solidify her as the Assassin she was meant to be

Neamean·2/1/2017, 7:22:46 AM·1 votes·929 views

I honestly died a little on the inside when I read this and no not because she would be no longer be the Diving type but because what it mean for Swain

I'm afraid they will make Swain into some weird tactician in his gameplay. That just too different from his current Warlock gameplay. A Master Tactician would never put himself in the line of fire so I don't want to see a kit where he is trying to use elaborate plan.

Just because he is a Master Tactician doesn't mean he is chop liver. I want to play the Jericho Swain that greet the foolish assassin who decide to take a job to kill Swain. When they underestimate the Grand General but only too realize that he is this power mage, bird, monster but it's too late. That the Swain I want to play. Yes he is a Master Tactician but that doesn't mean he have to be one in gameplay too.

You think cutting off the head is the best tactic but once you tried you realize that the head is armed to the teeth and it will cut you before you can hurt it.

Althoug I was rooting for Evelyn to be more diver than assassin so seeing them go the route that "well she is an assassin in lore so she need to be assassin in game" was saddening.

8 Comments

Mirage Night2/1/2017, 7:27:18 AM5 votes

Frankly, I am glad they are aligning her kit with her visuals and her lore. I know some people like the "off" build. but when that over takes her original intended goal, that is a problem.

As for Swain. His warlock aspect is a fundamental part of his lore, so I do not see them removing this. However, there probably will be adjustments to make more tactical use of them.

GreenLore2/1/2017, 3:18:35 PM5 votes

The thing about Eve is that she was always meant to be an assassin in both lore AND gameplay. Its just that Riot did a bad job with her kit,which is why she eventually turned into a diver.

Something similar happened with Sion,who was originally supposed to be an undead warrior,but ended up as a mage due to bad game design.

Swain however is a bit different. While his lore always described him as a tactician,he was always supposed to be the battle mage that he currently is and he always was a warlock in both gameplay and lore. In fact I remember that a rioter thought they might drop the tactician part entirely and focus entirely on the warlock-fantasy.

Variks the Loyal2/1/2017, 7:29:51 AM3 votes

Nasus is also a master tactician and general. He's not a 'sit back' type.

I think Riot understands why people like playing Swain. Evelynn plays similar to an Assassin, so it probably won't be much of a disconnect.

DemiluniS2/1/2017, 1:22:19 PM2 votes

They decided to make her an assasin because everything about her screams "assasin* her appearence, her lore, her archetype, she was never supposed to be a diver in the first place