Tons of damage – A look into the best AD-Items in LoL

Attack Damage or AD relies on physical damage from auto-attacks and is the core for many Champions.
AD-Carries come to mind, but Toplaners, Junglers and Assassins also play around this stat. Every playstyle needs a different item build, that is why we will look at each variation of the AD build.

Ranged and melee Champions are popular all over the rift and have a large variety of items to choose from. Here you can see an example for three different Lanes with AD Champions: Toplane with Darius, Midlane with Ireia and the Botlaner Caitlyn. Image Credits: Riot Games.

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Wombo-Combo: AD and Health.

Toplaners like Darius, Volibear or Gnar need to build around bringing pain while staying healthy. Items like Stridebreaker are strong because they give you exactly that. Additional HP and speed-stats help them win lane and roam at later stages of the game. The integrated dash is also a strong bonus and gives these Champs more mobility.

Another option for your Mythic is the ever-popular Goredrinker. It is primarly used by Toplaners and Junglers. Both these roles want more HP-regeneration, which is provided by this item. Additional you can apply more damage by using the active “Thirsting Slash” on the Mythic.

No matter what your choice is, the next item on your list should be Sterak’s Gage. It not only gives you 50 AD points but also 400 additional HP and on-hit healing.

AD and Healing, Attack Speed or Critical Damage – Champions with AD-Damage, need combinations of these stats in order to be effective. Image credit: Riot Games.
Assassins and Fighters

Most Champions with AD need more than increasing AD in their Kit. Bonus effects through legendary items are essential to win. Fighters like Irelia for example need the item Blade of the ruined King, to stay alive while fighting. This is possible because of the life steal effect it provides. It also comes with essential magical damage to conquer every foe.

AD-Assassins also buy from a variety of items. The Mythic Prowler’s Claw and the legendary item Sanguine Blade are popular choices. Physical damage is paired with lethality, which makes them extremely deadly when dealing with squishy targets like ADCs.
Other Mythic lethality options include Eclipse or Duskblade.

The AD-Carry to carry every game.

The most well-known AD role is the botlane. Most Botlaners are AD-Carries, so it is implied that they do lots of physical damage. As a Botlaner you have three choices for your Mythic item, each one serving a different purpose. Galeforce lets you do a dash while also applying additional burst damage. While Immortal Shieldbow gives you a small shield and life steal. The last one is Kraken Slayer. This Mythic is especially deadly when paired with Attack Speed as it applies additional damage via a three-hit-passive.

To further increase the damage, you can choose from many different legendary items. Bloodthirster, Runaan’s Hurricane or Death’s Dance to name a few. A lot of the times it is also advised to buy a Guardian Angel which resurrects you once after you die. After that you have a long cooldown on the item, use it well. It also gives you armor, which is helpful against other AD users and assassins.

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