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I'm not sure about you guys, but in the last few patches I haven't experienced this "ADC Meta"

71060670DEL1·3/23/2018, 5:31:17 AM·3 votes·304 views

While they are picked every game, they have been doing significantly less damage due to the abundance of assassins and divers that just murder them before they can do any damage. I'm not saying t hey're weak, i'm just saying that I haven't experienced this ADC's rumored level of power that the boards keeps going on and on about. Champions like jax, kha, and camille are in the meta, with fizz, kass, and other assassins being common picks in mid. These are champions who can overkill extremely squishy champions, so unless the ADCs are ahead, they have to be super mindful of their positioning right now even with their support standing next to them.

If their support dives? Free dinner. They can't really 1v1 any class in the game besides certain tanks unless they're ahead, or are Vayne Kaisa(assuming everyone plays it optimally), therefor if their ali wants to go in, they can't do anything at all, leaving room for enemies to go in.

ADC seems pretty balanced in the meta right now in my experience, at least in plat and below. I can't speak for diamond+.

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Shatter the Sun3/23/2018, 7:13:22 AM2 votes

As a bruiser top lane you are useless if the enemy team's bot gets ahead. The moment your bot tower goes down they swap to top and you either hope your strong enough to 2v1 or swap with your bot lane where the same outcome will happen as did bot lane. If they dont swap top then they 3 man mid and your team goes mid where bot will be pushed constantly or they take tower.

Bruisers usually take a bit longer to come online unless they get fed but with tanks being the go to in the top lane as they can help out bot lane mid game its harder for bruisers to get fed enough to deal with 2v1's in the top lane. Conqueror changes this though with bruisers/fighters vs tanks as now they have killing power vs them meaning there is more of a chance to get stronger faster. This doesnt change much though as you usually wont be strong enough to deal with 2-3 people unless you are illaoi but even then that is a stretch.

EDIT: where is fizz at in the meta? Hes garbage atm and control/poke mages do better than assassins. The problem isnt so much the adc alone but the supp and adc. The popular adcs get their spikes from either 1 or 2 items like varus or kog or are very safe like trist or xayah. A good rakan turns any engage on its head and makes 2v1 near impossible.