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So, having been a mid laner for ages, i decided to switch over to ADC, and boy what fun im having, im becoming a lot better player for it, and already got to platinum just by playing ADC.
Gonna try hard to diamond now
Any of you ADC mains wanna help me out a sec, scotteh? your diamond yeah?
Ive been playing draven quite a bit and currently not lost with him in ranked, i can't decide between statik shiv or phantom dancer, i know the stats of PD are slightly better but the fact that draven can chunk people so hard, surely the statik shiv effect is much more beneficial?
Gonna try hard to diamond now
Any of you ADC mains wanna help me out a sec, scotteh? your diamond yeah?
Ive been playing draven quite a bit and currently not lost with him in ranked, i can't decide between statik shiv or phantom dancer, i know the stats of PD are slightly better but the fact that draven can chunk people so hard, surely the statik shiv effect is much more beneficial?
Good luck mate
if you dont succeed the first time, don't worry, i failed my bronze to silver promos 8 times last year
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So, having been a mid laner for ages, i decided to switch over to ADC, and boy what fun im having, im becoming a lot better player for it, and already got to platinum just by playing ADC.
Gonna try hard to diamond now
Any of you ADC mains wanna help me out a sec, scotteh? your diamond yeah?
Ive been playing draven quite a bit and currently not lost with him in ranked, i can't decide between statik shiv or phantom dancer, i know the stats of PD are slightly better but the fact that draven can chunk people so hard, surely the statik shiv effect is much more beneficial?
Never played draven but most people go pd so that's what I'd do
I only really go shiv on Jinx because of the aoe, but tbh the shiv aoe isn't even good and it might as well not exist. The real reason to go shiv is to get your lw faster if you need to.
I usually go a fast LW on him, i suppose yeah, only a select few of the pros ive seen have taken shiv, but majority take PD, ill just stick with PD
Shiv is good as a cheap, quick to obtain item to further establish dominance after a strong early game. The proc is nice for pushing too. But apart from that, I'd go PD.
I don't think ADC main is the best idea for solo queue unless you are duo'ing with a decent support. It's ok at low ELO but once you get to high plat/diamond it feels like it becomes hard to make an impact without heavy reliance on your team. Support is the real carry of bot lane IMO. It's also incredibly frustrating to play ADC in team fights when your team doesn't protect you/peel, which unfortunately is common in solo queue. Again, heavy reliance on team. In my experience ADC is very all or nothing in solo queue. You either get fed early and utterly demolish or you have a weak lane phase and will feel useless for most if not all of the game.
I don't think ADC main is the best idea for solo queue unless you are duo'ing with a decent support. It's ok at low ELO but once you get to high plat/diamond it feels like it becomes hard to make an impact without heavy reliance on your team. Support is the real carry of bot lane IMO. It's also incredibly frustrating to play ADC in team fights when your team doesn't protect you/peel, which unfortunately is common in solo queue. Again, heavy reliance on team. In my experience ADC is very all or nothing in solo queue. You either get fed early and utterly demolish or you have a weak lane phase and will feel useless for most if not all of the game.
Had a fun 3 games in my promos.
First game, the first thing this guy says is hes going to troll then in game, keeps telling the other team where our jungler is etc then afk's. Thinking this is a sure loss we end up up about 6-1 so now the afk akali decides to reappear and we go on to win.
A lot of arguing in the next 2 games but alas, again it seemed like victory from the jaws of defeat but yeah, 3 straight wins and now in the dizzy heights of silver.
Still love Sona mind you though started playing some Morgana.
Quick question. If youre top and the jungler asks you to cover red, where are you meant to stand the top entrance or the bottom entrance?
First game, the first thing this guy says is hes going to troll then in game, keeps telling the other team where our jungler is etc then afk's. Thinking this is a sure loss we end up up about 6-1 so now the afk akali decides to reappear and we go on to win.
A lot of arguing in the next 2 games but alas, again it seemed like victory from the jaws of defeat but yeah, 3 straight wins and now in the dizzy heights of silver.
Still love Sona mind you though started playing some Morgana.
Quick question. If youre top and the jungler asks you to cover red, where are you meant to stand the top entrance or the bottom entrance?
Thanks for the info guys.
Im primarily an ADC main, but so far my platinum 5 experience has been unpleasant lost 6games down to genuine trolls (people would afk if they died or actually troll from the outset) and won 2, i did play bad myself in a couple though.
