All I ask of Solo Queue ADCs
As I fight my way through Silver I and on to Gold, I've noticed, that most games are decided by competency/incompetency of the ADC. I'm not a great player by any standards, but after 3 losses in a row to questionable ADC decisions, I finally ADC'ed just to make sure smarter choices were made. And playing ADC is really hard (the amount of focus and positioning needed is a lot). But I realized that there are 3 things that a decent amount of ADCs down here in Silver need to remember:
- In teamfights: your safety is #1 - especially late game. Too often I see Tristanas or Jinxes run through the entire enemy team to get that last auto on the fleeing champion. Don't, you're worth more alive.
- In lane: back if you have 100 health. Also, if everyone and their mother comes bot lane (love double teleport), just leave. They're going to take your tower either way, just if you stay, you're going down with it as well.
- While your safety is pivotal, you also have to participate in teamfights as well. Come mid/late game, you do the most damage, so if a teamfight is going down, make sure you actually are in the fight AA-ing what you can (safely).
All I want is these 3 tips followed. I'm not that great of a player, and I don't like playing ADC (the pressure on positioning and perfect farming is immense). But all I ask is that other Silver ADCs do the same, so that if by chance I win lane as mid/top/support-bot, I know I have a conscientious DPS machine to help back that up.