hit either E or R melee range so she can't dodge it then all-in. WIthout hitting either, she wins. But, unless there's a minion behind you to Q to, trying to look for a kill puts you in danger so keep that in mind.

Illaoi

Kill tentacles as soon as it spawns. Punish early. Punish when she misses E. When She R's, if you can't oneshot her, then walk out of her R, then go back in after her R is over.

Jax

In my experience, the only trades you can win against Jax is when you're close to your turret and you use your longer AA range to hit him and auto space him. The main thing is to look for free damage on him where he doesn't quite want to E to block it, or if he does, you can engage after his E is over and all-in to beat him. (Fights close to your turret only) This is a bad matchup that requires you to be mechanically skilled or for Jax to be bad.

Jayce

Get D-shield and second wind. If he has Phase rush, hitting R on him is not enough to guarantee a kill. If he has it, you need to hit E as well. If he spaces correctly as jayce, you will never be able to kill him unless he gets hit by your E. I would recommend just focusing on getting 10 CS/M and scaling rather than trying to kill him.

Kayle

Kayle with Lethal Tempo + ignite can kill you level 1, so be careful if she has it. Punish early If she's level 6, always make sure you have a minion to Q back to after fighting her so you can dodge her R damage. If she R's herself, she can't auto attack till the second half of her R animation, so if you want to W and can't dodge R, make sure to save the W for the second half of her R animation to burst her.

Kennen

Take D-shield and second wind. Wait for 6, run him down by hitting R and then hitting him with E after he presses his E movement speed steroid, loses it, and is still slowed by your R. As long as you wait for that specific window, it will be much easier to hit your E on him. Using E1 after R-ing and holding E2 will make Kennen use his E early.

Kled

Don't look for a kill pre-6 since most times, Kled will end up killing you after he re-mounts. After 6, wait for Kled to miss Q, and then engage on him with R, insta Q so he can't R away, spam auto till he's almost dismounted, press E1, auto attack him to demount him, then press E2 while he's mid-air so he can't dodge your stun while he's in demounting animation. Then, oneshot him. If you can't get the angle to oneshot Kled when he's dismounted, then you should wait till you can. Even if that means you have wait for CDs or items or jungle.

Lee Sin

Lee Sin will always W away to a minon to dodge your E so either predict it or hold on your E to buy more time autoattacking him. You always beat him with passive, W his Q-2 if it's long range or just Q1+E if he's short range. Main thing to avoid is him insecing you under his turret.

Malphite

Get D-Shield + second wind and look to scale. The matchup is annoying and you can only kill him once if she screws up, so you're looking mostly to get as much CS as possible and really good backs so you can spike on tempo.

Lucian

Get Dshield, second wind early. Start E and let him shove you in. When you engage on him, E1 and always hold E2 till after he dashes, never before. You do not need to hit your E on him to kill him, so just use it as a tool to stop him from dashing away from you. Matchup after 6 becomes pretty easy.

Mordekaiser

This matchup is heavily dependant on how you can dodge Morde's Qs and Es. If you can, it becomes playable, if not, this matchup becomes "Major" difficulty. I recommend getting flash ignite and going Lethal Tempo + Bork + shieldbow + wit's end. You can get Wit's end second if they have heavy AP.

Nasus

Punish early. After he gets level 6 + armor item, you always need to kite his wither and then re-engage when you're not withered. If you fight while you're withered, you will lose. You get outscaled so don't bother to try to kill him in sidelane unless you're insanely ahead. Instead, look to teamfight.

Nocturne

He'll autoshove into you, you can use your Q on minions to try to get out of his fear range then re-engage. After level 6-ish + recall, you just outstat him in an all-in.

Olaf

Run ignite. Punish him hard when he misses long range Q. Kite his R when he uses it instead of looking for a fight.

Ornn

Get Demolish, scale up, get 10CS/M and play the economy game. You can easily land an E on him because whenever you engage on him, he will either E the wall you're next to or E away, and it's very scripted.

Pantheon

You win after 6 because you effectively have an ultimate in the fight and he doesn't. You can win before, but you need to get passive stacks and hit E, and pantheon easily pokes you out early game if you screw up.

Renekton

I've had varying level of success with this matchup, running ignite + LT trying to cheese, or looking to scale up safely to 2 items (don't get shieldbow into him). My best advice: Maintain HP, all in and don't back off unless you can bait his R for free. The only fight you can win is an extended fight since he will outsustain you in lane and win in short trades due to his W.

Rengar

Play safe till level 3. Get level 3, Hit E, right click to death.

