Runaan´s Hurricane not viable for ADCs/Differrent Playstyle for Carries

Neo Enigma··2 votes·1,562 views

item 3085 has been an item used by adcs to maximize the damage to more enemies in every AA since it procs passives like those of Varus , Caitlyn , Graves , or Twitch . It all was perfect until season 5 came out. In this season we see as more assassin are being played and how junglers save their smite to cripple the carrys; and with two smite charges coming up next patch it's going to be harder to keep up. Then, and this is an advice for all adc players out there, I recommend to not get runaan's since you should be focusing in your overall damage to a single target and not their whole team. Still, peeling the enemy team isn't bad at all. So, I recommend building a core of item 3006 , item 3031 , item 3035 , most of the cases item 3072 , and item 3087 for that peeling starting with item 1055 of course but when you recall rushing item 3093 for the extra gold and crit. chance and then follow from there. The only decision you need to make is whether to go full crit. chance with item 3046 OR to get item 3153 for champs like Kalista that do damage based on the enemy health, OR item 3142 for carries that have a passive or ability(ies) that give an advantage or extra damage over the enemy like Lucian , Draven , and Quinn ; OR you could even go for a item 3078 for those with mix damage like KogMaw, or Corki . Putting everything together, I think carries should follow the kind of kill one by one playstyle instead of trying to finish the enemy team in one-go, that's is why I think the best adcs this season are Twitch , and Vayne because I, personally, build them as assassin taking out the BT and getting both item 3142 , and item 3153 for the insane burst. Thank you for reading my thoughts.

9 Comments

Hayaishi5 votes

It has never been viable on AD carries.

Finkypop4 votes

Runaans Jinx is ridiculous. I always build it on her.

Dıo Brando2 votes

I've always viewed it as an extremely situational item. I personally only use it on Jinx, if I'm in a lane where I dont expect to excel vs my lane opponents;

I build Runaans and Essence Reaver, lots of wave clear, sustain, and pushing power. Other than that, its usually not a good item choice.

Stacona1 votes

Hurricane is really powerful for jinx because the AoE applies on-hit so when multiple targets are by each other you deal a sht ton of damage --- twitch, kalista use it pretty well because of their Es applying their passives to everyone then nuking them--- varus and kog'maw can use it if you want the AoE--- kayle REALLY loves hurricane for multiple reasons--- Graves and hurricane is really good because his E's cooldown goes down by on-hit

Poorly Dressed1 votes

Runaans Caitlyn first item on ARAM. free win ;)

Neo Enigma1 votes

i get your point but I still think that with item 3087 you don't need item 3085

maikokk1 votes

actuallyitem 3085 makes item 3087 exponentially more powerful

Meep Man1 votes

Runnan's is a really good item, it's just its not seen much since it is a "benefit item" and most ADCs want to get the essentials first (AD, Lifesteal, Crit). Most ADCs have attack speed steroids and the ones that don't have really strong AD ratios or a niche that 50% of the time doesn't synergize with item 3085 . To sum it up, item 3085 is an item you don't usually get anywhere near first since it only provides attack speed.

HOWEVER, it is still good and provides a lot of synergy to select champs.

maikokk

most adcs get runaans for pushing power and extra sustain. the team fight extra damage helps but its usually not the reason the item is purcased

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