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how2banana·5/1/2015, 4:04:49 AM·1 votes·714 views

*****TL;DR: Am I the only one that has noticed how tanky the meta is, and am I the only one struggling with it? As an ADC main, I feel useless all the time and don't think that ADC tank killer items do much against the popular tank champions atm. Has anyone else experienced this feeling? How have you dealt with it? Do you think Riot needs to change something about this meta (items, champions, whatever) to make stupid strong tanks less impactful? (ps not trying to start anything, just asking questions)

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~I hope this is the right place to put this and if not, I'm sorry. Has anyone found that this meta (maybe like, past month or two?) is heavily favored to super tanks? Don't get me wrong, I love some of the super tank champions (naut, sion, etc) but is it just me, or does it seem a little too tank friendly?

This probably impacts me a lot more than maybe a jungler, because I main ADC. It feels as though everyone in every game I play with has 2.5k+ hp. It's hard to sit down and enjoy a game of League on some of my favorite champions when 15 minutes in, I could auto attack a Gragas, leave my computer, bake a cake, adopt a dog, learn quantum mechanical concepts, praise Phreak, prove to everyone that I'm a BDC member, and learn a new instrument, and come back and Grag would only be at half hp.

I don't like losing free games all because of a team comp that I can (for the most part) do nothing about. Sure I can kite, ult from a distance as Lucian, QSS some abilities, use summoners, position better, etc, but the bottom line is when I inevitably get dove in the backline by an Irelia or someone, there's not much I can do.

I could build LW, bork, and ghostblade, and still hardly do any damage, and that would be my main way as far as armor pen is concerned, to do any damage. And if I built all 3 of those, I would get boots, IE, then have to decide between a BT/QSS/GA/PD/shiv/whatever else.

Basically what I'm trying to say is I have a really hard time enjoying my favorite role anymore when I feel completely useless each game. Does anyone else feel like this meta is just a bit too tanky? (yes, cinderhulk is getting nerfed, but is that really enough?) imo I don't think LW gives enough tank killing stats. However having said this, I do think that if they buff LW/bork, it could get out of hand /super/ easily, especially against non-tanks as say a fed vayne to an adc or enemy mid laner.

5 Comments

LifeCyclesTWA5/1/2015, 5:11:13 AM2 votes

This whole thread was nullified by the fact you said "Sure I can kite, ult from a distance as Lucian, QSS some abilities, use summoners, position better, etc, but the bottom line is when I inevitably get dove in the backline by an Irelia or someone, there's not much I can do."

Look, as "little damage as you do", you out-damage everyone. You just need good players around you to peel for you and whatnot so you can non-stop lay out your damage on people, because ADCs ARE SUPPOSED TO DIE when the backline gets in their face. If you have a problem with that, choose a different role. Sorry you can't instagib a tank.

xaadus creedus5/1/2015, 4:08:10 AM1 votes

Dude, Bork got buffed, LW is always a good pick, and Ghostblade is only good on Graves/Lucian/Draven and sometimes Sivir. Don't forget the new Black Cleaver, 30% armor reduction and 20% CDR? I think some adc's might grab it honestly. I tried the new BC on Vayne with Bork and LW, PD IE and tanks diiiiiiieeeddd sooooooo fasttttttttttt.