Is Season 8 the death of AP mid?

Gives No Lux·Nov 22, 2017·2 votes·742 views

With nothing in the way of survivability runes for mages and the serious early game ad burst it seems AP mid is free champ farming before 10 min if they so much as imagine going 3 feet from tower.

After 6 the wet noodle simulators that replaced towers combined with the high mobility assassins means you can expect to get 100-0 under tower if you even make the tiniest miss step.

Don't get me wrong, I do like high-risk high-reward METAs, however right now it seems there really isn't any pay off for mages unless it's just a fiesta that goes over 35 min.

If I'm forced to take resolve and rush tabi as a mage every game just to make it out of lane phase then I would like to know what role mages are expected to play in Season 8.

Thanks.

3 Comments

FullmuteAll playNov 23, 20171 votes

Fizz-AP, Kassadin- AP. For mages you are talking about, pick Malzahar.

Gives No LuxNov 23, 20171 votes

Fizz is average/weak, Kass never makes it out of lane. Malz is one that can make it out lane but he's a niche roll and has limited usefullness past lane.

At most there are a few viable AND useful mid mages but I thought the purpose of the rune changes was to increase diversity.

I know it's still early in pre-season but I haven't yet seen Riot comment about the overwhelming swing toward burst AD so far and I'm curious as to what the plans are for the near future.