ADC: "We're losing because you don't peel for me! You all are bad, peel for me!!!!!!!"

Mannny·Apr 17, 2017·18 votes·2,186 views

Well excuse me 2/12 for not catering to your every need and want. Maybe we are losing because we lack sufficient damage coming from you, and you blame your teammates for you going melee mode into the enemy 14/3 .

In all seriousness, before you cry about how your team isn't peeling for you understand 2 things before saying anything:

Know what peeling even is
Ask yourself if you are miss-positioning instead of us not peeling

9 times out of 10 it's your fault not ours. That's all I wanted to say.

24 Comments

Chembaron YamadaApr 17, 20176 votes

Had a Varus adc in my team yesterday, I was WW jungle. Then a fight happened, 2v2 and he died in the process but I was able to kill the opponents. Then he was complaining "our tank is useless, report!". We had a Leona supp and Nautilus top, I was not the god damn tank. -__- I was building damage.

It's just funny how some people think everything that builds 1 defensive item is automatically "the tank" and has to peel for them.

AnastaeciaApr 17, 20171 votes

I love when you win a skirmish like that (2 for 1 OR 3 for 1-2), and your adc who is the one who died is still complaining. "Yea, we got 3 deaths, but I died...I'm worth like 4 of them." If you mean their 3 deaths now equal your total of 4 at the 10m mark, then yea.

OMGSoAnnoyingApr 17, 20171 votes

This. So much this.

I do the same thing with jungle... if I'm a fighter and we have a tank, I build more damage. It's gotta come from somewhere.

just OK junglerApr 20, 20171 votes

Why play warwick?? Playing tank champion and building damage or play damage champion and building damage(Graves)

Chembaron YamadaApr 20, 20173 votes

I don't understand? You know that Warwick isn't a tank, right? He is a diver, like Camille or Vi. It is absolutely viable to build 1-2 damage items on him and then go tanky. You are actually meant to be a damage threat, not a sponge for enemy attacks.

If you want to play a jungle tank, don't play Warwick. Play stuff like Zac, Sejuani, Rammus and so on. These are tanks (vanguards to be exact).

AnastaeciaApr 17, 20175 votes

or 3. You are responsible for your own dying/not dying.

I don't care if you managed to get a team of 4 support champs together to play with you, they still aren't require to keep you alive. They are there to SUPPORT, not do your job for you. Not dying is everyone's job and in the end, only you are truly responsible for that.

Chembaron YamadaApr 17, 20172 votes

Yep, definitely. You gotta love if the long ranged adc is always running at the front line, then wonders that he gets blown up instantly and shouts that he didn't get peel.

If you are squishy and you know it, stay at the back line and wait for your opportunity to deal your damage from safety. Don't rush into the enemies and expect everyone to jump in and save you. -__-

AnastaeciaApr 17, 20172 votes

Oh man, I hate playing with say a Jhin or Cait that doesn't use that long range. Or a cait that doesn't trap (but that's another thread)

PrinceOfStormsApr 17, 20174 votes

On the other hand, if you're playing an ADC that isn't Jhin, Varus, or Cait, then a champion like Vi can dive you from Africa with point-click abilities and there's nothing you can do about it.

no to toxicApr 17, 20173 votes

Damn ADC why can you not outplay Irelia and Jax attacking you while I Thresh am off having a auto attack battle with the full build Caitlyn .

LordGeovanniApr 17, 20171 votes

Grab the dam lantern

LordGeovanniApr 17, 20171 votes

Idk what game you playing where you gonna get an Irelia and a Jax in the same game but if thats the case not only does their team lack any engage considering a proper team composition. The have no tank except a possible support tank meaning that tank has no items and is inherently worse at tanking. Your mage would have burst their whole team to half health at least before any one reaches you assumeing you arent alone in the jungle which only leaves 2-3 adc shots to kill them. who is gonna walk past 2 fighters to get at an adc when the fighters have to walk past his hook?

ExalomaniacApr 17, 20172 votes

Oh boy, another thread about strawmanning everyone into bronze ads mains

kirbyzamaApr 17, 20172 votes

Strawmen are easy to burn aren't they?

DemainaNyxApr 20, 20172 votes

While you may be right, I've had games as Caitlyn where the Amumu Q's to our Syndra and ults that clips me on the edge, enemy Leona flash and solo ults me, E's me, Q's me, and meanwhile the enemy Camille dives in and finishes me off while our jungle and top are busy doing god knows what and the support Thresh is trying to peel 3 enemies off the two carries. I blew flash in the previous engaging dodging out of the Amumu Q from fog of war, while this time our Syndra wasn't as lucky.

Yeah, there are times when the 100HP ADC for some reason thinks it's the perfect time to walk into the 20/2 full build enemy Viktor with Lich Bane and TLD up, and that is not a "lack of peel" instance. But some times the ADC really does just need some one else to help peel to survive.

Literally the next engagement I only got hit by the edge of Leona's ult plus stun combo (Amumu used everything to kill Syndra on her own) and Thresh used every active on me and kept the Camille off me long enough so I somehow survived the CC chain and was able to start lifestealing and kiting enough to win the teamfight and the game.

chipndip1Apr 20, 20172 votes

This isn't a set-in-stone sort of complaint, though.

Like, did you forgo Locket/Redemption? Is your team comp lacking in peel outright? Is he just bad? If someone's complaining about a lack of peel, they probably ARE having issues getting peel. People normally bring up peel when it's lacking.

meowwow7Apr 17, 20171 votes

yeah you complain about no peel yet you are not in the same lane as your team

Sorin AlucardApr 17, 20171 votes

Im just gonna play devils advocate and say if the 2 10 Draven is getting dove and 1 shotted you can A.) counter play their dive you know whats coming and B.) he does more dmg alive than dead.

MannnyApr 17, 20171 votes

Or I can peel for a better fit carry rather than the Draven.

RavenhaleApr 17, 20171 votes

I don't think I've ever complained about lack of peel. I've certainly had those 2/12 games and the most I've ever said was an All Chat passive complaint of "Oh, yea, focus the 1/9 ADC. I'm such a threat." This is largely the reason why I've ran Fortune in most ADC games because even when I do have games where I'm the dedicated punching bag, I only need a couple seconds of teamfight to unload my Ult so my team doesn't straight up lose the damage I've invested my gold into.

Asayake 5150glowApr 17, 20171 votes

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I don't think I've ever complained about lack of peel. I've certainly had those 2/12 games and the most I've ever said was an All Chat passive complaint of "Oh, yea, focus the 1/9 ADC. I'm such a threat." This is largely the reason why I've ran Fortune in most ADC games because even when I do have games where I'm the dedicated punching bag, I only need a couple seconds of teamfight to unload my Ult so my team doesn't straight up lose the damage I've invested my gold into.

I don't really complain, but I do acknowledge that if my entire team has no peel besides a Zyra support or something, I'm not gonna get to do anything as a crit Quinn, not in teamfights anyway.

Shuyin178Apr 17, 20171 votes

And then there are the people that are suppose to peel for you diving into the enemy team leaving you vulnerable even when you aren't out of position. Don't forget about them.