5 Off-Meta Top Laners to Run it Down With

[@psychopathicporo]

Reminder to everyone that we're doing an Elise Top to Diamond challenge on twitch at twitch.tv/psychopathicporo I'm streaming pretty much daily and would love to see you all there!

[@ShkulcoBaumTopf]

by yi top why not catalysator it heals when you use mana and gives mana when you get attacked that is just unlimited healing

[@psychopathicporo]

@@ShkulcoBaumTopf you don't want to waste gold on mana, his W cost %max mana which means it doesn't matter how low your initial pool is

[@efgg3212]

zed goes top, doesnt kill the cat and dies. This moment the game is over. MENTAL DAMAGE

[@Wyvernwolfy]

As an Elise top, mid, sup, and APC, I definitely approve

[@annaadotd6405]

Weak, I play lissandra top, mid, sup, apc and jgl.

[@Nonexistility]

@@annaadotd6405 *Weak.* Gnar Mid, Jungle, AD/PC, Support.

[@annaadotd6405]

​@@Nonexistility dont call the person that has to recall in their first jgl clear weak!

[@MiloThatch420]

I play teemo every role too

[@whoim_i2610]

I play tresh on every role

[@pearyn]

i like how a nasus who was afk for 17 hours can still fight and win against xin zhao who is 3 levels above him very awesome

[@LetsPlayBojangles]

Yuumi top sounds like a great way to farm honor updoots, and when you lose you can farm reports. Esp if you lost lane even a little bit.

[@BobJimboOfDeath]

That exhaust icon twerking is hilarious, love it

[@kullsta7304]

The Elise vs Aatrox transported me back to season 9 hashinshin complaining about ranged toplaners, mages and of course - junglers

[@gcstroud]

Does that guy do anything but complain? I’ve watched a few of his patch reviews and he just seems so unhappy with everything.

[@luringfanatic5670]

@@gcstroud when hes no complaining hes chatting up little girls

[@KINGSLAYER6126]

36:24 a yo? exhaust?

[@Richardlizhu]

lmaooo I'm glad I wasn't the only one to spot this

[@parasectsandwich]

Quick tips for Elise newbies: -Cocoon [human E] does NOT give you turret aggro (see 0:50 for example). -Skittering Frenzy [spider W] is an auto-attack reset. -Volatile Spiderling [human W] will jump to your Venomous Bite [spider Q] target (unless it the spider is very far away from the target). Note that the spider will still detonate on the first enemy it touches. -Volatile Spiderling [human W] walks slowly to target location, then activates as a homing missile with a little extra speed. Can make W walk a little faster by targeting closer to you/shorter distance while still homing on champions.

[@psychopathicporo]

Aw man don't spoil my extended Elise Top guide coming in out in a couple months😭😭😭

[@parasectsandwich]

@@psychopathicporo 😂😂 don’t worry they won’t read this block of text anyway, lmk when the Dark Harvest/PTA Elise support build drops

[@psychopathicporo]

@@parasectsandwich I personally take electrocute on Elise support

[@parasectsandwich]

@@psychopathicporo interesting, I’ve been liking DH + PoM/coup de grace into Shadowflame rush for max dmg. I like that Spiderlings follow with autos and proc DH in shorter exchanges. Maybe I’ll try electrocute + PoM/cut down instead

[@psychopathicporo]

@@parasectsandwich DH doesn't outdamage electrocute until 24 stacks and I usually don't get anywhere close to that so I just take electrocute for the kill pressure instead

[@maxrapach533]

FE: Awakening music was such a goated choice. Keep up the great vids! 💖

[@GwenTrans]

as someone who played yuumi top in the past, and solo killed an aatrox twice in the lane phase, i can confirm. smol cat op

[@masonpierce4918]

great video! so excited to play elise top to silver this split!

[@Y0UHA]

Samira top has been one of my favourites recently, nice to see it here :D

[@emred4653]

Elise top looks actually fun. Her healing reminds me old swain using R on minions to go fill his hp

[@notlsa]

this was really fun !!!!! out of all these champs, i'm only interested in playing yuumi with friends, but it sound funny nonetheless lmao. i'm looking forward for a support vid like this !!

[@xjabse]

OMG HEY! didn’t expect to see you here lol just curious you have any plans to keep making levels? all your creations are really amazing!

[@TechNinjaSigma]

Freakin Great vid, time to mix it up and have fun! Also, a video about general wave control would be cool

[@belissarius2397]

The cut at 6:16 right when rengar ulted to skip the death was great

[@ДенисИванов-э9у]

Oh thanks now. I was wondering why i had so many 0/10 samira top around.

