Why do Assassins have so much lane pressure?

Recon1212·May 9, 2018·3 votes·953 views

Aren't assassins supposed to be able to roam and kill the ADC, why as a mage am I not able to farm without a talon being able to flash on me and kill me instantly?

I feel like its just fucking stupid to make champs like talon be able to do that kind of dmg that early with that kind of mobility, not to mention his wave clear is pretty good.

Like I just played a game where I was next to tower just farming and he was like i want a kill so he flashed pressed r and I flashed and used redemption and heal as soon as I could and I still just fucking died. Wheres, the counterplay? I had tabi why am I dying in the blink of an eye from a champ that has aoe "skillshots" that do way too much dmg

8 Comments

SammyDayspringMay 9, 20182 votes

Are you playing a mid lane mage? If so, why are you building Redemption? Mages playing against an AD assassin will get more use out of something like a Zhonya’s for amor or maybe something with health like ROA.

EclairiusMay 9, 20185 votes

Look at his game history. He played Zoe, he didn't built redemption, he just had to pick up the active.

WalkingInACircleMay 9, 20182 votes

Their mains have convinced Riot of their entitlement to kills.

LatoyaFromTheBXMay 9, 20181 votes

assassins are supposed to snowball off of one kill if they play right. assassins are supposed to have high lane pressure once they hit their spike, for talon its his level 2 cheese. ALWAYS respect an assassins damage, never play aggressive unless they misplay or have an important ability on cooldown. Also AD assassins are a little on the wonky side right now, because theyre pretty overtuned. especially Zed Talon Khazix and with the upcoming item changes