Lane counter picking is a bait

As the title says. Picking a counter solely for the lane is such a bait and you will lose the game.

The amount of times for example I have blinded Sion top and people try to play Olaf into it and end up losing the game is crazy.

First of all - do not pick a counter if you are not comfortable on the champ. Secondly prioritise team synergy with a good lane matchup where you might not have ”shutdown” potential but you will get your farm. The second you pick lets say Gwen top vs Malphite and your lane does not snowball out of control and keep ahead the game will more than likely end up doomed and you will lose due malph providing more to the game than Gwen who is even on farm.

There is no point putting yourself on a such thin winning condition. Couple of deaths and the game comes unplayable. And then we will see an another post where someone picked a counter and ended up dying more than the matchup allows and blames it on their team.