[@Ice-on4ev]

God I love these Videos! Thank you so much for the amazing offmeta content :D

[@Snigeln]

xin build feels surprisingly strong, great video man

[@kiwiboy2328]

Spider dance during the spider champ 😂

[@paulfeeder4262]

psycopathic poro is such a fun name. also love the down runnage

[@Banana-senpai]

2:48 My preferred build is grasp rune weaving with R, then building trinity/lich/iceborn + lucidity boots into liandry + shojin + riftmaker and tank item last most of the time.

[@MatthewTheUntitled]

Conq works much better, spiders proc it

[@maitomies7096]

Nice video would love to see mid lane next👍. Off-meta picks are fun

[@victoraldeao5771]

Amazings series, can't wait for the next episode That master yi strat is so annoying and obnoxious to deal with, i love it so much hahaha

[@NotFanti]

kog maw top feels like itll be way too unfair W empowers basic for 8 second and deals % AP damage ontop of AD with INCREASED RANGE, ranged anti tank that completly counters high hp with one of the longest ranged basic

[@psychopathicporo]

Issue is that the lane is a bit too long. If kog ever falls behind, he has no tools to stop engages, meaning he can't do stuff like break freezes or harass under turret safely, or even walk up to contest even waves at times

[@NotFanti]

@@psychopathicporo true but with good poke and flash an otherwise passive early game champ might be able to snowball Tho to be fair there is a support to bail kogma out in bot lane so it might depend on the match up

[@Peyote-Poncho]

"Stop coming top I'm farming wave" *misses all the last hits anyways* I'm assuming he didn't really respond to comments like "hey please don't gank top"? Or did you just assume he was allmute autopilot, which is a little common anyways?

[@psychopathicporo]

The more important part of last hits is the exp anyway, was mildly tilted that Vi was there which is why I missed em

[@publickip]

i would absolutely adore more Samira Top footage, it looks extremely silly

[@qmqr]

yet another banger by the one and only poro

[@kawaiiempoleon8721]

I cant tell if shyvana is a matchup so easy its cheating to show it for samira or a matchup she actively loses

[@laserr_08]

40:08 the mastery flash

[@somesillyname9714]

6:17 laughed out loud at this cut

[@Макаронноизбранныйпират]

6:16 perfect cut right when the renga prey mark appears. I almost thought I was watching Rav or Dumbs for a sec, hah

[@colin0516]

ip to minecraft server played on in this?

[@abdulazizabdulaziz6304]

gonna need to see how a poro gragas looks like 🙏

[@lethalfurret9082]

Yo! If you ever do adc at any point, I'd recommend Kennen and Jayce. I play Jayce adc and it is super fun. After dirk you have high kill pressure with a support like blitz or naut. Great poke with QE and your all-ins are very deadly. surprisingly easy to cs with ranged form asw.

[@Kctian]

I'm glad Lethal Tempo got removed but I will forever miss my wholesome LT Kraken Slayer Lulu Top

[@tymunster]

I have a thing I'm working on (inspired by your off meta jungle video) where I do supports in top, and I can confirm that you should have included AP Alistar

[@fasweg]

i play, shyvana and fiddle toplane, its fun, leona and nautlis toplane are fun too

[@viniciuspavoni2346]

Man did you see the changes??? People in Brazil are pissed. We should do a live about it

[@skaarlner]

I play almost exclusively Noc Sej Rammus Top rn They are so fun and all viable up to Master-Challenger

[@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149]

If I lost toplane to yuumi I would immediately uninstall league and walk out into the forest never to be seen again.

[@Hallorenzo]

Is Grasp on Elise top fine too? It makes her more durable, gives some more damage and you can switch into spiderform while the AA is "flying" and still get the melee bonus of grasp. Also Spider Q can apply grasp too And demolish can give her more snowballing

[@psychopathicporo]

Yep, works the same way as nidalee. I prefer aery though because I want access to sorcery and precision runes, and I found going resolve primary hurts the rest of my rune tree

[@calebowen2006]

Bro really put on the CAT minecraft music disc as the background music for the Yuumi gameplay at the start 😭😂

[@psychopathicporo]

I do fun stuff like that with the music all the time. Every song in the sejuani vid is a winter or ice themed song for example. Even in this vid, Elise has a bunch of nature related songs and Xin Zhao has knight type music

[@naerolf09]

might have to play elise top as i play her midlane alot

[@mattyg-123]

Love your videos

[@SilvaProductions34]

You should try Shyvana top, it has good matchups, nice poke and scales like a demon

[@Kenny44442]

2019 g2 vibes

[@KattoCraft]

I just discovered your channel and I love your mentality but I am BEGGING YOU, try Elise duelist/attack speed, the skirmish potential and healing is insane

