Guys there is a reason certain ADCs work better with Yomumu/BC/Duskblade

Mood in blue·5/28/2016, 11:06:39 PM·48 votes·4,267 views

Twitch goes yomumu because he is an assassin ADC, so it only makes sense that he would buy an assassin item.

Draven goes duskblade because he is a burst ADC, and duskblade is a burst item.

MF goes Yomumu/BC because she needs armor pen for her ult...fucksake, BC was a staple on MF in season 3, and now people are suggesting BC to have half stacks on ranged champs? Aka how to break MF for no reason.

The only one who doesn't make sense is Lucian and he's getting nerfed, so chill please, those guys don't buy standard ADC items because they are not standard ADCs.

I do think IE-based ADCs could get an itemization fix, but this is another issue.

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LaserDeathBlade5/29/2016, 12:52:58 AM23 votes

Lol I'd have no problem with 'nonstandard ADCs' if they didn't destroy 'standard ADCs' in every aspect ever

The only AA-centric ADC that's decent right now is Cait. Lucian is too dominant, especially with his 'korean build' that gives him way too much damage way too soon in the game, and he doesn't even fall off.

Umbra Ionia5/29/2016, 8:36:05 AM6 votes

S5: Oh, the ADC´s only builds the same.

S6: We have diversity. LETS NERF THAT ITEMS!

Reaper Review5/29/2016, 5:33:46 AM5 votes

The fact that turrets are affected by armor penetration now just gives Ghostblade even more of an edge over items like IE, right?

(Not that today's turrets are particularly difficult to destroy, but Ghostblade no doubt makes it even easier.)

MissMikasa5/29/2016, 12:59:05 AM5 votes

No ADC should ever be building duskblade! Because it's meant for fucking underperforming ASSASSINS like Kha!

Rant aside, I don't really care what ADCs build as long as they dont take fucking duskblade.

Pierce The Veal5/29/2016, 5:35:47 AM5 votes

Not at all.

It had to do more with AD scalings. Champions who get steroids, like bonus AD, crit, attack speed, or lifesteal, like to build more crit and attack speed, along the lines of IE, PD, Statikk, RFC, etc.

Champions who have onhits focus more on attack speed, more on hits (like botrk) and runaan's hurricane.

Champions who have high AD scalings on abilities, however, benefit more from armor penetration than crit and attack speed, because their abilities scale up with those two, and they don't like to sit back and only auto, so crit and attack speed isn't their favorite.

None of that "this guy plays like an assassin, so he buys assassin stuff."

Lord Galvatron5/29/2016, 12:58:59 AM4 votes

Urgot?

cocacolalips5/29/2016, 2:10:04 AM4 votes

That moment when melee champions are so bad ranged champions do better with their own itemization.

Why play a melee champion when you could play Graves, who has more mobility, more damage, more durability, more utility and more range than most melee champions.

DarkRitual5/29/2016, 10:58:39 AM1 votes

While some of that is true, I beleive the real reason the others have gotten popular is because Last Whisper and it's upgrades are pretty shit right now. If you want armor pen, Ghostblade and Cleaver are better than either LW item (barring very niche situational needs).