In this meta We need wave clear from comps....
Mages are so damn good right now they need to be in every game
Assassins just so hit or miss in low elo and its not a consistent way to climb in my opinion
mages just do everything better
why pick a zed who can maybe kill one person rather then a 
Woodakoodashooda4 votesWell, you just listed one of the reasons an assassin is a good pick. They can kill the squishy mage that poses a threat to your team.
TheHobbits4 voteshttps://frinkiac.com/img/S05E13/728377.jpg
Back in my days it was common place for tanks to go mid, as was the fashion at the time, and it was the supports job to only buy wards and to use the summoner spell called Clairvoyance! That was so we could see who went to what lane.
Ah those were the days.
MLDzXnRRR1 voteshttps://frinkiac.com/img/S05E13/728377.jpg
Back in my days it was common place for tanks to go mid, as was the fashion at the time, and it was the supports job to only buy wards and to use the summoner spell called Clairvoyance! That was so we could see who went to what lane.
Ah those were the days.
Season 1?
Zero Skill Tank4 votesGood, nobody likes assassins.
SoundChaosDebug2 votesi do gragras or maokai ability power glass cannon and it is good times.
ViiLLAiN1 votesap bruisers new meta lol
RamRanchDressing1 votes
tell me more
ViiLLAiN1 voteshe may be the only exception but even then picking jayce mid needs a comp around that its not a pick that will always do well
Zero Skill Tank1 votesJayce is actually considered an Artillery now, which is a subclass of mages.
Xelnex1 votesAssassins are there to kill the ADC or any other squishy targets before getting killed. Its a suicide mission but if you take out one or 2 carries in the opponent team, they are left with 3 members, and is hard for them to 3 v 4. They can then push a turret or kill a tank or something and/or push for the objective.
"Mages just do everything better"
yes i somewhat agree that, but at times mages dont usually have the mobility needed for early ganks and/or to dodge the skill shots.
Yes i am sure you will say 
is a mobile champ, but he cant bring the damage needed in early game unless you get hit by that stun, which is somewhat easy to dodge while laning. With champions like 
and 
it's fairly easy to gank early.
Champions like and 
can poke you out with energy, where as mages need mana to do anything. They can stay in the fights longer. When mages need to recall for mana or items, assassins can move bot or top to gank or counter jg/and possibly kill the jg who is at low health/mana, recall and then get back to the lane 5-8 second after the mage returns to laning.
Against a ? His wave clear potential is HUGE, but it's somewhat easy to lane freeze, and he wont be able to do much at close range especially when he is ganked. (i am talking about timed ganks when 2 of his abilities are on cooldown not mindless "GO HAM" ganks. That's pure stupidity). Mages like are deadmeat once their stuns are down.
To simplify, what i personally feel is that, assassins are there for early level snowballs, mages are there for late game team fights.
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ViiLLAiN1 votesi think u missed the big point of mages can still do everything better lol
U say low mobility in lane and early game, i agree but thats just a positioning issue you get what i mean?
theres alot of mages out there that do alot more dmg then assassins can do on a more reliable way and most of the time its aoe
most meta mages have 
thats a ton more dmg then assassins and utility
point im making is mages do everything better, theres a reason why riot is reworking assassins lol
Xelnex1 votesYou're still missing the point i am trying to make. Those items deal a huge damage, i would agree, but you need 20+ minute to get them. I am not at all talking about late game team fights, but early level snowballs.
ViiLLAiN1 votesok and u dont think mages can snowball early either? lol with their utility they can set up ganks alot easier for jungles to get early leads
assassins cant do that unless their jungler sets up a gank for them which is not reliable
also mage items arent really that expensive if you know how to farm well
Xelnex1 votesAssassins can snowball harder than mages early game, they are better at doing that than mages. Taking down objectives and towers. Mages provide utility for the team and late game team fights, assassins dont mean shizz in team fights if you have CC.
Both of them are good at doing different things in game. "Everybody is a Genius. But If You Judge a Fish by Its Ability to Climb a Tree, It Will Live Its Whole Life Believing that It is Stupid." - A popular quote.
there's a reason why riot is reworking assassins lol
To counter this point, i'll have you know that most of the assassin reworks feel like a nerf overall. If i were to go with your point, i'd say "Assassins are getting reworked because they are too strong" ? Zed was nerfed multiple times. Talon will no longer be able to do area damage and accidentally kill a champion he was not targeting. Rengar wont be able to stack his passive over the same champion over and over again. Read the riot posts and YouTubes, especially gamingcurious, you'll know a lot.
