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Why ADCs Died: League of Legends' New Season 8 Meta Explained (Patch 8.12)

rtbf223434721·7/9/2018, 9:53:23 PM·3 votes·5,274 views

I'm having trouble when im trying to explain why the ADC class is in a bad spot right now.

I found this nice video on youtube that really summarize what i feel about the current state of the ADC class and id like to share it with you.

I see many hate post's about the state of the game. I feel that when players understand this new way to play the game without an ADC, they will become less frustrated and will start to enjoy the game again.

I spent some time watching the pro adc players reactions and i find it very interesting that they are learning new classes and play styles to be able to be successful on the game. I'm adding other exemple.

I myself have chosen to play mages in the bot lane replacing my adc picks sometimes. It is possible to decide and close the games before the enemy adc reaches its "overpowered" state. Even if they reach their "overpowered" state it's still possible to focus and remove them first in the team fights, playing with a organized team.

I wish you luck in the new bot lane.

EDIT:

This is all i needed. Thank you Riot. https://eu.lolesports.com/en/articles/patch-8-12-top-tips-bot-lane?utm_source=LeagueClient&utm_medium=OverviewTier2Pos3

15 Comments

Illabethe7/9/2018, 10:30:19 PM4 votes

Adcs are NOT dead. In fact nearly every nonmeta bot lane is a hyper feeding mess right now. Just because people are double laning mages doesn't make it viable.

What it DOES mean is "Fill" is 70-80% Bot now instead of support. So non ADCs are getting filled as Bot, and they do not want to play adc, so they choose mages.

None of this is actually empirical evidence of adcs being weak. In fact most still carry just as hard and more than the mage laners. What it is empirical evidence of: Adcs boycotting the role.

Fízz v27/9/2018, 10:15:37 PM2 votes

"Only 32% of games have an adc on both team" -> adcs are dead

how many games have had an assassin mid on both teams tho? two since season 4? lel

Critmaster Garen7/11/2018, 4:19:12 PM2 votes

AdCaReDEad

8 out of 10 top tier bot lanes are marksmen, and the first non marksman is currently rated rank 7 on bot lane.

ok buddy.

would people just stop fucking exaggerating? other champion types being viable on bot lane doesnt equate to marksmen being bad or unviable.

OmegaNITRO7/11/2018, 6:03:31 PM1 votes

You and this video are completely accurate and reasonable, but a lot of shortsighted people that just hate the idea of ADCs being strong at any point won't even listen to what you're saying.

Regardless of winrates and individual champions, the state of the game is such that marksmen have become largely obsolete and have little or no impact on the game, which makes them nothing but a liability. On top of this, Riot further increased the weaknesses the role already had.

The ADC was the primary sustained damage source of the team. The tradeoff of being the best suited type of champion to carry was that marksmen:

  • Have little or no self peel
  • Are very squishy
  • Have less mobility
  • Are usually weak early
  • Need gold/items to scale more than levels
  • Are the most team dependent class in the game

But the were still necessary for a team because they were the best at sieging and taking objectives, the best option against tanks, and the most reliable win condition in fights if well protected.

Now they usually don't get the time or the laning phase to scale up to being that teamfight carry, they aren't needed to take objectives, are super weak early or on their own, and tanks get killed by the other damage carries about as easily.

If a class of champions offer nothing uniquely vital to their team, but have a bunch of weaknesses and liabilities and need their team to hold their hand to do anything, why pick them over something that is more useful solo PLUS covers the former strengths of ADCs?

THAT is why marksmen feel pretty bad to play right now. Sure, some specific ADCs are strong enough to still survive, a few sidestep the item issues with their builds, and a coordinated team can still make them work. But overall there are a lot of downsides to the role and almost no benefit, so the class is pretty gutted right now.

But some people will ignore that and say it isn't a problem, cause they want to play Garen in every lane or some other nonsense.