@Riot Do you think the new changes will negatively impact the already suffering MAGE class?

Where do you guys see the Mage class' overall performance being? High, Low? I personally feel like the Assassin's update kinda undid what the Mage update laid in place for the Mage class.

I am just wondering after the current changes to and I can't imagine mages will be doing well. Mages in my understanding are less damage than Assassins but also less squishy, so they aren't going to be necessarily hunting and slaying, but utilizing "some combination of long-range, area-effect or high-utility spells to get the job done" so I can't imagine being able to fight or lane against an Ekko as a Lux, Morgana, Karma, Xerath, Vel'Koz, etc. if he has built (since now it's not a tradeoff miss out on Damage for Resistances) and has built a , plus he does have his ult as well. Naturally bursty Mages, or most AP Assassins are going to be stronger in the meta that they are already stronger in, but I feel like for not-so-bursty (take time and lots of combos to get the kill) mages or will either be in a stalemate of "my/their ult missed because I/they used Zhonya's, and my/their combo missed because I/they had Banshee's Veil" or they will simply be EXPLODED.

What do y'all think? Do you think that their will continue to be a rise in the Assassins/Bursty Mages?

Also with the new changes I can't imagine a Zed or Yasuo having to think twice about buying it from now on. And I hate you for that. An already good Zed/Yasuo player seems to slay an entire team and be unkillable but now you've made it even harder because instead of maybe buying G.A. they will.