Assassins are better at burst. ADCs are better at burst and sustained.
In fact it's not even that mages are weak. Marksmen are just so disgustingly overtuned.
The only reason you have an AP mage anymore is so they can't just build 6 thornmails and laugh.
Dear lord let this circle jerk end one day PLEASE.
Are you kidding me? League of stopwatch and overtuned ADC's have gutted assassins that aren't katarina or akali
Last time that happened it was a whole half season and then some after the 2016 MYMU.
Those weren’t good times. I don’t need Viktor being top tier again.
We kind of are getting an AP itemization rework in the next patch or two, which covers up a lot of the flaws of the weaker mages currently, as well as be the crutch that the AP assassins that aren't doing so well need.
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Assassins are better at burst. ADCs are better at burst and sustained.
In fact it's not even that mages are weak. Marksmen are just so disgustingly overtuned.
The only reason you have an AP mage anymore is so they can't just build 6 thornmails and laugh.
Out of the top ten highest win rates, three of them are mages...
Brand and Anivia at 53.2% ... 4th highest winrate
Vel'koz 52.6% ... 9th highest
And then there are other mages in the top 30
Veigar 52.6% ... 13th highest
Aurelion Sol (not exactly a 'mage' so to speak, but included for arguments sake) 51.8% ... 19th highest
Xerath and Zyra at 51.7%, tied for 22nd
Ziggs 51.4% ... 28th highest win rate.
...
But, never fear, Riot is nerfing the total amount of AP available (slightly) just as they did with the MYMU two years ago, so we'll be seeing those win rates dropping off quite a bit.
