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Why is Riot ignoring Pantheon in the assassin rework

TIME TO LOSE KID·10/29/2016, 9:54:05 PM·2 votes·2,340 views

apparently it was done to make assassins more fun to play as and against

Pantheon is probably the single most one-sided, oppressive and antifun laner in the entire game and goes untouched for 4 years.

he has target shot harass which has very strong AD scaling, a target stun, and his passive penalizes counteraggression and interraction

he is hard to outplay because his lane phase is damn near impossible to fuck up. (Did enemy go near minions? Yes? Throw spear. Is enemy <half HP? Throw spear, press W, press E. Ignite. Throw execution spear)

and people make the argument "oh well he falls off really hard" when in actuality this champion sustains higher winrate per game length than a lot of champions that supposedly outscale him. the truth is he will never be irrelevant late game because his ult is one of the best engages in the game and he still has no issues instakilling an out of position squishy

as someone who identifies as a hermaphrodite snake, i don't believe we should stand for this.

http://static.mnium.org/images/contenu/actus/LOL/Pantheon/1024px-Pantheon_OriginalSkin_Ch.jpg

13 Comments

Sahn Uzal10/29/2016, 9:59:01 PM7 votes

Because Pantheon is a Diving Fighter, not an assassin.

Mister Modesty10/29/2016, 10:15:28 PM1 votes

I've had problems with his Spear throw for as long as I can remember. I don't think it should be a target-ability.

Let's say I'm using TP to get to Bottom Lane and Pantheon throws a spear. But my TP goes off before the spear hits. The spear will do a 90 degree turn in mid flight- and travel all the way across the map to find its target. ???????? With a point and click stun, a Passive that blocks any damage source, and a global Ult that allows him position anywhere on the map- I think that spear needs to be a skillshot.

Zelorxon10/29/2016, 10:39:22 PM1 votes

Because pantheon technically is a bruiser, this season he builds like an assassin simply because there are no better items for him, but back then he used to go 2 damage items into full tank, right now you go youmu>black cleaver>GA and use him as a oneshot machine to snowball your team, but that's not his natural way to be played.