Just going to come out and say it: I hate ADC's in general...
This is supposed to be a game of strategy and skill or at least that is what I would like to believe after all this time playing it. However... what really grinds my gears is how ADC's get the majority of their damage off basic attacks which can never miss. I realise that every ADC is different but they all revolve around this concept. Their positive attributes are supposed to be;
- consistent damage during a fight
However why do some ADC's like
have better burst damage then a lot of mages do? Why do some ADC's like
and
have massive mobility and safety built into their kit. If their weakness is supposed to be that they are easily burst down then they should not have additional mobility to help protect them?
ADC's like
and
seem more balanced to me because they don't have any natural mobility requiring their support to protect them however
and
and
and
do not actually need their support in most games because of their own ability to keep themselves safe.
So why bother to protect them. I know the meta is usually both a support and an ADC in botlane but why do they need it at this point in time? League has changed as a game when Riot did the infamous "Marksman update" and now a lot of ADC's do not actually require a support due to their ability to stay safe on their own.
is another example of this.
In my opinion, ADC's are just poisonous to the game as all they are required to do is get into attack range and fire auto-attacks, their abilities themselves are just icing on the cake for them. I am pretty sure if Riot removed all their extra abilities (barring their CC or Escape mechanics) then they would still be viable regardless.
I bring up the example of SMITE, which is another moba however in this, ADC's (Called Hunters) do require a level of skill because they need to aim their auto-attacks as well as their abilities which means they can miss, increasing the outplay potential against them. I just do not see why basic attacks should always hit regardless of what you do.