User blog comment:N00bpl0x/Why are some ADCs considered superior to the others/@comment-5283770-20130629012901/@comment-5761259-20130629030011

I agree with 90% of what you said. The only thing I disagree about really is that some ADC's aren't better than others. Let's look at Siver. She has an ok damage, medium range poke, an autoattack reset, an iffy spellshield, and a rather weak steroid ulti. When compared to Vayne, or even Twitches steroids, it is almost a worthless spell. Her damage is never very amazing unless she's very fed, and she has no escape. She is an infirior ADC.

Even Ashe, who is still strong, isn't as strong as she could be. She has a great ingage, as well as kite, but kite just isn't as effective anymore with the overprevelance of gap closers. She is an inferior ADC to someone like Tristana, who has 2 escapes, a mini-ignite, a massive steroid, and the highest nonactive attack range in the game at lvl 18.

To me, what makes an ADC superior is it's ability to function without it's team. Not as in 5v1, but be able to not always die if they get caught. Tristana, Ezreal, Cait, and even Draven fit this description. Yes, Kog doesn't, but when you pick Kog, your team generally has the understanding that you need to be protected, and you understand that you are only good at doing damage, not escaping, so be far away.