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Why does Riot hate assassins?

FH Keltic··1 votes·1,211 views

I mean... seriously. Is the crying so bad by players who aren't smart enough to counter them so expansive that Riot feels the need to destroy kits like Talon's by removing his greatest strength, his silence? There is no reason to remove a silence unless you fully intend to also remove Fidds' Q, completely get rid of stuns and any mechanic that removes a champs ability to function.

I hate the fact that assassins seem to be getting hit so hard because they're easy to counter. And it's getting ridiculous at this point. "Katarina is OP." Panth stuns in teamfight, she gets nuked. Oh wow, so OP folks.

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Leti the Yeti1 votes

the hilarity is that the simple idea of landing a point click cc on them ultimately fails and shes a triple kill dont know why

Cloud2731 votes

Name one assassin with a skillshot ult. I can't think of any. Also, even if they completely mess up their ult (jump in at the wrong time or something) they aren't really punished for it, because the cooldown is so short.

Foxy Brown1 votes

Name one assassin with a skillshot ult.

Fizz

Cloud2731 votes

Name one assassin with a skillshot ult.

Fizz

Alright. We have ONE assassin. But other than that, not really.

JayenKei1 votes

LeBlanc under certain circumstances LOL

SmokingPuffin1 votes

Name one assassin with a skillshot ult.

Evelynn basically has a Tibbers.

Fizz has a shark.

Kassadin has one but it's pretty hard to dodge due to the flashy nature.

Leblanc has one on her W and E, which tend to be the "right" LB ult options to use nowadays.

Talon has one, but it's usually not essential to his burst to hit with all the blades.

Kuroi861 votes

There is no reason to remove a silence unless you fully intend to also remove Fidds' Q, completely get rid of stuns and any mechanic that removes a champs ability to function.

The problem isn't silence or any CC on it's own. It's targeted CC on a kit that can 100-0 you before that CC ends that is a problem. Fiddlesticks kit is in a way that it is impossible for you to EVER 100-0 someone in the duration of his Q.

ccseancc1431 votes

Talon really can't 100-0 people unless fed. Do you know who can 100-0 champions? Rengar. Ever watch Ryan Choi play him. Not even fair. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI6pVvESotg

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Kuroi861 votes

Talon really can't 100-0 people unless fed. Do you know who can 100-0 champions? Rengar.

True on both parts. The problem with Talon is how difficult he was to shut down thanks to his silence requiring a two or even three vs one.
Rengar is ridiculous, always has been lol. Scary thing is, he doesn't need CC to do it...

chide da jungler1 votes

Riot doesn't dislike assassins. Otherwise the bulleet % armor pen stat would of been changed already.

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