@Riot regarding mid year assassin update

Kaisa is Hot·Jan 28, 2016·2 votes·6,520 views

What Assassins can we expect to see in the late year Assassin update? People like Akali, Kassadin, Talon etc. Or just all Assassins in general, and what will be the typical changes for each champion?

Thanks!!

6 Comments

RiotMeddlerJan 28, 20166 votes

We're doing a mage update mid year. Assassins are a group we'd like to get to at a later point, there are a few other good options for the class after mages too though. Given how far away that is, we won't be committing to a class, let alone identifying individual champions and their possible changes, for quite a while.

Angelofchaos16xJan 28, 20162 votes

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We're doing a mage update mid year. Assassins are a group we'd like to get to at a later point, there are a few other good options for the class after mages too though. Given how far away that is, we won't be committing to a class, let alone identifying individual champions and their possible changes, for quite a while.

Are jungle assassins like Lee, Eve and Rengar candidates to be in the update, or is it going to be for lane assassins only ?

QuephaJan 28, 20164 votes

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Are jungle assassins like Lee, Eve and Rengar candidates to be in the update, or is it going to be for lane assassins only ?

He literally just said they have no idea.

Kaisa is HotJan 29, 20161 votes

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We're doing a mage update mid year. Assassins are a group we'd like to get to at a later point, there are a few other good options for the class after mages too though. Given how far away that is, we won't be committing to a class, let alone identifying individual champions and their possible changes, for quite a while.

Can I suggest some Akali tweaks in the meantime that are logical? I feel like shes strong atm but not reliable so maybe some changes i have to suggest might be useful?

Akali is SO HOTJan 28, 20161 votes

It's a mage update not an Assassin one. Assassins are coming much later

ZeroFlexJan 28, 20161 votes

Is your priority based on groups that interact with eachother more intimately? As far as - tanks are in the most reliable spot, and Marksman are most easily balanced around tanks - thus you balanced the marksman first. Then that would lead you to logically move to mages, who also are easily balanced around tanks after marksman are in a good spot. Assassins seem to be the ones who would logically be balanced last, as they have the most impact on the other "more easily" balanced roles. Hope that makes sense.