Talk:Fizz/@comment-24474109-20140426231924/@comment-5211662-20140501004648

I do play Fizz on top lane, he is very viable, he is admitelly better on mid lane, but he still does very well on top lane. Oh, and despite what the above user said, Fizz itself is a bruiser, and Fizz itself can bully other champions.

How, do you ask? Simple. Most of time, I play Fizz as an AD bruiser. This build is pretty viable due to his W doing damage based on the enemy's missing health. Once you build a Blade of the Ruined King, you are essentialy doing damage based on the enemy's max health. This is because BotRK does damage based on the enemy's current health, which complements Fizz' W. This is plenty of damage. From there, you can choose to build Fizz tanky. BotRK is the only damage item you really need, you can put defensive items on the rest of his slots, although I suggest you use Iceborn Gauntlet, since it's a defensive item that does damage.

If you choose to build Fizz as a tank, here is a good build: Blade of the Ruined King, Iceborn Gauntlet, Mercury's Treads, Randuin's Omen, Banshee's Veil, Spirit Visage or Warmog's Armor. I've tried it once, Fizz still does a lot of damage to squishy targets, and since he is tanky, he can probably dive on the enemy team, kill their ADC, and still survive even if they dare focusing you.

If there is already a solid tank on your team, however, you can choose to do more damage items. I've tried Trinity Force, Last Whisper and Maw of Malmortius, all those items work pretty fine on AD Fizz. With that said, you should at least do Randuin's Omen and Banshee's Veil as your two defensive items. If you are building full damage on AD Fizz, you might as well just use Zed or other AD assassin, or play AP Fizz.

Speaking of which, AP Fizz can be played on the top lane. However, he is very squishy and can't deal much damage to bruisers, especially when they do magic resistance. There are some matchups you can do AP against, such as Vladimir, which will lose to both AP and AD Fizz. Another reason to use AP Fizz on top lane is when there are no other champions on your team that can do an AP build. Still, if you are playing Fizz on top lane, most of time you should do an AD bruiser build.