I recently found out after 3 years of lol I really enjoy adc. I feel like I have lots of lost time to make up, Can some one tell me some of the advanced adc mechanics i will need, or any thing I might not notice first time playing adc. I know attack run and I will need to learn animation canceling but i find that really difficult for some reason.
I recently found out after 3 years of lol I really enjoy adc. I feel like I have lots of lost time to make up, Can some one tell me some of the advanced adc mechanics i will need, or any thing I might not notice first time playing adc. I know attack run and I will need to learn animation canceling but i find that really difficult for some reason.
Hey, I'm a diamond ADC main and these are all of the mechanics i utilize in my games :
Farming - every diamond adc can cs well. You should be able to get 10 cs per minute in games where you don't get pressured in laning phase
Harassing - Poke the enemy with an autoattack and/or spell when they walk up to cs. This forces them to decide between getting the cs or trading back with you and missing it. Sometimes, you have an ally nearby so you force trades onto the enemy to get their hp bars down so your ally can come in and finish them off.
Kiting - You need to utilize the max range of your autoattacks( and maybe spells) in cases where you have a range advantage over the enemy.
Positioning - being in the best position you can be so you can stay alive in teamfights and still deal alot of dmg. Generally, you want to focus the closest enemy to you. If theres multiple enemies, focus the highest priority threats like the carries.
Map awareness - One of the most important mechanics in the game. Be able to multitask looking over at your map with any other action you're doing. Your minimap tells you if you're in danger, if certain decisions are too risky, and if theres any opportunities you can take in the game. It essentially guides your decision making.
Zoning/Denying the enemy - This mechanic is important for giving yourself a bigger advantage over the enemy laner. You utilize tricks like freezing the minion wave or shoving it into the turret to deny the enemy cs gold and experience.
Utilizing level Advantages - when you gain a level advantage on the enemy, use it to pressure the enemy or force an all-in. You should win the fight if you played properly.
Keep track of summoner spells/enemy ultimate cooldowns/long cooldown spells - When an enemy burns a summoner spell like Flash, record the timer in chat. Thats information that you or your teammates can utilize to get easy kills on that enemy. When an enemy's ultimate is on cooldown, you can force an all-in on the enemy. When an enemy's ability is on cooldown, you can force favorable trades on the enemy.
Baiting/Bluffing/mind games - This mechanic is a more psychological topic that affects mainly diamond level (and above) players because they tend to be more aware of their surroundings and thus, have a mild case of paranoia for every little thing that happens. Baiting works in several ways like: you could bait the enemy on engaging on you when you have allies nearby, you can bait the enemy to tower dive you when you're low hp but you have heal or some kind of shield. Bluffing is like pretending like something is there but it really isn't; an example would be thresh throwing out a lantern behind him to "bluff" that he has another ally coming. The enemy may react by immediately backing off or potentially, burning summoner spells for their own safety. You can fake recall on a dying enemy ward; the enemy is under the false impression you recalled but u actually stayed and they might make certain decisions. You can go to your lane late to bluff that you leashed for your junger; this gives the enemy misinformation of where your jungler started. Theres other mind games that can be used but i won't mention them.
They get blue trinket to prevent getting to close to a bush just to ward they could get killed, positioning is really important as an adc thats why they get blue trinket to stay at a safe distance and just see if theres any danger in the bush, etc. It also helps stealing dragons or barons cause most of the popular adcs have global ults.
Who are the best 3 adcs for beginners? I like 
but his range makes lane a little hard for someone with my skill (or lack of) I was thinking, 
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Cait is an easy adc. Graves is easy and ez his dmg is kinda lower compared to other adcs unless your good at landing skill shots then he can do ok. I think luc is kinda easy personally simply cause he can double shot other adcs and simply out trade them by getting 2 hits to there 1
Also I remember when I first started playing league there was an adc build like a caster and they stood back and use skills I mainly remember this on varus, is it still viable? and what champs is it for? Like no attack speed early game and high damage I think.
Look up a guide on teamfight positioning as an ADC and carry yourself to challenger
Positioning, kiting, and how much damage your adc can do at all times of the match will help a Ton. Easiest adcs in my opinion are cait and trist. Both are long range, mobile, and auto attack oriented ads. Ezreal isn't easy to learn at all, but he is extremely fun to play (my main). The reason being is his whole kit is skill shot based, so there is a ton of room for outplay/mistakes. Half his kit can be body blocked q, e, and he is extremely mana dependant. If you can't land your qs you will lose your trades/drop your kills.
Also why do the Pros get blue trinket on adc?
There was a pretty good discussion about ADCs over at this thread: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/tips-tricks/P7MYF54M-how-do-i-carry-games-as-adc
It is probably worth your time to take a look.
