Why cant I buy items as adc
Why can I not buy Sterak's or Hydra etc as adc.. Why can Melee buy IE then etc? Makes no sense.
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SSmotzer2 votesThey used too, but it turns out giving the class that has the fastest wave clear the best wave clear tool was a bad idea.
BeatzBoyFTW2 votes
Eliminates the ADC's weakness for "being squishy despite being the high damage dealer".
Two reasons:
- You have
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Used to have the AoE effect for both melee & ranged long ago, was removed cz it's just too toxic af to play against, especially when it was mostly used on 
Infernape1 votesBecause Sterak's and Hydra are melee only items? They're designed only for melee champions and in the case of Sterak's would be incredibly broken on marksmen (as it was in the past).
VvVVvV1 votesRelic shield is meant for melee champs but yet ranged champs can buy it.
Communlty1 votesWell, Relic makes a lot of sense, because Thresh who is a support champion that is ranged, if they did not give ranged champs the ability to buy relic, Thresh would be singled out as the only support who relies on relic but cannot use it.
[sg-soraka]
Infernape1 votesStill waiting for the day Riot codes him as melee for the purposes of Relic. Starting coin is objectively worse imo. You feel so much squishier with it.
Corrupt Oath1 votesRakan similar
Infernape1 votesThresh is a thing. And Relic is useless on ranged champs because it was nerfed because ADCs and some top laners abused its passive.
VvVVvV1 votesinstead of nerfing it they could of just made those other champs not able to buy it. Same way no one else can buy Viktors core thingy.
Strigina1 votesWell, they can buy it but they don't get the execution passive and their heal from it is halved.
Corrupt Oath1 votesWell then we need an item to survive ad burst designed specifically or us
Gabresol1 votesThe tiaman is melee's waveclear item. ADC's can get Runaan's if they need more waveclear, if they even need it. Most ADCs have effective waveclear in their kit. Sterak's turned certain ADCs into unstoppable Monsters, that is why they turned it melee only
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