When to pick which adc in ranked

hsumis1ove··1 votes·471 views

So when should I pick graves, sivir, miss fortune, vayne, or Ashe in ranked? Why shouldn't I just go vayne every time? And who does each person counter? Miss fortune does lots of early game damage and wombo, so that would bully opponents out of lane, who would this be good against? Who relies on lots of farm? Also when would I need graves burst? And when do I need sivir? Could I just play sivir every game and hard core farm till I get ahead?

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Bergk2 votes

You should pick whoever you are personally best at. I've much rather have a teammate playing against a champion that "counters their champion" I would not want a teammate to pick a champion that supposedly counters the enemy's pick but yet they have little to no experience with that champion

TekkenPlayer2 votes

If you play adc often.

The go-to picks for yoloq is Ashe MissFortune Jinx

For a shit ton of tanks: Vayne Kalista

Against burst-dive comps: Graves Corki

Draven is just in a bad spot because of the creep-block, q animation slows and other slows. Kogmaw is for organized teams Ezreal is decent, but not snowbally enough Varus isn't even played as an adc Urgot Quinn: she can be played in multiple roles. Caitlyn: Decent but you have much more snowbally lane bullies at the minute

But it's really down to who your comfortable with

Z Statistic1 votes

Caitlyn is shit late game as she has horrible AS, and her only damage steroid depends on her having not just a lot of damage but also a lot of AS. As games are long enough to get to mid-late game, Caitlyn becomes a liability as she is slow and really only brings siege power. the main advantage is that she is safe in lane, but only if you abuse her range to the fullest.

Melee Form1 votes

Counterpick doesn't really matter for adc. It's about knowing how to play whatever matchup you get into.

For example one of your recent games you played was Vayne/Soraka VS Caitlyn/Annie. The adc matchup is all about Vayne surviving till level 6. If you add supports into the matchup, it's a heal vs poke lane. Heal (Soraka) beats poke (Cait) so vayne has that advantage to help survive. Unfortunately for Vayne, annie gets really strong at 6 so even at 6 Vayne has to be careful. So in general, farm and try to avoid getting into fights early and if they push you under turret call for jungler help. If Cait is ever alone past 6 kill her.

In general Heal beats poke, Poke beats all-in, all-in beats heal.

Edit: Learn how to cs under a turret. Usually melee minions take 2 tower hits and 1 auto attack to kill, ranged minions take 1 tower hit and two auto attacks to kill. If you are good at this even if you are against lane bully like mf you can keep up with her in creep score.

hsumis1ove1 votes

I try to cs well. How do I counter annie as vayne? do i need a combo of spirit visage and mercurial scimitar and/or banshees veil? Also most games down here, i cant rely on my teamates to peel for me. Ive played games as vayne on a gold account and I had such good teamates that all i had to do was turn on auto attack, ult, and stand behind my peelers. I wouldn't need to kite anyone. That kind of peel doesn't happen in bronze, so i cant play anyone else other than vayne and occasionally mf. BTW whats the best vayne build right now for self peel and damage?

A Miss Fortune1 votes

Best solo queue ADCs right now in my opinion:

MissFortune Strong bullying, strong harass, does well at all stages of the game. She works extremely well with many team comps and is easy to pick up

Quinn Really strong damage, mobility, and has CC unlike most ADCs. She's also really hard to gank and has a lot of self peel.

Corki Strong poke and really strong mobility. He's hard to gank in a lot of cases and has self peel and he also does well against tanks.

hsumis1ove1 votes

Im getting kalista soon. What should i build on her? Should i rush bf sword, bork, or runaans now?

The Deckowner1 votes

always pick hypercarry in soloqueue, because it will take u much effort to carry.

but honestly i will say champion with selfpeel will be the best, because people suck at peeling.

hsumis1ove1 votes

But why do people play people other than vayne, cait, mf, or the burst adcs? MF is for wombos, vayne cannot be stopped, caitlin is for extreme range, and burst adcs burst enemy adcs. Why does Dlift use kalista a lot more than vayne or other people? When would i ever choose kalista over vayne or jinx over vayne?

Akenero1 votes

Oh god. This question

Ashe is for when you need hardcore kiting via slows Corki for magic damage Kalista for hypermobile bullshit Caitlyn for long range poke and zone control Graves for when everyone is squishy Vayne vs tanks Mf for aoe damage Lucian for magic/physical damage weaving Kog maw for long range hypercarry Urgot for scaring little children

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