User blog comment:RoznosicielCiast/Exhaust vs. Ignite at top lane/@comment-64.8.132.253-20130221161939

summoners are all about preferences. I'll see someone randomly use ghost on someone that benefits a lot from top, or will go double aggro with barrier ignite and not have an escape summoner. how you use your summoners is 100% how you play and if you want to play a certain way against someone. I generally use ignite since im big on bursty champs even in top lane, like akali and elise. I like to poke people down until they're low enough for a quick combo+ignite to kill and then back off. I do the same thing in teamfights. If someone's dead I'll ignite them and just walk away.

other times, I'll bring barrier into top lane. Barrier works a lot like heal, but is better for countering ignite, since it will 100% absorb ignite's damage so it's basically a heal but better. it also will help you win those 1v1 duels because you can gain a sheild you wouldn't have. This also helps with towerdiving because the sheild will absorb 1-2 tower shots also.

then there's always that awesome teleport to help you because you're in top lane, and You really do take a lot of time to move down to help your team with objectives like dragon or if you want to gank bot.

it's all preference. I don't like exhaust, but hell If i ever go as a duelist vs another duelist I'll give it a shot.