The RIOT Act

[Anzekay]

What I do (since I rarely jungle) is play as though there isn't a jungler at all, for the most part. I focus on the lane as an isolated instance and just work with what's there.

Of course, I do watch the map and (usually) see when someone's coming to help me with a gank, but instead of focusing on the jungler I just focus on myself. I feel like it helps to keep me from becoming too dependent on someone else's play.

Something that needs to be done more is the gank-from-mid-lane. Since mid is usually played by a champion with high burst, it's really easy for them to burst down a wave, back up into the fog, and then show up at bot for a quick gank attempt before heading back to lane. Puts added pressure on the enemy team and gives the jungler some extra slack to work with.

This is typically how I play when I'm top, unless I'm 1v2 against some super nasty combo that I am truely going to need help with. Just farm the best I can, harass to set up a fight I can win, and if I get a kill either keep farming, go B, or go gank mid. Number 1 priority is to keep my tower alive so I can continue to farm for as long as I want, though.