Why is riot not adressing the Burst damage that Adc's currently have?

sobi999·12/30/2017, 3:18:56 PM·6 votes·728 views

First of all, this is not a salty post. Every game I play, I notice one thing and that is how every damn adc is building item 3087 item 3094 item 3147 item 3142, depending on the adc you're playing, and either 1 or 2 AA squishies. It's not even about sustain damage anymore. Yet, as a heavy mage player, I find it ever so hard to get that brand combo when minions are in the way whilst all adc's do is AA. A vayne coming out of invisibility and nearly 1 shot's you and then AA to death has counter, right? I remember when i used to cry about assassins bursting you in 0.5 second but now if an enemy team has a fed adc, there is no way that any player in your team can do anything, especially if the enemy support is decent. Actually, in that scenario it is better to avoid the adc incase you feed it even more and stall the game but alas, the paper towers do not allow that as well.

At least Zed requires skill and is easily countered if you know how his kit works but with AA adc's.... I don't think the issue lies in the adc's or supports but the above items that adc's are abusing. If adc's are given burst then at least allow some form of counter or reduce their sustain or even remove it completely. I know for a fact that currently adc's are bursting faster than mages who not only lack sustain but are also mana dependent. The only place where mages win over is in having more range and AOE.

14 Comments

Hópe12/30/2017, 5:44:15 PM4 votes

They arent addressing adcs because adcs arent a problem.

You're complaining about adcs yet only mention Vayne. Caitlyn sivir ashe kog jhin jinx lucian varus are all adcs that arent strong right now besides varus.

Fyi even supports are doing too much damage.

AirKingNeo12/30/2017, 6:57:17 PM3 votes

Because they don't have burst damage and ADCs aren't building all 4 of those items.

Kaìju12/30/2017, 4:04:15 PM1 votes

I started the game in season four and even back then I knew that the fact Statik could crit was stupid. Imo Statik is the item that breaks the marksman class because it gives them access to too much. Mixed damage, AOE damage, and burst damage all in one. It's an overloaded item.

SwiftKitten8812/30/2017, 3:32:43 PM1 votes

you're a bit late to the party... but still ahead of riot as it would seem, as to why... idk. why is it ok for a vayne to 2 shot a squishy? its not.

then we also see shit like shdow form can one shitting people with a single freaking swipe

VoraciousX12/30/2017, 7:35:46 PM1 votes

As an assassin lover there have been times where an ADC auto'd me down before I could actually kill them with my "delayed burst" Katarina. Of course now I just E>R them and kill them with Electrocute procs from my ult.

lolipopevelynn12/31/2017, 3:49:48 AM1 votes

im just going to say it. crit needs to be removed and all ADCs need to be turned into onhit champions instead. lots of DPS if protected and allowed to shoot, but cant 2 shot people with double crits...

im not a HoTS player and havent played it in a long while, but IIRC the last time i played it ranged DPS champions in that game do not crit, but still are capable of doing alot of dps. but they also dont have an item system so the game isnt very bursty in general.

JackMcSnipeyz1/4/2018, 8:49:20 AM1 votes

Because they dont, vayne is an exception, an outliner.