The job of an adc is to be a glass CANNON.

xelaker··7 votes·463 views

not a glass pane, you can smash through with ease, without repercussion. The entire job of the adc is to do lots of damage to something, be it turret, minions, champs, and so on. Their downside is their general lack of defense. Can't much help it if the enemy adc is 22/4/5, the enemy team has a smart comp with cc and peel, focus around protecting their glass cannon, and your team's tankiest champion is whoever Janna shields...

Stop making bad games feel like the norm, and stop making every loss "OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE ADCS ARE THE MOST OP THING IN ANY VIDEO GAME EVER!" there's at least 2 adc's in every game people, you have one of these invincible, death dealing, unstoppable, 1v5 under the enemy fountain turret, 1 shotting with 2 items, global ranged, thermonuclear threats. And if this meta threatens your happiness soooooo much, find a new way to play the game, make a new meta. League has gone through several meta seasons at this point and each one was brought down by the next in line.

Or, deal with it and play the gosh darn game. If you don't like it there's several thousand other games that exist at any given time that you can totally play.

[slayer-pantheon-popcorn] I look forward to your echo chamber comments and downvotes :)

4 Comments

Marshbouy4 votes

Every time you mention that supports are busted too (without naming specific hated names like Janna) people get really angry. "SUPPORTS HAVE BEEN USELESS SINCE SEASON 2" "THIS IS THE ONLY TIME I'VE BEEN USEFUL IN A GAME" "THIS IS THE ONLY TIME I FEEL LIKE I'M IMPACTING THE GAME" "WAAAH WAAAHH WAAAH"

honestly it's kind stupid.

GinoSoldier2 votes

Main reason why supports feel like shit isn't because they can't 1v1 someone else at equal gold investment, that's expected. Supps feel like shit because even if somehow they get amazingly fed, they still have to be extremely careful or they'll get butchered by an unfed champion. They feel crappy because when comparing endgame builds, they know they're 3-4k gold less efficient than the guys they're working their asses for. They also feel terrible because their items are tailored to help specifically one player on a team who might just be a completely hopeless case, therefore rendering them far less useful than they should rightly be.

There's exceptions of course, champions like Sona who can use the extra gold to build straight AP without losing anything, or Thresh and Blitz who are always threats because of their kits. But on average, yeah.

KuroCaliber3 votes

Except they're not glass anymore. Pd, death's dance, new ga, and new support itemization have made them far tankier than they should be. So some of that firepower has to go in return.

ModWulf Helhammer1 votes

The only ADC that is buying death's dance is Draven. That's not doing anything. You rarely have room in your build to buy a GA as the ADC: you need 3 crit items, boots, Apen, and then lifesteal. That's 6. So until super late when people sell boots, there's no GA. PD only applies to one champion at a time, it's a dueling tool, not a teamfight one. The ADCs that build it are already duelist style champions that would likely beat you anyway.

I'll agree with you on support itemization being a bit too strong, and Riot is nerfing those outliers.

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