Shen is directly mentioned in this meme due to his ultimate, which lets him teleport to foes across the map at an unusual speed. Top laners in general will still be frequent users of Teleport, a Summoner Spell that allows them to do the same thing. Often, this can be done to return to the lane quickly, as it’s a long walk for many slow champi

Last Saturday, OG revealed that the carry god himself, Anathan "Ana," Pham would be taking an extended break and coming back next season. OG stated that Ana would be returning for the Dota Pro Circuit season of 2020-2021 to play as OG's front line carry posit

Garen's third active, Judgement, will cause Garen to spin quickly and swing his blade in a circle for a few seconds while dealing damage to those who are hit by the spinning blade. Initially, Garen will spin his blade 7 times over 3 seconds, but the number of spins will increase by 1 for every bonus 25% attack speed Garen gets from items or just leveling up. Enemies hit by 6 or more spins will lose 25% of their armor for more than a few seconds. If you try to activate Judgement again while it's being performed, you can stop it early which may be useful if you need to quickly use another ability and can't wait for Judgement to

Despite launching back in 2009, Riot Games' ground-breaking MOBA Game tips has remained a force in the gaming scene, particularly for online skirmishes and esports. In League of Legends , players clash in fun PvP fights with four other companions amidst fantasy backdr

The top lane has changed drastically in the past few years, much thanks to a greater diversity of archetypes that can fit into each role. While the top lane used to be mostly populated by heavy tanks, this meme successfully illustrates how some of the game’s best current top laners are vicious fighters with an alarming amount of speed and dam

Other heroes have seen reductions in the movement speed of their base kit or of certain abilities, which is in line with the changes made the movement speed items listed above. Batrider’s Firefly speed bonus, Bloodseeker’s Thirst, Broothmother’s Spin Web, and Death Prophet are all heroes or abilities that have seen such movement speed reducti

Diversity is an important skill in any role of League of Legends . Knowing how to play another is vital when you’re randomly forced to play it in Solo Queue, and the top lane’s calm farming strategies can often be a great place for other players to experiment w

Once again, if we view the overall theme of 7.26 as an effort by Valve to slow down gameplay, many of the changes to heroes make perfect sense. For starters, Alchemist has seen Greedevil’s Greed cap reduced from 20/24/28/32 to 18/22/26/30, and the base gold bonus reduced from 4 to 3. This means that Alchemist is far less effective at farming in the new patch, but still in line with most other heroes of the same t

One of the last great things about the top lane is just how many champions you can put in it. There are tons of traditional champions built to fill the roles of a lane, but anything from spellcasters like Vlad to support mages like Soraka can be some surprisingly powerful characters . There are tons of ways to play, and few are inherently wr

Adding to the problem of more aggressive top lane champions, the decision on what aggressive item is best is becoming less and less of a question. This meme proves just how powerful some weapons are regardless of the user, as the Blade of the Ruined King can be weirdly effective for nearly any aggressive physical champ

Darius, as usual, sits near the top of the ban rate list with a rate of 48.08%. He’s a very straightforward champion with a lot of ways to deal damage, from bleeding his opponents to a destructive ultimate that resets on every kill he gets (brok

At around 30%, Blitzcrank fits similarly to Leona, but with a much more unique and atypical style of crowd control. While Leona marches into the enemy, Blitzcrank’s pull and uppercut combo can immediately pull enemies into a team fight, and if he hits the right target, the fight could be over in an inst

Nasus has been one of the most fundamental top lane champions in the entire game, being released in 2009 and receiving several buffs and visual updates along the way. What he’s most famous for is his Q ability, which empowers a basic attack with damage equal to the number of units he’s defeated with

With the dominant team gone, teams are going to have to worry less. What made OG strong was their unpredictability. Other teams have calm and collected players. Some have good social connections and positive environments. And some even have insane co-ordinated teamwork, but rarely do we see teams that blow away everyone time after time. OG had a thing for making the impossible possible and that was unique on its own, so with that gone, professional Dota 2 will frankly be more of a boresome eSport to watch. Watch the team's race to get the hero or farm until they get their item build, repeat for every ma