WHY are assassins getting so much love while ap are getting nothing?

LegendmakerGX··3 votes·545 views

There most be a reason why assassins are getting so much love. Are they on a lose streak, do they get counter easily?

Why? Now every assassins have a new item which is like a mini zed ult to insure the kill no mater what.

Talon Zed Unless they are losing streak I don't get why they are getting a new item. Both of them have over 50% win streak non stop in the past 2 weeks (Talon lower pick rate but ZED<<<) ZED has over 20% pick rate and over 50% win rate so I don't get why you are giving him a new item.

Yes I know his ult is getting a nerf for when at lvl 3 its 45%. HELL NO IT WAS 40% LAST TIME BEFORE HIS BUFF this is not a nerf still considering he gets to keep 5% and a new item.

I main mid but I don't get how I'm going to counter assassins, Yes I can build hour glass or take exhuast but the problem is 1.Zed is non mana base and talon can harass you but not as much as Zed. 2. First item they build is yoomu ghost blade which has a passive of 10 armour pentration, COOLDOWN AND A ACTIVE. While Hourglass sure has armour but that 10 armour penatration makes it more weak already since of riot nerfing hourglass and hour glass only has a statsis mode which gives no cool down that AP champion rely on. Like why can a assassin mid can have more cool down before a ap is beyond me. Assassin can build any AD item they want while AP has to get ap only item and mostly they need COOL DOWN, let's not forget they can auto attack you.

Yes you can so call counter them but HIGHLY not if you don't have a good timing and a cc team.

Zed is a pure problem I want to talk about. The guy can ult and ult out in under 0.5 SEC which barely gives the team time to react in a team fight. It used to be 1 sec which I could had counter but now Riot rebuff it to 0.5.

Zed is just a pain beyond belief to deal with. Practically all the other Assassin can be counter with a pink ward so it's a fair deal in team fight but zed is a pure broken as hell crap which can ult in and do all the damage then ult out in a instant. Leblanc I don't mind since she isn't really tanky and you can see when she comes at you so you have time to react while Zed reaction time is so little.

Can't AP get more items? that actually gives us a winning chance to counter these broken ass (Zed) assassins?

Also please don't say get QSS if you do then don't even bother commenting. QSS GIVES MAGIC RESIST NOT DAMAGE RESIST, THE ITEM DOES NOT BUILD INTO ANYTHING THAT A AP USE LATE GAME. If Qss gave me armour and cool down then yes you can consider QSS worth buying but do you even see any pros that mid AP get Qss any more?

9 Comments

N00B PWN3R6 votes

Because MAGES dominate midlane and LCS and Assassins are ignored. LeBlanc is the only mage assassin that might get picked.

LegendmakerGX1 votes

Not any more get ready for the others LCS players will see huhi and pobelter play him. It's also stupid that you use LCS as a example for buffing assassin. Sooooooo if Zed/assassins are not played in LCS to make big plays then they deserve the buff? Also isn't Mage suppose to dominate mid since it is a counter to tanky champion that build armour?

blfUvZ8Ybu2 votes

Lux Highest win rate and pick rate for mid lane.

Big Lincoln2 votes

because APs have had solid itemization since forever, while Riot is trying to create a few core items for assassins that aren't just "best leftover items from other classes"

and now that they're getting around to doing it, they can finally get to work on making them less infuriating to deal with whenever they're good picks

MisterHealYoGirl2 votes

One of the main problems with AD assassins in the past is that they CAN'T just pick whatever AD items they want. Each champion cobbled together an item set from fighter items (Black Cleaver, Ravenous Hydra) and ADC items (Bloodthirster, BotRK), but they were by no means well-supported by these. Since they can't count on getting a lot of power from their items, it means that their kit has a lot of their power on its own, meaning that they have either obnoxiously strong and safe early games (Zed) or a lategame burst state that they get to no matter what (Talon). By introducing or reworking items that support AD assassins well (Youmuu's, Death's Dance, Duskblade), their power budget can be redistributed to be more healthy for everybody.

Malhammers1 votes

...Theres an entire mage rework on its way. Settle down.

LegendmakerGX1 votes

.....Entire? you mean 6 champions right that doesn't have a lot of mobility right? Also that will be out in half a year Riot said.

Mecha MaIphite1 votes

You should celebrate tbh. Riot will gut AD assassins for having synergy with the item and probably gut the item a few patches later.

LOL Spammer1 votes

I don't get it. A circle jerk thread getting downvoted? WHAT IS THIS!

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