Assassins not being used as intended

I could say the same about because he still deals enough damage to blow up squishies with LOL

Its mostly a problem with those specific champions. I feel with this patch assassins can do better. Before tanks had to not just worry about tank CC but also the ridiculous amount of damage a tank could do on their own. Hopefully the danage reductions are actually noticeable.

When riot nerfs their damage to the point they cannot build glass cannon and kill squishies effectively it's better to go bruiser so when your burst fails you dont die instantly and have a chance to stick around in teamfights. Riot needs to make a choice on assassins either balance them for low elo and they go bruiser or balance them for high elo and they can actually be assassins.

It's almost like if you gut their burst, then they have to build tanky so they can survive long enough to kill their targets.