High level adc tips?

LilYonsan·11/7/2013, 2:55:06 PM·1 votes·772 views

Hi there, I am currently a gold V player that has decided that for the next season (season 4) that I want to really beef up my mechanics, and work on csing, and learning how to play my weakest role (which is adc).

So far, I've been doing pretty well. I've been outfarming my opponent more times than not, and generally speaking I have one of the highest, if not the highest amount of gold in either team (assuming things go well).

I'm really looking to main adc for the next season, and I know what a really excellent adc can do. I'm looking for some higher level tips from other players that might really prove useful for the coming season.

Thank you all and have a wonderful day :)

10 Comments

cheekz11/9/2013, 8:53:23 PM2 votes

Believe it or not, your friend is right. In a team fight, it is better for you to hit the closest target to you and live. It is not an ADCs job to kill the ADC or anyone in the back line. Although it is true that the ADC has the highest consistent damage output in the game, that is only the case in the Endgame. Throughout most stages in the game, most assassins and mages with be able to burst you down while the bruisers can chain CC in order to facilitate that. In a team fight or ANY fight, your job as an ADC is to survive and shred the frontline. There are too many people in this game that are just too kill starved and they throw the game because they can't close it out making the game last too long as they waste time chasing blindly through the fog of war. The enemy will then farm up and close the advantage gap. In truth, you don't have to get a kill to win a fight. If the enemy gets out with a sliver of health and you don't chase, you can take a tower or two because they have to go back or die. What's better 300 gold for one kill toward one person or 300 global gold team wide (2 towers). Or how about a dragon or baron? The truth is, if you die as an ADC, your team loses that fast consistent ranged damage potential required to take an objective quickly. It's the same as a team that loses their jungler in a mid game team fight; they lose the ability to secure the dragon or baron.

So, who cares about killscore? Be strategic! Get your gold globally and from creeps. Let your kills be opportunistic and not forced (kills are a bonus, not an entitlement). Pressure your advantages, assist your team and take objectives! Be an ADC! And Win!

Teysa Karlov11/11/2013, 8:27:15 PM2 votes

The main thing in a team fight is position, if you cannot get to their back line, focus whatever is near to you, your job is to dish out damage, and not die, because a dead ADC does 0 damage.

pwndras11/7/2013, 3:21:24 PM1 votes

hmm all I can say is that know your lane match ups well. That and who to focus/positioning during teamfights. Don't get too tunnel visioned on people who are about to die but flash away. It is not worth strolling yourself into the middle of the fight just to get yourself killed. Focus a safer target.