How do you deal with GA as an assassin?

PearPearadox·Sep 26, 2016·2 votes·950 views

As any assassin at all, GA completely counters you. All mid laner/ADC will have base armor and magic res of around 70 at level 18, and building GA adds on to the Armor by 60 and magic res by 45. Even if you somehow manage to kill the ADC/Mid, they will just revive and you're screwed. Building GA on yourself won't work because it detracts too many stats, making you fully useless because then you're unable to kill anyone. How do get around GA as an assassin?

19 Comments

WoodakoodashoodaSep 26, 20163 votes

You build GA, you do your job and kill the carry so much that they have no gold to invest in GA until later, you disregard your champion's life to take out at least one target in every team fight.

PearPearadoxSep 26, 20161 votes

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You build GA, you do your job and kill the carry so much that they have no gold to invest in GA until later, you disregard your champion's life to take out at least one target in every team fight.

But GA detracts too much from my stats

StrawberrycocoaSep 26, 20162 votes

A dead assassin does 0 damage.

StrawberrycocoaSep 26, 20162 votes

You'd need to either catch them alone (place wards to catch them alone and way from help) or get allies to help you defend the area while GA is doing it's thing.

PearPearadoxSep 26, 20161 votes

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You'd need to either catch them alone (place wards to catch them alone and way from help) or get allies to help you defend the area while GA is doing it's thing.

What if the ADC is a complete shredder and their team offers amazing peel?

IcyPepperSep 26, 20162 votes

Are you trying to take anyone's advice whatsoever?

PearPearadoxSep 26, 20161 votes

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Are you trying to take anyone's advice whatsoever?

NA people salty even though I didn't do anything to them this is cancer

StrawberrycocoaSep 26, 20162 votes

Why would you ever pick an assassin into a team with good peelers and not expect them to do exactly that?

Ok sure but whySep 26, 20161 votes

full cdr so you can quickly kill him again

Aatrox and again

Zilean and again

Anivia and again

Nik NikersonSep 26, 20162 votes

Zac and again

PearPearadoxSep 26, 20161 votes

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full cdr so you can quickly kill him again

and again

and again

and again

I had 40% CDR and I couldn't kill

Irelia BotSep 26, 20161 votes

Yorick And again?

Or wait

L Psy KongrooSep 26, 20161 votes

Find them alone? Kill them through GA, spam mastery emote while they respawn, then kill them again because your cooldowns will be up.

Teamfighting? Focus a squishy who doesn't have GA. Alternatively, if you've got good coordination, dive on the ADC with a fed teammate. Should be able to bust their GA and have the team clean up while they're down.

PearPearadoxSep 26, 20161 votes

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Find them alone? Kill them through GA, spam mastery emote while they respawn, then kill them again because your cooldowns will be up.

Teamfighting? Focus a squishy who doesn't have GA. Alternatively, if you've got good coordination, dive on the ADC with a fed teammate. Should be able to bust their GA and have the team clean up while they're down.

What if the ADC is a complete shredder and their team offers amazing peel?

18 NAKED COWB0YSSep 26, 20161 votes

useless since most ads and champs now have a way to trap you once ga revives you.

Maximum MordeSep 26, 20161 votes

Pick a different target?

MunchCrunchLunchSep 26, 20161 votes

i have less problem with the regen. and more problem with the armor they get from it when am playing an assassin. they get less mr from it so theres that/