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AD assassins and AP assassin perception

bvcderrttyyhjjjk·2/13/2016, 5:05:16 PM·4 votes·866 views

So I just wanted to talk about one thing that confuses me a bit about assassins and how people perceive them. I have recently noticed a lot of complaining from people who hate AD assassins like Zed, Rengar etc. and I understand them, because they can be very overwhelming and frustrating to play against.

What confuses me however, is the relative lack of complaints towards champions like LeBlanc, Diana, Fizz, Elise, etc.. because honestly they seem to me like they are pretty much the exact same thing, except with AP.

Why is Zed perceived as completely unfair and OP, and LeBlanc or Diana are not? Can someone enlighten me about this? Because they all are melee assassins that pretty much one-shot you instantly if they get ahead. And as far as slipperiness goes, people like Fizz and LB don't really fall short compared to our beloved Zed either.

I am not saying that one type is more nerf worthy of the other, but honestly I don't understand why all the hate is directed to the AD guys and not the AP ones, considering they do pretty much the same annoying things. I would probably rather play vs. AD than AP, because it tend to be easier to itemize for... What is up with this?

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Woook3r2/13/2016, 5:14:11 PM1 votes

Might be due to the fact that the ad assassins can farm and split push better. They dont fall behind like ap assassins. Also, i dont think that ad assassins are hated as a group. I think that the ad assassins themselves are hated.

So, two of them have invisibility. If evylyn or shaco (coincidentally, shaco is also ad assassin) were more powerful, I would rage on them just as hard. It just sucks when you dont see anyone, and then you die...

As for zed, when i started playing this game he was in midlane 1-4 games or more. Im just tired of seeing him. Tired of seeing the zed show. Tired of endless harass.

Papa Slothy2/15/2016, 5:50:04 AM1 votes

I have played Zed since mid S4 and I can safely say that he is God tier specifically because he wasn't built for this amount of stacking

That's why he does ridiculous damage, Zed in S6 is like a moderate car that can be driven well by an above average player, but what happens when you replace all the parts with formula 1 parts. You get a literal beast that can easily be used by almost anyone

In all my Zed games I have had 1st or 2nd most damage and I am usually the one with the majority of the kills

The Fix would be for riot to realize that the youmuus changes (while welcome) are a little much, the best thing to do would be increase the price of the item by a significant amount, the item gives too many stats for something so cheap (comparatively)

DarthFantasia12/4/2017, 8:30:00 AM1 votes

I have more of an issue with the AD assassin items than I do with the actual champions. Serrated dirk definitely needs a nerf, along with some other lethality items.

Also, I cannot stand Fizz either. If you play Fizz, all you need to do is feed till you get to level 6 and then instantly delete players with your ultimate.