Does Riot really think this is okay?

PlayingDrunk·3/27/2016, 11:05:31 PM·248 votes·13,045 views

http://imgur.com/VuPEXWm

Do they not see the problem here? The best performers for three different roles are ADC's, and it's starting to crowd out other champions. Is nothing going to be done to fix the issue?

299 Comments

FalconPawwwwnch3/27/2016, 11:18:19 PM190 votes

Riot worships ADCs

You haven't played this game for awhile if you think otherwise, They'd let Riot HQ burn down before they made ADCs not mandatory

Tbh it's been this way since 2011, they don't give a damn about fighters or mages and would rather have ADCs be the spotlight while their slave tanks and supports are used as backups

ADC mains like to think that they are the oppressed ones by mobile melees but in reality melee champions were made mobile and given other tools BECAUSE of ADCs being so oppressive. Back in 2010 non tank melees were garbage because of ashe and ezreal kiting everything to hell and back, so Riot made Randuin's Omen with its MS slow, and released a bunch of champs like Irelia/J4/Lee Sin etc. Over the years Riot doesn't realize that these changes were made as a bandaid fix to the real problem of ranged champs having no drawbacks in this game, all they do is nerf assassins and bruisers without addressing the overall problem that ADCs don't have downsides. There's a reason that the most popular champs are ALWAYS adcs (with the exception of Lee Sin) and the fotm supports

Fast forward 6 years later and nothing has changed, non tank melees are only played outside of competitive play besides a few exceptions and ADCs are destroying everything

the entire community has told Riot this multiple times but they haven't made drastic changes to tone ADCs down from being required or lose, the only playerbase who denies this is the ADC mains

http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=3551106

3 years ago, 1200 upvotes, over 2000 replies, no red response

I've accepted that they have a blatant bias towards ranged champs which is why I don't play the game anymore, but to each his own I guess

AlwaysByMySide3/27/2016, 11:22:20 PM36 votes

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http://imgur.com/VuPEXWm

Do they not see the problem here? The best performers for three different roles are ADC's, and it's starting to crowd out other champions. Is nothing going to be done to fix the issue?

Graves and Corki have received almost nothing but nerfs since pre-season. All they can do is nerf them more. And they probably will.

Ageless Nocturne3/28/2016, 12:27:27 AM16 votes

Somewhere, MM is cringing at that abysmal morde winrate.

Bladerunner77773/28/2016, 5:30:08 AM9 votes

Worst ranking support: Annie

Can't say I'm mad

Actually, you could say I'm happy

Klae3/28/2016, 1:40:04 PM8 votes

...weren't we just complaining about how tanks are so op and ADCs will never survive in this meta?

iainB853/28/2016, 2:00:51 AM8 votes

"I think the game is in a pretty good state except a few champions" - Meddler 2016

LOL.

kaltenashes3/28/2016, 2:30:14 AM8 votes

well its the marksman time to shine, so...

mid-year there will be 4 mages, something like Top Lissandra Jungle Elise (suck it nidalee =D) Mid -insert one mage here that's not viktor, dude cant even clear wave anymore- Viktor item 3070 Support -Karma (i just love karma =D) -insert any mage that can support here-

Asyde3/28/2016, 4:47:37 PM7 votes

RIOT Focuses on giving ADC's a unique niche and buff their items. They do such a good job everybody uses ADCs in every lane and all other champs are becoming forgotten.

RIOT BE LIKE: http://memeshappen.com/media/created/LOOK-AT-ALL-THE--DIVERSITY-WE-HAVE-meme-7994.jpg

Mcprowlington3/27/2016, 11:24:21 PM7 votes

uh i'm pretty sure literally all three of those adcs have nerfs on the PBE right now.

Guntermench3/28/2016, 4:09:59 AM7 votes

I don't think they consider Graves an ADC anymore.

Bellows3/28/2016, 1:28:20 PM7 votes

Runeterra, Am I Right? AurelionSol

Dengeden3/28/2016, 5:00:30 AM3 votes

When was this made? Is Janna still that good after the nerfs?

But I digress, firstly, let's face facts, Corki is a hybrid caster, Graves is a fighter. Secondly, playing ADC has a huge frustration factor tied to it. You're squishy and your primary source of damage is (or should be) DPS (which is why Corki and Graves aren't really ADCs). In a game layered with CC and burst, applying constant damage is incredibly taxing. That's the reason they overbuffed ADCs in the preseason. Did they go a little overboard? Maybe. Did the ADCs deserve it when every-single-person-on-the-enemy-team-wants-them-to-die? I'd say so.