So is Qiyana even an assassin?

Haze97·7/4/2019, 11:24:31 PM·4 votes·2,706 views

Riot, I think you are terrible at classifying your champions correctly, especially when you pull skirmishers out and slap the 'assassin' label on them like they're the same class.

No, they are not. Of all the time I have seen Qiyana play she seems like anything but an assassin.

Just look at this play on this one -

https://youtu.be/MlkeQyesx60?t=185

It doesn't even matter that she does burst damage. Everybody does burst damage these days and t's the norm more than anything.

22 Comments

Infernape7/4/2019, 11:41:54 PM3 votes

She feels more like akin to a skirmishing bruiser than an assassin. She's basically AD Ekko in that sense. The only thing that keeps her as an "assassin" is her low base damage and high bonus AD ratios. If she didn't have those things, she'd 100% be played with Triforce, Steraks into full tank.

Ahri Baka7/4/2019, 11:32:27 PM2 votes

She doesn't have to 1 shoot to be an assassin As long as she has Dashes and Stealth then yes she is

iiGazeii7/4/2019, 11:37:37 PM2 votes

She's got two dashes, stealth, and massive AD ratios. She engages and does a burst combo to get her damage out. How is that not an assassin?

Nice Yasuo7/5/2019, 5:16:02 AM2 votes

To me she feels much more like an extended trade bruiser, thats how I've been building her too. Feels better than lethality tbh (Unless I'm against a glass cannon comp)

preternatural7/5/2019, 12:23:14 AM1 votes

she's an assassin and she is actually the best champion rito have ever released lol.

preternatural7/5/2019, 3:08:17 AM1 votes

another game of qiyana under teh belt. yes she's an assassin if you know what you're doing. herpity derpity a pretty oppressive one tbh, last takes observations remain. cannot lose lane hyper mobile rotation based assassin

new observation, the ulti is way easier to land than i ever thought.