What's the point of Kha'Zix when Rengar is purely better in every way?

Freezie Birdie·12/28/2015, 12:08:59 PM·12 votes·1,694 views

Rengar has been in a strong (but balanced) state for a while now, and Kha is just...worse than him in every way, and hasn't been relevant since S3.

When Kha's only real "strength" is that MAYBE his jump will reset if you don't melt from diving the backline (because rarely will your full rotation kill their squishy, and even less likely when their carry doesn't play like an idiot and get isolated damage), then what's the point?

HALP THE BUG. There should be zero characters that are just strictly worse than another in the same role.

28 Comments

Rinky Dinky12/28/2015, 5:12:14 PM7 votes

lol you said rengar is balanced that is not the hivemind directive of the boards atm thus you shall be downvoted and crucified in the name of reddit knows balance gg wp have a nice day [slayer-jinx-wink] [slayer-pantheon-popcorn]

Maximum Morde12/28/2015, 5:42:18 PM5 votes

Khazix is for people who hate furries and don't mind being subpar.

The Bíg Ticket12/28/2015, 12:46:16 PM4 votes

Different champions...Kha can kill multiple champs and is much more forgiving than Ranger. He fits in almost any comp and while he certainly can't insta delete people like Ranger he brings alot more utility and is not totally reliant on his ult to make plays.

Kha Zix is not even bad right now, I don't get what you people are at.

YumaS2Astral12/28/2015, 12:21:23 PM3 votes

Kha'Zix has better utility and isn't useless after he kills someone. His cooldowns are low enough to allow him to try for another kill if he is sucessful.

Troiann12/28/2015, 6:53:35 PM1 votes

Thing with Kha is his kit is much more versatile. He used to be ridiculously broken, even after they nerfed all his broken aspects he was still a major pick at S4 worlds until they finally gutted him by making him almost unable to jungle in season 5.

SouL1ess12/28/2015, 9:51:10 PM1 votes

Multi-rotation assassins are always more of a risk to buff than Single-rotation assassins.

E.g. The Fizz rework made him more of a Single-rotation assassin than a multi-rotation assassin and made him easier to balance, technically.

E.g. Akali and Kha'zix share the same assassin prototype, and both were very potent when their numbers were strong, but weak when their numbers were subpar.

And Kha'zix isn't really comparable to Rengar in kit. It's like saying what is the point of Lissandra when Lux is purely better in every way.

Kha'zix does need some help but don't compare him to Rengar because it's a bad analogy.

Power Cosmic12/28/2015, 5:30:39 PM1 votes

Kha doesn't reach his full potency until level 11 (evolve e and q). While most every other champ becomes there full selves at lvl 6. On top of that, Rengar has a better passive, ult, and slow. Kha has no utility he is meant to do one thing which is pick people off, whether in team fights or elsewhere. So before level 11, teams can make it very tough for him to get his kills and gold. Therefore when he reaches 11, a lot of times the game has already passed him by.

In terms of utility like covering lanes or split pushing, if you know where he is, you know where not to be alone; or where to be grouped. He can be good with objectives, but that is figuring his team can act independent of him (as all teams will have to do with kha on it) and he has some gold.

qetzel12/28/2015, 5:39:08 PM1 votes

Rengar isn't very good with clean up and relies quite heavily on speedboosts. There is reason to pick Kha over Rengar, he is just weaker at the moment.

Hayaishi212/28/2015, 5:40:51 PM1 votes

Rengar isn't balanced at the moment and Kha Zix isn't worse than him everything else. Fucking Kha Zix circlejerk pretending Kha Zix doesn't become pick/ban everytime he is strong.