Deity Rama ADC Guide

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Fighting Combo:

Astral Strike > Infinite Arrows > Basic Attacks

Chasing Combo:

Astral Strike > Rolling Assault > Infinite Arrows > Basic Attacks

Ultimate Combo:

Astral Strike > Rolling Assault > Infinite > Basic Attacks > Astral Barrage for securing kills form the distance!

You have always active Astral Strike, but you no longer regen Astral Arrows. When you are out of Astral Arrows, you need to reload again. But when Infinite Arrows is activated, Astral Arrows are not consumed.

I wouldn't recommend to use this aspect at all, I would rather play the God without any aspect!

• Start at the purple buff then go to the wave with your support, push two waves so you will get level 2 and you should always look to upgrade your escaping ability to avoid dying because of getting ganked early, in this case is Rolling Assault and then if you have won the pressure go to the central buff, do it with your support and then come back to lane.
  
  
• In case you have lost the pressure try to contest the central buff fighting the enemies or play passively and go to the right neutral camp that will give you some experience and gold.
  
  
• During the early game phase remember to push waves and then do your right back camps because they will give you an small lead over the enemies. Ward duo site of the map and try to fight over the central buff camp.
  
  
• From here you will usually fight the enemy ADC and support during wave pushes in lane with your own support. Most of the fights you should take are around the central buff camp or the experience camp in the right site of the duo lane and depending on yours and their early pressure/clear around your own purple buff or theirs (remember you can burst easily the the purple buff with your starter item).
  
  
• An important advice as an ADC main is to be active in communication, always try to tell all the information you can to your team like your own purple, neutral camps and their purple timer (if possible), if there is any one spotted in the wards you placed, if someone is trying to dive you, if they are doing Gold Fury... This type of information will make your jungler and support pathing to gank your lane easier and make you having bigger chances of getting a lead over the other ADC.
  
  
• REMEMBER to always buy wards, warding correctly with aggressive Sentry Wards will determine half of the game around the Gold Fury objective and warding defensively will make you be more aware about possible ganks so you will be safer in lane.

• As the match goes towards the mid game, other than the usual farm opportunities you'll be looking to rotate over the Pyromancer for your team and try attempt, contest and steal (if the enemy is attempting to kill them) the Gold Fury.
  
  
• Remember to rotate when there is no duo jungle remain like purple or neutral buff camp and to have the wave pushed before rotating because you will fall much behind in farm compared to your enemy ADC. (DO NOT ROTATE IF YOU ARE 2 OR MORE LEVELS BEHIND THE OTHER ADC!)
  
  
• As for Gold Fury opportunity they will vary on factors such as: your team's overall objective shred, your ADC's current objective shred / build, your team's map pressure, how strong each team's teamfight is, where on the map everyone is (i.e. if one team is doing Gold, the other may decide to do Pyromancer as a smaller trade), if any members of the enemy team are on a respawn timer, etc...
  
  
• It is so important to have warded (with Sentry Wards if possible) the Gold Fury during the Mid Game because it is the principal objective between minute 10 to 20 with the Pyromancer.
  
  
• Stay aware of rotations (jungle and support) during this minutes because your death as ADC will be a really good factor over pulling Gold Fury or even burst it. So your team won't have any chance of contest.
  
  
• Not dying over rotations, map awareness and warding are highly important over the games. You will always need to position yourself beside de midlaner for peeling each other over team fights (call who is doing engage on you, relics and this type of stuff that is going to make an easier way to make your team win the team fight)
  
  
• If you see there is a potential kill in solo lane and your team has the possibility to take the kill and go fire, you should take the background teleport and join the fight by teleporting to solo, after getting the kill you and your team will decide if it is a good option to do Fire Gigant or go back to your lane!

• As for late game teamfights, most often you will be positioned in the "backline" (behind your team's solo and support - who generally are the "frontline") and will play around your midlaner to deal with the enemy frontline and jungler, while making sure to put out as much damage as possible to the highest threats on the enemy team.
  
  
• Make sure you have able your actives: beads of purification, Aegis of Acceleration or Phantom Shell before going into the Fire Giant. I really good advice is to use actives as soon as the solo laner, support or jungler engages on you to try to avoid as much damage and crowd control as possible, if you stay safe as an ADC on a late game teamfight, your team will have enough DPS to do Fire Giant or if you kill all your enemies, you can even finish the game.
  
  
• When it comes to Fire Giant opportunities, often there can be stalemates where both teams will try to force a teamfight or look for lone picks in order to gain an advantage.
  
  
• Remember if someone engages on you, you should instantly use Astral Barrage this will make you win a lot of time for your teammates to peel you or kill the gods that are engaging on you, Astral Barrage will also do a lot of damage to enemies hit. Then after coming down, you will also have your Purification Beads and Aegis of Acceleration so you will be safe enough to do DPS and kill the enemies frontlane. THIS HAS A LOT OF VALUE FOR YOUR TEAM OVER THE LATE GAME TEAMFIGHTS AROUND OBJETIVES OR STRUCTURES!
  
  
• BE CONSTANTLY CALLING ALL THE INFORMATION: WHEN THEY ARE ENGAGING ON YOU, BE ALWAYS SURE ABOUT YOUR DECISION MAKING, IF YOU DOUBT YOURSELF OR EVEN YOUR TEAMMATES YOU WILL NEVER SUCCED!