An Anti Shield Item Is The Only Way Assasins Can Work.

Rainfall·Sep 11, 2017·4 votes·379 views

You cant just buff assasins because of and and you cant realy nerf suports just because they nulify assasins. An antishield item is the only way.

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Zero Skill TankSep 11, 20173 votes

Assassins need buffs and shields need nerfs, but enemy marksmen having an ally nearby ready to shield them is a textbook example of a situation that an assassin should suck balls in, and real hard at that.

Assassins tools are supposed to be roaming, snowballing and surprise. They should put their enemies in the dirt before they start grouping, and if they can't do that they need to single out someone.

If assassins need ability to jump in and ignore people protecting their victim to work, their playstyle is not worth keeping and they should be all reworked into divers or skirmishers.

As much as I don't like playing aganst assassins, I don't believe it to be true.

RainfallSep 11, 20171 votes

janna and lulu just counter assasins too hard. This is hurting the foundation of the game,counterpicking should never put someone in such a horrible disadvantage.That much is obvious to me,assasins cant be buffed because a lot of them are already troublesome in the midlane,a lot of players forget that assasins are not played as marksmen theyre played in mid against an enemy who does not have a janna with him,you cannot just buff assasins because the enemy might pick janna.

Edge of DaybreakSep 11, 20171 votes

As much as I don't like the idea of an anti shield item due to what grievous wounds have shown us riot is basically forced to release insane bandaids for assassins since they cant just make the kits good. I still have the memory of me jumping on a vayne and her gaining shields for most of her hp bar. That was just fucking insane.

PhantomGGSep 11, 20171 votes

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As much as I don't like the idea of an anti shield item due to what grievous wounds have shown us riot is basically forced to release insane bandaids for assassins since they cant just make the kits good. I still have the memory of me jumping on a vayne and her gaining shields for most of her hp bar. That was just fucking insane.

it's not like assasins are the only class negatively affeected by shields.

Duelist styled tanks such as hec, shyvana aren't a fan, bursty mages like syndra or lux aren't a fan. Any class that is dedicated to fighting and chasing adcs is negatively effected by shields and right now we been stuck in a enchanter support meta since last worlds. Likkrit even made fun of it saying.

"nami karma nami karma nami karma zzzzzzzzzz"

PennsSep 11, 20171 votes

Champs like Heca and Shyvana can do consistent damage, cc people and build tanky and champs like Lux or Syndra have range + cc + wave clear. They arent a fan but they dont become completely useless and contribute nothing to a team.

RalanrSep 11, 20171 votes

I'm more worried about how this harms self shield tanks.

Idc if it's an "assassin item" ADCs have proven to function very well with assassin gear.

RainfallSep 11, 20171 votes

a lot of those champions are already in line for a rework,if riot has no plans for them till then it will just make them get a rework faster than expected.

RalanrSep 11, 20171 votes

Sion, Poppy, Tahm, are not champions in line for a rework.

Those are who I care about.

RainfallSep 11, 20171 votes

only tahm has a kit that heavily revolves around his shield and cant just be fixed by a few value changes.the other one is morderkaiser who is already headed for a rework.

RalanrSep 11, 20171 votes

Sion's shield is very important to his kit as it's his only tanking steroid to us in combat and it's a threat generation ability.

RainfallSep 11, 20171 votes

it will depend on the item,if its an item whose stats will be discouraging toplaners to buy it i dont think sion is going to have an issue that cannot be fixed with value changes.