why can assassins be tanky?

Glîtchy·Feb 9, 2019·7 votes·2,566 views

I was against a katarina just now and she survived my ult + trinity + bite (was being trundle) like it was nothing, honestly why can assassins get tanky when they chunk you so easily? it's so stupid

14 Comments

AlienPrimateFeb 9, 201917 votes

This wasn't a matter of an assassin being tanky. This was a matter of Kat having 21k gold and a level advantage and Trundle having 13k gold. I guarantee that Trundle wins 1v1 with ease with the same amount of gold.

GlîtchyFeb 9, 20191 votes

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This wasn't a matter of an assassin being tanky. This was a matter of Kat having 21k gold and a level advantage and Trundle having 13k gold. I guarantee that Trundle wins 1v1 with ease with the same amount of gold.

gold doesn't change stats.

TehNACHOFeb 9, 201910 votes

No, you're right, it just buys stats.

heroikcFeb 9, 20191 votes

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gold doesn't change stats.

Unless you use the gold to buy stat boosters, like hextech gunblade...

LovelleFeb 10, 20191 votes

To be fair, it is incredibly hard right now to be relevant as Trundle unless he either gets a lead or the opponent is passive enough to let him reach at least 2 items before snowballing. He gets outmaneuvered by nearly everyone and doesn't have enough damage or utiity to compete unless he rushes 2-3 damage items first (making him easy as hell to burst down).

Been playing him near exclusively for years and even I'm having trouble winning games since the nerfs.

AlienPrimateFeb 10, 20191 votes

I play him mostly as a support now or just for fun in the jungle with friends in normal games. I find him to actually be a pretty good support with good pillar placement and stat stealing from his Q and R.

LTK KoRoFeb 9, 20193 votes

Because you played a gutted bruiser who does little burst damage even with damage builds

Baron BarianFeb 9, 20193 votes

Well, she wasn't building tanky at all, but even though you had Trinity, you seemed to have been behind overall, and you waited until late to build any MR. Didn't help that Kat got as fed as she did. If you had the same number of items as she did, you probably could've beaten her in a 1v1, but honestly, you shouldn't expect to win a 1v1 with someone who's consistently 2 items up from you.

ThefrostyvikingFeb 9, 20193 votes

You are not supposed to win a fight against someone a full 2 items over you, thats not supposed to work at all in all but a few cases, at least as far as damage vs damage goes.

CrazyMonkeyCZFeb 9, 20192 votes

Upvoted, but it should be in memes...

TyroneWatermelonFeb 9, 20192 votes

because for some unknown reason item 3146 exists

ISoul Of CinderIFeb 9, 20191 votes

Cause half of the ap items in the game give way too much defensive stats #morellos lyandris= massive hp and tons of dmg

MoonscourgeFeb 9, 20193 votes

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Cause half of the ap items in the game give way too much defensive stats #morellos lyandris= massive hp and tons of dmg

HP are worthless without resistances. Assassins don't buy resistances outside of 1 item at most and no AP assassin in the game buys a Liandry lmao

iDarkWindFeb 9, 20192 votes

You are joking ain't you. HP is and will always be valuable. Resistences are important, yes, but HP works against both types and is only hard countered by %HP