How to succeed as an ADC in 2k18

OPGG is used for statistics LOLalytics is used for match ups stats because OPGG does not take in account pick rates for match ups

For starter: who are the strongest non marksmen bot laners: hands down the strongest one, with 54% win rate and 8.5% pick rate Mordekaiser destroys anybody, stronger against melees, he can still do fine against ranged champions if his support picks pyke or blitzcrank Mordekaiser still has a bad win rate against , not only miss fortune is very good right now (54% win rate 5% pick rate) but miss fortune has an innate advantage against melees as she can easily poke them with her passive that deals more damage after switching targets between minions and champions, without forgetting her Q that is harder to play around as a melee champions miss fortune deals a huge amount of damage at lvl 1-2 which is the phase where morde is the weakest because he needs Q W and E However Miss fortune lane is decided by supports, if the support manages to engage on miss fortune, if the other support manages to peel for miss fortune, this is how the lane will go Naturally, Mordekaiser has a bad win rate against . This is because Lucian has a strong lvl 1-lvl 2, has mobility, burst, cannot be engaged on by any supports, and is a nightmare to play as an immobile melee in mid/late game. This is also because Lucian is too strong right now Finally, Mordekaiser has a bad win rate against this champion depends on the player, Vladimir is completly gamebreaking if played by someone who mains Vladimir and knows by heart the champion. But most Vladimir players are FOTM players who never played vlad in the past, which is why his win rate is low right now but he's 100% pick/ban in pro and is way too strong and too safe. In lane he won't do anything no matter who you are, after lvl 6 if he has a support with high damage output combined with damage amplification he will win any all ins with his ult as you can see that in pro. Then he will scale really hard. His only weakness is from lvl 1 to lvl 6. Best solution: Ban vladimir and wait for his nerf in next patch

swain's trading power is strong with his passive combined with a support that has a hard cc. Swain is fairly strong bot lane (51% win rate 3% pick rate) but nothing more, Best pick against him are just like how uzi did in LPL, vayne can dodge any spells comming from mages and fucks battle mages like swain who only stack health, or if you want something safer play who has a higher range, hard CC combined with an innate GW against healers

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this was the tier 1 non marksmen bot laners

the overrated ones: while irelia is completly broken right now, feel free to look at this http://www.gamesoflegends.com/champion/picksandbans.php?id=ALL&league=ALL&season=S8&split=Summer&patch=ALL&role=ADC irelia since the begining of the season has only been picked 6 times bot lane in pro while she was picked 58 times mid lane if you think this is because there are games before 8.11, even in 8.11 bot lane irelia has not been picked much compared to mid lane irelia who overwhelmed mid lane. Bot lane Irelia is overrated, the champion needs to stack passive against minions to fight which is hard to do against ranged champions. She also has a really bad lvl 1-lvl 3 and unlike morde who has an xp passive she will take a long time to reach lvl 3. Plus those two champions requiere a really high knowledge of the champion. Like Dopa said, if you want to pick Irelia or Yasuo bot lane most of the time Mordekaiser is better i'm not saying that irelia and yasuo are bad, just saying that they're overrated they're just decent

Playing against Yasuo: avoid picking ultimate reliant champions like Tell your support that you will always disengage when yasuo uses windwall Honestly against Yasuo in my experience+experience of watching pros the best adc here is Yasuo will never be able to ult her unless an ally helps him with a knock up, and the small yasuo dash will not be enough to get xayah under W.

who are the best adc picks?

until guinsoo's nerf, kai'sa will be strong. Currently sitting at 47% win rate and 15% pick rate, in my opinion kai'sa win rate is irrelevant just like vlad because if played well she's a monster, Kai'sa has 100% ban rate against Uzi and whenever Uzi plays her it's game over lol. If you play kai'sa well, just pick her in every game.

I don't really need to say anything, as a Lucian main Lucian is too strong and is getting a decent nerf in next patch (base stat nerfs are going to get memed until people realise that they have a huge impact). Lucian's counterpicks are really bad right now (is an adc that you should avoid to play) , however what you can play is Deft picks Ashe against Lucian in every game he can, that's because Lucian is horrible against high range adcs he legit can't do anything in lane especially at lvl 1 (against high range adcs) you can poke him non stop, the only thing that you have to watch out for is to not get engaged on by lucian's support. And if you think Ashe is bad right now, she currently has 50.5% pick rate and 2.5% pick rate, while being played in pro by Deft/Uzi/Ruler

Don't play him if you're not a Draven main is all I need to say here, If you want a counterpick play Miss fortune I don't have any knowledge about the match up but this is what the stats advise.

I don't know why the boards think that Ez is bad now, he has 50% win rate and 30% pick rate he's still one of the best. He's too safe, scales good, is a good choice in every game without any direct counter. The only real counter is Lucian because Ezreal can't ever touch lucian with his spells in a 1v1

49% win rate 9% pick rate, is still very good. I would just avoid to play him into Yasuo/irelia. I would say he is a nightmare even to Mordekaiser for the same reason Miss fortune is, only that Miss fortune is numerically better than Jhin I would also avoid to RUSH stormrazor on him, really ghostblade is a better powerspike in early game https://youtu.be/gAYjgBAe1_Q?t=484 and as qtpie did, just go full lethality . just get LDR for total armor pen, then get stormrazor later

ADCs that aren't the best but can still work

both of those champions can still work because of how broken is. After guinsoo's nerf I don't know if it will be the case, Varus is still picked in high elo and pro play because his damage is good while he brings utility to his team

Xayah is a Kai'sa case, she is strong but only if you have the knowledge of the champion. Again I don't know why people think she's bad when Uzi literally goes ham with her https://youtu.be/OjkwbORD9uw?t=283 She isn't amongst the best adcs but can still work

is a direct counter to so many non traditionnal bot laners like Swain, currently with 49% win rate and 6% pick rate she is a strategic pick. Uzi builds BORK+Guinsoo on her

ADCs that you should avoid at all costs

the case of Kalista Currently has 51% win rate and 0.6% pick rate I think after her buff in next patch she's going to be amongst the strongest adcs, that buff is really good and I think combined with lethal tempo and BORK she will be strong.

Things that you need to know

is the strongest marksman item right now. Build it on any adc that can use it, ANY adc that isn't jhin MF or draven, should build bork on first or second item. BORK is the reason Ashe is viable. Speaking of Ashe, the strongest build right now is followed by 2 crit items (one of them is IE) and either Maw or Scimitar DO NOT GO FULL CRIT crit is a late game stat, you see Lucian building + in late game in pro, the only champion who has to build full crit right now is xayah due to her E scaling, but on anyone else bork is a stronger rush

Conqueror should be taken on Draven and Miss fortune, on Miss fortune you should go comet against lucian and ezreal tho since poke is stronger against lucian and You won't be able to AA a lot against ezreal Lethal Tempo is what should be taken on Ashe at all costs, nothing else.

Do not hesitate to build third item, this is what some pro players do, the offensive stats are strong enough to let you deal damage while having more survivability

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