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I'm tired of Zhonya being the only defense against assassin mids

Sacred Math·10/6/2018, 6:28:53 PM·9 votes·1,324 views

primarily the Zeds and Yasuos. The fact that this item becomes a MUST BUY in these match ups (and these fucking match ups seem to be every game considering Zed and Yas are pick or ban) limits builds, counterplay and creativity on all fronts.

You will literally know how it's gonna play out every game. My job is to rush Zhonya against a Zed, he'll ulti, I'll proc active, I'll have 1/4 health left and I'd have no choice but to either recall or stay in lane and get killed by his next combination...same BS every game.

And, honestly, Zhonya is an item isn't that great outside of its passive, considering they can shred through the fucking armor you build like its nothing.

Solution: give us more defensive itemization against assassins FFS. Real itemization where the opposing doesn't fucking know exactly what you're going to build against him every. single. time.

6 Comments

TitanAnteus10/6/2018, 6:37:11 PM5 votes

You could take good positioning + Rylais as well.

sneakydoug10/6/2018, 8:07:03 PM1 votes

No, don't do that. Alternatively you can build ROA. Or get barrier. But yes, assassins tend to dive you. That's what they do. or build thornmail. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

nomani10/6/2018, 9:09:25 PM1 votes

I don't understand why you people think you absolutely HAVE to rush hourglass vs Zed. You buy seeker's for the same amount of armor and destroy all of his lethality. He would need Ghostblade, Duskblade, and Sudden Impact fully scaled up to get through all of seeker's armor.

Seeker's + Barrier + Resolve he can't kill you anymore assuming you play properly and don't eat 4 WEQs in a row.

Elisheva10/6/2018, 10:07:38 PM1 votes

You can build literally any very powerful defensive item, you just don't want to alter your build path and lose a little ap.