So something that Duskblade confuses me on...

Scramrail·2/13/2016, 12:36:07 PM·2 votes·452 views

Ok so Riot introduced to give ad assassins some help with killing tanks, right?

So what im confused about, is that I was under the impression that tanks were intended to be the counters to burst damage, which is the core essence of what an assassin is suppose to be. So you have a class(tanks) that is seemingly specifically designed to counter another class (assassins), but then turn around and give that countered class something to essentially negate the counter...that you as the designers created in the first place...

Am I wrong here? Because it seems like Riot is basically flipping themselves off design-wise with this new item...

6 Comments

ModWulf Helhammer2/13/2016, 12:38:27 PM2 votes

The only time it will help assassins kill tanks is of the assassin is fed and the tank is behind (comparatively).

In this game here: http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2096281450/205363278?tab=overview even with only frozen heart for armor, Zed tickled me a little bit. When I got DMP, he couldn't touch me

Sneakyy XD2/13/2016, 12:41:15 PM2 votes

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Ok so Riot introduced to give ad assassins some help with killing tanks, right?

Why would you think that?

MisterHealYoGirl2/13/2016, 2:02:35 PM1 votes

Missing health physical damage is actually pretty bad against tanks, since their armor applies twice to it. (1000 incoming damage, reduced to 500 by armor, dealing 125 form Duskblade, reduced to 62 by armor).