Assassins

by heart i am an assassin player, so i am kinda looking forward to the day riot finally straightens this class out a bit like they did with juggernauts and ADCs. it should also be the day they FINALLY do something about stealth since if a champ has stealth then it usually means that champ is an assassin, and quite a few assassins have stealth.

since riot has stated that they wont get around to looking at assassins as a whole until mid or late 2016 i think we have plenty of time to actually give feed back on what a particular assassin may need and how badly they may need help ( ) so that when it comes time for riot to work on the class they might get an idea of what we would want and perhaps prevent another needless butchering of a champion that no one really wanted( ) its a long shot since riot does w/e they want nowadays, but we do know they read, communicate, and listen to the community more so than any other game company aside from blizzard. infact i think they are may be more active at communication than even blizzard.

anyway, here is a list for all of the champions that the community views is an assassin.

from that list the ones that need to be worked on the most in terms of kit work are

i cant speak for all of these champions and say what they individually need or do not need, but ultimately it would all lead to a debate of "what is an assassin in LoL?". is an assassin a champion that goes full glass canon mode and blows up an ADC? if thats the case then any champion can do this.. its not exactly a hard thing to blow up an ADC or another squishy target. even full tanks that build zero damage items can do this nowadays, its not difficult. if its simply to blow up a squishy target and get out then does that make assassins? do they HAVE to be glass canon in order to separate a from a when it comes to blowing up said squishy target? or can assassins blow up ANY target, regardless of how tanky or squishy they might be, at the risk of there own life? Maybe an assassin can be champion that is like "hey, fuck you, i want you to die and i want you to die now and i dont care how much armor or HP you have. i may die in the process, but you sure as hell will die with me". i think that would certainly separate them from most champs, but would probably cause a ton of balance issues.

so what is an assassin in this game or what CAN an assassin be in this game? i think at the end of the day an assassin should be ALOT more than just pure damage. are good examples. in particular brings alot more utility to the role than just damage and focuses on locking someone down and reversing time to kill a target. is champ that has alot of potential to kill a target not by damage, but purely outplaying someone with his clone, boxes, and Q. his kit could be fleshed out to reflect that more maybe. and then there are still assassins that focuses purely on damage to kill a target and nothing else such as . his kit has alot of damage amplifications, but all nerfed to a point that its kind of does nothing, especially his passive.

so thats all i have to say on it for now. maybe other assassin mains can talk about what they feel makes an assassin an assassin.