Lethality ADCs are going to make a comeback thanks to LDR and Stormrazors

HàrrowR··3 votes·3,351 views

I just tested Lucian MissFortune Jhin Draven going lethality on them either outperforms crit or its pretty much a tie,only from what i've seen if youre building the new item 3508 going lethality will give you more damage output due to your abilities doing more damage obviously and the bonus cdr from Lethality items will help you spam too.

For example Draven going crit,in his 5 enchanced autos can do somewhere from 3500-4200 damage to a target dummy,on he other hand,lethality Draven with stormrazors and duskblade can deal somewhere from 3900-5700 damage with 5 autos,depending how many times you proc Stormrazors or if you started the combo with Duskblade or not,and thats a 100 armor target,most enemies won't even have that so the benefit will be even higher for lethality. Hell you can even forsake Stormrazors in favor of item 3071 and still do 800 damage per hit when the target is fully stacked compared to 822 damage you would do with crit (if you crit) and have a cool 2700 hp bar and do it all cheaper and safer

I think most people overlooked how crazy this item 3036 is now,i mean even vs squishies it will negate somewhere around 15-20 armor early to mid game,late game a tank can lose hundreds of armor, and because of no more giantslayer passive,building item 3071 into item 3036 is actually good for some picks.

If you need some AS go item 3153 or Stormrazors as your first item and then lethality from there I tested Caitlyn,with the new IE,on a dummy,with full build she did less dps than lethality Lucian while spamming traps under the target the whole time,i mean the only way she's doing more DPS is on a tank with 300 armor where maybe the IE passive will start to pay off.

Also Kaisa Ezreal Varus KogMaw are obviously going to be broken now since they dont rely on crit anyway

So this is basically a big nerf for only a handful of adcs,namely Caitlyn Jinx Vayne Twitch Tristana Ashe

Tbh as an adc main i don't mind this at all,but its just a matter of time when people will realize you can do the same damage for less cash and also get a free red trinket,a free ghost and out of combat ms,free spellshield etc.

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11 Comments

Violent Hunter2 votes

If you actually believe this you don't main adc at all or no how to play the position....

HàrrowR1 votes

Believe what exactly? That Varus KogMaw Ezreal Kaisa will be strong now? or that lethality adcs will be a thing again. Also im diamond,and mained adcs since s1 basically,maybe you don't even know about the time that lethality adc was meta so you think im making shit up lol

Violent Hunter1 votes

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Believe what exactly? That Varus KogMaw Ezreal Kaisa will be strong now? or that lethality adcs will be a thing again. Also im diamond,and mained adcs since s1 basically,maybe you don't even know about the time that lethality adc was meta so you think im making shit up lol

I'm talking about lethality. Only one I see going that route is MF. Jhin has huge synergy with the new item and has no reason to build anything other than ghostblade. Rageblade is a much much better item. Varus won't even go Lethality with that still here. Lucian has no reason to either with ER. Lethality no longer has a place bot lane with the exception of MF and if you actually played the role you would know that.

HàrrowR1 votes

Never said Varus is going lethality Going Stormrazor doesnt mean you cant go lethality afterwards ER is actually a pretty weak item Jhin going ghostblade like you said,is,wait for,lethality

Violent Hunter1 votes

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Never said Varus is going lethality Going Stormrazor doesnt mean you cant go lethality afterwards ER is actually a pretty weak item Jhin going ghostblade like you said,is,wait for,lethality

I've been looking at stats since the patch dropped. Jhin rarely builds blade or any lethality he goes razor int zeal item inot ie is his highest played again wrong. Er is a good item on those that use it. Ie Lucian The meta is Kai'sa Lucian Ezreal MF and Draven. none other than MF build lethality.

IceKingChernobog1 votes

Lethality ADCs are gonna be busted with the new essence reaver and two out of the 3 adcs i use are going to be shafted with the price hike of zeal and the nerf to IE.

IceKingChernobog1 votes

at least with twitch i can go on-hit

IziMytTJd71 votes

To be fair, literally anything outperforms crit now.

HàrrowR1 votes

No point in spending 6500 and go through a terrible build path to get item 3031 item 3094 when you can go item 3142 item 3147 for 700 gold less and do more damage

woodvsmurph1 votes

Might just be me, but I feel like this could also be used to buff vayne's ability to trade in lane. Which allows her to SURVIVE laning phase better and scale into the stealthed kill everything in sight late game adc we all know and hate.

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