Lack of diversity in the ADC role

Klae·5/27/2016, 1:07:34 PM·37 votes·3,200 views

With the new Lucian Korean build he is in almost every game and has been for the last couple of patches. It honestly makes sense because of how much of a lane bully he is and his ability to pull back into a game so easily. Plus, he has a pretty cool kit anyways, so don't get me wrong I love him as a champion just I miss seeing a different marksmen in the botlane every game. Does everyone else feel the same, or is it just a lower elo issue that I am experiencing?

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Deneviel5/27/2016, 3:00:01 PM20 votes

The ADC role revolve around 3 core points:

A) Be mobile ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------( forced by the meta ) B) Deal all the damage you can in the shortest time possible ---------( Even a tank can trishot a pure ADC, so you want to hit hard and fast ) C) Have a secured lane -------------------------------------------------------------------------------( If you can't farm and trade safely you can't win :/ )

And Lucian fits just too well in this pattern.

Any ADC can deal tons of damage with the right build ( A lot of ADC can outdamage Lucian; Jhin and Vayne are the first that come to my mind ) ... But Korean's Lucian got the fastest and safest damage outcome of all of them.

warpenguin5555/27/2016, 3:43:34 PM7 votes

ADC is literally always occupied by 3-4 champions and those 3-4 are the only things you will ever see at that role, with the 3rd and 4th only being seen if the one if the 1st 2 are banned. It was that way both before and after the update. Right now its Lucian and Ezreal, with Caitlyn and Vayne being backups if one of them is banned or its like ez mid or something. Last year before the update it was Kalista, Ashe, Vayne for a while leading up to the update.

FreshAsFebreze5/27/2016, 5:34:34 PM6 votes

I personally think Attack Damage Carry is being replaced with Attack Damage Caster down bot lane.

Fusarix5/27/2016, 4:11:52 PM6 votes

Like seriously unless your lucian, cait or ezreal (and maybe twitch), your gonna have a rough time in lane

Zoeeee5/27/2016, 5:43:43 PM4 votes

Lucian is the reason I don't play bot anymore, even with the super constricted champ select.

Psyturkey5/27/2016, 5:08:00 PM2 votes

I love playing Lucian but I don't really understand what his niche is.

He just seems generically strong.

DesolationKaizer5/27/2016, 4:07:59 PM1 votes

I think you'll be seeing less of Lucian after patch 6.11 with his nerfs, which is good.

JedenVojak5/27/2016, 10:05:04 PM1 votes

This is a problem with a simple solution:

Play a marksman bot lane and choose someone who isn't Lucian.