

This route starts with an Infinity Edge and is a typical starting item for Ashe and Tristana. By choosing for Crit chance as your first item, you put your focus on damage from autoattacks and consider abilities more of an extra to throw out between autoattacks. This is the most popular route on most ADs and is also the safest. The standard crit multiplier is 2 and is a significant increase compared to normal hits (Initial damage * Crit multiplier = total damage). If you neglect this item, you will most definitely have problems against any other AD that did buy it (the movement speed is very important too since you'll get focused!). The Crit chance is of less impact but still usefull. Phantom Dancer (PD) is almost always a must-have 2nd item because even for AD casters, Attack Speed is a very important stat.

By building plain AD you will shift your damage output from autoattacks to abilities, thus giving you more burst potential but limiting yourself more by cooldowns in comparison to autoattacking.Ī bloodthirster gives the most AD one item can give (disregarding Sword of the Occult and Atma's Impaler) and is thus a very favorited item on AD carries. These champions are focused around their kit (Graves is intended to have burst, Corki has a spammable ult and Ezreal receives additional AS by casting spells). This is done mostly by AD casters like above mentioned Graves or Corki/Ezreal. By doing this you're focussing more on your abilities rather than your autoattacks. The Black Cleaver fits this decription as well but is a lot less used. Going for this route means you will buy a Bloodthirster and a Phantom Dancer. Let's see what stats work together and when you should consider what option. You're going trough laning phase and you're thinking about what path to build.


These are very typical mechanisms for an AD carry: a dash/repositioning and a steroid. Graves has aoe short range damage (Q), a damaging aoe smokescreen (W), a dash with Attack Speed bonus (E) and aoe long range damage (R). More info about what to buy in what situation will follow in the Armor section. ArPen allows you to deny a portion of the opponents armor and thus raise your damage. If such an occassion occurs, you should think about buying Armor Penetration (ArPen). If you are doing good, the opponent will buy armor to counter you. Some champions like Graves or Corki are called AD casters because they both use a lot of abilities while maximizing their damage output in contrary to Ashe or Tristana. Bruisers like Riven or Lee Sin will get most damage from their abilities, while AD carries like Ashe or Tristana will get more from autoattacks. Depending on your champion, you will get most of your damage from one or the other. This stat is used both with abilities that scale with AD as well as with autoattacks. Attack Damage (Offensive)Īttack damage (AD) will be built on champions that mostly deal physical damage. You either run faster or you'll be less CC'd, it's pretty straightforward. The remaining category - Utility - won't be discussed here since there is not much to talk about. The stats we'll be discussing can be categorized under Offensive, Defensive and Resources. In this chapter we'll take a closer look at the different types of stats and how they work together. The journey of legends: a beginner's guide to LoLĬhapter 7: Summoner spells, runes and masteriesĬhapter 18: Backdooring & splitpushing Chapter 2: Stats
