This is gonna be a long one. Here I explain
WHY and
WHY NOT you should get certain items, and not. So lets get started!
The ideology about "The Items"
There is actually more to the thinking about items, then what most people think. I like to keep it to my standard. That is the 4-1-1 setup. You got 6 inventory slots, and therefore you have to divide it in to 3 groups. I also take it in the same order as the masteries. So that means that my 4-1-1, is this. 4 offensive items, 1 defensive item, and 1 for mobility. There we have 4-1-1. Some people go with the walking murder machine, such as 5-1-0 and skip boots, because they want more damage, but that is kinda MEH, and only for pro's. Why? Because if you get out of position, and don't have boots, you are gonna have a bad time.
Why do I get 4-1-1?
You get 4 offensive items, because you are the ADC of your team, and your teams success rely on you doing the AD damage of your team. Your teams job is to protect you from dying, but it of course helps if you are in position, and never going first, but that's another chapter.
The 1 defensive items allows you to survive at least a LITTLE beating from the enemy team, in case you ever get out of position, or your team fails to protect you. This happens from time to time, so its a worthy investment.
The 1 Mobility items is a no-brainer pick if you are not pro, as I said above. You need to be able to get around, and actually dealing that damage you are supposed to do.
The items themselves
Offensive Items
Blade of the Ruined King is probably the best item for an ADC in the whole game at the moment. You get bonus attack speed, attack damage, lifesteal, and that AMAZING activate effect. I can't make this clear enough, that activate effect has saved my life more then 200 times this far,
AT LEAST.
Get this item as quick as you can, and don't forget to use the activate.
Infinity Edge is the main
DAMAGE item that you get. It gives much AD, some critical strike chance, and that awesome passive. So worth getting.
The
Last Whisper you get when the enemy is getting armor. It is worth getting it even when they just get a
Runic Bulwark. The whole enemy team gets more armor then, and that sucks for you, since they stop your damage.
STOP THEM FROM STOPPING YOU FROM DEALING DAMAGE!
Statikk Shiv is when you got to farm all game, because you won the lane, and have gotten loads of extra gold, because of the
Avarice Blade, you need to make something of that item. You could sell it, but you could also make a
Statikk Shiv of it. Then you get more attack speed, more critical strike chance, and SOME more movement speed. Then you get to use the chain lightning to put out more overall damage, quicker. You don't want to build an
Executioner's Calling, nor
Youmuu's Ghostblade, nor
Atma's Impaler. The
Executioner's Calling is almost only for stopping a
Dr. Mundo from eating you all, but that's not your job. The Top-Laner, or jungler, can get that, if the team needs it. The
Youmuu's Ghostblade is just to little of everything to be useful. And
Atma's Impaler is not worth it, since you don't have enough health to make it to pay off.
You only get
Bloodthirster if you are bad with activate effects, but my recommendation is just practice the activated effects, and learn to use them. Honestly, the
Blade of the Ruined King is way better then
Bloodthirster. Only get this item if you really need to, but yea, my advise stands.
Runaan's Hurricane is only if you have a champion that benefits from it, and
DON'T GET IT ONLY FOR THE ATTACK SPEED.
Caitlyn and
Vayne can get it, since
Caitlyn's passive benefits from it. You now get a "Head Shot" every 3rd basic attack, instead of every 7th. Worth it according to me.
Vayne can get
Runaan's Hurricane because of her Silver Bolts, they apply to the bonus projectiles of
Runaan's Hurricane. I don't recommend the item for any other ADC champion at the moment.
Phantom Dancer is a good item, and you don't have to worry about minion blockage anymore, but the fact remains, you have to choose what items to get. No matter how much you want it, you can't have them all. Either you get
Phantom Dancer or you get
Statikk Shiv
Black Cleaver is not really often seen on an ADC, but it works, against
HEAVY ARMOR. I do prefer
Last Whisper though.
Mercurial Scimitar is only for when you meet an overfed
Veigar or any other APC with loads of CC (Crowd Control). If you get stunned by a fed
Veigar, you are dead, done, raped and so on. If you have to get away from that one stun, charm, root, or CC, this is a good item. Otherwise, its not recommended.
You can get
Maw of Malmortius OR
Mercurial Scimitar, but not both. They are both precautions against a fed enemy APC, and you should really not even get this item as an ADC, but desperate times, calls for desperate solutions.
Defensive Items
I, AES98, ALWAYS get the
Warmog's Armor instead of any other defensive item, such as
Guardian Angel or
Banshee's Veil. This is because
Warmog's Armor ACTUALLY MAKES YOU TANKY! The
Guardian Angel does not really make you tanky, it just revives you in the middle of the enemy team, when they are just waiting to eat your face. That is not really funny, now is it? At least not for you. And the
Banshee's Veil is not really a viable item on ADC overall... I would not recommend getting it at all.¨
The
Guardian Angel is only if you are fed beyond belief, and really don't want to die, OR if your team is winning so hard, so that you will NOT wake up from Stasis in the middle of the enemy team. I still get
Warmog's Armor, no matter if we win or not. But that's maybe just me.
Mobility Items
You get
Mercury's Treads because you don't get
Guardian Angel, and therefore you are really low on resistances. The "Tenacity" is just a great bonus, in addition of the magic resistance.
I, AES98, DO NOT GET THE POINT OF
Berserker's Greaves. I DON'T RECOMMEND THEM, EVER, AND I WILL KEEP GETTING THE
Mercury's Treads. I AM DONE TALKING ABOUT THIS, AND THE
Berserker's Greaves SUCK ACCORDING TO ME. D-O-N-E
The
Enchantment: Furor is needed because you want to be able to chase, and kite. These are also things that a good ADC have to master.
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