It's extremely useless compare to other synergies a unit without assassin synergy considering its crit change averagely deals 0.251.5+0.75 = 112.5% of its base dmg while with 3 assassin's synergy it deals 0.352+0.65=135% of its base dmg it's only like 20% extra damage, plus no two assassin share the same trait besides infernal qiyana and diana, as a result, no one plays assassins
Dr Dog1 votessomeones forgetting blender comp
Sire Hippington1 votesHaven't seen that after the noc nerfs, and even befor it had rather specific requirments and still wasn't better than ocean comps or singed comps. And it's not an 'assasin' comp, it's a nocturn hypercarry comp and relyed alot on getting him lvl2, with IE and BotrK and sivir+kah for blademaster+desert aswell as reksai for the iron buff. It's a comp where EVERYTHING is just used to boost nocturn, and without the spatula for BotrK, it often didn't even get top 4. Now it somewhat struggles even with BotrK...
Kelvynn1 votesBlademater Noc is nothing special after the nerf in 10.1. Sure, he can still hurt with the best items, but he's no longer the indestructible Blender.
Lucian is the new Blender, if you know what I mean.
ThunderCraft1 votesi have seen qiy as a blender she is pretty good tbh fam.
1017 ÁLYX 9SM1 voteslol blender is op bc noc is strong with blademaster synergy, not bc assassin synergy is strong assassin synergy sucks
Jungle Lux God1 votesThe passive effect for assassins (jumping onto the backline) is strong enough to justify having the assassin trait by itself, not to mention some of the higher-tiered assassins have some form of innate synergy with the trait bonuses (Nocturne hits multiple enemies for multiple potential crits, Kha'zix has a guaranteed crit after his ability, Zed's shadows can crit, etc).
Sire Hippington1 votesyea, after all the nerfs, the 3 assasin syneergie feels pretty usless. The main issue is how it interacts with IE, especially one stacks 2 IEs. But instead of nerfing the abomination that is IE(and finally makeing item effects unique to stop stacking), they gut the assasins trade. Now nocturn got nerfed aswell and assasins overall are pretty usless.
Imo crit never was a fitting bonus to begin with, it's just an overall dps boost that enabled assasins to bust tanks wehnever it was strong. Imo The assasin bonus should be hybrid flat pen, so spell based assasins gain more from it and it works better at deleteing squishys than busting tanks.
Śhunpo1 votesThe problem with the assassin synergy is that there's literally no reason to ever run 6 assassins, let alone be able to.
As for the 3 assassin synergy, that HAS to be weak specifically because of Blender comp, which kinda forces the trait to only be used in that one specific comp when combined with the former reasoning.
ChaosReyn1 votesI think right now it's got more potential that you think...but it's really awkward. You'd need to basically push Electric/Lunar/Assassin...and even then, that's really pushing it. Cause for electric to be worth it you'd need to make Voli into an assassin so you can pick up Ornn for 3 electric...or find specifically Electric Lux.
That's pretty much the only way to make the 6 assassin strat hurt heavily enough right now, outside of blender.
Pika3101 votesObjectively speaking, assassins are an inherent design flaw & should've been removed in Season 2 alongside glacials. So long as they're allowed to break the rules of the game by being untargetable & bming the enemy backline, they will remain unbalanceable.