Can We Go Back To The Days When

Unemployed Ninja·12/31/2018, 9:07:20 AM·30 votes·11,154 views

Assassins actually assassinated high priority targets instead of teams (with the exception of a couple that were shut down by a champion with a stun kinda sorta looking in their general direction), mages actually stopped assassins, the only real big true damage was Cho and Darius, you needed ADCs to take down towers, tanks could actually counter build, supports could be support champions instead of mages. I want to go on, but I feel like getting back to that much would at least be a good start to bringing this game back. I say this as a long time assassin main that wants assassins to be unique again.

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LatoyaFromTheBX12/31/2018, 4:37:03 PM7 votes

so Katarina shouldnt be a teamfighting assassin?

A i Bot 012/31/2018, 11:24:55 AM3 votes

Damage makes up for lack of skill. back in the old days closing out games was a nightmare, especially climbing. I don't know how many games I've lost after rolling over the lanes and then lose due to unskilled team play. Also if you think about it the Damage increase has made people better. it's a learning curve, which is why new champs usually start out strong so you learn them and have fun doing it

RainbowIcee1/1/2019, 2:05:05 AM1 votes

The problem with your argument is that you want the game to be streamlined and focused but champions as of late have multi roles and purpose so you just can't balance 1 part of them. Example one of our newest champions Pyke can engage/execute/ CC/ and sustain itself. So what can you do? nerf engagement in the game? make it safer? nerf sustain? this will hurt other champions... get rid of executes ? this would readjust a lot of champions. Nerf CC? what about Alistar ? Peels/CC/ tank. what will you do? nerf tank items because he can CC you already and then take the heat? Nerf CC because he is tanky ?

A Kniƒe Cat1/1/2019, 6:40:40 AM1 votes

Supports are broken yes I agree

MrGerund1/1/2019, 2:53:29 PM1 votes

the most disgusting thing in this game true damage (especial % max hp true dmg) yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck.

i played a tank yesterday, which was one of my biggest mistakes ever, i literally got oneshot by a jax 3 minutes in, then i decided to play it safe and stay in the back and not come close to him at all, guess what? still got oneshot.

why can't tanks be tanky anymore :/

ﬂoo1/1/2019, 4:35:23 PM1 votes

Pyke mistake

Ungrateful Thug1/1/2019, 8:35:59 PM1 votes

The idea that strategy was some prevalent quality of solo queue before the high damage meta is laughable. Solo queue was pretty much what it is now and has been: people pick whatever the fuck they want and play however the fuck they want regardless of their teammates. Solo queue has always been a free-for-all, every-man-for-himself clown fest and the addition of extra layers of damage doesn't change that.

Its okay if you don't like how high damage is in the game. That is understandable. But don't conflate two separate issues as being the same thing.

Unemployed Ninja1/1/2019, 11:49:47 PM1 votes

This thread was more popular than I anticipated. I am sad I did not notice sooner so that I could have been involved in the conversation.

The thigh guy1/3/2019, 12:26:45 PM1 votes

Nope. Only team comp riot wants viable is bruiser built like assassin top, again Leblanc mid, assassin kha jungle, lethality stacking jhin or Lucien and assassin support Pyke.

Not an assassin gtfo the rift.

OmegaNITRO1/4/2019, 12:57:04 PM1 votes

That would require the meta to be more focused on team play than individual outplays. I think that would be nice, but not the direction Riot seems to want to take.

Monstermushmush12/31/2018, 11:59:21 PM1 votes

But... I think the only teamfighting assassins are Ekko and Kat... Right? Please tell me if there are others.