I don't get it. Decided to try playing adc myself and I still don't get why. Just stomped on my other account (also gold V) (TheSodomizer if you want to check) by rushing damage. Why do people rush attack speed? Most adc's already have an attack speed buff. 
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if you could their passives, Ezreal's is easy enough to stack.
PermabannedGaren7 votesI don't get it. Decided to try playing adc myself and I still don't get why. Just stomped on my other account (also gold V) (TheSodomizer if you want to check) by rushing damage. Why do people rush attack speed? Most adc's already have an attack speed buff.
Runaan's is first completed item, but you should ideally build a BF sword first.
Cait has no attack speed steroid, Draven does not build Runaan's, Kog rushes wit's end, and Lucian and Ez don't build Runaan's.
Iageri1 votesBut isn't Runnans built on kog anyways?
(Situational item here)
Zane Zephyr1 votesYes, but wits end is cheap and it melts people early on because they dont have too much MR
Iageri1 votesMMmmmmmmm - nods -
I know the most OP build for tristana is.. 
(Situational Item)
But sometimes I just wonder... I try a ton of other things... but they lack luster damage..
One thing I do know is that ALL of her abilities scale/deal off Magic Damage.
I too have wondered about a Wits end.. but... yea..
Everything I try is lack luster damage in comparison to her more meta build..
PermabannedGaren1 votesBut isn't Runnans built on kog anyways?
Yeah, but the OP was asking why ADCs rush runaan's.
Sure, he builds it, but he rushes Wit's End for big boy W damages.
Ruin Lance3 votesa lot of low elo players don't understand the value of having AD vs having attack speed. your attack speed means nothing if you have no damage for the attacks to deal. but yeah, it's pretty much just because of people's lack of understanding the game
Sightless664 votesThat's not the answer. It has become a major build in high level play over the last 6 months, to the point where diamond and masters players are doing this in the large majority of their games.
The reason is primarily due to hurricane giving majorly increased pushing power, which fits with the ADC goal of farming and pushing instead of fighting. You get a BF sword so that you're not too far behind on AD, and then you pick the item that will best help you accomplish your goal. If you're ahead, you may still finish an IE first, but that's the exception rather than the go-to option nowadays.
Ruin Lance1 votesi hope you realize i'm talking about hurricane rush with no AD. BF sword into a full hurricane is fine, hurricane rush with no AD is not.
Sightless661 votesIf people are rushing hurricane naked, then yes, you are absolutely correct. I'm not sure that's what OP was referring to, but if so, your response was appropriate.
C men Demon1 votesHey look at that, you showed a game in which someone rushed runaan's, and lost. Seems to be a reoccuring theme with the runaan's rush. Sure people are building it, but the success rate has not been very high.
Sightless661 votesNo, that really doesn't seem to be a theme. It wasn't 2 months ago, and it isn't now.
Sussiex2 votesI personally love it on Ashe because it applies her small slow to the targets hit by the bolts as well. It helps with kiting, and lets me keep a littleee extra distance between me and everyone trying to smash my face in.
General Esdeath 1 votesBut you don't do damage then.
Sussiex1 votesBut you don't do damage then.
It'll depend on the game though. I almost always have my BF sword first, sometimes the pickaxe as well. I just opt to get a hurricane instead of spending 1425 gold for an extra 5 AD and 20% crit chance.
General Esdeath 1 votesI see people rush it over BF and I have no clue why. None of them answer when I ask.
Sussiex2 votesI see people rush it over BF and I have no clue why. None of them answer when I ask.
Oh, then I haven't a clue. I just do it for my own reasons, but a hurricane before even a BF sword is a little.. odd.
General Esdeath 2 votesPersonally I blame LCS. Sneaky telling kids to rush hurricane and smoke.
Erockandroll1 votesI see people rush it over BF and I have no clue why. None of them answer when I ask.
There are meta sheep, and then there are bad meta sheep. Those people probably have no idea what they are doing.
You really want the Extra AD from a BF sword, for last hitting. Some might throw on the pick ax as well. However, you stop at the AD components and go for your first major AS item, that being Hurricane. The main reason for this is that your still in the laning phase, and Crit really doesn't help you when sieging towers.
Weasel Kensei1 votesI see people rush it over BF and I have no clue why. None of them answer when I ask.
You see, they dont know why they do it either. They saw "da proz do eet" and now they do it too, cause they will get yelled at if they dont. The opinions of others will crush their nonexistent soul, so they have to do as the other sheep do for fear of being devoured.
Meep Man1 votesThe critical strike chance it provides is 35%, which is good enough for a character like Ashe that you run more for the kiting potential and ultimate than just pure ROFL stomp damage that someone like Vayne, Draven, or Kog'Maw provide.
