Whats the deal with ADCs going 3 crit items no matter the situation? Season 4 it was i.e - shiv - lw - bt - banshee (generally speaking) 50% crit was plenty until ppl sold boots for PD..
Now people will go ie, runans, rfc, bt ... is that really the best build? Is LW, Botrk, and BT really that bad that you desire 70% crit and no sustain? Someone inform me, cuz i have to be missing something here. =\
Geshultz1 votesIts because 3 crit items is one of strongest power spikes and with LW and Vamp scepter you can get Lifesteal and armor penetration for 2.2k gold. meaning if you need to go towards one of the items if needed. It also does the most efficient damage to squishy team comps and has best overall multiplicative stats for dealing with squishes and bruisers.
Dreadlocks1 voteswhat does that mean to someone who gets bursted down to 30% hp when the fight starts and they're too low to fight back for more than a couple seconds before dying... no1 even buys a vamp scepter anymore to help ..
AFilthyCaitMain1 votesYou get about 2x the AD each strike when you hit a crit, so having around 80-100% means youre doing twice the damage more often. Also they usually provide AS so thats nice.
Mysticman891 votesADC items got an overhaul since season 4, with different ad values and price points and simply more options for building crit. Last whisper was also changed from total arm %pen to bonus armour %pen, so doesn't do much versus squishies who aren't building much armour to begin with.
Between those things, the most effective DPS does tend to be IE+2 zeal items these days. It's likely that the most effective DPS in season 4 was something along the lines of the typical build you described at the time, but we're a few seasons beyond that now so with items changing, builds will change too.
llIllIllIllIll1 votesThe crit rates were higher in season 4 before the zeal/PD rework, 6 item standard ADC's only have around 50% crit strike now, in season 4 it was 60/70%
ProfDrDeath1 votesStandard S4 ADC either had 40% Crit Chance or 55% Crit Chance, depending on whether they build Statikk Shiv (20% Crit) or Phantom Dancer (35% Crit) in addition to their IE, BT/BotRK, LW, GA/Mercurial and Boots.
In the late game, boots were sometimes replaced...with Zephyr, which did not give Crit either.