dont know too much about the game and all the math and stuff, but im wondering whats better in situations. armor pen vs crit, from what i have read, armor pen is good against a team of squishes and if u rely on your abilties alot, and that crit is good if u auto alot and against a team of alot of tanks. Im not too sure tho any help with it?
Chamuel851 votesThat sounds about right. Also, Armor Pend is a mid game build. you fall off late vs a crit build ADC especially against the bruisers and tanks.
TehNACHO1 votesYeah, yeah basically.
Tychusfindlay9191 votesArmor pen = early mid power spikes while still surprisingly effective later on with certain adcs (lucian and mf for example).
Crit = dominate everything late game on any champion
Erockandroll1 votesArmor pen = early mid power spikes while still surprisingly effective later on with certain adcs (lucian and mf for example).
Crit = dominate everything late game on any champion
One slight amendment I would make to this. (though this is pretty accurate.
The Armor pen build works best, on AD casters, which high amounts of damage on their abilities. This is namely due to the fact that Armor pen increases damage on the base values of said spells, and not just the scaling AD.
Part of the reason why spell reliant ADC's like Lucian. (but not so much TF AD casters like EZ) Benefit from having high amounts of Armor pen, earlier in the game. Otherwise, I would recommend the Crit build if your mainly AA reliant.
Linna Excel1 votesThere's generally 2 types of ADCs: casters and auto attackers.
Casters want armor pen ASAP. Auto attackers generally get either an IE or an ER first and will get armor penetration later.
