Riot took the assassination out of assassins

YoungKawaiiLord·11/11/2016, 5:21:09 AM·34 votes·2,468 views

Im pretty much disappointed in all of the new champion updates except Kat...probably because she is mostly the same besides one skill that actually is pretty cool...every one else just feels slow and the stuff they added was just a gimmick...

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dakota saturn11/11/2016, 5:42:03 AM15 votes

LB is quite possibly the worst champion in the game.

https://youtu.be/YcjNsjbSt-Q

She is squishy as fk. She can't duel -anyone- at this point. Why on earth would anyone pick her? She's not deceiving at all and her clones are worthless. Absolutely destroyed this champion.

RavenMagus11/11/2016, 8:17:09 AM6 votes

It's pretty unfortunate IMO.

I really like how most of the new assassins play. They feel good, and pretty fair with the new delays.

And they would have been great a few seasons ago. But the damage in the game is so ridiculously high now. What is the point in playing an assassin with the new delays when you could play a fighter, build them like an assassin, and do their job but better because the damage comes in faster (and/or is often paired with instant hard CC)?

Other than AD assassins, I guess - item choices make AD assassins really privileged compared to AP ones - but you'd still do better playing an AD fighter as an assassin, I feel.

Irelia Bot11/11/2016, 8:20:50 AM4 votes

It is time to take the Carry out of AD carry.

WinTheWarOnPants11/11/2016, 7:29:05 AM4 votes

i played LB a few game and while i do really like all the options that her new ult provides, at the end of the day it was a gimmick without much substance. All of her dmg is in the delayed passive and when you have time to mess around with your enemy for like 3 mins then sure she can output a ton of dmg. However, she is not an assassin anymore.... maybe someone will find some weird way to make use of her kit, but assassins are supposed to... you know.... assassinate people... now shes more like a Shaco... she puts on a neat performance and if you stick around and watch it then you die. otherwise, forget about her and just go take an objective or pick up gardening the stupid plants i guess.

Echo54511/11/2016, 9:39:24 AM2 votes

I think the 100-0 in .72 seconds Zed still very much counts as an assassination

warpenguin55511/11/2016, 3:49:07 PM2 votes

they probably need to let them assassinate faster i agree

KuroCaliber11/11/2016, 4:33:58 PM2 votes

Abyssal and roa are hardly pure damage. Better pure damage would be Ludens and death cap

rtbf7610927111/11/2016, 11:54:41 AM2 votes

fully agreed. I was so sad playing Fizz Leblanc today, two of my mains. Leblancs ult at lv11 does half the base damage of her max rank w, with a smaller ap ratio (at best - some mimics do less than others). She also cant pop back from her w as fast as before, they added a timer so you have to wait about a second now. Her r-r ult just walks up and does nothing and laughs. She no longer has passive safety net either. Like why.

Fizz ult does less damage unless it's MAX range. Even then they removed the +20% damage from your other abilities to the target when it hits someone. His new w is super awkward in team fights with a cooldown so long you can only pop it once during the whole fight. This change also lowered his sustained damage so I cant clear jungle anymore with him like at all. Plus i always built revolver on him, which was nerfed

meanwhile in AD land, item 3814 item 3147 item 3142 . Not sure why they fucked ap champions and also nerfed revolver, while giving ad champions the same burst and stealth, while also giving them an MR + AD + spell shield?????

I guess I'll play Katarina now as my mid lane ap assassin... she is fun. But come on. I'm so sad with what they did to lb and fizz. At least I dont play shaco and akali I guess

AkabaneKun11/11/2016, 2:03:52 PM2 votes

Talon seems fine and Kha in honesty seems broken AF, faster clearing, isolation is scary lvl 1, and after lvl 6 you better not be isolated or you dead in 2 secs flat.

ZT Xperimentor11/11/2016, 6:39:11 AM1 votes

Meanwhile . . . Annie Diana Ekko Fiora Fizz LeeSin Nidalee Quinn Tristana Udyr Vayne Yasuo

AirKingNeo11/11/2016, 8:14:17 PM1 votes

"I haven't gotten used to the changes so clearly its the changes fault."

You're not playing Ekko who has the same playstyle still, so you just aren't used to it.