Assassin rework (Shaco changes)

ff4sk·11/12/2016, 1:26:09 AM·4 votes·1,097 views

Ok, so now that I've played a bit more with him and tried out different playstyles and builds I'm now sure that shaco is A LOT weaker than he was before.

Riot accomplished their goal of toning down his early game and buffing his late game however his "buffs" to his late game don't nearly compensate for the nerfs on his early.

Now unlike my previous post where I listed the pros and cons of the rework this won't be like that, this is my final thoughts on this rework and what I think should be done to fix shaco.

First off shaco is now significantly weaker, he went from being an assassin who relies on burst damage to kill his enemies to a squishy bruiser not even capable of matching the damage a bruiser shits out, even killing an ADC or a support takes a great deal of effort even when you're ahead in the game.

What's worse is that you're so item and auto attack reliant that late game even while playing against champions who have the exact same build and same score/level as you you will still deal less damage than them due to the fact you only have 1 damage ability(your Q which is both your engage and disengage) and your E which is your weak execution which can only be used effectively once you've taken down the enemies health a significant amount.

Shaco has next to no base damage on his abilities themselves, meaning anyone with damaging abilities can shit on him even with the same build and level.

Shaco is now so pathetically weak that even when he's ahead killing a squishy takes great effort. what's worse is that his autos are bugged too so it takes you about 4 or 5 of those just to proc your thunderlords, your passive is even worse since you can only proc it once during the fight and after that you can either pray you kill them or they win the 1v1 regardless of how far ahead you are.

The solution? either buff the base damage on shaco's abilities or revert the changes done to him, you might've made his late game slightly better now Riot but that didn't solve any of his problems, even with the buffs to his late game he's still weak, even with an AP build he's hardly a viable pick and many other champions can do what he does better and with less effort.

You basically just took all his damage away from his abilities and forced him into a squishy bruiser like champion who not only deals less damage than a bruiser but dies a lot faster too.

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