ProfDrDeath1 votes30%.
oSEXYPLATYPUSo2 votesI TYPICALLY TRY TO GET 
ON MY 1SY BACK ON ADCS THAT ARE CRIT BASED
Sukishoo1 votesIt's because it stacks really well with IE.
General Esdeath 2 votesBut to get it before ANY damage?
Squidward Dab1 votesIf you see anyone rush hurricane before getting a BF sword or a pick axe then they clearly don't play ADC and you have to correct them on their mistake
Zane Zephyr1 votesIn the case of Ashe and Cait, it's because it helps them with their on-hit/stacking passives. Runaan's spreads ashe's focus and it helps cait stack her passive in 3 hits if you get both bolt procs off.
But I only get it after I get my BF sword, I never rush it first item.
Azure Hamster2 votes[{quoted}](name=Zane Zephyr,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=YXvJhmAZ,comment-id=0006,timestamp=2016-08-15T23:18:56.937+0000)
In the case of Ashe and Cait, it's because it helps them with their on-hit/stacking passives. Runaan's spreads ashe's focus and it helps cait stack her passive in 3 hits if you get both bolt procs off.
Runaan's extra shots do not add stacks of focus for Ashe. But applying the slow to multiple targets is enough for me, so I do the same build with Ashe I do with Cait.
Zane Zephyr2 votesNever said it did. It applies the actual focus shots to the other targets.
Azure Hamster1 votes[{quoted}](name=Zane Zephyr,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=YXvJhmAZ,comment-id=000600000000,timestamp=2016-08-16T00:03:36.151+0000)
Never said it did. It applies the actual focus shots to the other targets.
Hahah woops! Misread that. :)
ImNotGio1 votesI don't get it. Decided to try playing adc myself and I still don't get why. Just stomped on my other account (also gold V) (TheSodomizer if you want to check) by rushing damage. Why do people rush attack speed? Most adc's already have an attack speed buff.
Lucian's passive doesn't work with Hurricane anymore, but yeah I get what you're saying. With Ashe I kinda get why cuz of her q, but attack speed doesn't mean much if you don't have the damage behind it.
Seenan1 votesAlways get at least a BFS before you even think of getting/finishing hurricane, or else you'll just be weak as hell with bolts that tickle Sona...
For someone like Cait, it procs her passive incredibly faster if the bolts hit things (in a bush, it might be one shot, one passive, one shot, one passive). For the rest, I'm sure everyone but Ashe and Jinx rush other things instead.
Earl Eulrich1 votes for just 1point spent make as waay too strong waay to early
Sohleks1 votesIf you complete your zeal item before you have a BF sword you're trolling.
If you finish your IE/ER before you have your recurve bow/zeal or zerkers you're trolling.
These stats multiply on each other and make each other better. You get the most dps bouncing between each direction. By building only one stat you're choosing the power of addition over multiplication.
If I'm crushing champions I'll focus towards the AD side first though. If I'm just farming/pushing probably the attack speed side. But to not have both is bad.
NGNL Asian1 votesHyper carries or waveclear mainly. I loved this on ashe(I'm silver), gotten a penta with the right positioning. And with jinx, the triple rockets can be cancer af.
WhiperSnapers1 votesIt has a lot to do with how much weight "On Hit Effects" have at the moment, whether its for lifestealing from more sources or just simply abussing certain champion abilities.
Champions that prioritize
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's passive stacking is much more impactfull if they can get stacks on more than one person
can poison multiple people
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There are three possible reasons as to why one of these champions would not prioritize the item:
- Spell casters like
,
, and to an extent,
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dont benefit from on hit effects since the majority of their damage is from long range poke.
- Others champions have unique auto-attack spells/abilities that the item simply doesn't synergize with because of how unbalanced the champion would become.
's ricochet would go from 3 auto-attacks that bounce to 9.
crit would consist of 30 bullets!
... I dont even know how to explain how busted this guy would be
- Some champion kits just dont work with the item which makes other items more effeceint.
would only use it 50% of the time
's short range and kit allow her to thrive in 1v1 fights, runaan's hurricane would put her uncomfortablly close to up to 3 enemies.
valor only targets one enemy so there are better items for her to buy instead
Squidward Dab2 votesVaybe's silver bolts are purposely designed so it can't be procced by hurricane don't forget
WhiperSnapers1 votesthank you, I thought that it had something to do with that, but since i dont play vayne I wasn't 100% certain, which is why i didnt include it
Squidward Dab2 votesIf they let on hits like vayne's silver bolts and miss fortune's love taps proc three times at once they would be borderline op
Requiemsfire1 votesAshe also applies her passive which deals damage to slowed enemies using crit as a damage multiplier. :D
And Sivir will only apply runaan's to a single target making it totally ineffective for Ricochet. If it did apply to 9 different blades it would cause a total team wipe off their front line by Sivir alone.
It wouldn't give Draven an an extra axe. The axe on-attack not on-hit.
