A quick question about the assassin updates

Linna Excel··1 votes·1,324 views

Has riot already locked down the changes they are doing to the champs? The 3 posts so far seem to talk in generalities which suggests they might not be done with what is going to happen, but part of me thinks that riot wouldn't mention the champs being reworked until they knew exactly what they were going to do with them.

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RiotMeddler5 votes

We've got directions for the kits, with some specific changes we're pretty confident in and some stuff that's still in testing. We're trying to hit a sweet spot with the posts where we're hopefully early enough we can incorporate feedback around the posts into kit development if appropriate but also late enough that we can talk with confidence about which champions we'll be changing and what the high level intent of those changes is.

Linna Excel2 votes

Cool, thank you for the reply. I hope you guys find the sweet spot you are looking for.

MunchCrunchLunch1 votes

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We've got directions for the kits, with some specific changes we're pretty confident in and some stuff that's still in testing. We're trying to hit a sweet spot with the posts where we're hopefully early enough we can incorporate feedback around the posts into kit development if appropriate but also late enough that we can talk with confidence about which champions we'll be changing and what the high level intent of those changes is.

are you trying to improve what assassins that have to all in and have no escapes. like rengar. ability in team fights. currently they can't really do much in that case. they die in a split second meanwhile an adc can just get last guardian and heal.

Solideus1 votes

Apropos of nothing, your Ziggs-icon is what I imagine you are like as a Lead Gameplay Designer; a mad, diabolical yordle mastermind!

Arakadia1 votes

Where can I find a list of the assassins being worked on if theres one?

HadesBlades1 votes

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We've got directions for the kits, with some specific changes we're pretty confident in and some stuff that's still in testing. We're trying to hit a sweet spot with the posts where we're hopefully early enough we can incorporate feedback around the posts into kit development if appropriate but also late enough that we can talk with confidence about which champions we'll be changing and what the high level intent of those changes is.

I've read a lot of post about making certain assassin champions interactions may it be in teamfights or solo assassination will have more cool combos/tricks that require a higher skill cap e.g LeBlanc. Are you going to bring more skill to champions that have a higher learning curve (e.g Katarina) but simple and easy to get used to kits so you could reduce how fast there assassination timings are?

-Deatmaster Kat :)

Zero Skill Tank3 votes

How can players posts provide any meaningful feedback if you only posted vague idea of what you are doing without any details?

legionnaire991 votes

there not going to tell us in till they are out (on pbe) like every new champ and every other update

Kiharon1 votes

Based on the comments they make in the replies, they have kits that they plan to use. They tend to avoid too many specifics in these posts so that they can change if it turns out that the idea doesn't work out. If, for example, they had said, "Talon's E will drop a field where all his autos are dashes ala Rengar from a bush/stealth", but then figured out that it wasn't a good idea, people would complain about a bait and switch. This way, they have a skill set in mind, but can change it if need be, as long as they stay in the general direction they specified.

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