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How do you stop bruiser assassins?

Roran Atriedes··1 votes·633 views

My main battle lately has been to stop champions like Diana ,Jax ,Zed and Fiora from completely destroying my team and thus the game. These are all champions that need little more than a item 3153, item 3078 or item 3074 to do massive dmg in both duels and teamfights; wave clear and objective control. They can do this by filling the rest of their slots with tank items, essentially making them tank assassins. Any advice at all about how I can stop this or get my team to stop them would be GREATLY appreciated. Top Poppy player Current: b2 Max last season: s1

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Kuroi861 votes

sigh There really is no such thing as a tank assassin. Zed and Fiora are full assassins, both need to go full damage to remain on top. Jax and Diana are both bruisers, mixing damage and tank in order to be effective. Stopping an assassin is as simple as surviving their burst before turning and unloading your own on him. Beating a bruiser means kiting while trying to whittle them down.

Roran Atriedes1 votes

I suppose I misused zed and fiora, though my issue remains. Bruisers like jax, diana, rek sai and lee sin all bother me a great deal. I have tried to kite them, but most have decent to great gap closers, movement speed items, and active items that help them catch you; add flash to all of this and I just don't see it. As evidence of this, I have seen countless lux, zyra, lulu and yasuo be completely destroyed by these champs. That is why I am confused and frustrated; these bruisers do NOT have the same issues normal bruisers do (Riven, malphite, Poppy, Xin xiao and now that I think of it, fiora). Take xin for instance; xin is easy. He dashes at you to slow you, you cc him with something and move out of range. Even if he has botrk you can stay far enough away that your cooldowns will come back. You cannot do this to jax. Jax jumps at you, you move out of - he stuns you. You flash away, he flashes. He either jumps again or uses botrk to slow you down. You are dead. How do you stop things like THAT from happening? Do I try to cc him before he lands? Do I flash the minute he jumps? Any advice at all man, any would be welcome.

Kuroi861 votes

Truthfully, unless you're playing a strong duelist like Vayne or Zed, you shouldn't be going head on against those bruisers alone unless you have a big lead on them in levels and items. Many you can just kite out if you are smart, but some are designed to be more dangerous 1v1 while lacking some of the team fight strengths of others. Example, it's harder to kite Jax, but he'll never bring the AoE that Renekton brings to a team fight. In the case of those you just mentioned, don't fight them solo, team fights are your best defense against them.

Apulon1 votes

I think Tryndamere is a tank assassin. He can last 5 seconds no matter what. And you die in 3 shots.

Phife1 votes

try building armor / MR, and using your brain effectively when dueling / teamfighting them.

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