AD Carry v. the World
Hello, My name is enyaV/Argentum Bolts: Platinum season 3/4, Diamond season 5/6 AD carry main. I have been playing only ADCs consistently since season 3, with over 130 days of play time (thanks, Wasted-on-lol)...
My favorite play styles and what got me to mid/high diamond are auto attack reliant ADs, namely Vayne, Caitlyn, Jinx, Tristana, etc. and their raw mechanical outplay ability. The way the game had been for the better part of four years is that AD players is what made the difference in a team. Good AD carry players would, with the aid of their team, help bring the enemy team down late game with their superior mechanics skills.
Since the beginning of season 7, I have stopped playing League. My role, my favorite champions, are worthless. AD players are plug and play; jungle and solo lanes are what make the big difference. Sure, you could get a loss from an 0-10 Yorick top lane here and then in season 4, but the majority of the time you could carry if you stomped lane hard enough.
Since the introduction of increased jungle XP, buffs to tanks and armor (hello Ninja Tabi), it is nearly impossible to be worth anything. If you stomp your lane, get solo gold for first tower, then rotate top lane, chances are that 0-3 Maokai on the enemy team will 1v1 you as a 4-0 Caitlyn with IE Hurricane at 17 min. The whole point of ADs is to build multiplicative stats (flat AD + crit + crit damage multiplier from IE) and add tank shred (BotRK, LW, etc) and if you needed it, some lifesteal. What is hilarious to me is I see LCS ADC players building Tabi. NINJA. FREAKING. TABI. On Ezreal. On Varus.
The best ADCs (Varus Jhin MF); they don't build multiplicative stats. Even before that, Lucian built Youmuus + Cleaver. Multiplicative stat items like the IE, Shiv, RFC, Etc. all cost so much and you sacrifice penetration for a chance to kill their carries. The problem is, tanks will kill you so you can't build crit, you need 'Lethality' ASAP. Good one. Nerf the mastery, nerf Youmuu's, nerf Cleaver, nerf Edge of Night. Everyone is still going to build all of them without thinking twice. Figure something out Riot. I mean, my God...
Thank God you nerfed Warlord's instead of buffing what needs to be buffed. Oh and who is ever going to build Banshee's Veil? Take that out if you want to introduce Edge of Night. Also, how long is it going to take for you to make a QSS item for APs? Or an invulnerability item like Zhonya's for ADs? It's hilarious watching LCS mid lane players play against Malzahar late and pick up a Scimitar after their DCap. Too bad you can't get rid of Death Mark. RIP ADC. Oh but I guess you can with Edge of Night LOL. And what kind of world does Vayne build IE Shiv first every game? BotRK is an extremely gold inefficient item, and those changes in 7.5 are weak.
Tl;dr = There needs to be a middle ground here. I stopped playing because League wasn't fun for me anymore, and I'm sure every other AD main can say the same thing. I'm just fed up with it. Riot, you need to make some major changes otherwise your game will not last. I'm not talking, 'let's buff Aatrox and Galio'. I'm talking about the middle child who gets ignored, auto reliant AD carries.
Please comment your thoughts and let Riot know their balance team needs a pay cut. Sincerely, a salty ex-Diamond LoL Vayne one trick.