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When you think of AP casters, what names come to mind? Annie? Anivia? Brand? What if I told you that a man who deals his damage with wax paper cards can hold his own in League's most popular lane? Twisted Fate first found himself as an AD Carry in the early days of Summoner's Rift's Heal/Poke Meta, but when League introduced bulkier characters with gap closers aplenty, Twisted Fate found himself switching tactics, and now can be found as an AP Caster. Here are a few reasons why Twisted Fate should be your pick in the Mid Lane:

TF's Pick-A-Card is a Bag of Tricks

Twisted Fate's W Ability, Pick A Card, gives Twisted Fate three vital abilities in the tune of different colored cards. These cards flip in a specific order, allowing players to specify which card they would like to use. These abilities include:

• Red Card - Twisted Fate's Red Card applies an AOE damage while also applying a slow surrounded by the opponent he decides to hit. Red Card is used primarily

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[Sorry for not doing a lot of these, my month of June was crazy, I should be doing these every week again.]

If there is one sole objective for the AD Carry in bottom lane, it's to do damage and do it quickly. For Summoner's Rift bottom lane, not many do that objective better than Graves. The Outlaw of League provides a devastating burst along with utility to push lanes and disrupt team fights, along with an ultimate that can sway any battle. Graves is a threat to all champions in Summoner's Rift, and here's a few reasons why:

Grave's True Grit

While some passives help with killing minions and champions quicker, like Corki's Hextech Shrapnel Shells or Ezreal's Rising Spell Force; Graves' passive, True Grit, adds Armor and Magic Resist the more he attacks. Obtaining this Armor and Magic Resist not only gives Graves free defensive capabilities while staying in combat, but allows Graves to trade better than most AD carries. With True Grit stacking up to ten times, …
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In bottom lane, positioning can be the one aspect of life and death for you and your partner, having this knowledge and the gift of excellent range can make a bottom lane much more manageable. One character who has excellent range and can keep good positioning, as well as constitute how bottom lane rolls is the Sheriff of Piltover, Caitlyn. Het kit allows dominance in lane, an excellence in poking, and synergy with Stun-heavy champions that can decimate opponents. Here are a few reasons why Caitlyn should be your pick as AD-Carry:

Her Passive Compliments Safe Poking

Caitlyn's passive, Headshot allows her to deal additional damage (+150% to Champions; +250% to Minions) after a certain amount of basic attacks. This helps her early game last hitting by giving almost a guaranteed kill on a caster/melee minion, or a good chunk of HP off a Cannon minion, but also gives her a great poking mechanic against opponents. The reason this passive plays off so well is that Caitlyn ca…
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AD champions in League of Legends need a little lovin' during the lane phase, and for an AD champ to get fed in lane, that character will need to be babysat. I feel that if any Support is going to go bot lane and ruin an opponent's day, it has to be Taric. His kit is ideal for lane dominance and lane presence by not only dictating when battles start and end, but also having the ability to sustain damage in lane with what could be called the best heal in the game. Here are a few reasons why Taric is truly, truly one of the best Support champion on Summoner's Rift:

Taric can be successful with 0 Creep Score

Taric's base stats and his Imbue allow him to stay in lane for a serious amount of time. As a support, your job is to make sure that your AD champ is: alive, kicking, and getting kills. With Taric, you don't have to be on the front line 24/7 during your stay in bottom lane, you can sit back and keep your AD buddy at full HP. Though an important fact to know: Taric s…
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Given the upcoming graphical change of Ashe, I want to let y'all know that this is an exciting, albiet delayed, patch that's coming up. Since League of Legends' Beta phase, the Frost Archer has always been my main weapon (beside Malphite, Trundle, and Twisted Fate: but I digress.) on Summoner's Rift; and after playing with and against many AD champions that have been released recently, I still come to find that Ashe remains the one character that retains awesomeness harder than any other carry. Here are a few reasons why I believe that Ashe still retains her mark as one of the greatest AD champs in League of Legends.

Ashe is a Simplistic Champion:

One may say this reason is quite obvious since she is the character that is played during the tutorial stage, but her kit is very straight to the point and has a very easy to use combo with potential to ruin many a champion's day. Her basic abilities run her an auto-…
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