Tank Meta effect on Assassins?

39041022DEL1··2 votes·896 views

With the Heavy tank Meta Its become quite a tougher game for Assassin players, including, myself. As assassin We still take out ADC's and MID laners, but then you have to deal voli, gragas, maokai, cho'gath, ect and boy does that become a real bum late game.

Soo any thoughts on that and what mid laners are doing better then others currently?

16 Comments

IcyPepper3 votes

We still take out ADC's and MID laners,

That's the assassin's role. You shouldn't be able to delete tanks, although you can help poke them down or clean up after they've been softened by the adc.

You shouldn't have to deal with those tanks, especially past the late-game. The frontline of your team should keep them away from your backline, and if you take out the apc and adc, the enemy team loses a lot of their damage. Afterwards, you clean up if necessary and try to protect the adc from assassins that try to delete them.

Use that mobility to avoid tanks. You shouldn't be trying to duel them, especially in a fair fight. You're an assassin, you're supposed to fight dirty.

39041022DEL12 votes

OOO interesting tip

Lucentile3 votes

Target selection is part of being an assassin. When I play a tank, I love it if Zed jumps me, because he just made my job [protecting my squishies], 100% easier.

Dreadlocks1 votes

I'm still wrecking with Talon... He can armor shred really well with BC and his Q does a lot of dmg late game.

39041022DEL11 votes

yeah i played Talon i was doing pretty well with him but i noticed i couldnt burste down the tanks fast enough and that turned into a problem

Dreadlocks1 votes

Well you dont want to burst down the tank, you want to burst down the adc/apc still and then have ur tanks help you ^^

arcinex1 votes

Tank meta has no effect on katarina and leblanc confirmed.

39041022DEL11 votes

I wouldnt say Katrina... maybe leblanc

arcinex1 votes

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I wouldnt say Katrina... maybe leblanc

Nope. Both definitely can delete tanks.

Aaravos1 votes

It can be harder but more effective playing an assasin nowdays. You can also have tanks in your team and assasins can be very strong together with some heavy tank, but you need to be very ceraful when and how to enter into a teamfight. If you fuck it up you got cced and bursted down very quickly. However Chogath is a real pain to deal with.

Dedrius1 votes

But since it is the tank meta, if you can eliminate their ADC and Mid (or one or the other while remaining healthy yourself) you have basically removed a majority of their damage while your tanks are still their to soak damage and your ADC can still dish it out.

39041022DEL11 votes

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chide da jungler1 votes

it's a team game

not your job to be able to assassinate everything on the map non-stop until you win

league of assassins was boring with it's 8 second teamfights

39041022DEL11 votes

Kinda off point but yeah sure

Variks the Loyal1 votes

Rely on the sustained damage from your ally ADC and other damage sources to burn down the tanks. It's your job to assassinate squishies, not duel tanks.

Meep Man1 votes

Well sure, if you try to burst down the Tank. The squishy ADCs haven't changed much.

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