Basically, this meta has turned to tanks. Top lane-Tank. Jg-Tank. Supp-Tank. Mid-Semi tank with roa. ADC-Still squishy af.
What's the point in having an ADC when they just die to thornmail that enemy top/jg/supp all have.
Mid lane assassins are useless mid game.
I mean, I just played a game where a full tank 
and 
2v5 my whole team to half health until the rest of their team got there.
Just ranting, but seriously it's getting to be a bit rediculous.
SEKAI3 votesExcept ADCs are supposed to die against thornmail until late game, working as intended.
It's not like people don't have their Void Staff, LW, BotRK, IE, Bloodthirster, Morello, Abyssal etc...
Also if you wanna survive damage as squishies, please actually build some defense, it's gaming 101.
Reynard the ƒox2 votesNo man, don't you listen to Riot? There's, like, SO MUCH strategic diversity right now.
o wait
BerserkGoldfish2 votesNo man, don't you listen to Riot? There's, like, SO MUCH strategic diversity right now.
o wait
Honestly theres a huge amount of play for strategic diversity. what honestly kills strategic diversity is the LCS.
they play 1T 1M 1J 2B because its a well practiced format that is known to work. Riot recommends items based on what they tend to build. Everyone else sees this and thinks its the only way to play.
Were a troll if we play ADC TF or AP MF because the LCS teams don't do it. Doesn't matter if were good, if we stomp the other team they get Berated for losing to a "troll pick"
double jungle with an ADC mid and a AP mage bottom(with someone like zyra or heimer, the safe mages) can actually work, but its constantly put down because the pros don't do it, hell even like 90% of the people who say its bad cant tell you why.
Its not Riots fault theres no strategic diversity right now, our community as a whole resists change and rejects novel Ideas, the best they can do is make it known. for example, as soon as spellthiefs edge was released I started supporting as brand, I was berated and trolled and flamed for months until Riot came out with the first "dark horses" spotlight, after that everyone trusted me doing it.
junglerboy162 votesThe point of ADCs is that they are the class specifically designed to kill the frickin' tanks!
Seriously, ADC mains complaining about this meta astonish me in their naïveté, because this is as close to the ideal ADC meta as the game gets (3 support deathball ADC isn't ideal because it basically turns the ADC into a machine strictly for the purpose of slapping the other ADC for the next several minutes). Maybe you forgot how awful being ADC was when Zed and LB were the number one picks and would instagib your squishy a$$ on sight whenever they pleased.
If you are so pathetic that you can't handle a thorn mail and gromp buff, I have no sympathy for you. Buy 
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+
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(or even just 
) + 
and you are more than set to handle tanks. What? you need to rush your IE+PD build? Get over your hard and fast build and learn that rushing IE isn't the end all for all build paths. Learn to play the tank buster ADCs as well, like 
and 
and you make the big tanky brutes melt.
You have been pampered as an ADC into thinking you have burst. YOU DON'T. You have DPS, and yes it'll take you several seconds to kill a tank, but that is how it's supposed to work.
Dreadlocks1 votesIdk what other people do but i like to build a as an ADC vs 
I figure i can at least heal myself while i kill myself u digg? =]
xaadus creedus1 votesGet gud m8. Joke, tanks are terrifying.
BerserkGoldfish1 voteswell I mean to be fair, nothing really changed there. In order of seeing
top-bruiser/tank->tank/bruiser jg-lee/bruiser/tank->tank/lee/bruiser support-tank/others->tank/others mid-assassin/mages/AP fighters->assassin=mages=AP fighters ADC-hypercarries/solids/casters/tankbusters->?????
ADC hasn't really changed yet from what I can tell, however I am going to guess a slight surge of champs like Vayne/Kog/urgot because of tank busting abilities. Also I see the new BC being an instant buy on champs like Lucian
BerserkGoldfish1 votesTo me, a good build for this meta (on AS based ADCs, or ones that can pump out quick volleys) would be like BC, BoRK, LW, hurricane, BT, berserkers greaves.
sure they have more tanks, but so do you, take advantage of the beefy front line and build a busting build.
or if you have a xin/wukong, convince them to do the busting for you
haven't gotten to do it yet, but urgot has a funny place he can fill in this meta(if someone could pull it off), antistat support
Hurricane, BC, frozen mallet, frozen heart, Mikaels cruc, bers greaves with captain enchant.
hurricane spreads out his passive, BC passive and Frozen mallet passive
frozen heart slows AAs Mikaels buffs those around him, so does captain enchant
Voluug131 votesMid lane assassins are useless mid game.
And its wonderful.
ZergReap1 votes
passive: "Brand's spells light his targets ablaze, dealing 2% of their maximum health as magic damage per second for 4 seconds, for a total of 8% maximum health." + 
= RIP Cinderhulk??
Reynard the ƒox1 votesRIP Brand for having no escape in a meta where tanks are flying in your face every fight.
junglerboy161 votesBrand actually builds more like an AP bruiser most of the time, especially if he builds a Liandry's.
Son of Kratos1 votesThere might be items that help rid the tanks, but as an ADC you're always focused (duh). For example, I played Gragas against an all AD team. I know, they had horrible comp, but still. I had 400 armor and could sit under turret for about 20-30 seconds while the rest of my team dove. It's like turrets don't mean anything where it used to be you would try and avoid tower diving because you would most likely lose. Now it's to the point if one tank goes down, oh well, there's still 3 more to take the turret shots while you have your DPS trying to do damage to all the other tanks. Even with Bork and LW it's still a pain to be a tankbuster.
junglerboy161 votesok, yes, Turrets are overly weak right now, but they were too weak before the tank meta rolled in as well.
