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adc feels so bad to play now

Toastey··1 votes·704 views

first jungler to gank bot lane successfully snowballs the game out of control

last patch, if i was behind, i knew i could at least impact teamfights if i had IE + Statikk. now, if i'm behind, ie+statikk for me is ie+statikk+BT+situational item for the enemy ADC. early game is super stale with the ultra-nerfed base AD, and the hugely crit-reliant ADC item pool makes you feel super useless without some insane RNG to back you up.

since every single fuckin item has crit chance on it, if you have 2 items, you'll something like 50% crit. if the enemy AD even has a zeal up on you, they have like 70% crit. that's fucking infuriating.

do you guys understand why all the ADC items have crit? because riot doesnt understand how to cordon off sets of items and reserve them for particular types of champions. they really, really, really want to separate stuff like youmuu's and death's dance from statikk shiv and PD, so they force every single ADC to rely on crit (by nerfing base AD, meaning you have to rely on 2x dmg crits to do meaningful damage), then slap crit or crit synergy onto every single item intended for ADC's. it's fucking gross.

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GLV Beamer1 votes

Umm this whole post is wrong. First off, if you are a good ADC you won't die to the first jungle tank. Next, if your a good ADC even dieing won't completely snowball them. I have played 30 games on ADC this preseason and never once did I think all of this. You just have to learn to work as a TEAM and shut people down.

Toastey1 votes

not sure how your experience is going, but almost every game i've played was some sort of disgusting snowball one way or the other

did you ever win a game after losing your lane and having other lanes go even? honest question; i want to know.

GLV Beamer1 votes

While I do think snowball is a lot more of a thing for ADC. Only about half my games have been from that. It might have to do with what rank you are?

Kaokentake1 votes

just one flaw i see in your post

as the adc you should never be in a 1v1 with the enemy adc by the time he is 20% crit up on you

by that time. you are standing behind your tanks in teamfights. if the enemy adc is hitting you you already lost

now i do agree the game is too snowbally now . however i think its more with piss weak towers . and also wards in the game were reduced (increasing snowballing. the yellow trinket sucks now) . also more gold in the game gives the early winning team more gold for faster item spikes and they snowball even harder

Toastey1 votes

i'm not saying that crit thing as a measure of 1v1 potential; i'm saying that they have so much more impact in fights because of it.

yeah man the snowball is so fucking fast. it feels so bad to play.

Mr Malrin1 votes

and also wards in the game were reduced (increasing snowballing. the yellow trinket sucks now)

The yellow trinket actually got better. after level 9 it has 2 charges and recharges almost at the same rate that they last which means you can keep 1 up at all times with no downtime or you can have 2 up without any gold investment at all. Then there is the purples for 25g less than they used to be. Don't need greens anymore due to having more yellows available for FREE plus the reduced cost of the purple gives you better vision. Then there is the Blue upgrade for the yellow. This is actually great it allows you to ward from a huge distance (don't have to leave lane to ward) and it lasts until killed. Yeah it takes only one hit to take it out but you can have as many as you want at any given time. 3 people with the blue upgrade can literally light up the whole map and guess what.... enemy stops to attack one then you still know where they are (the whole point of vision) and with having a fast recharge you can reward without having to get close to them and risk getting caught out in the jungle. Maybe go reread the trinkets area and see how much better it truly is. Jungle has a ward item built into their must have item for jungling which means a jungle can get blue upgrade plus the ones in their jungle item and BAM they have way more vision available to them than what they had before and don't have to waste gold on SS which means they can get a more useful item for them. Supports have wards built into their items now too which means that you should really be having 2 people now in the game with (3) regular wards and blue upgrades (unlimited) 1hp long distance wards. if you are getting ganked in your lane then there is definitely something wrong with your jungle and support because just 2 of them together should easily be able to keep all the entry points lit up like Christmas trees.

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