Anyone besides me dislike the gameplay under the current meta? I find it rather stale and boring quit often.

Thoughts/comments?

the meta is only the meta because its proven to work well, but it can be countered.

I'm beginning to think that outside of ranked games there really is no "true" meta. In the last 8-10 games I was seriously the only jungler on either team, AP's were going top, ADs going mid, and bottom was just a smorgasbord of champs.
Maybe the meta has grown stale and people just want to mix things up, I really can't tell for sure, but what I do know is that it's been hella weird having two sides of the map open for jungling with no opposition...

Only one I have seen work is either kill lane bottom and ranged AD like Vayne top

or

Ranged AD like caitlyn middle and AP/ support bottom like brand/ Taric

yup same here, i enjoy the way the meta is setup and to be honest, strange meta comps like 2v1 top only work for the early-mid game, late game the real meta will destroy any mixed up meta.

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It's called the meta because more often than not it works.

Lol what does this have to do with the Meta? It just simply explains the role of an AD carry, not really the entire meta. I'm just wondering what the point of this post was is all haha.
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AD carry = Attack Damage Carry

Champions - Miss Fortune, Ashe, Sivir, Graves, Tristana, Urgot, Ezreal, Corki, Kog'Maw

* They are ranged champions
* They do physical damage (countered by armor)
* They rely mostly on right click auto attacks for the majority of their damage
* They generally go bottom lane with a support
* They are farm dependant (need a lot of gold)
* They scale really well into late-game (they get stronger than other roles once we get our items)

Every team should be a balance of AP/AD damage, so that enemies cannot stack one defensive stat. Your team simply relies on you as the AD carry to be able to kill your enemies or atleast supply sufficient damage.

Farming simply mandatory. Being able to last hit near perfectly is essential since there's rarely any kill opportunity with the presence of supports and wards. AD's are very farm dependent, making bottom lane completely creep score based, having more CS than your opponent AD carry essentially means you're winning the lane.

Timing is everything while going for a last hit, also, each champion has their unique attack animation which may take some time to adjust to.

It's easiest to harass enemies when they are going for last hits, because they are locked in their auto attack animation and therefor cannot hit you back. Likewise, you are most vulnerable when you go for last hits, so positioning of where you stop and get the last hit is also very important.

In most cases, it's worth it to go for the last hit, but if you know you'll be punished significantly for a single last hit, then you may and should forfeit it(in 1v2 scenarios while waiting for your support to come back into lane).

Last hitting at tower is also very important, your support can help a lot here (such as hitting ranged minions one time) but once you get 2 Doran's blades, you should be able to last hit near perfectly by yourself at tower.

*Get those last hits. Don't get lazy. Be very harsh on yourself when you miss even one!
*Get Flat AD Marks and Quints ASAP

Positioning is one of the hardest skills to acquire in LoL. It requires you to have map awareness, and immense knowledge of the game.

In short, positioning on an AD Carry is being able to do as much damage possible without dying.

You don't want to over-extend and die while chasing after a squishy, nor sit back too far and kill the tank too slowly.

To position well, you need to keep track of all 10 Champions in the game and where they are and what they do.

Cooldown on ultimates, cooldown on summoners, what items they have and where they are on the map are all important information for positioning. There's no good way to learn how to position other than die many many times. Eventually you'll know exactly how much you can tank, and what "space" is safe to auto-attack from.

Positioning might be a little too much to think of for newer players, just die a whole bunch of times and be able to say "that champion is killing me, I'm going to stay away from that".
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5mid. nuff said.