Assassin is by far the most difficult role in the game, case closed

Lajneen·7/15/2015, 11:40:07 PM·12 votes·3,571 views

I dont understand why people are still debating over this topic, it's a fact that nothing in this game comes even close to the difficulty of an Assassin.

  • Melee ✓
  • Squishy ✓
  • Hardest role to position with ✓
  • Requires perfect timing ✓
  • Highly advanced and mechanically challenging kits ✓

And the list goes on. On top of that it's also the weakest role in the game right now.

And before you go on a rant about how Assassins are ''easy'' just save it. Everyone knows that the only people who call Assassins easy are the ones who aren't skilled enough to play Assassins themselves. At the end of the day you will just come off as salty, unskilled and jealous.

205 Comments

Malix Farwin7/16/2015, 12:12:30 AM13 votes

So um MasterYi is harder then Syndra ?

Shadow Gilgamesh7/15/2015, 11:47:31 PM11 votes

"I'm right, and before you say I'm wrong, everyone knows that people who think I'm wrong are bad"

Good quality post there OP.

1000angrybees7/15/2015, 11:50:13 PM11 votes

If Zed, Akali, Leblanc, Fizz, and Katarina are hard to play and "mechanically challenging" you're absolutely joking.

Rivini7/15/2015, 11:42:55 PM7 votes

That self-deception.

IcyPepper7/16/2015, 1:26:49 AM6 votes

Highly advanced and mechanically challenging kits ✓

Meh.

Katarina Press Q, shunpo in, press W, maybe throw in an ult or ignite there. Boom, I mastered Katarina.

Dr Poro7/16/2015, 4:49:01 PM2 votes

I find ranged champions a lot more difficult than melee champs. If you missclick on the enemy as a melee champ, it doesn't matter. You will just run towards them just as if you clicked on them. If you do it on a ranged champion, you'll run towards them instead of shooting, closing the gap. My brother is a lot better with ranged champions than with melees. He doesn't know when to go in and when not and performs better from the edge of a teamfight than right in the middle.

It all depends on preferences. No class, role or position is ultimately harder or easier. IMO top lane is the easiest, but others say it's hard because you get punished harder for mistakes and no one will help you.

But mechanically, most assassins are pretty damn hard. Tanks and bruisers are the easiest IMO, then most ADCs and mages, then supports and assassins. Seriously, don't underestimate the mechanics a Janna or Thresh support needs. On top of your 4 abilities that you have to cast at the right time and at the right place, you also need to cast 2-4 items when needed. Saving stunned people with item 3222 and your team with item 3190 and/or item 3401 while also using item 3069 or item 3800 at the right time is not as easy. Oh and don't forget to exhaust/ignite or you're a scrub. If they have a stealth champ, you also need to item 3364 on the right spot. Luckily, though, almost no one at plat/low diamond performs nearly perfectly at support.

Sooko7/16/2015, 11:20:52 PM1 votes

I am just gonna say that assassins are in fact the most forgiving class when it comes to positioning, and no role is more difficult than the other because there are several champions for each, and they all have their own difficulties.

You can play a skillshot-reliant tank like Sion or Zac, and you can play simpler ones like Rammus You can play a champion like Zed with a lot of skillshots and angles to master, or you can roll your face on the keyboard with Fizz You can play Draven and juggle with axes while farming, or you can go for Sivir or Ashe You can jungle with Lee Sin or you can jungle with Warwick and Master Yi

Saying some roles are more difficult than the others would only be possible if we only had 2 champions or so for each role...

LordGeovanni7/17/2015, 4:48:39 AM1 votes

assassins have more balanced range among the champs they have than tanks and fighters together. for a role that supposed to capitalize on moments of vulnerability they have lost of dam low cool down low costs and damageing dashes and blinks with high base damage and scaleings they can burst and sustain their bust through out the fight on all types of champions

DrNova7/18/2015, 2:07:22 AM1 votes

lol just no. Most assasins consist of just knowing when to go all in or not to. Allot of them have saftey/escapes, and are able to 100-0 the champs they plan on going in on fast enough to get easy kills