Duskblade of Draktharr and Kha'Zix

YumaS2Astral··2 votes·2,233 views

Since this item was announced, I was waiting for the opportunity to test it on my favorite AD assassin, Kha'Zix.

This week, I finally had the opportunity, and I must say: This item is fantastic for Kha'Zix. It increases his burst by a lot and somewhat mitigates his reliance on isolation. Remember the times where Kha's Q used to do damage based on the enemy's missing health? Now you can have the same feeling as before with this item.

I don't know why people said that this item would be weak on Kha'Zix. As long as you are not behind, it is actually a fantastic item to buy. Also, contrary to what many people say, you need to auto-attack as Kha'Zix; he isn't completely non reliant on auto-attacks. He needs to auto to apply his passive, which also allows him to apply Thunderlord's Decree because the auto counts as 2 procs for Thunderlords - both the auto-attack itself and the passive; so, with just one Q and one auto, Kha can apply Thunderlords. Combine that with Duskblade, and you can murder any champion that is isolated and is not a full tank (though even full tanks must be wary of trying to duel Kha).

I think that the only reason why Kha'Zix is still considered weak - his winrate actually decreased after Duskblade was added to the game - is because other assassins, namely Zed and Talon, have stronger kits and take better advantage of Duskblade than Kha'Zix currently. In other words, while Kha'Zix was buffed, other assassins were buffed too, and Kha'Zix remains outclassed by them.

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KhaZix Bot2 votes

Damn it, you weren't supposed to tell everyone.

For real, though. With a proper setup and an early kill, you can find yourself doing over 50% of the enemy laner's HP in one Q, provided you can manage to get isolation. Zed and Talon are just easier to play because they don't have that prerequisite, but four years of almost exclusively playing Kha'Zix tells me that in iso, you can smash a Zed who has two items on you before he can blink. Of course, that means he was in iso to start with, meaning he is, in fact, bad.

Over all, I think he's in a good spot right now. Fluidity is still a little bad, but it could be worse and we know those changes aren't getting reverted. Once Zed gets knocked back down to size, we'll probably see a few more Kha'Zix mid players.

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