User blog comment:Leyrann/Countering top lane/@comment-203.218.134.109-20120812154503/@comment-4834593-20120812185743

Thanks for giving a good reply. However, I love giving my own thoughts about it, so I'm going to do that now.

I'd say that, where Fiora indeed counters GP, Panth does not, because he has to be lucky to have his shield up when GP uses his Parrrley, or maybe GP would, when the shield is up, just farm with it. It's almost for free now. They also don't counter Nasus, because Nasus is good at ignoring someone and just farm that Q up. At least, I don't even initiate to the enemy before 15 minutes in game. About Wukong, they indeed seem good against him (Fiora some sustain and epic burst, Panth stun and non-targeted heavy damage on E active), though I don't see where his Q is that important he can't do without.

Vlad and Kennen are indeed VERY good champions if you don't get close. Only other I can think of now is Malphite, tbh. But not as good as Vlad and Kennen. Maybe Teemo is also a good one, though I've found him not sufficient to stay away from Nasus if he doesn't want to get close (I just Wither Teemo, and if he blinds me, it won't consume the Q buff until I autoattack without being blinded).

Tryn I just agree, though he's not that hard a laner overall. Today, for example, I fought one with Blitzcrank (my newest top laner, you can build him AD carry + Manamune and it's still viable thanks to his grab, shield and cc), and I nearly got first blood on him at level one (50 health left).

Rumble won't counter Yorick, I think, because Yorick just outsustains him. If he survives until Yorick is oom, it won't be hard anymore. And Malphite... If Malphite uses Q, he gets away from everything but cc, including a Rammus with Powerball. But all melees without ranged abilities get raped by him for sure. The Flamespitter + shield + double slow is just too much.

Voli indeed can't handle ignite at all, I'm going to edit it in (and of course I say that it was a tip someone gave me).

Nidalee gets countered by Nunu (might be surprising). I think I already said that, but it's because Nunu has as much sustain as she has, but excellent ranged harras, and a movement/attack speed permabuff. If you max your E first, then you'll win your lane if you know what to do, I think. At least, I did.

Swain is indeed a very good top laner, I think. But I think that, if you play Draft (ranked or unranked), and enemy team picks Talon and Swain, and you think Talon top Swain mid, that Lux is a good choice against Swain (because of her high range), which means that you can just switch lanes if needed. If someone outlanes Swain at mid, he does the same at top.