Why are we nerfing the assassins who are building tank and going top instead of the two items that almost literally every top laner first buys... Iceborn Gauntlet and Sunfire Cape. With these two items being a bit weaker it would hurt the assassins who are trying to get tanky and still easily kill people, while not hurting the actual tanks who usually go top not very much.
2LUCID1 votesRiot isn't interested in fast paced gameplay anymore. They want to cater to casuals in dynamic queue while keeping the game balanced around pro play. That's why tanks are constantly dominant
redniwediS1 votesOnly Iceborn is a problem. You nerf that and Sunfire will go back to how it was. Nerf Sunfire only and it will just be replaced by another item.
I finally got to go against a tank Fizz today. He's literally always banned, so I've had no experience facing him up until now. He's completely annoying, but if it wasn't for the sticking power given by Iceborn I would be able to handle him incredibly easily. For reference I played Garen.
That said Iceborn and Sunfire, in their current states, should be fine items. They do their jobs for the champions they were designed for, and are not overly strong in those cases. It's not like anyone can build Iceborn and an applicable health/resistance item and do well, it's only the assassins.
That is why assassins are getting changes that will hopefully make them build properly.
