"AD Mids are crowding out ap mids!" -Gameplay and #Balance

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Corki can do like 100k Magic damage and 10k Attack damage and he will still be considered a AD champ by that dude. lol :^)

That would be because Attack Damage the stat and physical damage the damage type are different things...?

People are complaining about AP being a weak stat, not magic damage being a weak type of damage. The fact that the best magic damage dealer in the mid lane scales off of AD is further evidence of the problem, not evidence against it. You are an idiot.

About as many as it takes to get a handle on the champion.

Don't confuse that as being "good" with him though (Which I'm suspect is where you're taking this).

The problem with Yasuo isn't that he's necessarily strong or lacks counter-play. It's that he has more safety nets than a stunt double training school. A champion designed with core counter-play elements, shouldn't be able to ignore those elements. In Yasuo's case, he gets a free pass because he's hard to play. However, what it ultimately means is that you never actually have an avenue to use against him. Either HE wins or HE loses; you're just their to capitalize on HIS mistakes. (For another example of this, see Lee Sin.)

Yet when I switch to role position the number goes up to 3, and it goes up further to 4 with ban percent. Lux and FIzz are the only ap champions to be in more than one of those top 10 lists. Meanwhile Zed and Corki are in all 3, and Yasuo is in 2 of them. Based on that I'd say ad seem to be slightly more prevalent mid. Oh, and it should be noted that Quinn does in fact appear in those lists, so no, I did not pull her out of my ass.

The only reason why ap mids haven't fully be phased out is because otherwise tanks would become unkillable, having to only itemize against one type of damage.

Anivia with passive under turret is unlikable by melee assassins. And she has the wave clear to sit there

A good Talon is just as effective as, or even MORE effective then, Zed at killing people, while having inferior csing potential.

Talon can shut out a good number of Ap champions people would want to take mid, much like how good Yasuos can also shut out a good number of picks as well. Not to mention AD assassins aren't even the only annoying AD things in mid lane, since people also take champions like and just as easily.

Your argument that banning Zed means "all the remaining good midlane picks are AP" is just false outright. And even the remaining AD picks can be just as much of a bitch to deal with as Zed can be.

The reliable rotation is the problematic strength. He and Rengar are the only two assassins without any super efficient way to counterplay their burst. That's why they tend to get nerfed down whenever they start nearing competitive viability while the rest of the ad assassins are left alone for longer when meta.

Sure Zed is a lot safer, but he telegraphs when he wants to kill you and is all skillshots that are only hard to dodge when he or one of his shadows are melee.

Kha has easy to hit combos and a reset, but he has his damage massively gimped if he doesn't get his isolation bonus.

Yasuo is reliant on being able to get his ult off, and his tornado is easy to dodge.

Yi needs a lot of farm before he matters and doesn't have stealth for his approach.

Shaco only really works in soloq where the enemy team doesn't put pink wards out against him.

And that's really all of the ad assassins in the game (ignoring those that could easily be called fighters). Talon's reliable burst combo, which is almost impossible to dodge, he gets balanced in such a way that any significant numbers buff to his damage will drastically alter his winrate. As such Riot leaves him too low for competitive, where his lack of sustain and poor early wave clear are huge issues to overcome, but still high enough that he can perform decently in soloq.