An ADC fail is when the carry player in a team-based game catastrophically underperforms — dying repeatedly, missing last hits, mispositioned in teamfights, or pouring endless gold into a zero-impact performance.
Adc fail means: An ADC fail is when the carry player in a team-based game catastrophically underperforms - dying repeatedly, missing last hits, mispositioned in teamfights, or pouring endless gold into a. It is gaming vocabulary; common on Twitch streams, Discord servers, and in lobby chat across most modern multiplayer titles. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour.
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A round, game, or performance where a player's Average Damage per Round comes in embarrassingly low — the kind of output that reveals they spent most of the game hiding, missing shots, or avoiding fights rather than contributing to their team's pressure. An adr fail is often discovered post-match when the stats come up and someone scrolls to the bottom to find a number that contradicts whatever narrative the player was spinning about their session. No highlights cover for an adr fail.
ADC mode describes the headspace or playstyle a player locks into when committing fully to carrying a game through consistent damage output, safe farming, and disciplined positioning. In ADC mode, you're not taking risks — you're executing the carry gameplan: farm, scale, and deal damage in teamfights from the backline. The phrase also appears outside gaming when someone decides to stop supporting others' goals and start prioritizing their own output and results.
Attack Damage Carry — a ranged-DPS role, especially in League of Legends. Usually the team's primary damage dealer in late game. "ADC mid-diff is why we lost" is the team's universal post-game autopsy — whether true or not, it's always the ADC's fault.
An ADC fail is when the carry player in a team-based game catastrophically underperforms — dying repeatedly, missing last hits, mispositioned in teamfights, or pouring endless gold into a zero-impact performance. It's a specific flavor of gaming frustration because the ADC is supposed to be the win condition; when they fail, the entire team's strategy collapses. The term is also a genre of gaming content — compilations of attack damage carries walking directly into five enemies and dying immediately.
That was such an adc fail — walked into their entire team at level 6 with no flash.
Adc fail means: An ADC fail is when the carry player in a team-based game catastrophically underperforms - dying repeatedly, missing last hits, mispositioned in teamfights, or pouring endless gold into a. It is gaming vocabulary; common on Twitch streams, Discord servers, and in lobby chat across most modern multiplayer titles. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour.
adc fail means: An ADC fail is when the carry player in a team-based game catastrophically underperforms - dying repeatedly, missing last hits, mispositioned in teamfights, or pouring endless. Register: very informal, gaming community. Suitable only for casual conversation, chat and social media. Do not use in business, academic or news writing. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
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