ADC tips for improving?

Akenero··1 votes·670 views

The role of ADC was my first main role, and I used to be extremely comfortable in it, but during seasons 4 and 5, I became less confident, and have recently become comfortable with the role again. I want to improve with the role and the goals I am supposed to have during team fights and laning phase.

Draven-he's my favorite ADC, and I know how to manipulate axes well, but not well enough, as I still drop some. My main problem comes with actually securing kills throughout the game and managing my mana. But I also need to improve cs/minute drastically, which struggles to pass 5cs/minute. I have the mechanical skill required to use him, and decent to above average decision-making on where to go, but I consistently struggle to get myself into a spot to carry, which I do know how to do.

Sivir- my first ADC I loved, I used her even before her visual upgrade, my problem with her is mainly with mana and wave control. I constantly use spells to push the hell out of waves to destroy the tower, but I know that's not ideally what I should do. Since I use abilities a ton, I lose a LOT of mana, but due to my experience with the character, I have few problems with my twitch reflexes on e. Doing damage is my toughest part, as well as successfully using ult. Orbwalking is also difficult for me, but that's because I haven't used her extensively.

Tristana- another old ADC I love, issue comes with my item priority, tristana is such a jack of all trades I don't know what to rush. My team fighting and last hitting with her is good, but not the best. My team fight safety is very good, though, as is my orbwalking.

Twitch- I LOVE twitch entirely, but I struggle with last hitting, staying alive, and positioning in team fights. Building him correctly is tough as well, I don't know if I should get Bork, IE, PD, or hurricane first.

Ezreal-by far one of my best, I have lots of success with him, but item builds are troublesome for me, and I want other options than blue build. Corki- statistically my best, my troubles are with staying relevant late game, and when to use the package.

8 Comments

disregardable1 votes

Voted buy Vanye, because you're not really an ADC main if you can't play Vanye and Lucian.

But ultimately (Draven is a bit of an exception here as he is unique), the ADCs are very similar to one another. Kiting, positioning, csing, and harassing are the backbone of ADC; all of them use it. You don't really need to main one exclusively. Just play whatever you want and the others will come along.

Akenero1 votes

Yeah, I lean towards the more unique carries I'm buying kalista when I get enough IP, Jihn when I get IP, and I'm buying varus next due to his playstyle.

DrShoking1 votes

give yourself a waiting period in between spell to conserve mana.

Try playing Twitch cause he'll force you to get good at positioning. staying in the far back until something happens then stealth into a favorable position to ult the enemy. Get bork first if the enemy team is going to get alot of hp or if you need the lifesteal if not get ghostblade or just get ghostblade cause ghostblade is cool. Then build hurricane and I.e. . You can get a defensive item any time that you need it, like hex drinker or quicksilver if the enemy has someone really strong or just an oppressive amount of cc.

also binding your attack move to a mouse key is useful in some situations like when you're ulting with twitch and regular orb walking takes too long because of the distance. https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/3vgw7a/how_to_bind_attack_move_to_left_click_with_full/

Me actually1 votes

I play a lot of sivir and I think she is very strong right now. Early game focys on last hitting and only use spells if the wave stsrs to get oushed in. Pink the river bush so you can push up safely. Get an essence reaver so you will go oom less often. As the game progresses, you should go bot and q+w to out the wave out instantly. Then rotate mid to fight with your team. Rinse and repeat over and over until you are down to the inhib turret bot lane. Then you want to stay with your team so that you don't get caught out. Play around your spellshield cooldown and use your ult at the very beginning of a teamfight.

That's my 2-cents, anyway.

Magnum Mack1 votes

I still stand by Caitlyn and Miss Fortune. Cait is and always will be a lane bully when played right and Miss Fortune is oppressive with a thresh, blitz for morgana because the enemy tries to hide behind minions to avoid the q hooks only to be caught by a good double up MF q on a dead backline minion.

I never said I was a good person for abusing those pairings with the smirk I always have on, but damn if it doesn't feel good. I still say MF and Morg is a terribly oppressive an unfun combo to go against. The sheer amount of harass is just cruel.

Akenero1 votes

Thing is, I don't find them fun to use, miss fortune's kit is just awkwardly reliant on her passive, and cait loses effectiveness late game HARD whenever I use her

Magnum Mack1 votes

This isn't the meta for late game though so I just bully them and farm hard to push the game in our favor. Late game doesn't even need to happen anymore. This meta seems to favor steamrolling.

Mechanized Hulk1 votes

Lucian Lucian is really op right now.

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