ADC not actually carry

Roccky··3 votes·1,662 views

So, I've noticed this season there is an obnoxious fault in team comp play regarding ADCs. Regardless of whether you are a fed 7-2 adc within the first 8 minutes of the game or a 2-7 adc just trying to farm, you still need to rely on literally the entire rest of the team to win the game. The only valuable laning positions imo are top and mid. BOT lane is just there for either feed or help not lose the game by not feeding the other lanes/jg when they roam. Yes in team fights adcs can help beat down champs, unless they are all back line champs, making it impossible for every adc in the game to live within the first 4 seconds of the team fight. You are a meat stick for the jungle/mid, or you own the other adc and die in every team fight anyways. There isn't anymore substance to an adc than that because of how versatile they are making every other champion. Focus has been so much on every other aspect of the game that adcs have an extremely hard time keeping up. I've even seen it in LCS. ADCs don't really make the plays anymore. It will be a top laner or jungle with the occasional mid-lane carry.

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Marshbouy1 votes

are you telling me the squishy damage out put champion that excels in teamfights but is terrible 1v1 and needs help from the team to peel is team reliant?

Itankyou2 votes

No he is saying it shouldn't be like that, it shouldn't have to be so hard to win games with the adc role. I think what he is trying to say is that you can solo que top lane and gain rank much easier than solo que adc simply because in the current meta they don't have as much presence as mid and top lane.

Top lane is interesting because they have options available to them such as do I leave lane and fight or do I let my team fight without me and push hard? Many champs are good at doing this Irelia Trundle Tryndamere to name a few and since the tele was nerfed its that much MORE important for top lane to choose between these options. Bot has two options. Don't die, and never die. If they die, dragon is lost. If they never die, the only option for them is to STAY IN THEIR LANE (especially now that inferno drake is basically a win or lose depending on which team gets them; assuming relatively even matched players). Nothing they can do, no options other than this, and if ur support leaves ur lane (assuming ur solo que), BAM 4 man gank dead.

Riot hates ADC and solo que players. Make League of Legends Draven Draven great again.

Marshbouy1 votes

You can say the same about support. It's the bot lane in general.

Of course you always assume the worst in the situations. Top laners can get 4 man ganked. So can the enemy bot lane.

Bot lane is team reliant. You cannot change that. What you can change is punishing the enemy bot lane for the same things you are being punished for.

If they hated ADC players, why the fuck do ADC champions and the role in general still exist? They literally buffed most ADC items a patch ago to discourage the armor pen builds in bot lane.

Itankyou1 votes

Armor pen is still necessary because of tank top/jungle meta. Sorry but you can't 4 man gank top... dragon control and objective control stops bot lane specifically from being able to leave their lane. It's in every LCS game. It's in every game of league this season.

Marshbouy1 votes

I dont even know what to say to someone as misinformed as you. im talking about the item 3142 item 3071 item 3156 ETC builds on lucian, miss fortune, and a few others. those are discouraged. They buffed the normal ADC items like IE.

Yes you can.

HAVE YOU SEEN LCS? WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THE FIRST 10 MINUTES OF GAMES ARE JUST TURRET TRADES.

BluePolarizer3 votes

it's not hard to win as an ADC.

An ADC player will win every game.

It just might not be you.

Itankyou1 votes

I do win my games, It's just more difficult than it is if I play top lane. Nice troll though, you added nothing to the conversation.

Itankyou1 votes

Upvote. Buff adc.

You've put all my frustrations into a neatly woven paragraph Elise

Marshbouy1 votes

buff ADC? that's a terrible idea! Why the fuck would you buff ADCs? Were you here for preseason?

Itankyou1 votes

Yes I was.

Marshbouy1 votes

??? Do you want multiple ADCs on a team again?

BluePolarizer1 votes

ADC is not a playmaking role. They don't engage first in 90% of cases. If you want to be a playmaker, then play a playmaking role.

If you think that ADC is that bad - then why don't you play a tank, mage or assassin bot instead of a marksman? lol.

If you think ADC is unimportant - why is bot lane so heavily prioritized for protection and ganking?

All I'm hearing is "I am bad at positioning. Muh team."

Seems like you need to just get better.

Roccky1 votes

My main point here fellas is that even with an ADC actually getting fed, you need everyone on your team to make plays and you are just there to maybe throw out some auto dmg in teamfights if they don't catch you in the back line where you are supposed to be. However, the multiple champ buffs are making it extremely easy for back line champs to destroy the back line lol. I don't know how many times I've gotten an S on an adc and we still lose the game because you are really there for base protection and the occasional autos if you are positioned well in team fights. More substance was added to every other character and left adcs in the dust because of the huge season focus changes at the beginning of this season.

zlumpy1 votes

ADC is really good for objective clearing compared to others. They will almost always do the most dmg to dragon, baron, and towers due to fast high dmg at range.

Roccky1 votes

All I see this season really is that if you win your lane and get fed from other ADC, it only means you can protect your base faster than the other adc. This and adc has good baron and dragon dmg. which can make that difference. I'm just saying, adc doesn't carry with dmg, it's more of a protection and objectives carry.

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