What would happen if ADC's would be changed to become solo laners?

BLIGHTBRINGER·Jun 16, 2018·1 votes·899 views

So them being changed in some way to be played in mid-lane or top-lane for example...

To be honest i'm fine with the diversity in bot-lane but I just wish that a marksman like Varus had a chance of being more viable as a solo laner.

But I assuming a change like this would cause some problems, right?

13 Comments

CrazFight Jun 16, 20182 votes

This has happened many times before, and its nerfed soon after. They bully to many champs out of lane, and creates lack of diversity, and it really isn't fun to play against.

ArammusJun 16, 20182 votes

then i'd main them again. in soloq adc/sup is just the hardest role. you need each other more than anything. and yet you are 2 randoms.

D357R0Y3RJun 16, 20182 votes

a strong laning phase adc becoming viable in solo lane won't do any harm

a weak laning phase adc that hyperscales into late game becoming viable in solo lane means that they have enough strength to handle lane bullies which will create balance issues

MorganFreemanBotJun 16, 20182 votes

Attack range is far-and-away the most powerful stat in league, and ADCs have a leg up on just about everyone in that regard.

Furthermore: As a broad statement, ADCs are supposed to have weak and fragile early games in exchange for massive scaling and monstrous late game power. This varies a bit; Draven and Lucian actually hit their zenith in the mid game, then drop off. Caitlyn is hands-down one of the best laners (in any capacity) in the entire game, Ezreal can basically do whatever the fuck he wants and be strong at any point based on his build. However it is, by and large, true.

So with that in mind, it's pretty clear why ADC's need to be kept in check solo lane wise. Plenty of other champions, specifically the melee bruisers & fighters of top lane, sacrifice scaling and late-game potential in exchange for strong lanes and powerful mid games. This means that they're supposed to be strongest when ADCs are (as a general statement) at their weakest.

If ADCs become able to hold their own, reliably and effectively, against champions which are supposed to shit on them during their strongest phase.. They basically strangle everyone else out. Their damage is the wrong combination of safe and reliable, which when combined with their "only getting better with time & gold" design, means that the only thing which counters a solo lane adc is another, stronger, solo lane adc.

SpeeedyJun 16, 20181 votes

cait is in a really bad state right now (46-47% Win rate) and is not one of the best laners anymore since her base HP nerf. If she gets hit by any slow or stun she is pretty much dead even with her range. The item nerfs to crit made her buys very wonky having to back with 1300 gold and with the stat cuts across the board for all ADC made them very weak hence why we are not seeing them played in pros. In pros you can only play 3 maybe 4 adc (kasai, ezreal, lucian and maybe draven). Which makes it very easy to ban out on first phase of bans if a team wanted to. They need help more than anyone right now

MorganFreemanBotJun 16, 20181 votes

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cait is in a really bad state right now (46-47% Win rate) and is not one of the best laners anymore since her base HP nerf. If she gets hit by any slow or stun she is pretty much dead even with her range. The item nerfs to crit made her buys very wonky having to back with 1300 gold and with the stat cuts across the board for all ADC made them very weak hence why we are not seeing them played in pros. In pros you can only play 3 maybe 4 adc (kasai, ezreal, lucian and maybe draven). Which makes it very easy to ban out on first phase of bans if a team wanted to. They need help more than anyone right now

You're not getting my comment.

Cait is one of the best solo laners in the game. She has a different dynamic botlane because it's a 2v2, which means that one person will generally specialize in catching her / warding off her damage, and she can be taken advantage of.

In a 1v1 lane, though, Cait's a monster. Her range is obscenely strong and she can bully the pants off of.. just about everything. The only way to reasonably handle her is constant jungle attention. Baring that, you have to play someone capable of all-inning her early on and just keep doing it.