The boards has a double standard when comparing assassins to tanks

BeatinWarDrumz·Jan 9, 2016·5 votes·340 views

Im ready for the downvotes, but let's be real:

Tanks - talk about low win rates, ignore high win rates (mundo malph atm) - vice versa for assassins (rarely to I see threads asking for buffs to kha or someone like that.) Assassins are more annoying in general (cough cough fizz), bu do you not thing that being perma cced by a naut or being killed by your own autos against a malph is annoying?

EDIT: Welp, I guess people either don't know FACTS, or didn't read the post.

6 Comments

ShonjlJan 9, 20163 votes

I think the issue mainly is you are comparing apples to oranges.

Assassins jobs are to kill you instantly. Which in and of itself is toxic gameplay since it basically removes counterplay other than don't let them near you. Its kinda hard to stop them when they can unleash their entire kit in not even a second and you are dead. And I am not talking a fed assassin. I mean even 0/4 with 50 farm 15-20 minutes into the game Zed/any other relevant assassin atm that makes me always wary once they hits 6 due to their nature.

Tanks aren't killing you fast. And Bruisers which people say are tanks anyways aren't killing you fast. Best example I can think of is a fed Irelia or Darius/Garen, they aren't killing you instantly. When fed you got several seconds to think of something to do or have teammates react.

It might be seen as double standards but the way I see it. You can itemize and fight tanks much easier than assassins. Assassins can kill you faster than you can even react which is the big thing people hate. Only reason they exist is basically to counter ADCS which would be unstoppable without them. But still doesn't change that its still bad gameplay.

2 Weezy BabyJan 9, 20161 votes

Nobody cares.

IcyPepperJan 9, 20161 votes

To a degree, I admit. Depends on the meta.

Assassins are going to get a lot of hate in snowball metas. :/

BroLaneJan 9, 20161 votes

Yeah, but I just play Wukong and play super safe until I can wreck face in teamfights. He and J4 both have Armor Pen. built in to their kits, and both are strong at the moment. Assassins are annoying because many can burst you down at an insane rate without any counterplay other that buying Zhonya's and timing the active to a tenth of a second. Tanks aren't complained about because Assassins would be a disaster if tanks were nerfed. To be honest I'd quit in a heartbeat if they nerf tanks before they gut the travesties known as Talon, Zed, Fizz, and Rengar.

Sneakyy XDJan 9, 20161 votes

I've never died because a Nautilus got fed, built like a tank, and killed me in his CC. I have died plenty of times because Talon got fed, jumped on me, and kill me before I could react.

Within reason, I can still play the game regardless of how fed a tank gets (assuming a pure tank build) - CC doesn't scale based on armor, MR, or health. I don't get to play the game when an assassin gets fed. And just to point it out, I have zero problems with assassins as a class, and I want them to be just as viable as every other class and champion.

xReadyPlayerOnexJan 9, 20162 votes

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I've never died because a Nautilus got fed, built like a tank, and killed me in his CC. I have died plenty of times because Talon got fed, jumped on me, and kill me before I could react.

Within reason, I can still play the game regardless of how fed a tank gets (assuming a pure tank build) - CC doesn't scale based on armor, MR, or health. I don't get to play the game when an assassin gets fed. And just to point it out, I have zero problems with assassins as a class, and I want them to be just as viable as every other class and champion.

You're playing against bad Nauts.