[@psychopathicporo]

I have, and I've also talked to other Elise top players who use that playstyle. I just don't prefer it for various reasons

[@KattoCraft]

@@psychopathicporo i think I'm falling in love with you

[@lotion5238]

I think you should give AP Rakan mid a shot, he's pretty insane sometimes

[@kawaiiempoleon8721]

What is it with you and losing baron to the stupidest scenarios

[@psychopathicporo]

@@kawaiiempoleon8721 no fr like if I'm not stealing it with 600 smite kayn top then I never get it😭

[@kawaiiempoleon8721]

@@psychopathicporo I'm actually just now watching one of your kayn top vids what the fuck do you mean you regularly steal baron with smite top

[@psychopathicporo]

@@kawaiiempoleon8721 death before meta

[@kawaiiempoleon8721]

@@psychopathicporo I mean I played syndra jg so like yeah I guess I agree

[@reiko2387]

What do I go on Yi jungle now that Lethal Tempo is gone? (rip)

[@mistychemist]

Just curious, what are your opinions on Akshan ADC? I've been playing it in norms lately and it's a ton of fun, but I'm curious on its perceived viability and ways to make it better (with builds or support synergies), I'd love to hear your word if you have the time ^^

[@psychopathicporo]

If I was playing akshan in the botlane, I'd take him support instead. His low attack range of 500 combined with needing to stand still to do meaningful damage means it's quite hard to farm with him in 2v2s. However, bring him to support and it's a different story due to his strong kill pressure in lane and stealth roams with W

[@honukaiknappau3222]

I played Elise top when I first started playing and before I understood lanes. My frinwnd said you can’t play Elise Top, how the times have changed😊.

[@edde2429]

You should avoid leveling Xin ulti until you need since it makes E and AA apply the mark, not letting you knock them back

[@kentuckyfriedsocks4384]

you should do a video of off meta adc's so that i have a petty pick when my support goes urgot

[@candyliaaa]

another poro banger :3

[@VainGlory1405]

What are your thoughts on fiddlesticks top with fated ashes into Blackfire?

[@coolbrotherf127]

One quick tip on Samira, the W counts as 2 hits for her passive if you use E on an Enemy between hits. If you've already landed 1 auto, you can land first hit of W, E + Q combo for 2 hits, land 2nd hit of W and one last auto to activate ult. It eliminates the ability for the enemy to outplay you by dodging any Qs in an all in and stacks ult faster than most people can react to it.

[@asmallphd9648]

I use to play soraka top, its pretty good, similar to yuumi. You spam q and cant die.

[@silentsorrowbane]

Gets camped every game XD

[@deadspace4755]

Where can l find more gameplay of your Lulu Jungle? l don't have a twitch account. Also, what do you think of Soraka top?

[@psychopathicporo]

I have a short lulu jungle guide video if you haven't seen that already

[@deadspace4755]

@@psychopathicporo Seen the guide but wanted to see full gameplay on it. See how to think of Macro as Lulu unless it is the same as any jungler

[@dercarrot991]

How do you stay so clearheaded when behind? I struggle to understand how to play from behind often and I’m curious how you view it :)

[@psychopathicporo]

Just imagine you're dropshipped into the gamestate where you happen to be behind, as if it was a difficult puzzle where you need to find the best strategy to win. I like to view everything in the game as different pieces on a gameboard as opposed to 10 actual people. If my mid laner is 0/5 for example, it's not "oh I have inting mid donkey can't win go next" it's "the unit in midlane is providing very little pressure and is making less gold income. Do they have useful cc? Will they scale? How is their sidelane later? How can I play around the weaker piece that I have to win the game?"

[@obamagaming9456]

I miss old Xin Zhao top with HoB cause your early trades were uncontestable and you just forced everyone under turret simply by threatening to auto them a couple times. And God forbid you buy bork first item, then there was really no way to lose trades. Similar principle now but he doesn't just fucking murder you 1-6 like he used to.

[@gedxnkenlos3892]

You shouldn’t could out the part where you did through bank as Elise. It is part of the experience

[@janefkrbtt]

you should do champs you like playing with as a jg

[@hangelbaerchen509]

Mid/adc yi, support rengar is the best shit ever

[@archilus189]

you are not playing master yi without utilising his meditate auto attack resets especially early game, and not starting level 1 q is just bad, alpha strike makes you dodge enemy attacks like rumble e,q while dealing damage and accessing an enemy if they are running away.