I'm just gonna jungle between plat 5 and 3 till i get to people that actually want to progress, unless i duo with a support ofcourse, but so far the toxicisity i've experienced is a lot more than what i experienced back in bronze, but i guess thats the case with the 5th division in all leagues, gold 5 was the same.
Gonna take a break from ranked till next week seeing as i worked hard to get to plat anyways
Im primarily an ADC main, but so far my platinum 5 experience has been unpleasant lost 6games down to genuine trolls (people would afk if they died or actually troll from the outset) and won 2, i did play bad myself in a couple though.
I'm just gonna jungle between plat 5 and 3 till i get to people that actually want to progress, unless i duo with a support ofcourse, but so far the toxicisity i've experienced is a lot more than what i experienced back in bronze, but i guess thats the case with the 5th division in all leagues, gold 5 was the same.
Gonna take a break from ranked till next week seeing as i worked hard to get to plat anyways
Patrol the bush near the top entrance as it allows you to keep an eye on both points of access. Or split and have the adc cover the other entrance (this is not a good idea when they have something with a strong invade potential, such as Blitz).
Hi all
I'm hoping to play some ranked with my flatmate soon and was wondering who the best supports for these ADC's are
Jinx
Sivir
Lucian
My friend who is my support likes to play Leona or Sona, I've been trying to get him to play Thresh.
Also I really want a new Jinx skin to come out, any champs you feel could use a visual update or skin?
I'm hoping to play some ranked with my flatmate soon and was wondering who the best supports for these ADC's are
Jinx
Sivir
Lucian
My friend who is my support likes to play Leona or Sona, I've been trying to get him to play Thresh.
Also I really want a new Jinx skin to come out, any champs you feel could use a visual update or skin?
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Meh it all depends on how good you actually are. Diamond has been very easy for me to attain in the last 2 seasons only playing AD.
Thresh works well with pretty much any AD since he's op as hell
With Jinx and Sivir you'd probably want a support that can peel for you since you have low mobility/no real escapes so I'd say Leona or Morgana.
For Lucian he has his E to dash out of engages, so peeling isn't too much of an issue if he positions correctly. Saying that, he does very well in trades due to his passive so a hard engage would synergize well with him. Leona and Alistar would be my favourites, followed closely by Morgana.
i'm still in the process of becoming good at ADC, with enough practice, i reckon i could get high platinum.
Of course, that's part of it. But still, doesn't change the fact ADC is the most team reliant role.
You can't go wrong with Leona really. Very strong and **** easy to play. Thresh is also very strong but has a higher skill cap. A good Thresh is truly horrible to play against.
My main ADC is Sivir and I've found she works very well with Leona, Nami and Morg in particular.
I've seen a lot of Lucian/Karma bot lane and that seems to be very strong also.
dammit!What does everyone think of 4.7?
I think they've over nerfed Feral Flare tbh. The Wriggles stack gain from kills and assists is a good idea, but removing heal on hit scaling completely is too much. Should have put a cap on it or something instead. Nerfed base magic damage per hit and no more bonus ad or attack speed from transform into Feral Flare either.
Can't see many people taking this item anymore, or using champs which were good with it. Back to the same old champs and spirit items again. Completely defeated the point of introducing it in the first place.
I was enjoying playing Volibear with Feral Flare now I guess I'll probably have go back to playing something else since tank junglers are trash. Again highlights how this game is impossible to even remotely balance. All they can do is shift OP status.
A few select champions with certain builds become OP => Nerfs introduced to balance said champions => Whole range of other champions which were previously underpowered and just given new viability or already balanced get nerfed indirectly as well.
I think they've over nerfed Feral Flare tbh. The Wriggles stack gain from kills and assists is a good idea, but removing heal on hit scaling completely is too much. Should have put a cap on it or something instead. Nerfed base magic damage per hit and no more bonus ad or attack speed from transform into Feral Flare either.
Can't see many people taking this item anymore, or using champs which were good with it. Back to the same old champs and spirit items again. Completely defeated the point of introducing it in the first place.
I was enjoying playing Volibear with Feral Flare now I guess I'll probably have go back to playing something else since tank junglers are trash. Again highlights how this game is impossible to even remotely balance. All they can do is shift OP status.
A few select champions with certain builds become OP => Nerfs introduced to balance said champions => Whole range of other champions which were previously underpowered and just given new viability or already balanced get nerfed indirectly as well.
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