State of select AD assassins and tanks.
At this point in the season every champion is overpowered in their own way, whether it be matchup's, melee champs, or ranged. Now this is obvious as every champion should have their own strengths and weakness's. Take Renekton
for example. This champion can dominate melee champ in lane and late game but give him a ranged champ to face in lane and he will struggle. This is how champions should be with a high reward for some matchups and high risk for some but this can all change based on skill level. But, when you are picking a champion that can dominate into any matchup and carry with no problem and/or fear of another champion it is obvious something is wrong. Now let's look at Xin Zhao
This champion excels with
due to the ap/ad ratios that he has. Now I'm not saying that it is bad for a champion to rely on or have incredible synergie with an item but, you don't want a champion that is broken and this item shows why Xin Zhao for example needs to be nerfed. For a champion to 1 v 5 you need to have sustain or incredible burst (and luck)
. (I say kat needs luck because she will just get bursted down before any damage now). But, back to the sustain, Xin Zhao's W ability Battle Cry has a passive and an active "Xin Zhao passively will critically strike every third attack, healing on every third hit. This ability can be activated to attack faster.
Passive: Every third basic attack Xin Zhao critically strikes his target for 25/37.5/50/62.5/75% additional damage. On every third hit, he heals himself for 30/35/40/45/50 (+0) (+40% Ability Power).
Active: Xin Zhao unleashes a battle cry, increasing his Attack Speed by 40/45/50/55/60% for 5 seconds." Now if you know what Xin builds it is normally A jungle item more specifically
For the attack speed and additional on hit damage. He also builds
for the AoE damage and additional attack speed as the stacks build up. Part of his W passive is it gives him health on every third hit which will additionally critically strike his opponent. Now Xin Zhao
will already be getting health every third attack and with his attack speed already being high he will be healing rapidly. Now a real big cheese move for a Xin Zhao would be to build a
and a
. The Hextech will give him health back equal to a percentage of damage done and the spirit visage will increase all healing on himself by 20%
I'm not saying we have to nerf every item and champion that work together but Champions should be able to die.