Make Assassins more like Zed and Ekko

Divewing·Jan 2, 2016·4 votes·472 views

Now before the flash-mob calls for my head on a pike hear me out, when i say make assassins like Zed and Ekko, i mean with delayed burst. Both Zed and ekko (especially the latter) are more delayed in their focus than most of their more instagib-orientated counterparts, such examples as LeBlanc and Kassadin, more extreme examples being Talon and Rengar.

In a game where everything is going OK on both sides, Zed and Ekko would be looking at either a 4-ish second chain, or multiple burst chains. In this aspect they are significantly more healthy than stuff like Rengar and Talon (League's Premium Dumpster service).

8 Comments

Very Hard EngageJan 2, 20162 votes

"delayed burst" you've got zed all wrong. zed doesn't need death mark damage to kill you, the rest of his kit is still instant and quite potent.

talon on the other hand has a combo and order usage.

DivewingJan 2, 20162 votes

what zeds have you been fighting that have got so fed that that were the case, and talons combo doesnt matter other than: when do i ult?

TeemoXNidaleeJan 2, 20162 votes

We need instakilling assassins to deal with oppressive adcs and mages.

Very Hard EngageJan 2, 20161 votes

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We need instakilling assassins to deal with oppressive adcs and mages.

no we need riot to stop nerfing our CC tanks and not expecting raw damage to take over. see maokai, sion, rammus, fiddlesticks, veigar, swain, warwick, sejuani, trundle. etc etc, im sure theres more i cant think of right now, but what do you expect after all these nerfs?

tell me these were the oppressive carries who were unstoppable forces and were ruining games? ^^^^ and you were going to win just for picking these guys.

(they weren't, they were only nerfed due to the changes riot keeps making because they were adding in poor additions which had undesired effects and it was "necessary" to take power away to deflate their win rates)

the simple fact is we need targeted CC to make a comeback so that league of snowballs can be dealt with. not so the tank can kill you 1v1, no, so you can get caught out, targeted, focused, and then we can win a 5v4. and instead of waiting for zed to get 3 more kills by the time sejuanis ult is ready again...........

Titanium70Jan 2, 20162 votes

Exept both are no real Assassins... Ekko is an AP Bruiser - usually he cant assassinate, He has to play smart around a Teamfight, poking people before going all in with his stun. And Zed? Sure in Lategame he is an Assassin - but in laning? Not at all. He is safe, he can poke, he can waveclear - he cant get ganked by most junglers and you cant deny him farm so he is useless in midgame.

An Assassins idea should be High-Risk, High Reward.. Zed is No-Risk and rewards instantly by forcing the enemy into different playstyles. If this the compensation for delayed burst than... pls Rito GIVE 5 Rengars and 10 Kassas to play against, because another Zed will make me quit playing MidLane!

IonianJan 2, 20161 votes

No mention of Ahri ? Come on. Can only 100-0 if she hits everything, needs to hit a skillshot cc to have kill potential, and has her mobility on a 110s cd unlike the usual assassin which has it on a 10s cd.