If you complain about ranged top you’re a crybaby with main character syndrome
Top lane players who spend all game complaining about ranged top laners act like the entire map is supposed to revolve around their personal dueling fantasy. The second someone locks in a ranged champion, they behave like Riot has committed a crime against humanity instead of simply forcing them to adapt. They want to cosplay as noble warriors in their isolated island lane, then lose their minds when the matchup isn’t a handshaking melee slugfest on their terms.
What makes it especially funny is the sheer main character syndrome behind it. These players act like their lane experience is sacred, as if everyone else in the game should respect their unwritten rules about “real top lane.” Meanwhile, bot lane deals with poke, jungle gets flamed by everyone, and mid has to survive ganks from every direction—but top laners getting auto-attacked a few times at level 1 suddenly turns into a dramatic speech about game design.
At the end of the day, ranged top laners are just another strategy, and acting like their existence is some personal attack is peak crybaby behavior. If your entire identity as a top laner falls apart because someone picked a champion with range, maybe the issue isn’t the pick—it’s the ego behind the complaint.