Should you always go for Infinity Edge first buy as an AD Marksman??

James Winter·4/21/2016, 11:22:05 PM·2 votes·3,111 views

I play Ashe , Jinx and Tristana , if I get stuck with the ADC role. I don't play the role of the ADC, I usually play Support, my main role. I have two situations that happen to me many times:

  1. The enemy pushes hard and I don't get as much CS. What item should I consider to buy?
  2. I get lots of CS, rush Infinity Edge or...?

7 Comments

Hethalean4/21/2016, 11:32:44 PM3 votes

The typical build I see is item 1038 then item 3086 and as far as I see. some champions like Jinx/Kalista get item 3085 and twitch get item 3142 /item 3153 first item.

Dealth4/21/2016, 11:24:28 PM2 votes

No. Buy infinity edge if you are ahead as it is expensive and scales with your own stats. Buy Stattik Shiv if you are not. That provides flat damage so it is good if you are behind.

Quepha4/21/2016, 11:28:43 PM2 votes

Buy the AD components but instead build zeal before finishing it. Finishing IE isn't really worth the gold unless you have some other source of crit to back it up.

You generally build the same whether ahead or behind. You just want to maximize your damage output in either case. Your choices start with deciding which zeal item to finish and then continue when figuring out what you want afterwards, be it lifesteal, a defensive item, another zeal item, armor pen, or whatever.

disregardable4/21/2016, 11:23:22 PM2 votes

Always get IE first on those champions. If you're behind, you'll be able to farm better with the BF sword and still have some damage when you finish it. If you're ahead, even earlier power spikes.

It's only on ability dependent champions like Lucian Corki Ezreal that you don't rush IE. Vayne TwitchKalista are also exceptions because they're more reliant on auto-attacks than IE marksman, so early attack speed is very important.

Nekusen4/21/2016, 11:29:44 PM2 votes

i would get other Crit and/or attack speed item before item 3031

Spartan Sol4/21/2016, 11:28:58 PM2 votes

please don't listen to the guy above... you always get BF sword first buy unless you get killed or forced to back before your first 1.3k gold (then you would get either 2x longsword or longsword+ boots or any other combination of items) after you have BF sword you go a zeal item (static, RFC, Runnan, PD) i prefer Static/ RFC on jinx and trist and Runnan/PD on ashe depending if you wanna farm or feel like you can fight) after that item THEN you finish IE the zeal item just gives you a MUCH higher power spike than IE does early thanks to AS and passive. after that builds vary for ashe and jinx i almost always get runnan somewhere in the build but besides that the next items are completely situational.

James Winter4/21/2016, 11:58:55 PM1 votes

Oh my gosh thanks everyone! This was very helpful! I was on a losing streak, and now hopefully I can change that, now that I know a good build path!