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Akali the Rogue Assassin

JAXii··1 votes·1,104 views

I would love to get some buffs on Akali. I've been playing League of Legends since early 2014 and I've always loved the assassin class. Now I've been playing ADCs' only cause assassins are nowadays so weak. ADC can literally carry 1vs9 but good assassin can't. The only problem is that the game needs to end before 20 mins to win 1vs9. Akali's damage is so low nowadays that it's really not useful in any fight also the life steal removal killed her. Same goes for Zed, Kata, Kalista, Azir & Twisted Fate. Also don't rework Vayne. It will literally kill the player base. Tank meta is just ruining the fun for all of us. No one loves to get one shotted by AP Malphite with just few kills and not able to kill him 5vs1. Just add some new tweaks to Akali's R / E and everything will be fine. Also the W needs to be changed back so it can dodge tower shots cause all the other champs with similar abilities can too so why shouldn't she? Also Kata's E is annoying ... Give us the ward jumps back alright-o?

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Zero Shingetsu1 votes

I'm loathe to even call it a tank meta. We had a true tank meta a few years back; this is more of an "insane damage meta" where even tanks can wipe you out in two hits. As far as Akali, she doesn't really feel like an assassin anymore. She just doesn't have the burst damage she used to. I think her new kit is fun to play, far moreso than original Akali. She just feels more like a skirmisher than an assassin. Which I dunno, technically appropriate for a ninja, I just know they intend for her to be an assassin and it feels like they missed the mark.

Zardo1 votes

Now I've been playing ADCs' only cause assassins are nowadays so weak. ADC can literally carry 1vs9 but good assassin can't.

This just flat out isn't true. Adcs can't really generate leads on their own early unless their name is draven, lucian, or caitlyn and rely on their support to at least be somewhat competent. If they aren't they can't snowball their lane on their own unless the enemy is terrible. They can't roam to shut down the enemy assassin from getting fed. They are resigned to sitting in the passenger's seat until lategame, where good positioning can let them win, issue is, most games are decided before then.

Assassins on the other hand have so many more options. Early they can snowball. They can generate leads on their own, then roam to spread their lead and shut down others. They can splitpush mid-late and aren't resigned to sitting next to their enchanter/tank against dive since they have tools to escape. Sure, if you don't end the game before lategame it gets tough to win with them, but that's the nature of the class- they sacrifice scaling for early- mid game prowess(minus kassadin obviously).

Does that mean assassins are just completely broken and adcs are terribly weak? No. Assassins are waaaaay harder to play WELL, and playing them well involves more macro than micro. You have to know how to play with your lead and shut a game out. ADCs don't really have to do that, they're much easier to play macro wise.

Flam3MePLS1 votes

no, akali needs to get more nerfs. she's the cancer of league

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