lets see.... only mages that can one shot instantly are the few with busted ratios... aka no one other than
and
, all other mages with high damage have some form of DPS or delay that prevents it from nuking you without counterplay,
E and R have delay on them,
ult relies on bouncing back and forth multiple times,
needs to set up multiple turrets and then land a stun, meanwhile assassins require minimal effort or waiting time to achieve the one shot, you may do less damage since your not dealing tons of AoE damage, but you are killing enemies much more efficently in comparison, all it takes for a
with lethality is a R and in some ocassions a R+Q and thats it, 0.2s one shot,
goes in and gets out with a kill from her high damage thats without any delay (assuming you went for the Q+R+W instead of the E combo), and dont get me started on certain abilities on assassins that not only mages, but other classes are also infuriated by,
R,
E,
W,
R,
R,
R
also no mage unless willing to do as much damage as a Janna (with the exception of mages with too high base damage that actually deserves nerfs as much as Assassins themselves cough
cough) would go Aftershock, and our only defence item options are
and
and some few oddballs that can pick up
and
, while AP assassins share this issue with us, just that they swap out
in their options with
, AD assassins dont, they have
, both stat wise and passive wise,
and
both stat wise and passive wise,
active wise,
stat wise and active wise,
passive wise, and
and
passive wise
also
dont count as HP alone (especially HP this low compared to
and
which bruisers can buy) is not enough to count as defensive, i have played as, with and against many mages with all three of these items AND
and still get oneshot by an AD assassin like
and
, for this same reason i specify that
makes the list solely for its active and not its stats, and is also the reason
isnt included despite being a popular option among the assassins i play against, if i have no reason to include AP items whos only defensive stat is just HP then i also dont have a reason to include AD items whos only defensive stat is just HP
if you made it this far, thank you for actually hearing me out, its greatly appreciated
also there is the problem with Penetration and Boots
again this is a problem more prominent among AD assassins than AP assassins so there is that
AP Assassins and mages have only 2 options for flat Magic pen (
), one of them being boots, 1 %Magic Pen item (
) that only gets the penetration once the item is fully finished
AD Assassins have 3 flat Armor penetration items AKA Lethality items (
), 2 %Armor Penetration options (
) one of which has Grevious wounds, and a %Armor Pen component if you need it earlier (
), and an armor shredding item too (
)
you noticed something? AD Assassins can go 2-3 lethality items, %Pen and armor shred, all while still getting to buy
or
, while mages and AP Assassins are forced to buy a certain type of boot to get their limited amount of Magic pen, which gets more limited if you're a mage that prefers
or if you're 
still reading? wow, i respect that, thanks for hearing me out, in return im willing to hear you out on any notes youd like to point out to me, just keep in mind the points i mentioned and that i have tried to not be biased as much as my experience in League would let me
sincerely
a Mage main, and a Zed Permabanner