Riven

You win level 1 if you can approach wave from river and q 3 minions without her zoning you off. You want to start fights with stacked passive, W at the start of the fight to reduce the damage of Q1-AA-Q2-AA or W predict her W-Q3. You want to always press E1, and hold onto E2 and make her spend time/thought/hold abilities trying to dodge it and you'll win fights pretty easily versus her.

Ryze

Sett

Play safe. Never fight in minion wave unless he blows abilities. You can easily all in him if he approaches you after level 6 with no wave, and he can't R you to reach a wave for E-W. You outscale at Bork. If you're really good at predicting, you can play this matchup aggressively but the only way to consistently win versus a good Sett is to take aggressive runes + ignite and E when Es you, that way, he can't get his W off on you while you're stunned and you can dodge it by Q-ing on him.

Shen

You outscale at 1 item, he can be a little annoying early if his Q goes through you or with small Q grasp procs + shield, but after you get BORK, it's unplayable for him and you can safely cancel his R.

Shyvana

Punish early since she's weak pre-6. Don't start fights after level 6 with your R, fight with your E, if she R's out, then you just walk away, if she R's in, then you can R and choose to fight her. Generally, try to go in on her when she uses her E/W and punish one of those 2 cooldowns.

Singed

You can snowball early versus him, if you ever hit E, it's a oneshot, but if you don't manage to get an early lead, he will outstat you for a long duration of the game where you won't be able to do enough damage to kill him and he'll just perma run away.

Sion

Pretty easy matchup. Stack passive, Press E1 then hold E2 for when he starts Q. If you're going to get hit by his R or charged Q, W it. Buy any sort of pen like black cleaver or divine sunderer, etc... unless you're really ahead.

Sylas

Play with stacked passive, press E1 and when Sylas hits you with E2 you can E yourself to get a free stun. Trying to hit Sylas with E unless you predict if he dodges left or right is hard. But, you can just hit him with R and kill him without landing E.

Teemo

Doran Shield, Second wind. Don't lose hp early and give cs. 4 Stack passive. Q on him. Kill him. R makes it easier.

Trundle

Tough matchup, try to only trade when you're closer to your turret, and use your longer AA range to trade with him. If you don't get any trades like this with your AA or with E then it's very hard to kill him. After 6, you have to bait his R then Q away and re-engage when his R is down.

Tryndamere

Get Lethal Tempo, and cheese summoner spells for lane (exhaust, ignite). Hard trade level 1 with stacked passive and always look for long trades early game with your fighting summs advantage. Even if you're ahead in this matchup, you're forced to build armor. Frozen Heart second/third is very good versus him.

Urgot

Stack passive, prep a minion to Q to, walk up, he'll try to E you, and then you can Q to the minion you prepped. Or, you can just E yourself before you walk up, and when he E-s you, you E2 yourself and charge W. If that happens, you're most likely going to win the trade if he hasn't poked you out earlier.

Vayne

Doran Shield. Second Wind. Don't take too much early damage and give minions. Q on him to engage, you don't need to hit E on him to win. Press E1 after you Q on him and always hold your E2 until after she presses her Q.

Viego

Stack passive, go on him, you basically win all fights if you start with stacked passive.

Vladimir

Stack passive, go on him, E1, never E2 and spam auto attacks. EIther vlad will get damaged so much by not pooling or if he pools early, you can look to E2 him after he gets out of his pool.

Volibear

Matchup tricks: 1. When Volibear looks to Q on you, you need to buffer your Q into his Q. If you do that, he will miss his E on you most likely. Trick 2: You need to always have a minion prepped after level 6 so you can Q to it after volibear tries to hit you with R. Trick 3: When Volibear trades with you, fight for 3 seconds then run away to drop his W and re-engage after his W mark is done.

Warwick

Stay under tower. Don't fight. Scale. He's always stronger in 1v1. Just play for teamfights.

Wukong

You need to take extended trades to win vs wukoong, you lose short trades. You need to play with your sustain, since you outsustain him with vamp sep. Start fight with R and hold E till after he presses W.

Yasuo

Only fight with stacked passive. Early game, if he windwalls your E, you only win if you dodge one or more of his Qs. After level 6, you need to E him, bait his windwall, and then R him after his windwall is done. Take care that he doesn't E through you or on your minions to dodge it.

Yone

Stack passive. Hold E since he will always try to dodge your E with his E. If you want to hit R, you always have to hit E first or he can look to dodge your R with his E. You win pretty hard against him if you hit E or R or if you dodge his Qs.