Assasin's need to be moved to the Jungle.

I've been saying this since season 4 but wouldn't a lot of the issues people have with Assassins be remedied by them being geared towards the jungle as opposed to lanes?

The biggest issue people seem to have with assassins in how binary and oppressive they can be to lane against since assassins revolve around going in and gibbing people, and their kit basically necessitates this for them to properly function.

This creates a one sides dichotomy for the laning phase and can cause Assassin's to snowball out of control. But of course this happens.

Its not different than sending an ADC top versus a tank or sending a Teemo top. Its their natural counter.

The reason this isn't done all the time in theses other cases however is because it is more beneficial to have these champions be in different roles or positions and having them take em up comes at a cost.

There is currently no cost for putting an assassin Mid up against a Mage other than if your Assasin is AD, in which case you have to compensate by having an AP top or AP jungler to pick up the slack.

Not only that, but design-wise and thematically, the jungle should be the ideal place to put an assassin, as their kits and tools are best utilized throughout the entire game there, as opposed to sitting though lane just throwing one spell out over and over hoping you don't die til 6 so u can finally gib your target and roam like the assassin you are supposed to be.

The problem with this comes down to 1 thing. Assassins as a whole tend to not do so hot in the jungle since they can't properly clear or are designed to much on snowballing as opposed to being opportunist's like their class sake should be.

In all reality, their are in fact some Assassins that already call the jungle their home, like Shaco. And although is a bitch to deal with, he is the Assassin that gets the least amount of complaints because he is relegated to the jungle to be most effective.

I have been playing Jungle since Season 4 and although is isn't safe to do at all in a serious environment, I have continued to look for ways to make it work and have always found a way, and despite him being my main since season 3 and playing him primarily Mid and Top, playing him in the Jungle is honestly always been the most fun I ever have with him, whether it be because of the tools he gained access to, or just the environment feeling more "right" for Talon, since his kit is actually incredible for ganks. As are most Assasins.

Despite me doing this with Talon Jungle regularly, the first time o did it was with Jungle, and it was in fact the first time I ever used the champion. Pretty much the same applies.

The jungle position even curbs any snowballing issues significantly.

I don't know. Just something that has been bothering me for a long time and I felt i needed to share it. If Riot could look into making Assassin's primary home the Jungle the same way Mid lane is the primary avenue for Mages, and made it to where they are more compelled to move their instead of in lanes, and to where they are more effective in the jungle as opposed to lanes, things would be a lot less of an issue, because right now, they don't really give up anything for going Mid the same way other lane ClassVClass counterpicks do.