Do Assassins need a nerf? (Zed)

XElement·1/3/2016, 6:57:29 PM·6 votes·908 views

I'm not saying they are OP. And maybe it's different in normal/rank. However, in blind pick they are 90% the picks. It kinda gets old seeing only Talon/Zed/Yasou.

And it is more so Zed honestly. Now obviously just because they are picked a lot doesn't mean they are OP. But the issue I'm talking about is the fact that, and again for blind pick at least, they are the majority in mid.

11 Comments

HolyCrapItsMe1/3/2016, 9:38:22 PM5 votes

omfg Im so tired of saying this, assassins dont need nerfs, Thunderfucks does.

Teemo or Feedmo1/3/2016, 9:44:04 PM2 votes

on my other account (which is krizalidkof99) i main zed,and i can confirm zed has counterplay.

in lane,you are heavily reliant on hitting your 2 shurikens,which is kinda hard to me.

if an enemy has qss/zhonyas/untargetability don't even try to ult them. you. will. die.

he loses a bit of his damage late game.

plus,his all in is hard to pull off for begginers,especially if the enemy uses his abilities behind him(which is where you're gonna land.)

ALSO HIS MECHANICS. AT THE TIME YOU MASTER THEM YOU'LL BE LIKE THIS

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRVPxgvYpaY0cMS1Ftjgo650XOfJpoBZdrRaE_VyzWlcP9WcICQ

Spoofghoul1/3/2016, 7:57:01 PM2 votes

yea its season 3 allover again

Akali is SO HOT1/5/2016, 12:43:27 AM1 votes

no

Spizzle90001/3/2016, 9:36:29 PM1 votes

Zed just has a kit people find fun, at least partially. Plus, he has a low skill floor, but a high skill cap. He is pretty strong, but I think that it's not entirely him being OP at the moment. His numbers might be a tad high, but it's also because the fact that so many people have been using immobile mages mid and immobile ADCs like Kog and MF are making a comeback.

Not saying you said that Zed's OP, but many think he is. There's more than one factor that contributes to his recent success and popularity.

Gubaguy1/3/2016, 8:10:27 PM1 votes

Yeah... assassins are kind of stupid now... Hihg damage, high mobility, able to get into and out of fights at a whim... assassins should be strong at taking out individual squishy targets, not nuking anyone they want with virtually no counter play

YumaS2Astral1/3/2016, 9:21:47 PM1 votes

I think that one of the reasons for that is because assassins are fun and easy to learn. Also, people have the mentality that getting a lot of kills means carrying a game. Assassins tend to get a lot of kills, so people think that they are the best to carry. Also, assassins in fact tend to have the best chance of carrying a game alone if they manage to snowball.

Unfortunately this is something that no nerf can solve.