Kha'Zix isn't built for the new jungle.

Best KhaZix Void··5 votes·670 views

I've only played it a little and i can already feel how gimped i am compared to most every other jungle champion. His playstyle in general is just riddled with oxymorons:

He needs hunter's potion more than anything else, but refillable potion is so garbage it forces him to back after his first camp, further delaying him.

He needs to get items to powerspike, but he has to get hunter's pot and a jungle item just to clear well, which is 1100 gold down the drain, giving him nothing to show for it when ganking, fighting, or otherwise doing anything that isn't powerfarming.

His clear is garbage but he has to powerfarm to get enough gold in a reasonable amount of time to be effective.

Ganking is impossible between the mastery changes, the item price changes and his aforementioned punishing clear times and health, He needs to get insanely lucky, or he needs to rely on the lane he's ganking for to do everything for him.

I understand assassins are meant to be feast or famine and be able to shut down, but it feels like you're working from a deficit right from the start, the famine hit in champ select and you're just praying for a feast to drop out of the sky so you're allowed to do ANYTHING.

He's a goldsink that doesn't get onto the level of anyone else until at LEAST 20 minutes, and until then you're fighting a 4v5, as he's little more than a siege minion with hops until at least warrior enchantment.

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Player of Games2 votes

100% fucking agree. As a Kha'zix stomper I absolutely hate the new jungle and how long it takes to get going. There is literally no reason to play kha over Rengar right now especially with crit at an all time high.

They already left him in a shit spot after the round of nerfs, these further indirect nerfs really hurt him ALOT.

YumaS2Astral1 votes

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100% fucking agree. As a Kha'zix stomper I absolutely hate the new jungle and how long it takes to get going. There is literally no reason to play kha over Rengar right now especially with crit at an all time high.

They already left him in a shit spot after the round of nerfs, these further indirect nerfs really hurt him ALOT.

I've played Rengar, and he suffers from the same problem as Kha - without Tiamat it is difficult to clear camps or waveclear minion waves if you are going lane with him.

AD assassins are extremely difficult to play right now. The closest champions to AD assassins that are still good on the jungle are Lee Sin and Master Yi. They are still very viable and can carry games. As for laning, unless you plan to use Yasuo or Riven, I wouldn't recommend you to play an AD assassin.

YumaS2Astral1 votes

Only AD assassins are really suffering from the new changes. As a Fizz player I can assure, the jungle is still as easy as ever, and mid lane is also good. I even use him top sometimes (although as an AD bruiser instead of AP assassin). AP assassins have not been affected by the changes because they use the mages' items, so whenever mages are nerfed, AP assassins are nerfed too.

That said, I agree that Kha'Zix has been heavily nerfed on this patch, although this time, it is an indirect nerf. Without item 3077 it is extremely hard to use him either on the jungle (due to not being able to clear as fast) or on the lane (I use lane Kha, and it is incredibly difficult to waveclear without this, even if you evolve W early) - The other changes weren't actually as bad, and some of them were even buffs, the Black Cleaver changes for example. But without Tiamat's waveclearing power, he simply can't work at all.

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