Lucian's auto attacks on their own are crap anyways so building for on hit effects is kinda pointless.
Well Tristana's bombs aren't really affected by runaan's at all other than being primed by the bolts.
WhiperSnapers1 votesThank you for adding the ashe passive, I had forgotten about that. I realise that Draven, Lucian, and Sivir cant apply runaan's, they were just examples of what you would see if they "were" able to use it. As for Tristana, I meant more specifically the passive that her bomb has: "killing a unit, even one without the bomb, does a small amount of AoE damage" which makes her wave clear much faster because of the possibility of activating it up to 3 times
Critmaster Garen1 voteshitting multiple largets stacks fervor faster if im not mistaken. plus, fervor applies to the bolts aswell, dealing large amounts of damage
slows multiple targets hit by the bolts. she also fires the bolts 2 times with an empowered q.
fires 3 rockets and aoe crits people with it
apparantly the headshots trigger hurricane bolts aswell, allowing her to hit anyone at long distance next to the enemy tank whos trying to clear the traps.
my guess is, the spinning axes damage applies to the hurricane bolts, which is a lot
is an on-hit carry with long range. no surprise here.
same as kog. mostly attack speed/on hit focused builds.
spears apply to multiple people.
Rins Thigh Socks1 votesIt's rushed on specific champions (Cait, Ashe, and Jinx) because it synergizes with something they happen to do.
Jinx gets her AoE AoE crits plus her passive, Ashe slows like 8 different people once she presses Q, and Cait gets passive crits much more quickly.
Of course this is after buying a BF or Caulfield's.
Moriss1 votesMore auto's will equal more damage. It's much more sustained and reliable damage then rushing an infinity edge. Crit chance move speed and aoe damage that applies on hit effect bolts is just extremely useful and has the highest damage output of any atk speed items atm in most cases.
Spoofghoul1 votesFervor of battle 8-112 on hit
Runaans gives 15 on hit
You can already get 20% damage increase from masteries
and the item gives 30% crits or roughly 30% dps increase on basic attacks
All you really need at that point is a chunk of ad, a bf sword will do, and your dealing tons of damage
Lady Hammerlock1 votesYou get BF sword into hurricane,generally you don't buy hurricane on all ADC's,only on ADC's that have good synergy
:not the best on her,but if you do get it,it amps your wave clear and already strong multiunit damage
:applying your passive to three people enough said
:faster passive stacking
:You'd never rush hurricane,but anyways,Hurricane synergizes incredibly well with him because he builds primarily on hit,and since hurricane applies on hit,you get the point
:This gives Twitch wave clear which he generally lacks and you either go > ghost blade or the other way around,this just makes him deal an insane amount of already absurd AOE damage from his ult
CerealBoxOfDoom1 voteshurricane technically allows you to pass the AS cap against multiple targets.
Mirkhail1 votesMost adc who rush usually get a first.
They get for 2 reason, wave clear and synergy with the champion.
stack her passive and let her headshot enemy more frequently.
aoe slow and aoe q damage, help kiting
aoe crits, stack her q passive and a lot of aoe damage
aoe spear and
Aoe on hit passive
build mostly on hit and have on hit on his w, apply on-hit on every bolt
Aoe poision and more aoe on his ult.
aoe explosion and waveclear
Some adc don't build it for different reason
already build triforce, essence reaver and infinity edge, also not particular synergy
spam q, auto attack mostly for sheen
He prefer phantom dancer
his 4 bonus damage is don't applied and he prefer
i think he prefer phatom dancer and his passive don't work with
she already have enough aoe damge with her ult, also her base auto without the passive do little damage and she would have problem resetting the passive with the aoe effect
she is mostly single target
She already have enough waveclear and aoe with her w, she prefer phaton dancer for kiting and damage reduction
i don't know why, probably don't work with his blight passive
don't apply her w on other target
don't apply his q bonus damage.
LaserDeathBlade1 votesBecause Fervor of Battle is OP and Hurricane is the best way to abuse Fervor
I thought it was kind of obvious
Kaioko1 votesI can only speak for the ADC I actually play with are Jinx, Cait, Sivir and Ashe but on 3 out of those 4 getting a B.F. sword followed by completing hurricane before finishing IE makes the most sense. You get the damage and hurricane scales well with all of them. On Ashe you end up applying a lot of slows, on JInx your waveclear and damage skyrockets because the AOE of the rockets also apply on the bolts and on cait you get a headshot every 2 attacks because each attack charges up your passive 3 times as fast.
Thunderspam1 votesI personally take the Runaans first on Jinx and Ashe when I use them because of the easier farm and clear potential that they get more farm = more gold Just a personal preference and I do agree that you should take like a BF Sword(aka the Best Friend Sword) first for the damage in lane but I get runaans then usually Black cleaver and then go from there