finding right champ, and i don't understand how to adc?

Almonds·7/4/2015, 5:36:51 AM·1 votes·928 views

So I'm just trying out all the f2p champions and filling what no one wants as a role, but how do I know if I 'click' with a champion so i can take note? example: if i play cait, and i sucked and fed, but still enjoyed playing her, does that mean 'click'?

Also, I don't understand how to adc, I've watched guides, but I seem to do no dmg. Noob question: how do you auto-attack? just right click, run, right click, run? and AA is the main source of dmg right?

thanks!

5 Comments

Deep Terror Nami7/4/2015, 5:43:37 AM2 votes

Some ADC's are considered "casters" and depend on using their abilities to maximize their damage (like Corki) while others are almost completely auto-attack based (like Caitlyn).

If you think you enjoy a champion's kit, just keep practicing it. I always encourage people to try new things though, because there could be something else you enjoy even more and are great with it.

If you want to see how people play ADC, I think you should watch some of the pros on Twitch. A lot of them main ADC, like Imaqtpie, and you'll learn a lot of things that you'd normally experience yourself only after playing for many months.

T RexHasTinyArms7/4/2015, 6:16:01 AM2 votes

auto attacking is just the basic attack for right clicking. auto move auto move is a skill generally referred to as orb walking. ADC's do absolutely crap all for damage early on (well usually) and scale hard with items (check out general adc builds on any guide website). ADCs get carried early by their team so they can farm up items, then mid and late game they humbly thank their team for carrying them all game buy doing massive damage and pushing towers super fast (or you know, they get caught out of position, deleted and throw the game, same difference right?).

If you enjoy a champ play them (although I'd say try a bunch of stuff out first if you're low level). I love nunu jungle, and he's not a carry by any means, but I have a great win loss ratio w/ him in ranked bc I pick him in team comps he does well w/ and I'm pretty good w/ him. I don't play him a ton, but I'm really glad I know how to play him bc when I fill jungle for my team it's nice to do well.

This dude is a youtuber who has a decent number of ADC videos (or he used to at least, it's been a long time since I've watched adc games bc I don't like the role): https://www.youtube.com/user/Sp4zie/videos

You can also go to twitch.tv and check for streamers that may or may not have past broad casts. I play top/mid mostly, and a lot of the streams I watch from time to time have past broad cast tabs that are pretty full, so when they aren't up or are playing a champ I hate, I can go watch their old streams and search through them for a champ I want to learn better. Pick any LCS ADC and they probably stream, or you can look at the challenger rankings and find people who play mostly adc and look to see if they stream if you want someone who may just be a streamer and not a pro (which sometimes means they are more dedicated to the stream and put more into it).

Hope some of that was helpful, sorry for the huge wall of text :D

tonzillacrayon7/4/2015, 6:08:58 AM1 votes

watch good players with mechanical skill to get the idea like doublelift, deft, imp, just type it into youtube

Pegasus1777/5/2015, 6:39:44 AM1 votes

ADC are generally Marksman, Ranged champions. like Ashe Caitlyn Corki Draven Ezreal Jinx Kalista etc. They are generally squishy and weak early game. That is why you send a support with them to carry them through laning phase. their objective early game is to farm Creeps by last hitting them so as to build items. Getting early kills is also very beneficial. You want to get fed and fast.

The majority of ADC's builds center around attack speed, critical strike and life steal. Their main damage output is just AA (Auto Attacks.. this is just a basic attack by right clicking on the enemy). Their abilities usually focus around auto attacking such as gap closers, disengages, crowd control, dashes, damage buffers and finishers.

It is generally bad for the ADC to fail behind early because it takes them a while to recover.

One thing that not too many people mention is that you need to get good at kiting or juking. This is the art of avoiding incoming attacks while counter attacking or counter acting to it quickly. Juking is more just the art of evading attacks. ADC's usually remain squishy through out the game so they become a high priority target for the enemy. You need to get good at avoiding all the incoming attacks and attempts to lock you down.

In team-fights stay centered if not to the rear before the fight begins. If the enemy can initiate on to the ADC or lock the ADC down,.. then they know the ADC will be in the thick of the fight and probably die quickly. You don't want that to happen. Wait for the initiation from either your team or the enemies. You generally want the enemy to burn up some if not all of their crowd control and AOE abilities so as not to soak up too much damage. However waiting is within reason. ADC brings a hell of a lot of damage to a team fight so you don't want to wait on ceremony either. Good judgment is required for when to engage and when to hold back.

Red buff is very useful to a ADC because of the after effect on hit targets. The affect also works on minions making the ADC very effective in pushing lanes quickly. This can also be useful for split pushing.

There are plenty of build guides on the net and you should find some to help you figure out what you need to succeed. Also worth watching some YT videos to see how the pros do it. Can always learn something new.

Sona Ping7/5/2015, 7:06:50 AM1 votes

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example: if i play cait, and i sucked and fed, but still enjoyed playing her, does that mean 'click'?

Don't you think that enjoying playing with a Champion is enough of a reason to keep playing with them?