RIOT will you pls admit the assassin reworks were a failure

zaphod424·4/12/2017, 10:58:30 PM·3 votes·629 views

Let me explain what an assassin is. They are a high damage, bursty champion, who has to jump in with some kind of mobility spell, deal a load of single target damage fast, and get out. Old lb had this, u qrw, qw, whatever, u had to jump on them. This meant that yes, in a 1v1, very hard to counter, BUT THAT IS WHAT AN ASSASSIN IS, killing a single target 1v1, the fact u have to jump in tho, means, that if the target has backup, they can cc, and kill the assassin,

Assassins should have weaknesses tho. Little AOE damage, poor waveclear, especially early, and poor team fight presence.

I am a Leblanc main, and you have basically turned lb into just another burst Mage, she no longer has to dive in, as there is no point, w gives no damage. She can't easily win a 1v1 with an adc, because they can kill,her in under 1.5 seconds late. Why has she lost these KEY points of an assassin? Because u gave her things an assassin just shouldn't have: waveclear, AOE, (using W, then using RQ is basically AOE), and strong team fight presence. These are things a burst Mage should have, but not an assassin.

RIOT doesn't seem to like assassins being able to kill a squishy fast. But that is what assassins are for, and they pay for this strength by forfeiting other strengths, as mentioned above. It will always be annoying getting killed in milliseconds by a lb or rengar, but these champions should be able to do this, but can be punished in other ways. Riot has reduced and in some cases taken away completely these weaknesses of assassins, and thus had to take away their assassination power. Obviously a champion with high single target burst damage, who also has amazing waveclear, and team fighting will be OP. That's why u have to trade it off.

I rly hope RIOT understands this, or the whole assassin class is fucked. These reworks actually make me wonder if anyone on the rework teams actually plays assassins, or let alone, has ever spoken to an assassin player.

Just my 2 cents. I guarantee tho there will be people in the comments who don't understand this, and just say "oh but old lb could kill me so fast there's no counterplay" . There is, don't facecheck alone if u are squishy, build MR, and, as long as u don't get caught, as an adc or Mage, u are much more of an impact in a team fight, if u don't let the assassin catch u, u win, u have more impact.

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