ADC's and their items
Been loving the "lower cost" of GA, but I find it a bit excessive and only viable on a few champions. The high AR/MR is great but still I'd say the cost is a bit too high, since LIFESTEAL is really hard to get (very few VIABLE options)
note the big VIABLE
The main thing that lets ADC's > Tanks or anything the matter when they are ahead is thanks to lifesteal crit sustain.
Very few players are even buying GA, maybe due to a few reasons. . here I'll name them
Reasons GA isn't bought: 1 price cost 2 need slot for another item (cough tank meta) 3 lifesteal is expensive to buy (and percentages are very low) 3a bloodthirster shield will never proc in fights 3b maw activates and we're already dead 3c hydra is a melee item 3d botrk gimped item thanks to hurricane proc being removed
Reason why IE rush / or buying IE in general doesn't work anymore: you need two things for IE, and thats lifesteal and attackspeed. So this makes Essence reaver > Infinity Edge
the holy trinity of ADCi is what I said earliar **lifesteal crit sustain **(of course from damage. .)
Also with warlords bloodlust and ferver of battle. . Ferver > Warlords thanks to the increased attack damage to actually gain more lifesteal
warlords was really meant for melee off tanks (they can sustain and not get bursted down) cough yasuo
Another thing I'd like to bring up is the choice between teamfighting and split pushing is also heavily effected by the item meta lately. Crit chance has been incorporated into every build, PD buffs, makes it really easy to get around the map.
I'm saying there needs to be a "new" trinity for ADC's. Triforce at this moment is more of a niche item for top laners, yet they already have the almight BC so triforce changes were unnecessary. (were you guys trying to make jayce top a thing with the triforce changes?)
Essentially what I'm saying is, with the item changes in the past few seasons, you've limited player itemization choices for different situations.
You have to realize that players don't have the choice anymore to NOT teamfight, And the only options for that is taking dragon with whatever useless buff color it was.
Simple soluton to this is Swap caulfield's hammer with sheen in the Essence Reaver tree. This item's gimp anyways lol.
Or buff trinity force proc on towers (but not inhibitors)