"Overtuned defensive support itemization and kits are negating burst!"
its obviously the ADC that is the problem here not shields providing a full completed item of stats and being stackable.
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Honestly adcs aren't the problem.
are for the most part the big meta adcs, related to them would be 
What do these five adcs all have in common? They are long range, hyper late game scalers. The only reason Jinx and Caitlyn aren't joining the previous three mentioned is because they have nerfs that keep them down, but honestly can still be played to the near same effectiveness. MOVING ON. How is it possible these three champions are the kings of our meta? They got no real buffs, to my memory Tristana even got nerfed, so why is it these three champions, are doing so damn good? Aren't they suppose to have a really bad early game where, early game champs like.
shit on them?
oh wait...the three champions I just mentioned got nerfed...like really really hard..like SUPER HARD. Like people were spam posting the memes of "STOP HES ALLREADY DEAD" hard. But surely having your counter picks isn't the only thing that makes you top tier meta right...for other adcs like
should be able to keep up on even footing right?
NOPE
basically removes the entire flaws the three champions I said has. The four champions I listed are either super good about preventing deaths, or super good at being lane bullies. This heavily nullifies the early game these adcs h ave, and three of the champions I listed, even have abilities to empower the adcs. So now
a or who is suppose to get bullied to death by stuff like can now play offensively for he has providing him with shields and power boosters. . Now sure early game adcs like or utility adcs like can also use this strat..but one problem...Why would you want to?
If you can nullify the horrid early game late game adcs have, than mathmatically it is far better to play the late game adc, because you can get to your late game state much quicker, and scale way better once late game hits. so a 30 minute with should be able to stomp a with . The reward is simply far higher playing the kogmaw. However let's say the meta revolved around
than a should be able to completely dominate in the early and mid game. To the point picking Kogmaw becomes a heavy risk where the player, must heavily consider "is it worth it?"
The problem is not the adcs, the problem is simply
-early game adcs got nerfed
-Enchanters have been meta for almost two years now
- is amazing, more so than ever
because stoping someone istakilling someone else is a bad thing?
replacing one stupid thing with another isnt the answer
Careful the support mains will be angry that you dared to blame their 100% balanced champions/items and not the big bully adcs.
Adc's damage alone is annoying and I feel too unforgiving and either does extremely well or falls flat. With shields and stuff their reign is abusive.
Honestly, just get rid of locket...
I don't think it's really great argumentation to dismiss one problem because another exists. League is a complex game, so while some problems are certainly larger than others, there is no sense in pinning everything onto a single one. In this case, for sure defensive support itemization is a major factor responsible for weaker burst, but so is defensive itemization on marksmen, life steal and GA being prime culprits here. Where marksmen do happen to cause problems, too, is with their own burst and overall damage output, which is too high. This is something enchanter itemization plays a part in (Ardent Censer still gives the equivalent of an item spike in the mid game to the marksman), but that cannot be exclusively linked to them. Addressing the problems with the current meta will therefore require updating enchanters and their itemization, but also doing the same to marksmen.