The future of mage

MrSlowDie·Nov 17, 2014·1 votes·454 views

everyone seems love to talk about, assassin, bruiser, tank, and ADC, but how can everyone forget the MAGE !?

what do you think ?? personally I think their lane taken by assassin, yes there are some (semi)OP mages, but it's not that awesome, community even talk about zhonya OP, where zhonya only OP when used on assassin that jump again and again, and when you catch him, s/he zhonya, then jump again, caught again?? oopss there's GA

zhonya that meant to be used as defensive item to buy mage's kinda long CD some times, abused by the AP assassin.

5 Comments

AtheosisXNov 17, 20141 votes

Win rates for many mages seem quite healthy to me. Mages who are in the top 50 in win rate in Diamond:

#6 - Karthus #8 - Malzahar #11 - Annie #15 - Lissandra #16 - Ahri #17 - Twisted Fate #36 - Syndra #39 - Ryze #40 - Anivia #42 - Ziggs #43 - Fizz #47 - Swain #49 - Zyra

13 out of the the top 50 being mages tells me as a group they are doing okay.

Grand ElevenNov 17, 20141 votes

Zyra's not been a prominent mage for over a season. You basically listed a support.

buster kitonNov 17, 20141 votes

The only reason you assassins are more popular than mages is that people don't play coordinated in solo que. Mages are fine.

AgidyneNov 17, 20141 votes

everyone seems love to talk about, assassin, bruiser, tank, and ADC, but how can everyone forget the MAGE !?

what do you think ?? personally I think their lane taken by assassin, yes there are some (semi)OP mages, but it's not that awesome, community even talk about zhonya OP, where zhonya only OP when used on assassin that jump again and again, and when you catch him, s/he zhonya, then jump again, caught again?? oopss there's GA

zhonya that meant to be used as defensive item to buy mage's kinda long CD some times, abused by the AP assassin.

Yes, now that I think about it, nerf Mages.

One of the only 2 classes that never feel off the Meta.

Doesn't matter how strong Assassins were during Season III, Ahri, Ori and the Barrel Sniper still dominated throughout the whole Season.

The only acceptables mages are the ones who are meele as those actually put themselves at great risk to clear the creep waves.

Raja ChachkiNov 17, 20141 votes

Ahri OP af and she's played assassin style Anivia good, somewhat strong, Bjerg plays her impossibly well Annie strong Azir strong, just has bugs idk, he's not my play style, a few people play him well Cassiopeia super fun, but kinda underpowered Elise some pros play her well Fiddlesticks REALLY STRONG right now Heimerdinger easy landing and farming, much control over his lane Karma still strong Karthus can get clutch kills Kennen I agree Kennen does suck Lissandra I really like Liss, she has a ton of CC Lux she's strong Malzahar suppression is the only thing going for him Orianna where have you been? TONS AND TONS of people play her Ryze strong Swain eh TwistedFate quite strong, may even be considered an assassin Veigar very strong right now Velkoz personally enjoy him, but he's not very strong Viktor strong Vladimir not too strong, but very safe Xerath awesome at sieging, strong Ziggs probably the safest champion in the game, great for CSing, and sniping, really enjoy him Zyra some play her really well