Its not Assassins that are the problem... Its Riot's duplicity!

There have been a lot of complaints about "Assassins" but they are not the problem. I have given up on Riot ever doing anything to nerf/balance , , fairly because these champions make big flashy plays and that is exactly what Riot want to make more interesting LCS plays and make more money that way through promotion, ticket sales and skin sales.

However the problem is not simply limited to assassins such as . The problem is simply that a lot of AP mains like myself are simply insulted that Riot gives AD champions BETTER and more EFFICIENT items while subsequently nerfing core AP items that we need to remain competetive.

I think a lot of people have noticed Riot's complete double standards in trying to placate the Mage and AP community. When you say that Deathfire Grasp was toxic on champions such as BUT then you introduce an item which is very similar and AD based for AD assassins, , I think its fair that some of us may feel a bit cheated by that behavior.

What can Riot do to help balance the division between AP and AD and I do not believe that reducing the cost on would not go far enough. AP mids NEED another armor item now that Riot took the AP off so there are no real armor options to counter the AD's getting easy and .