User blog comment:Fistful of Force/Do ADC really need that much damage?/@comment-75.73.184.195-20130206064928

ADC's are there to be protected by their team while dealing out as much damage as they can to whoever they can. they have their long auto attack range for a reason too. you aren't in the middle of the fight and your team is there to protect you while you dish out the damage, ADC's without huge damage and more tank need to have their top laner and jungler be more damage oriented than tanky (still need a tank obviously though) or the damage of the whole team will be lower. Maybe taking 1 defensive item like a guardian's angel is good especially if the enemy team has a good diver, but if you dont have 4 offesive items (BT, IE, PD/SS, LW) the damage of your champion really just falls off unless you're kogmaw then you really could just stack AS and still dominate everyone late game.