So today in the D2L Liquid and Empire went into the 3rd game. In the final match Empire broke out the ol' standby of Cancer Lancer and KotL, with a Lion to round out the Tri-Lane. Their Tri-lane was busted by an aggressive Tri-lane of Naix, Leshrac, and the new meta pick of Ogre Magi.

They not only lost the lane, but they lost it in a CONVINCING matter. PL had something like 15 CS before the lanes really broke apart.

So here comes my two cents for everybody else out there who dreads KotL/PL, the real key to beating PL is hyper aggression in lane. Even with the coordination of one of the best pro teams in EU, the cancer lance spam wasn't there. Liquid never turned off the pressure on PL and even when the creep wave was under tower PL had a hard time getting the cs because they could very well dive due to the amazing set up and chain disable that comes with Liquid's lane. Bottom line is even if you don't kill PL just shut his farm down and you will do just as fine.

In pub games you might not get the option to be aggressive against a PL, buts that's why you have other Doobs to play with so you can take your revenge on the cursed KotL/PL.

This was my experience first against Drow and then with Riki. Not being a "higher level" player, i have yet to experience a good PL player. Like you mentioned, being aggressive and punishing is the way to keep them in check if you will. Great match from Teamliquid.

For Drow, BKB and just getting close to her (even if you are ranged) and she gets incredibly weaker
Riki is a bit harder, but again BKB and his complacency will lead to his death.

I played against a Riki once who thought that he was so godly he sat ,literally, right on top of our team. He was so cocky that he didn't check our inventory for sentries or the gem that we had. We just stun locked him, killed his team who tried to save him, and took double rax even when they were up over 10 kills and were pushing our rax.

People get so caught up thinking of all the damage some heroes do and they just overlook how you can just stun and kill them with a couple of hits. Most high damage heroes are relatively squishy. This irrational fear is in my humble opinion is the cause for "Imma Lady Syndrome" in pubs. Of course thats when you are solo Q'd and when communication is at a minimum.

For Riki- Turn around and hit him. With no backstab, he's not strong in the early/mid game.

Drow- Let's just say she likes her personal space. You should violate it.

Understood. My take on playing against these heroes play aggressive and out lane them. I personally feel I've gotten somewhat better at punishing bad placement and such. I'm very vocal as well so that may also be an influence on our games. Anyhow, thank you very much for the tips. Will implement them on our next game. Cheers!