What an assassin means

bigslick88·6/5/2015, 1:11:10 AM·42 votes·3,432 views

Take for example. He is the perfect example of an assassin because he is an all in kill one and is only able to get out through smart play/saving your ult. Most assassins now, have too many escapes for their damage. are just a few examples. To me an assassin is someone who risks their life to get one target and, like I said with talon, can only get out or get extra kills through smart play. A possible solution might be to decrease damage of those with more mobility, or to give mobility to those who don't have it (this would overall make assassins stronger and is therefore scary to toy with).

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YOU BEEN WARNED6/5/2015, 10:26:12 AM9 votes

An assassin should not be able to duel everyone in the game, bruisers should be able to 1v1 assassins. Darius Garen Jax Olaf Poppy Mordekaiser Chogath Yorick so forth

Especially if said assassin is known for his/her ability to reliably kill squishies in a teamfight; let alone escape. Zed Leblanc Fizz

Vik4prez6/5/2015, 2:24:43 PM6 votes

Imo, assassins are just an unhealthy class in this game, especially with the way Riot designs them, notably their extremely high mobility coupled with their extremely high burst damage.

I do think Talon is a solid example of where assassins should be though. If he saves his ult to try to escape after blowing someone up, you can at least try to counter it with a pink ward/upgraded sweeper, so even though it can work as an escape it still has counterplay. Unfortunately for many assassins, they have the ability to jump in, delete someone, and disappear immediately without any potential for retaliation. Examples of this would be Leblanc Zed Ekko

Playing against assassins is one of my least favorite things in this game if they know what theyre doing.

stealthfox946/5/2015, 5:09:28 PM6 votes

I think the only assassin that people deserve to complain about is Leblanc , since she can do insane damage and still be safe Ekko still to new I think if anything he's just a little overtuned Fizz got gutted and then mildly reworked because he was a noobstomper, he also needs his E to kill people now since he can't just press q and w and one shot squishies anymore. Katarina is only scary if fed but she's not hard to shut down. Zed only good if the person playing him has mastered him which most people haven't Talon like you said a very balanced assassin. Akali is the second worst designed champion in the game, but she's not OP currently.

Llanite6/5/2015, 6:19:21 AM3 votes

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Take for example. He is the perfect example of an assassin because he is an all in kill one and is only able to get out through smart play/saving your ult. Most assassins now, have too many escapes for their damage. are just a few examples. To me an assassin is someone who risks their life to get one target and, like I said with talon, can only get out or get extra kills through smart play. A possible solution might be to decrease damage of those with more mobility, or to give mobility to those who don't have it (this would overall make assassins stronger and is therefore scary to toy with).

Wrong.

Talon R gives him stealth and sprint to get out once done. Khazix stealth has 3 charges. Ahri Dash has 3 charges. Katarina E reset once shes done. Akali has her W and 3-charge dash Zed Leblanc has their R/W respectively.

The only assassin without a 'FREE' escape is Kassadin and Fizz who have to withhold one of their spell just to get out later.