ADC Triforce users questions

Vigilwake··1 votes·1,280 views

I know that some of the ADC in the bot lane need a triforce to be of use in lane and in team fights. But my question is what ADC need tri force while what ones need I.E. Corki and Ez need tri force while Jinx and Cait need I.E. But who also need tri force over I.E. Help would be nice.

I.E Users I know of: Caitlyn Jinx Lucian Graves Draven Sivir Twitch Quinn Vayne MissFortune Tristana Urgot

Tri force users I know of Ezreal Corki KogMaw

These is the best list I can make so did I miss anyone also can any of the I.E users get a tri force instead of I.E

19 Comments

KidSpectre2 votes

I've had pretty good success with Triforce MF (Q procs spell blade and applies, kinda like GP's Q.)

EllaRyu691 votes

lol yeah, i keep blowing adcs with like 2-3 hits only and like they say "wtf"

then they saw triforce and like "ohh"

Mimy2 votes

Urgot rushes item 3004 and is much better in a solo lane then as an ADC.

Also.. Idk but perhaps item 3078 could work on MissFortune Her double up COOL DOWN: 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 Which allows it to be spam able between autos, and she scales off that little bit of AP it gives. gives her abilities a small bit of ZING

Everyone else on the list either has not many spam able abilities... or that small bit of AP goes to waste.. and if that's the case there's probably better things to spend the gold on..

Spam able abilities count when they are under 8 seconds. Miss fortune only has one, but that 3 second cool down is enough to be able to spam that between autos for that sheen proc.

Siachi1 votes

(Keep in mind, I don't have that big of an ADC Pool to work with, so I'm probably totally wrong)

I think Graves can build a Trinity, to improve his burst (Which is his intended niche as an ADC, I believe).

Lucian is a caster ADC, and his dash can get to very a very short cooldown later in the game if you keep procing his passive, so I could see Trinity working on him.

And there might be some other options, but they could be sub-par compared to other builds.

EDIT: It occurs to me that you're talking about "Rush Triforce or Infinity Edge as a first item", instead of just "Which ADC's work with triforce" so I've probably just wasted your time and I appologize

Byakuya Kuchiki1 votes

some lucians get triforce

TehNACHO1 votes

Spellslinger ADCs are usually the prime candidates.

Lucian classifies well as a TF user as well, for example, since his damage is all about weaving abilities and Autos together. Certain ADCs also "can" afford a Trinity Force if they want to give up a small bit of their Late Game hyper carry potential for a Mid Game Power Spike. I believe MF is one of those, along with Burst ADCs Graves and Sivir, but I don't play ADC consistently enough to call out their item advantages by name.

Vigilwake1 votes

By Spellslingers waht do u mean. What makes a ADC a spellslingers, I hav also heard Auto attack ADC, burst ADCs and sastain ADC

Siachi1 votes

I believe he means "ADCs that get a lot or most of their damage through spells".

(I reiterate: I am not a good ADC, and probably don't know what I'm talking abotu)

For example, ADC's like Vayne, Kog'Maw, and Jinx get most of their damage from their autoattacks, and their spells are either used for utility, or make those autoattacks better (Vayne's Silver Bolt passive, and Kog'Maws Bioarcane Barrage; they ARE spells, but they just enhance your Auto-attacks, rather than do anything by themselves).

A 'spellslinger' ADC, as TehNACHO put it (I believe the term "Caster ADC" is a more common term), would be like Ezreal, who gets a lot of his damage from his Mystic Shot; Lucian, who uses his Q (Piercing Light) and passive (Lightslinger) for a lot of their damage, is another example. They both auto-attack less than an Auto-attack ADC, and use spells for most of their damage.


I hope any of that made sense.

TL;DR: 'Caster' (Spellslinger) ADC's use Spells for most of their damage, with auto-attacks weaved between spell-casts (Ezreal, Lucian, Corki, and probably more, but those three are the best examples that come to mind).

Auto-Attack ADCs get most of their damage from right-clicking on the target, but may have spells that enhance or make those Auto-attacks better. They may ALSO have spells that can be used for damage, but they still do more damage over time with autoattacks than with their spells. (Kog'Maw, Vayne, Jinx, Caitlyn).

Anonagon1 votes

Most triforce carries should pick up IE later on, except certain ezreal builds. Some IE rushers can also make good use of tri as a later item, like Quinn, Lucian, or Graves.

Many of the people you listed as IE rushers should probably rush a different item. Vayne should rush BORK. Urgot should rush muramana or tear> cleaver. Twitch also often builds BoRK first.

Terff1 votes

i've seen dravens run TF, constant procs with his W if he can catch axes.

RazorTS1 votes

Lucian Quinn can go triforce as first item, Vayne MissFortuneSivir can use it well, after item 3031 instead of item 3087 if you get huge gold influx before you finish it

Stonington1 votes

I've never seen a Sivir go Triforce after IE. I don't think that would be good. It's good on MF because it keeps her early game power strong.

Linna Excel1 votes

IE and TF are not mutually exclusive.

BakedLotion1 votes

adc Ahri Leblanc

TheAlabrehon1 votes

You can also use Tri Force on Tristana. It gives you the attack speed you need and a burst after you use your Q.

Doogmi1 votes

Hello, adc is one of my main roles maybe I can help a bit. As far as trinity force goes, usually you want an adc who either has abilities that apply on hit effects, or have spammable moves in which you can continually proc trinity force. It really isn't either tri force or Infinity edge. Honestly if you are playing adc you want infinity edge somewhere in your build. Even the caster adcs because you are still itemizing for your auto attacks. And you will be auto attacking in between your spells. Infinity edge is too core of an item for adcs, now depending on your adc it might not be your 1st 2nd 3rd 4th item. But for maximum damage output you want that Item. Other adcs that can use tri force moderately well are Lucian, vayne, sivir, and draven. Lucian for his passive, sivir for her first attack on her w, vayne for her tumble, and draven for his q's. That being said running a shiv or phantom dancer over tri force on these adcs is stronger due to the larger attack speed and critical chance stats they offer.

Vigilwake1 votes

This is what I was looking interms of a answer. I'm as a player learning to main champs in both the ADC and Supp positions. In the last season I saw Lucains running TRI force but now they go for I.E instead. So I was looking for info from other ADC players who know about this. So Thank you for the info. I'm also looking for someone who mains twitch because I need some clarification on him as afar as a champ goes.

Doogmi1 votes

That was a combination of people learning what to build on Lucian, the adc itemization changes, and the Lucian nerfs(specifically his passive. It is more effective to rush infinity edge, pd/shiv vs bloosthirster tri force

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