On DuskBlade, From An Assassin Main

It's FAR from being enough to replace Last Whisper. That's really my entire message. This is something that can only be useful when the enemy has ONE extremely high priority target who is so ahead that he/she can tank an assassin's full combo and fight back afterwards. Last Whisper was the go-to in any situation, and that was understandably unhealthy, but this thing is sooooo niche. Probably the only thing it's good for is to counter blue Ezreal or Graves with . Seriously, what assassin CAN'T 100-0 an ADC without Nightfall?( , but he's not AD ) 100-0s just fine. , under the most ideal situation, has the damage to oneshot ADCs 2~3 times with one combo. will probably be dead without getting a reset by the time Nightfall goes off, and does NOT need anymore damage. Between the fast-paced meta, the relative strength of thunderlord, and the compensation buffs(which didn't get for some reason), AD assassins are in a decent spot already. Those who are still problematic have their problems rooted within their own kits. Like , he's shitty because his isolation makes him SO reliant on his enemies making mistakes, especially compared to someone like , who can just go up to you and kill you whenever he wants to so long as you don't have QSS/Zhonya. On the other hand, is considered too strong because his multiple Q is an innately broken concept--melee autos are about the fastest offensive move in this game aside from , and, as the game goes on, the damage of auto attacks scale from being the equivalent of getting hit by a tractor, to the equivalent of getting hit by the entire farm. Now, MAYBE this item does help assassins against tanks, but tanks have never been the target of assassins. I'm immensely grateful that Riot wants to actually do something nice for assassins for once, but I can't help but feel that MAYBE this is not the best direction they could've gone. But again, I'm sooo happy that Riot isn't treating AD assassins like adopted childrens anymore, and I want to say a big thank you to them.