Ardi-Yarne said:Mantheon is top five because of his ability to brawl, his clear times, ganking ability, and his versatility. As far as I know, I mean. My Platinum friend is the one feeding me information and helping me, but Mantheon has been a very frequent ban lately.
As for ganking bot lane, it really depends. Some teams will help, others will stand there and wait for you to go in. If they don't, then just leave. Not much else you can do.
Pantheon was always good, but he was always better in lane than jungle. With the Spirit Stone change, his jungle got better, and he was used by the pros. After that people started actually realizing he was good. I still prefer him in lane (esp. mid), because it utilizes his insane early game better, but people don't have enough independent thought to even try a champ in a place the pros don't play him.
(200 games with Pantheon last season)