The Movement Speed charts seem... off kilter.

SinofAtlas··2 votes·360 views

I have had this topic on my mind for a while now and it's starting to bug me a bit. I can play almost any adc and be outran by a lumbering mess like Chogath DrMundo Sion . How does that work logically. Then I had a peek.

Taking a look at the Base Movement speed charts, most of the ADC's run at about 325-330. Aside from unmounted Kled, those are the lowest base movement speed stats in game. And those 3... They run at 345. Now I see the reason why they get caught out decently often (a SMALL percentage of the time). They can't run... Unless they have mobile abilities or any means of escape, they just can't keep up. I know and understand that these numbers are small and insignificant to some degree but still...

Doesn't this seem a tad backwards to you? In stories and movies, the archers or scouts are almost always some of the fastest people. Light on their feet. No armor to weigh them down.

This isn't complaining more as it is just something I find odd. Let me know what you think. Mayhap a small revision of the base speed charts. Who knows?!

8 Comments

KONO RUBICK DA4 votes

ADC have the highest movement speed in late game due to their itemization

ADC have 500 or 600 or 800 range

ADC do not have turn rate unlike in HON or DOTA

and you want ADC to run as fast as melees?

Ralanr4 votes

If ADCs had a much higher base MS than melee champions, then it'd make them pretty much impossible to stick to let alone get close enough towards.

It's not a realism thing. It's a balance thing.

ProtestantCaesar2 votes

Maybe if item 3086 movement speed items weren't core on marksmen, they would need a faster base movement speed.

Funkin Dunkin2 votes

Just remember no matter what adc you play you'll always outrun Mordekaiser

Hethalean1 votes

I'm not sure why you try to bring reality to bear when thinking about League of Legends balance... especially when looking at a monster from another dimension, a scientist who chemically transformed his body, and someone who is basically a zombie/frankenstein's monster so normal "These guys are big and thus slow" probably won't apply.

That being said low base MS is a penalty ADC's pay for their ranged strength. Finally, about your archer comparison, archer's couldn't run, and shoot/kite.

Starcraft243ver1 votes

They are huge, huge things run fast.

Proof : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxqHVoZ0fzc

fuffychan1 votes

Riot hates ADCs, and it shows as ADCs have all the lowest base stats and movespeed in the game. Its pathetic really.

Warlord Scrap1 votes

regardless of the fact that they have range. How would they balance high stats, high movespeed marksmen

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