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Tips for a new adc

AlphaKappaPika··1 votes·603 views

Hey im looking for tips because ive recently started maining the adc role over mid. Mostly because of the god-awful cringe worthy positioning of some of these "marksman" mains. Ayways, looking on advice and what do do. Champs i play are jinx, kalista, and twitch. Any help would be appreciated :D

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Zmuecat2 votes

Add Caitlyn to the list of ADCs you can play. She has a safe, pokey lane for some match ups and I highly recommend anyone trying ADC get familiar with her because of it.

If you can't CS, go into a custom game and practice CSing. I was told to just do the first 10 minutes, and try to get as close to 100 as possible.

Compliment you support on good plays. You're pretty much stuck to them for the entire game, you might as well try to at LEAST do that.

Also ward. You have an entire lane given to you by one (or two if your jungler comes in) fed to you. If you can't buy a pink, upgrade your yellow, or buy a normal ward at any point in the game, you suck.

This is coming from a support main.

AlphaKappaPika1 votes

I will add cait to my roster. I CAN cs though I've even gotten 100 in 10 minutes before. I do compliment my support on good mlg fedora plays, and I generally put a pink in tri/river and if i have extra ill get a green. Thanks for the tips :D

Shiroi Kitsune1 votes
  1. right click the closest person
  2. don't die

It's really that simple ;)

AlphaKappaPika1 votes

I do have 1 question. Do i have any focus whatsoever or do I only go whoever is in my way. I.E. ap mage is right behind tank in a teamfight and in auto range, do I just go for the tank or go for the apc?

Darkshade244 votes

I think I can help you with this question. As an ADC, your job is to do as much damage as possible without dying. This means not putting yourself in undo danger, like trying to focus their ADC, etc. Your positioning in a teamfight should always be on the edge of your attack range, attacking the closest target, even if it's the tank. If you go for a priority target, and end up dying, you'll be hurting your team much more than helping them.

Late game especially, focus on not dying., it's the single most important job of the ADC. If the enemy team has a Talon, and your support isn't doing their job of peeling for you, stay a little ways behind your team, wait for Talon to appear on someone else, then start autoing.

I hope this helped!

Shiroi Kitsune2 votes

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I think I can help you with this question. As an ADC, your job is to do as much damage as possible without dying. This means not putting yourself in undo danger, like trying to focus their ADC, etc. Your positioning in a teamfight should always be on the edge of your attack range, attacking the closest target, even if it's the tank. If you go for a priority target, and end up dying, you'll be hurting your team much more than helping them.

Late game especially, focus on not dying., it's the single most important job of the ADC. If the enemy team has a Talon, and your support isn't doing their job of peeling for you, stay a little ways behind your team, wait for Talon to appear on someone else, then start autoing.

I hope this helped!

Couldn't have put it better myself

The Chin1 votes

In the late game you have 1 job, be around for team fights. If your team fights without you (and they will) they lose that fight, so just follow them around.

AlphaKappaPika1 votes

What about in the midgame when I need farm but my team is roaming around everywhere?

The Chin1 votes

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What about in the midgame when I need farm but my team is roaming around everywhere?

Mid game is different, you do need farm but being around for teamfights is still more important.

Drunk Rummate1 votes

dont go deep into teamfights for kills, just stay safe and attack whoever you can.

learn proper wave control so that you can actually punish the enemy marksman when you have an advantage in lane

AlphaKappaPika1 votes

What is proper wave control? cause if your talking about freezing, pushing, or keeping it the middle then I know that stuff.

Drunk Rummate1 votes

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What is proper wave control? cause if your talking about freezing, pushing, or keeping it the middle then I know that stuff.

yes, all of the above. but knowing when to do each of them is crucial.

FooDang1 votes

Remember, Auto attack is probably your most useful ability...

AlphaKappaPika1 votes

Of course. :D

Faith Breaker1 votes

You can't BF Sword on your first back, take B. Greaves over Pikaxe+Dorans

Dincht1 votes

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You can't BF Sword on your first back, take B. Greaves over Pikaxe+Dorans

^ don't do that. I'd pick pickaxe + dorans over b. greaves any time on my first buy. It's crucial to have an advantage in lane. 25 ad + 8 ad + 70 hp + 3% life steal > atk speed. You can trade better cause you'll be dealing more dmg and you can life steal a bit better. The only time i'll ever rush b greaves over other stuff is when i play vayne. I usually go cutless > b greaves > botrk.

Also this condition will come up from time to time; say you're doing well in a lane and you already have BF sword and Pick axe, and you're going to back, but you only have 1100. Get that b greaves instead of the crit cloak. Chances are your faster auto attack will deal more damage than the 18% chance crit. Dont EVER get a item 1018 as your 3rd item after pick axe(assuming you pick dorans blade as your first item lol). if you have enough money just get boots + another dorans blade. If you have any help add me and I'll try to help as much as I can!

I main ad carry as well, also sorry for my grammars. I no speak english good :< RIP ENGRISH

EDIT: You should try to play corki, lucian and graves. These champions are the bully of bot lanes. If you can play them at a decent level, you can climb the ladder with no problem. Ezreal is another safe champion that I love to play.

Faith Breaker1 votes

I coulda swore the thread said tips for a new ADC. My bad.

Dincht1 votes

i got chu dude, don't worry! :)

AlphaKappaPika1 votes

graves is the next champion im getting, i can play lucian at a decent level (used to be my main when i mained adc before) but he feels completely lackluster dmg wise and its hard to carry with him if you get to late game. I can play a mean corki though :D

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