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Playing Against Corki
BotPatch 16.2.1
What They Do
Hybrid poke-marksman. He uses to deal significant true damage with autos and pokes from extreme range with . He wants to shred your resists with before finishing you with burst.
Abilities (What to Watch For)
| Ability | What You'll See | What It Means For You |
|---|---|---|
| True damage numbers appearing on every auto attack | Part of his auto damage is converted to true damage. You cannot fully itemize against his basic attacks with just Armor. | |
| A projectile bomb that creates a circular blast | His main burst and waveclear. It reveals you if it hits. It has a slight travel time, so you can sidestep it if you react quickly. | |
| A jet-pack dash that leaves a fire trail | His only escape or gap-closer. It has a massive 20-16s cooldown. If he uses aggressively, he is extremely vulnerable to a counter-all-in. | |
| A cone of bullets firing in front of him | Reduces both Armor and Magic Resist every second you are in it. Do not take extended trades while standing in this cone or you will melt. | |
| Long range missiles; every 3rd one is red and larger | Constant long-range poke. The 'Big One' (every 3rd shot) deals significantly more damage and has a larger explosion radius. Watch his buff bar/model for the red missile. |
Respect
- !The 'Big One' →The 3rd missile has double the blast radius and much higher damage. It can chunk 20% of your HP easily if it splashes off a minion near you.
- !Shred→If you let him keep the gun on you for the full duration, you lose a massive chunk of resists, making his true damage even more lethal.
- !All-in with →If he dashes forward, he usually has the damage to finish you. The fire trail on the ground also deals ticking damage that people often ignore.
- !Late-game scaling→As a hybrid threat with true damage from , he becomes a tank-shredder and poke monster once he has 3+ items.
Punish
- +is on cooldown→With its 20s base cooldown, he is a sitting duck. This is your only time to hard engage or call for a jungler.
- +Low mana early game→His and are mana-intensive. If he is below 30% mana, he cannot reliably use his escape and burst combo.
- +Missed →This is his primary source of non-ultimate burst. If he misses this in a trade, you should immediately walk up and force a fight.
- +No charges→He only stores 7 missiles. If he spams them all on a wave, his kill pressure and poke drop significantly for several seconds.
Laning Tips
- •Stay away from your own low-HP minions so his and splash damage doesn't hit you while he's last-hitting.
- •Walk perpendicular to him to dodge . The travel time is slow enough to react to at max range.
- •His only fires in a cone in front of him. If he starts it, try to dash or walk behind him to cancel the shred.
- •Check his character model for the 'Big One' missile for . If it's loaded, play extra safe and stay behind thick minion waves.
- •Buy early sustain (Vamp Scepter or Refillable) because you cannot dodge every missile once he hits level 6.
- •He is very weak levels 1-5 compared to most ADCs. Abuse your stronger early game to deny him gold.
Teamfight Warning
- ⚠Do not group in tight chokepoints. The 'Big One' from can hit your whole team for massive AoE magic damage.
- ⚠If you are a squishy, stay at the back. His range is much longer than standard ADC auto-attack range.
- ⚠Ward over walls in the jungle. Corki loves to sit in the fog of war and lob missiles during objective dances.
- ⚠Save a hard CC spell specifically for his . If you cancel his dash mid-air, he is almost always dead.
- ⚠Don't ignore the true damage. Even if you are the tank, you cannot soak his fire forever.
AI-generated counterplay guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached