Hi guys! So I am a new player to LoL and frankly, I am enjoying it. In the beginning it was a bit difficult to know what type of player I was but now I prefer being ADC. So I wanted some tips from some of the veteran players out there. My main problem is that I am not able to get as many kills as much as my assists and usually it gets stolen. Some tips regarding this would be helpful. Currently, since I am a new player I am using Ashe as my primary champion
Don't limit yourself to one role right at the start. As a new player, you really want to familiarize yourself with champions. You won't see what an Ahri or Darius is capable of if all you do is play bot lane ADC. I wouldn't want you to think that just because you won your lane, you can chase that Dr. Mundo through their jungle for a free kill.
Once you have a general idea of what all of the champions can do, you should learn to watch for them. Warding is very important. Even as an ADC, you can find a moment when you're level 9+ to spend 250g to upgrade your trinket; it won't set you as far back as a lot of people would have you believe. Unfortunately, placing wards just isn't enough. While you're CSing and dodging evil Blitzcrank hooks or Ahri balls, you need to glance at the Minimap to watch for enemies coming to your lane OR opportunities. Sometimes the enemy players just overextend from the rest of their team, and you are close enough to take advantage of their mistake. The ability to determine the difference between when they are over-extended enough to safely kill is a good trait to have.
So. You have a good idea of what all champions are capable of (Are they doing mostly physical, magic or true damage?), you're placing a couple wards, CSing, keeping safe from hooks, and often glancing at the mini-map to keep track of where enemies are. At this point, I would definitely say you're ready for ranked play.
I wish I could tell you how to climb to the highest tiers of ranked play, but I'm not quite there myself.
P.S. You won't learn all of this overnight. It is going to take months of practice, and you're going to run into a plethora of abusive players. Do your best to ignore their verbal assaults, and don't respond to them with negativity yourself (You may their comments to be very difficult to shrug off after a while; at least I did.)
learn to position .and when to trade in lane.
heya! look gonna be honest your kills are gettin stolen cuz you dont have good supports dont worry keep it up youll get good ones but important never think your awsome cuz your adc always know supports carry the carry. a good support will get you fed a bad one will take all your kills so dont worry to much other than that buy wards, last hit those minions and get that gold and mainly dont die
good luck man remember the path of adcing is long hard full of hate and dread you will get abusive supports just as much as awsome supports who if you lose lane will still be chill or get you fed into a monster keep at it and dont let the community get to you just be nice to people and do your best
Although sort of advanced stuttersteping/kiting is another very important thing to learn as an adc. Right as you click on your target your character will do a short animation before the projectile comes out as soon as the projectile comes out there is a short delay before you are able to auto attack again. So basically what you want to do, is click on your target then as the projectile leaves your champion model click to where you want to move. This will cancel the long ending animation to your auto attacks and allow you to keep melee's away who'll probably kill you instantly. It does take practice and you might want to watch a video to go along just to see how it's done. I hope i helped :)
Positioning is key in teamfights as an ADC or you`ll be destroyed looking like "wtf gg op"
But for lane phase, last hit and learn when to trade (typically when the enemy adc is really close to your minions) Until silver + where people really try to feed their adc, you`re gonna get kills taken. But remember, assist gold is better than nothing. It will still put you ahead.
Uh the main thing for an ADC is to stay alive. Never go for 1 for 1 trades in the late game, because you're worth WAY more than just 300g. ADC's are great for taking objectives from a safe distance, provide sustained and consistent damage, and have insane damage late game. Just stay alive and stay behind your team
Well some advice from a support main.
-Make sure you learn how to last hit since some supports depend on that for leveling up and gaining money even though we're not the ones last hitting -Sometimes you should share kills with your support and get both of you guys fed which creates a REALLY DEADLY BOTLANE. (but don't give all the kills to your support, you're the one that needs them more) -Try to stay behind tanks during team fights since if you get caught out, you become a really easy kill -Learn how to position yourself since you can get caught out and good positioning means that you can win trades easily and land more skill shots. -Sometimes ping (like target an enemy) you want to attack so your team or support knows who to help you poke down instead of expecting them to know who to poke down -(I hope this becomes a thing) If you can, buy some wards if you have some money left from your backs after you've bought your items and help your support ward bot jungle and river. It helps with retreating from dangerous ganks and you have a lot of map control so you don't have to worry about being ganked by the jungler, mid, or top.
I hope this is helpful since I supported a lot of ADCs. Also remember not to flame, or abuse your support because sometimes ADCs get salty and we supports don't like it QnQ. And~ don't forget to main other roles at an early stage because it makes it easier for you to learn more champions and more roles to play since I supported since I was a low leveled player and it's really hard for me to learn other roles without someone complaining on how bad I am.
I hope this was helpful and good luck on the rift :3
Also, it takes around one to two months to become lvl 30, but runes and masteries matter more than that
You have to last hit like a God! If not then give up, you won't make it.
I don't know if anyone has said this, but please, for the love of god, wait a season or two before doing ranked when you're 30. You'll get placed in wood 7 (Bronze 5, the lowest rank) or some other shitty division and be trapped in what many players call "Elo Hell." This is essentially a term for being unable to carry games in ranked because you are always placed with people who are genuinely bad, regardless of whether or not you're actually their skill level.
There's two main things that as a new player you must always remember, specially ADC (I main it!)
The first one, is to learn to do the last hit on minions. Farming (everyone will remind you of this) is super important. Always look to deliver the last hit on the minion. This means that you don't always need to auto attack all minions all the time. Depends on what you want to do, and this ties up to the second thing you must remember and learn. Some ADC are better in lane, others are worse. Ashe for example should to well against a Jinx in the laning phase, but someone like Graves will most likely win you the trades, so gotta know your matchups. Some sites will help you see what champs counter you. You'll learn that by yourself in time, but for now a site should do fine!
Going back a bit on the minions thing, when you are farming under tower, always remember.
Caster Minions Need
Melee Minions Need
Cannon Minions Need
This will help you farm under tower. And believe in you and your champion. The more you know it, the more you'll know "Oh I can fight here, may be hard but I can win", but that comes from experience.
Good luck!
