can we give mobile adc meaningfull weaknesses

Duchess of Deer··1 votes·358 views

because of the recent trist changes I'd like to talk about what i think of adc's in general

current lcs lineup Caitlyn Corki Lucian Tristana Jinx KogMaw Vayne Kalista (maybe IDK)

out of all these adc's 6 out of the 8 of them have a dash/hop/thing with kalista's being a core part of her kit

the reason why kog is picked for the insane late game and jinx is a jack of all trades with huge snowball potential these champs are great because, although they have no way of getting out of a sticky situation the people who play with them usually have good positioning and have better mechanics.

but now lets take a look at the offenders of this rule Caitlyn Corki Lucian Tristana Vayne Kalista

These champs are huge lane bullies with the exception of vayne all have a dash that can get them out of a situation. These champs are strong because they are able to reposition very quickly in fights and do good damage + have a solid late game with the exception of vayne again who has a very strong late game. Now my problems with these champions is that they don't really seem to have any weaknesses in their kit with the exception of vayne being one of the squishiest champs in game. Kalista the bane of all melee champs crazy kite potential and the ability to essentially be a second smite Lucian big lane bully strong dash(nerfed but still powerful) and strong burst Corki strongest mid game burst out of, anybody good wave clear super long escape/gap closer Tristana super big jump, and now the ability to destroy turrets late game with her new changes Caitlyn ability to get out with her net super big bully with 650 range AA and strong seige potential Vayne invis on ult now I'd like to to take a look at all of these champions so far the problem with them is that that have a very safe play style while being really hard to catch out if you gank a corki or trist they'll just rocket jump out and if you say "just wait for them to waste it." Thats not good counter play at all because it depends on the enemy to make mistakes if they played perfectly then there is no counter to it

now on to short ranged dashes when go to kill a kalista, lu or vayne their is the strong potential of you getting kited and killed when lets say you're a wukong you dash in ult and go for the kill well to bad because your gunna get kited because all these champions have built in escapesfor kalista you get slowed and kited, for vayen you get stunned/slowed(from bortk) then kited

caitlyn and vayne i feel are actually quite balanced since if they get caught they don't have much ways of getting out of it vayne can't kite very well until late game and cait can't kite extremely well in general

my point here can we give adc's that have built in escapes some kind of meaningful weakness because I'm done trying to cc a trist or a corki just to have them rocket jump out/valkyrie out and make $LC$BIGPLAY$

2 Comments

GoldenMean1 votes

i think mobility creep has been discussed to death already

Drunk Rummate1 votes

they do have a meaningful weakness. they're squishy as hell. 1 shot them with an assassin or kill them with an equally mobile bruiser like riven or irelia or lock them up with a champion like leona while someone else kills them.

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