ADC tips please

8Dsmiley8D·Jan 30, 2015·1 votes·900 views

So adc is my favorite role and is what I would like to mainly play in ranked but I'm having some problems in regards to this meta. I typically do well in lane, and when I play draven I usually come into mid-game fed, but I don't know how to play later in the game when every champ seems to insta gib me. Champs with hard lockdowns always seem to kill me no matter how long I wait to join the fight. (champs like Lissandra, vi, jarvan, annie etc..) I try to wait it out and see if they will waste their ult but they just save it for me every fight. It sometimes seems that if I even come into auto attack range I'll die. I consider adc one of my best roles but adc is also my role with the lowest win-rate. Tips would be greatly appreciated, the adcs I mainly play are Draven, Caitlyn, and Vayne.

6 Comments

ABlueQuakerJan 30, 20152 votes

Draven is an interesting AD Carry. He's one hell of a hypercarry, but in a hectic late game teamfight he's more burst oriented - instead of stringing continuous double/triple axes together, his play pattern becomes E, R, Auto, Auto, cleanup. I mean, there's the potential to hypercarry and shred through people with continuous double axes, but in most scenarios he doesn't have the range or the mobility to do so.

Perhaps re-assess your build order? I usually stick to going for raw damage with the classic BT ---> Beserker's ---> LW build. imo the more attack speed you get the less efficient it becomes because you're more likely to drop axes and lower your damage output. Now, I haven't personally tried this, people swear by going for BT then Berserker's then TriForce then LW (then IE and a Defensive item).

As for generally AD Carry advice, 1. don't leave any potential for you to get caught by enemy engage in teamfights; 2. hit the closest person to you and try to maintain maximum AA range from them - if there's multiple people in similar range; prioritize damage dealers over tanks, 3. in lane don't go aggressive so much as exploit missteps that enemies make (this comes back to point 2); 4. Play smart - your team needs you as much as you need them. If you see an opportunity to take an objective or start a fight, hover around that area and spam ping it then start it.

zane yalgirJan 30, 20151 votes

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BT ---> Beserker's ---> LW build. imo the more attack speed you get the less efficient it becomes because you're more likely to drop axes and lower your damage output. Now, I haven't personally tried this, people swear by going for BT then Berserker's then TriForce then LW (then IE and a Defensive item).

this is the size of it the bt dravens i see are soooo much more scary then the ie ones and ie just got a huge nerf to its crit 5% hurts early game and bad

KogMaw koggles ftw

8Dsmiley8DJan 30, 20151 votes

I love Draven but yes I agree late game it's hard to get damage off when you have a Nasus in your face. I usually start IE->BT but I'll try getting BT first next time. Thanks for the general tips. I need to work on 4 because I tend to try to force objectives myself and get caught because no one follows up.

VaypoureJan 30, 20151 votes

If you are having problems getting targeted, grab a GA or Banshee's to help out.

zane yalgirJan 30, 20151 votes

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If you are having problems getting targeted, grab a GA or Banshee's to help out.

also force your self to move behind your allies there are games where they will just not fight and you cant do anything if your aren't face raping towers early game or using aa in the team fights

The ChinJan 30, 20151 votes

that's why draven's not a great pick, unless you get really fed early and can 3 shot people you're going to have a hard time in team fights because of his short range.

I mean, it's not impossible you just need great teamfight positioning and to pay attention to what spells the enemy team used that you need to avoid.