So is draven's extreme early game ever going to be addressed?

Dasdi96··5 votes·2,273 views

I just took 126 damage from a level 1 draven auto attack. Meanwhile my auto attack only does 45 damage to him. Once he got bf sword his autos did 180 damage to both of us. "But adc is very weak" The only reason draven isn't autowin is because his playerbase who only chase kills and throw the game, and because of other broken shit like akali/ irelia/ jax.

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iiGazeii5 votes

Draven's early game is disgusting, but you have to keep in mind that as an ADC, you don't fight Draven. He fights you. Unless you are playing an ADC with lots of range and/or CC like Caitlyn, you simply aren't going to win trades with him 1v1. Instead, let him be your support's and jungler's problem. Your job is to bait him, not beat him.

In order to stack axes, he needs to repeatedly use them and catch them. This means that A) he is pushing the wave, making for easy ganks and free harass, and B) he is declaring where he's gonna stand to catch the axe. Zone him off from catching axes, and his damage output drops significantly, opening him up for punishment. Work together with your support to catch him when he's going for an axe.

Try to make skirmishes happen as early as possible. Draven is really bad at teamfights, especially early on, due to how high his W mana cost is. There's no shame roaming early instead of facing Draven head on. Force early fights over objectives or ping for help from your jungler, and you can overwhelm him.

Dracocrash4 votes

I think riot plans on buffing every adc to the level draven/MF/lucian are currently in.

Wouldnt be surprised to see 5x adc teams again if they go through with it xd

LTK KoRo2 votes

Another preseason, Another x.1 patch with "better bot wins" meta

ez mental boom4 votes

Laning against Draven: https://i.imgur.com/vfMXyl3.jpg[]

xxxMadLionxxx2 votes

I played a game as Lissandra mid vs Draven and he bullied me and even zoned me out of farm and xp. I had to beg my jg for help and he was even able to 1v2 us until I got to lvl 6.

TotalJerk2 votes

How the actual fuck are your autos doing 45 damage?

MrFawknSunshine1 votes

his basic auto attack didnt do 126 damage

now if it was an EMPOWERED AUTO from his Q would.

complete difference.

and draven is about being a bully early and punishing you and snowballing . he suffers from from team fights phase and scaling isnt the best if he isnt a head

TrapsYummy1 votes

Draven is a lane bully, youre upset because you don't know how to play against him, the same way autofilled tops dont know how to play against darius.

"why can this early game lane bully bully me in the early game?" Dravens main weakness is that he has no abilities besides his ult to actually do damage to you, only autos. An auto -> ability will usually out-trade him and if it doesn't, why are you trading with him? Not only that, if draven even falls behind a little bit he's usually done for the rest of the game.

vgamedude1 votes

Nah bruh its okay to have supreme scaling adcs also have insane early games.

The fact that in all stars 1v1 adcs are a popular pick should tell you all you need to know about this game.

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