You put 0 effort into your list at all.
I'm sorry, I didn't see you create any list at all untill now, just complain.
have more range
Not necesarilly, your just thinking of lux and xerath. Champions like Kog, Lucian, etc. are quite high ranged and many mages are very similar in range to adc's who have access to Rapid Fire.
More utility
One of the few pros
Stronger early game abilities
This is purely opinion, and I don't see how Lucian's Q, the ability you max on him, which scales better and has a stronger base, is any stronger then Zigg's non targeted Q which scales less and has a lower base.
Less reliant on items
Same thing, purely opinion. I'm pretty sure myself however that AP are more reliant on Items, especially ones that have low base damages.
Better AOE skills
But AoE skills are bound to hurt less as otherwise they would be broken. Notice how WoTA heals 1/3 for AoE spells?
Can CC and kill without retaliation
Many ADC's can do the same. Many mages cannot.
Easy waveclear
For one wave. Then they have cooldowns that prevent further splitting. Also many mages aren't AoE and those that can be DoT.
They have items that provide defense and offense.
Oh boy... They have some small health tacked on so they don't die when their breathed on. Theres only one AP item on SR that gives armor, and its active (Which unlike Sturaks cannot be activated while CC"d) makes you stand still so the enemy can catch up, get their cooldowns, and reposition. Theirs only one AP item that gives MR, which has no active or passive near as strong as Maw, Mercurial, or Sturaks. While ADC's can abuse theirMaw, Sturaks, Mercurial, etc., on mage items every stat counts. ADC's are supposed to be so squishy and easily killed early on, that they need a support with them. Yet their tankier then mages often.
Reliant on items
Except their items are better, and their less reliant then Mages.
Draw aggro in lane when they auto attack
As do mages.
Some are melee range
As are mages. And still, AD melee's are tankier with CC and mobility to make up for it. Irelia, Yasuo, Xin, etc.
Less reliable poke
In what world is consistant, resourcless, undodgable poke less reliable?
Armor is easier to build
Is it? It sounds like just another opinion. Thats quite a few of your points that are just opinions. Plus we have cheaper and more health/armor items for adc's. Mage's pen items are more expensive and less effective. We also have quite a few champions like Vayne, Kog' Maw, and Corki who deal mixed/tank shred/true damage.
Little CC
Its not like ADC's have a whole champion called a support to peel for them. Nor do they have their own CC and mobility such as Vayne E and Q, Lucian W and E, Corki Passive and E and Ult, MF strut and W, etc. If Riot were to give them much more CC, they would be insanely broken.
See a problem here? This took me about a minute to type and no effort but hey it's a list. It's as terrble as the one you posted with the same bad logic behind it.
Pretty much you posted a short list with bad points and compared it to mine. While I did not spend half an hour on this post, It has worthy points you don't want to think about. This sentence was basically just an insult.
It's easy to list obvious strengths and weaknesses. AKA your thread. The only way these things arent obvious is A. A strong bronze level knowledge of the game or B. Upvote farming.
Another arrogant, insult sentence. Bronze does not = unintelligible in game. And while during preseason I was silver III, I have enough knowledge of the game to know that AD > AP.
P.S Insults do not make you look smarter or make you right.
wot was that m8?