[@psychopathicporo]

@@archilus189 if you use Q level 1 to dodge something, you're gonna get run down and heavily outtraded

[@archilus189]

@@psychopathicporo you usually use alpha lvl1 when rumble attacks with his q for example (his only option at lvl1), that way you avoid taking most of the damage, while dealing damage yourself and getting another auto when the alpha strike ends.

[@archilus189]

also taking ghost on yi top instead of ignite or flash is just not good. flash for gap closing before alpha, ignite for kill pressure, yi already gets enough move speed from his ultimate.

[@psychopathicporo]

@@archilus189 half rumble players take E at level 1 so they can stack heat before waves crash, that's also what I do whenever I play rumble. Also I fooled around with different summoner spell setups and ghost tp was the combo I found the most success with

[@skaarlner]

Xinzhao top is fun until you play vs a volibear once. Then you just cry

[@ibrahim5463]

No briar top, poroagony I tried elise top once but i did not know the correct rune and abilitys set up so thanks poro But still no briar top poroagont

[@Evildinger]

when taric top?

[@justadude8716]

you gotta be iron 100 to lose lane to yuumi top

[@psychopathicporo]

Gbay99 (diamond player) lost lane and got solokilled by a yuumi while playing irelia

[@justadude8716]

@@psychopathicporo while playing irelia is wild, those players are def boosted by bork

[@deeje3688]

you're my favorite league youtuber bb

[@Dontstealmyidentity]

I feel like riftmaker is decent on Xin

[@psychopathicporo]

It is, the sustain is crazy on it. Your damage can be a bit on the lower side though, so just be careful about that

[@FFSXanya]

Xin support is good too

[@psychopathicporo]

I have a xin support guide from about 2 years ago btw

[@FFSXanya]

@@psychopathicporo by this time lol changed a lot)

[@willywanker6239]

Bro i cant watch this vid bro, i love the content but the bswitch from league green to bright white hurts my eyes.. tbh its 2 am i should sleep but pls concider me

[@mortystraphouse5077]

ty

[@garrettswafford5087]

when making info i suggest laying it over clips that dont matter or something darker than a white backround easiar to view

[@misterx2814]

No kayn top?!

[@Nathan-og7pi]

Where's Thresh, my beloved

[@zuchetta4957]

I have a sugestion for a video Poewrfarming Tank Sion JG: great clear, good counter ganks with ult and Q on a bush, scales like a truck, good objective securing wiht Q + Simite

[@trollboy2910]

Yi is no longer viable. I wish he was, I was a Yi OTP until they killed him. Sad he’s so bad rn.

[@dariusd2934]

Good

[@VKakaVicky]

Here’s my off meta support picks, ap kogmaw (probably some of the most fun I’ve had), ap graves (atrociously bad but halarious to perma smoke screen enemy) I used to play only off meta before but haven’t recently so not sure who else I would put top 5🙈

[@skelet8337]

I have known that yuumi works as a solo laner from a week after her release i played grasp yuumi mid on 1 for all it was the funniest shit xD not as good anymore but still it was hilarious getting solo kills then in late game you have the other 4 yuumi's on top of you and run the enemy down.

[@edslayer9756]

so much fun telling people to go ranged in toplane

[@diasvt.r4481]

watching at dawn bc of giga insomnia, would be perfect if background was a lil darker or other than plain white

[@מעייןגולן-ו2ז]

dos keyn top still works?

[@dogebestest7187]

Yeah you lost me at Yumi top ngl

[@Zaphkie_Omnik]

i don t know what was your grade in school, but don t buy luden it s bait.

[@Zaphkie_Omnik]

there are a lot of mana items. tear are every time good, new item black fire torch is good for poke, maligance only on R abusers, roa alweys good mana item one of the best bc of vaule, and luden the most expenisve to his pasive that deal a lot less than others and have same stats.

[@psychopathicporo]

Blackfire does significantly less damage to champions than Ludens and it's not even close. I think you should reread exactly how the shot mechanic on Ludens actually works, you'll be surprised at how big the number is when the target is isolated

[@oneofthe12sionmains70]

"The main selling point is [Master Yi]'s W, which heals a ridiculous amount of health at a pretty low mana cost" Meanwhile, Yi's W costing hundreds of mana to use and being the most expensive ability in the game:

[@lotion5238]

as Yi top you're typically never going to use your Q on anything other than a full on kill, so you can funnel all your mana into the ability and it gives him insane sustain in the top lane

[@willowhealy453]

you also really dont need to fully use its duration, most of the time its fine to just have it active during an opponents trade to reduce the dmg by a shit ton and then immediately stop it, its both healing and dmg mitigation which is crazy good and if you just use it during a second of opponents combo then you barely use any mana and cut their dmg so much, obviously keep cc in mind

[@thatonegoatguy9262]

Bronce ahh video