A lot of the time you are forced to go in lanes where you don’t want to play. Usually the worst or slowest to respond in the champion pick menu get the last choice of having to go up top. There is no doubt about it going up top is the most boring part of LoL matches. But in this guide you should be able to push up right up to the enemy base and then be able to help out your other team mates by ganking the other team along with your jungler and Mid player.
Your team will start off together here in your spawn. If you die or recall, you will be teleported or re-spawn here. You can also buy Item from the shop. Buying Items from the shop is very important in League of Legends, it will make you more powerful and the right combinations will see you overwhelm your enemies making you unstoppable.
There are 4 different places on the map where you can go. TOP, BOT, MID & JUNGLE. If you are new to League of Legends, you should stick to TOP or BOT. In a normal game, you will see 1 person for TOP, 2 BOT, 1 MID & 1 JUNGLE. in these guide of course we are going to talk about going up "TOP"
If you choose the TOP path, then you will either be on your own if one other has gone jungle or with another player. The Lane is a curve shape that goes directly into their base just like the others Lanes. There are a couple of differences, though. to the right you will see water, in that water there is a place where 2 monsters show up. The monsters that show up are called the Rift Herald and the Barron. Both of these monsters are usually avoided but if you did want to take them on, you will need your team mates to help you out., the Barron more so then The Rift Herald.
This monster will spawn at 4:00 and respawn at 5:00 at 19:45 he will de-spawn but if you are in combat with him he will despawn at 19:55. If he dies he will grant the slayer The Doom’s Eve buff, the monster is classified as a Large Monster and will only grant one stack of Devouring
The Barron Nashor is the most powerful monster on summoner’s rift in League of Legends. RIOT has described it as "This is a very powerful hostile monster, approach with caution! Killing this monster will yield great monetary and magical rewards to the team, but it should not be confronted alone". This is completely true and most of the time this monster is left alone. If you do attack and kill him, you will get the following
Now these are only a some of the champions you could pick to go up top
Marksman, Support
Fighter, Tank
Fighter, Tank
Marksman, Assassin
Fighter, Assassin
When going up top you will most likely be on your own so take a Champion with good poke (range Attack) and Crowd control. This will allow you to fight the other champions at range without the risk of them hurting you, plus you will be able to farm up minions earning you quick EXP and gold.
When you can push up as quick as you can to destroy the towers.
If you reach their base, then drift into middle to help out
You can also go with a strong champion that either have a lot of health or able to gain a lot of health by farming up minions. With them been able to use a lot of damage it means the towers will be able go down more quickly. The thing to look out for is that tanky champions are usually quite slow and have no escape so be careful when facing other champions or if there are no champions visable.
This guide should give you the knowledge of the Top lane and what is accepted from you. Basically you need to push up as much as you can. If you need help ask the jungler, once you have reach their base help out your other team members. Still very boring from the other places from the map but it is a safe place to go if your new to the game and still an important role.
