League of Legends (LoL) Question: Question about landing phase on top
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Question about landing phase on top
So let's say I'm laning in top lane and I'm killed 1 or 2 times by the opposin top laner. The top laner ends up taking my turret before his shortly after and continues to mercilessly push my lane and attempt to damage the next turret as well. When this happens both mid and bot are still in their respective laning phases with not a single tower taken except mine on top. What is the correct play here? If go top and try to stop the other top laber myself I will undoubtedly die because of their gold lead. Everyone else is pre occupied with their lanes. Do I go mid and help out there and try to force the top laner to abandon the turret? I am just very confused about the scenario and would appreciate some insight. Thanks!
If you do stay in lane, make sure to NOT ENGAGE before someone else comes, just play passive and ask for help. There's a chance your enemy laner started roaming or is invading your jungle, so make sure to roam too after clearing one or two waves if he/she disappears.
If you can roam or invade have in account a couple of things. First, if mid is pushed you won't be able to gank without diving, which could end up giving a free kill into a double if your top laner followed you. You should also have some form of CC, otherwise you'd probably be better off stealing the jungle. Now if you plan on invading the enemy jungle you have to make sure that either the jungler is in the bot side of the map or that you can kill him/her if he/she appears. I doubt you'd be able to do so if you're behind so just make sure that the enemy jungler is bot and try not to get caught by your top laner. Lastly, make sure to rotate top with your mid/jungler after a successful gank/invade, so that your enemy doesn't get to inhibitor tower because of your roam.
Basically, stay farming and mostly roam if your enemy is missing. Maybe you can roam by yourself but it's risky. Don't take the risk if the rest of your team is winning.
Jax is great at countering divers. His Counter Strike will literally cause them to waste their time when solo diving, not to mention you can usually kill them if they don't get away from your tower before taking the stun effect. Most people won't solo dive a Jax even if he's low, so it's a safe pick if you're uncomfortable laning against a diver.
Pantheon is a similar counter-dive champion, because of his Aegis of Zeonia. That said if you're behind enough as Pantheon that the enemy thinks he can dive you, you probably won't be much contribution to the team by yourself so as soon as the laning phase shows signs of ending, get with your team.
Vladimir is a solid pick top lane due to having range and his lack of being an Attack Damage based champion. His Sanguine Pool is great for preventing dives as it's a fairly long time frame to be untargetable and you can't be hit due to the untargetable effect.
Wukong is also a great choice for counter-diving because you can bait the enemy into diving while you pop Warrior Trickster and they'll be too low to attempt a second dive afterward in most cases, especially if you can land and E > AA > Q combo.
Renekton is amazing for countering dive attempts, especially if his Dominus is still able to be used. If someone dives a Renekton he can Dominus into a Ruthless Predator into an AA > Q combo and there's a good chance the enemy died under the tower by that point.
While I realize this isn't exactly what you asked, it's helpful information in case you play the above listed champions. But you should definitely go back to top, farm under tower, roam if your laner roams, and ask for help from the jungler. Also be sure to ward the jungle behind your tower in case the enemy jungler wants to dive with the enemy laner, because that can change things a bit.