Three mages I would like see buffed

Sniperkaj·5/24/2018, 5:02:58 PM·3 votes·1,724 views

In midlane the assassins have been on the rise, and are now the by far most popular class in SoloQ. I think that some simple number buffs can make these three champs viable again, as their kits should give them a fighting chances against an assassin.

Viktor He has a very low winrate, but with targeted Q, and "anti-melee" gravity field and an instant ulti, he should be able to land his skills on assassins. Give him a bit more power, especially in his Q at later levels, and he has a fighting chance.

Syndra IMO one of the fun mages to play vs an assassin. If they dodge your E, they can kill you. But if you outplay them with the stun, you can unleash your whole combo and now the assassin is the one getting oneshot. Also, if the assassin dives you and takes a couple of towershots, your R will likely kill them, making you somewhat safe under tower. Buff her HP and maybe Q damage, so we dont get back to pure R oneshots.

Lissandra This should be a very scary champ for an assassin to go against. However, right now most assassins can just eat her whole combo, and then proceed to murder her. She simply needs damage buffs, both scaling and base, and maybe some Grievous Wounds somewhere in her kit.

14 Comments

AirKingNeo5/24/2018, 6:50:36 PM2 votes

Why would you buff Liss so she can bully top lane again?

Cryotron5/24/2018, 5:11:05 PM1 votes

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In midlane the assassins have been on the rise, and are now the by far most popular class in SoloQ. I think that some simple number buffs can make these three champs viable again, as their kits should give them a fighting chances against an assassin.

Viktor He has a very low winrate, but with targeted Q, and "anti-melee" gravity field and an instant ulti, he should be able to land his skills on assassins. Give him a bit more power, especially in his Q at later levels, and he has a fighting chance.

Syndra IMO one of the fun mages to play vs an assassin. If they dodge your E, they can kill you. But if you outplay them with the stun, you can unleash your whole combo and now the assassin is the one getting oneshot. Also, if the assassin dives you and takes a couple of towershots, your R will likely kill them, making you somewhat safe under tower. Buff her HP and maybe Q damage, so we dont get back to pure R oneshots.

Lissandra This should be a very scary champ for an assassin to go against. However, right now most assassins can just eat her whole combo, and then proceed to murder her. She simply needs damage buffs, both scaling and base, and maybe some Grievous Wounds somewhere in her kit.

Viktor is numerically under-tuned at the moment especially over the fact he doesn't have a passive and an item slot... unlike Khazix.

Syndra is okay I guess. Some numeric tuning won't hurt as well as getting an actual passive... unlike Khazix

Lissandra definitely needs buffs and an actual useful passive... unlike Khazix... uh... every other champions who have passives actually.

Why do I keep mentioning Khazix? Well, he actually has a passive that's really impactful during skirmish and another passive that impacts the game: Unseen Threat and his ultimate evolve. Viktor and Syndra only have passives that impacts the game but not the skirmish. I kinda wish things were the game for the three champions above.

mzicio5/24/2018, 5:55:01 PM1 votes

Buffs to Lissandra should happen only after her R is changed, because right now she counters every assassin in the game with braindead ease by ulting or using her W or both.

Salson5/24/2018, 5:57:23 PM1 votes

Victor is getting buffs on PBE btw. Might not be a lot, but it's something.

Tahminatrix 5/24/2018, 7:11:09 PM1 votes

Lissandra bullies champions like Udyr and Trundle for overextending just to get kited....she cant duel assassins but she can put them in a position that would make them useless if they go in at the wrong time.

Netorare5/25/2018, 8:30:33 PM1 votes

What viktor needs is an actual passive because being forced to upgrade the hexcore using gold is just bullshit.