Talk:Riven/@comment-24090792-20131222044754/@comment-8100976-20131223064400

Frankly, I forsee top-lane just becoming the tanky lane, again and forever. 'sins and top adc's are unlikely to be able to burst down safe tanky-laners who really don't need a lot of farm or can farm beneath the turret in relative safety. The requirement of a tanky main-line and the meta-shift to 'carry' style junglers means that top lane will be the lane to provide the tankiness (with unusual exceptions potentially, like Leona and Taric in support). The lack of changes to MR and Armor, as Swift pointed out, will likely push people in this direction as well. With few exceptions I highly doubt we will see anything but brusiers/tanks in the top lane this season, barring changes. Exceptions as of current are Riven, Elise, and Jax most notably; others being Kha'Zix and Nidalee. We'll see how those remain though once the season starts in earnest.