Myths about the "Assassin meta" and "Tank meta"

Arsames··5 votes·721 views

Alright kids, a lot of you use these two word combinations without even knowing what you are talking about. Season 4 - Season 5 pre-Cinderhulk was not an "Assassin meta", it was just a meta with limited champion viability. What was the Assassin meta? The Assassin meta was during (early) Season 3, when every Assassin you could imagine was very strong: Zed Talon Katarina MasterYi Akali Ahri (Yes, Ahri was actually an Assassin back then and not a mobility mage like right now) Fizz Kassadin Nidalee (1 shot spears, lel)Khazix Rengar Leblanc Shaco . I am not joking, all these Assassins were strong and could dominate the game on their own. This was the Assassin meta. They eventually got nerfed, some faded away, some lingered till now, with the fall of Assassins.

Now people are claiming there is a "Tank meta", no there isn't. Tanks aren't dominating the game on their own and not many tanks are viable, only some. This meta is actually pretty diverse and you can play a lot of different roles and champions effectively, even Assassins. Some Assassins have been overnerfed though: Kassadin Akali Khazix

My ranked champion pool is: Zed Talon Yasuo Vladimir Nautilus Rammus Jax and I enjoy this meta. Do I miss the S3 Assassin meta? Yes, the games were over very fast, a lot of snowballing and (team) fights were decided in mere seconds :)

With the next patch Shyvana Jayce will make a return and start pwning some fr00bz once again and we will have literally one of the most, if not the most, diverse meta in a long time.

13 Comments

insaiyanbacca5 votes

pretty much half(actually now that i think about it a lot of them) the boards dont understand what these metas actually are

SEKAI2 votes

Assassin meta - assassins were broken OP.

Tank meta - tanks are finally viable, with some being OP.

So yer.

Arsames2 votes

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Assassin meta - assassins were broken OP.

Tank meta - tanks are finally viable, with some being OP.

So yer.

Kassadin 90% ban rate Nidalee Literally 1 shot spearing people when fed from 100% hp to 0%.

jDVL20eCYs1 votes

then karma can do it with her mants q since her matra q out damage nida spear while being easier to hit and aoe with cc. nida acutlyl never could one shoot. if she could then bassicly she would need to dfg the target then he move to ams range gets heal of soraka then 25/0 nida use her spear while he have bought zero mr and hp. then maybe she could have one shoot.

Arsames1 votes

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then karma can do it with her mants q since her matra q out damage nida spear while being easier to hit and aoe with cc. nida acutlyl never could one shoot. if she could then bassicly she would need to dfg the target then he move to ams range gets heal of soraka then 25/0 nida use her spear while he have bought zero mr and hp. then maybe she could have one shoot.

You obviously didn't play during s3 Nidalee 1 shot spears, you don't know what you are talking about.

  1. Karma's mantra Q doesn't deal entire damage in 1 hit.
  2. Karma's mantra Q isn't super long ranged, like Nidalees spear.
  3. Karma's mantra Q isn't spammable like Nidalee Q.

Nidalee Q when fed, could 1 shot a target from 100 to 0, unless you were a fr00b that didn't jump away after spear toss to increase the damage.

jDVL20eCYs1 votes

i knwo pre rework nida spear and they never one shoot unless extreme situations

The Whamboozler2 votes

Cinderhulk meta would be more appropriate, since that was the big reason for the shift to tankier champs being powerful. Even if all of the strong champs in the meta didn't use it, that item was probably the strongest influence over how things ended up like they did for a while. And it's already kinda fading away each patch too.

Pæan1 votes

Many assassins can still hard carry on their own, just requires some thought and decision making instead of "jump in, insta kill, bye bye". I still have some awesome games where i get super fed as Shaco but that is a lot harder than it used to be. My possible targets just got cut in half in most cases whereas before I could instagib anyone that was alone.

Hasztalan21 votes

Trying to explain things with racial logic who can't even read yet alone have a pool of english words larger than anything "me mid or feed / report 9x y" is a brave but foolish try.

jDVL20eCYs1 votes

gragas and sejuani are unkillable cc assassins with %hp damage

Stars Shaper1 votes

Starting a thread assuming you are talking to "kids" needing your guide deserves you a downvote.

Arsames2 votes

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Starting a thread assuming you are talking to "kids" needing your guide deserves you a downvote.

Majority of the playerbase are kids, get over it, you probably are one yourself.

Vistha Kai1 votes

I'm pretty sure playing LeBlanc back then warranted a report for trolling.

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