League of Legends (LoL) Question: Some tips for a new adc player?
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Some tips for a new adc player?
I am new to the ADC role. Can someone give me some tips and tricks to this role? I already played Tristana and I got good scores, but I lost because I didn't know how to carry through the entire game. I would like to main Sivir, because I often play solo so her spell shield is very usefull when laning against hard CC champions.
ADCs aren't as strong early on and require items to scale up, but as the game progresses, especially in the mid and late game, you are the single most important role for winning teamfights. If you get caught out and die just to trade for another kill, odds are you will lose the fight. As such your ultimate goal in the game is to survive and be in a position to deal damage. Note that there will be situations where you can win fights off of being mispositioned and even dying if you manage to bait out the right enemy spells, but in the end situations like that are the exception and should not be considered to be "standard." There are different types of playstyles that branch out from individual beliefs in the role, but that really doesn't apply to people until high diamond and above with how many fundamental errors people make, so you'll want to focus on playing the role right first.
After you understand this theory you can start to approach actual gameplay, in which the most important aspects are laning, teamfighting, and minion wave optimization.
Vapora's trist guide has good sections on these segments (he linked them here too)
http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/vaporas-guide-to-tristana-447328
-Follow your support engage
-Keep aa in teamfight even on tanks
-Attack minions late game to lifesteal
-In order to learn "ADC" position, start with easy marksmans : Ashe, Sivir, Varus
-When you learn position, learn each adc mechanics.
Good Luck!
Don't forget to stand in the back of teamfights. Stay back and remember to attack the closest targets.
Be mobile and swift because everyone would want to aim at you. I mean you should be the most squishiest and do the most damage.
Since you are new to ADC I would recommend champions like Ezreal, Lucian, Kaitlyn, and Sivir. Mainly Sivir because she is cheaper to buy and very safe because of her spell shield and abilities to shred enemy teams using her q and w.
I see it all the time that players pick damage champions than supports. If the player doesn't pick a real support then dodge or tell them.
My number one rule is just to practice getting CS in lane. Master last hitting. You should have a CS of at least 80 by the end of 10 minutes.
Now onto the abilities you should polish: