Bot Lane Has A MASSIVE Problem

KillTheYordle··1 votes·632 views

So, we have ADC's, the power-house of the game so to say; clearly riot wants these to have the highest damage out-put. They're entirely bullshit due to their range. However, bot lane is completely broken; one side always wins, and it's not the side who's skilled the most, it's the side who has the largest poke. For champions that are suppose to excel in out-ranging people and that out-range gives them the edge over other lanes, you have certain ADC's having an edge over other ADC's because they can out range them. Example Tristana, Jhin, Varus, Kog'Maw, Jinx (And Ezreal at a point)

You see the problem here? They all have range steroids or a high damaging poke (in some cases, they have two pokes). Jhin for example, I had a game against, he out right destroys people due to the ability to poke me from far and instantly making the first fight unfair. I was in a game where his combo, Q and W chunked 70% of my health when neither of us had a kill. Whenever there's a Jhin on the other team, that Jhin wins the lane due to the ability to fuck over their opponent without getting close.

The new runes have done nothing but support this behaviour, such as the comet making pokes do more damage.

At this point, it's essentially "whoever can hit the other person with the longer stick wins" not "whoever hits the other person in the right places at right times wins"

Some bot laners also naturally have a larger base damage than their opponents, making the lane instantly unfair (vayne, tristana, kog'maw, jhin)

And due to the influence botlane has on the game, most of the time teams are winning because their ADC can hit the other ADC from further away.

4 Comments

NuttyButterX3 votes

As an adc main i have to say, I think your missing the point of teamcomps, positioning, and adc skill level. sounds like your complaining about what adcs are SUPPOSED TO DO!!!!!!!!!

Poop Jelly3 votes

OK so imagine this with me. I'm seeing League of Legends as a jungle. Let's say divers/assassins/fighter/etc. were predators, and squishy targets like marksmen/supports/mages were preys. Throughout the years, the predators have been known to killing the prey just by walking up and catch them with their catching abilities. NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE PREYS KNOW HOW TO DODGE AND KITE!!! OMG!!!!!! So they used their smart to make predators come in and counter them with positioning and using their predators' eagerness against them. So since now the preys have learned and grown their lesson, are you going to be one of those predators that realized this and now find a way (flank/rally team to jump on/work with team) to catch the preys of when they're comfortable, or are you going to be those predators who will cry about "what could have been...."

Oxyrotten2 votes

ADC's aren't exempt to counterpicking. Counterpicking doesn't have as much effect because of increased number of variables (namely supports, and secondary counterpicking), but it's still there.

Also your forgetting that champ design includes early/late game strategy. Trist doesn't have the same poke strength in lane that Cait (for example) does. Also Trist doesn't have her range advantage early game but that's besides the point.

Your also forgetting about playstyle and strategy, kog maw for example has ranged but can not risk being engaged upon (meta strength aside). Jhin gets his empowered damage from his last shot which then requires disengage so he can reload. You just need to start thinking about the plays and counter plays that are possible.

EssenceOfPoo1 votes

this was the last straw for this thread:

Some bot laners also naturally have a** larger base damage **than their opponents, making the lane instantly unfair (vayne, tristana, kog'maw, jhin)

fk it. at this point, lets just all make riot delete all but one champion and make it 4v4 mirror match so that bot lane can not have a support.

or better yet, just first pick caitlyn and outpoke everyone?

because their ADC can hit the other ADC from further away.

what even is this!? [zombie-brand-mindblown] [sg-janna]

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