Hi, My name is Smack or "Smackmannen" as most of us knows the assassins in league are getting really underplayed etc: Zed,Fizz and Akali i think i speak for a lot of people when i say we want those champs back. But how can Riot possibly bring the Assassin meta back? Post suggestions in comments. Thank you! SMACKMANNEN
I mean a good start would be for them to stop nerfing every assassin in the game just because people QQ about gettin bursted down by one
Exhaust and heal buffs.
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, and assassins can no longer one shot a cc'd target without dying in the process
This is made much more amusing by your Fnatic summoner icon.
Regardless, Fizz, Yasuo and Kassadin are very viable mid laners at the moment, while Rengar and Twitch are effective assassins in other roles. If you want to play a meta assassin, there are plenty of choices.
I personally enjoy mages more, though.
I preferred the assassin meta, I liked the plays, mechanics, pressure and strategy of that meta far more than the current 'meta' cycle that we're going through now.
Riot can simply revert assassin nerfs, item nerfs (lich bane) or game changes (vision changes, exhaust and heal buffs, mercurial scimitar MS buff) or buff assassin numbers again.
Ziggs got some quality of life changes, Syndra and Orianna are also popular and they're hell for assassins to fight. Dorans shield use to be able to prolong an assassin in lane so they couldn't be bullied by Ziggs/Syndra/Orianna easily low level but Dorans shield is a lot less effective at that. The meta is mostly focused around wave clearing and rotations with team fights than vision control (the way it was in S3) with assassin picks. Assassins are more risk than reward in general and there's a few ways to fix that.
