What Are We Missing in the Marksman Archetype

Penta Penguin·Feb 26, 2016·2 votes·609 views

I want to go over some of the 'tropes' in the Marksman class and maybe see what we need more or less of;

Psycho Gun-nuts: 2 Other Gun People: 5 Bows and Arrows: 3 Stalkers with Crossbows: 3

Counting Teemo and Urgot, we're left with 8 marksman who have original ideas or concepts in their method of attack

Some of them like Corki or Ezreal are just a different spin on having a 'gun' or 'bow'

Sivir, Draven, Kog and Kalista are probably the most unique Marksman in the class

16 Comments

TaoistMasterFeb 26, 20166 votes

Sling-shot user is missing

blacknerdtakuFeb 27, 20161 votes

Incoming Sogeking champ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L6fAXeBnY8

Nanuk PihoqahiakFeb 26, 20163 votes

I'd love to see an ADC type character that attacks with a whip and perhaps incorporates dancing into their moveset. Give them an elegant stride. Make them really 'wow' you with their approach It'd provide the opportunity to add another form of 'Charm' to the game, too.

RebonackFeb 26, 20163 votes

A crazy cat lady who throws cats as weapons.

charcharmunroFeb 26, 20162 votes

A guy with a siege weapon could be fun.

Titanium70Feb 26, 20161 votes

Just thinking about a guys with a mortar... using non projectile dodgeable AoE AA's but roots him selfe while charging their range. (Basicly a dude with Kog-Ult as AA) Maybe we could give different types of ammo for different tasks like wave clear, kills, zone controll (and a anti towershred passive, he'd outrange Towers).

Wow - that could be a truely unique kit - nice idea. :)

The WhamboozlerFeb 26, 20162 votes

How about a marksman who spams eye lazers? That's pretty unique.

Earl EulrichFeb 26, 20162 votes

rengar has a bola!

Sire HippingtonFeb 26, 20162 votes

all the crossbows we have are pretty small and on assasiny marksmen, we miss a really big crossbow, like an arabalest that maybe needs to imobliize to setup for full potential. Closest we have here would be vayne duering ult. Else, we miss a whip(unless you count thresh), a slingshot, shurikens on an actually AA focused champ (wouldn't mind buffs to adc or atleast hybrid kennen for that), some sort of beam weapon akin to velkoz AAs, or even a constant damage bean akin to inhip turrets, maybe on a AP-ish AA champ. Throwing/shooting/useing otherr liveforms as AAs would be interesting aswell, like malzahr useing his voidlings somehow as AA-substitute. Guess we can count Azir in here, but there certainly is room for more. Flamethrower, though rumble could count as he can spam it alot and uses it as main damage source

BornAgainVirginFeb 26, 20161 votes

Well there is no ninja adc, unless you count kennen which is not really an adc

Phoenix Kotori Feb 27, 20161 votes

Kennen was played as ADC at a pro level many times already though.

MLDzXnRRRFeb 26, 20161 votes

Don't forget about Kayle and Azir.

CherysseFeb 26, 20161 votes

Gnar has a boomerang, similar to Sivir.

Jayce his Mercurial Hammer.

TwistedFate can be used as an ADC, but he is not that popular because his W can't crit, yet I must tell you he is dangerous with item 3094 on that W. I'd just recommend you to start with item 3285 forget the boots and then build + item 3100 + item 3087 . The range, AoE with Red Card and damage is insane, build any other AP item you may find useful ( item 3151 / item 3135 / item 3089 )

Sona Sona is not an ADC, but she rellies on her AutoAttacks, item 3100 + item 3094 allow her to deal the full damage of her Q+ Super AA from the border of the Q range, it is deadly on her.

RalanrFeb 26, 20161 votes

More marksmen without guns or bow like weapons would be neat.

I'd love to see a marksman that uses a weapon similar to Thresh, in how it's connected to them by a chain or something.

Penta PenguinFeb 26, 20161 votes

btw I went with the 'Marksman' tag in client.

Some Marskmen like Teemo or Urgot never see Bot lane, some non-Marksmen are played as Marksmen

The Yetii RiderFeb 26, 20161 votes

A) Tristana uses a hand cannon, not a firearm. It's a siege weapon that fires large cannonballs, not bullets.

B) This thread seems to be more about ranged auto attacks/weapons than it does about marksman. In that case, there are many other very unique champions/weapons than what you've listed. TwistedFate as above, but also Kennen (shuriken), Vladimir (his own blood), Soraka (crescent moons), Thresh (a scythe attached to a chain, treated as a ranged attack), Fiddlesticks (crows), Heimerdinger (Wrenches!), and Ziggs (Bombs).

C) What are we missing? Well, a champion that punches the air would be cool (Like LeeSin or , but with auto attacks). We could also have a champion who kicks fireballs, and a champion who attacks with a whip of water, maybe a champion who tosses rocks or stones.