Can someone explain to me the benefits of going solo top? I get clobbered hard every time my partner jungles. I could see it being OP if I could somehow get on ahead of the two I'm up against... but I've yet to succeed in that.
Solo top allows for 2 champs to obtain better farms vs laning together. Assuming that your top can hold/harass reasonably well and your jungler can clear the jungle reasonably fast you have an advantage of having both champs with better farm in gold/exp vs having them both in the same lane picking off eachothers minion kills.
As Aaron said, only time youd want someone at top with you would be a support one.
I normally solo top with Nas or Jarvan and I build them tanking at first for better sustain early game and start building my dps build once I have established myself. Something like Frozen heart on Nas or Rum on Jarvan work well(but nothing I rush before I have my core build, its just the first big complete item on my list).
Communication is the key for your solo vs 2 at top, your jungler and you need to have a plan to keep top at bay. Without hurting your junglers farm and without losing top at a premature time.
As Aaron said it will go down eventually nothing you can really do about that. Just play a little defensive/aggressive when you can but dont leave yourself open for a snare. Be aware of your enemy top's abilities/CC and know what they can do if you are caught with low HP(keep an eye on your hp). Having summoner ability like teleport is really ideal since you can fall back, restock to hold top and warp back before they can push it down. By the time you have to restock/supply your teleport should be back up.
Edit: Tikal, whats your game name, let me add you :o