After some research and suggestions from others, I've narrowed my options down to two champions. I usually like to play a carrying assassin, so who do you think I should get that would fit that type of playstyle? Basically, I want to deal as much damage to enemies, potentially killing them most of the time.
UPDATE: Who would be better for me train with in the long run? I'm only level 7 right now, so who would I get the best out of by the time I hit level 30?
Príce2 votesI would recommend picking up Zed rather than Katarina because Katarina's strong point is teamfights whereas zed's is 1v1s/skirmishes. Being level 7, there are probably not a lot of teamfights going on.
PiRoScOuT1 votesIf you want to do more aoe damage and are better at team fighting, play kat. If you want to be more of a lone wolf play zed as he can split push and has more mobility and escapes than kat does.
MxTPRdi9Xq1 votesI'm A fairly new player, so what exactly is split pushing?
Commit Sudoku1 votesbasically he is asking do you wanna team fight with the team or be alone and 1v1 somebody
Nidalee SO NYAAA1 votesSounds like to me Kat would be the best for you
Astrid1 votesIf you want AoE damage in a teamfight, don't unlock Zed. Yeah, he has a little AoE but if your enemy is letting you get that close to multiple people then you've probably already won the fight.
Katarina has 3 AoE abilities, and boy do they chunk people. This champion is easily capable of 1v5 or just any teamfighting and has a really nice 100-0, as well as no mana costs, but as you get into higher skill levels, people will CC you more and you can't really do anything about it.
If you want to 100-0 a single target with as high success rate as possible, pick Zed. Between a slow (or two, depending on the item build) and 2 gapclosers, even if they run from you you're pretty good at chasing. However, Zed late game is often a one trick pony: after his initial ult nuke, he's basically a free kill if he is cced for like 2 seconds.
That being said, if you want to repeatedly nuke things every 55 seconds or so, I'd recommend Talon totally not because I main him. He roams like Zed and Katarina, has a ridiculous 100-0 if he gets his full combo out, a good ability kit for escaping, a point and click gapcloser thqt can teleport you to the enemy ADC from out of nowhere, as well as a slow and a movement speed boost, nd about as much AoE as a Twitch ult with a Runaans (read: a lot.) He also has a really great escape (R to win boys) and is infurirating to gank when he has his ult, which I have no problem clearing CS with late game if there's minions in my base due to its near nonexistent CD. However, Talon DOES use mana, and boy does he use a lot of it. Everyone experiences the horrible feeling of being out of mana and crying at your turret as you get rekt by poke at at least one point while playing him.
Also, Zed and Katarina are ridiculously popular mid laners, and Talon can lane against them both, actually being one of the few counters to Zed (ult when Zed ults, he can't damage you while he can't see you). +1. And Katarinas have a tendency to stand completely still which is Talon's favorite.
Of course if you've already ruled him out by all means play one of the others, but you seem to like Katarina and Talon is dsimilar to her in a few ways. (Gee, I wonder why.)
T RexHasTinyArms1 votesIf you are level 7 play kat unless you are really good at video games and have great mechanics. Zed has so much mechanical potential in his kit even riot has said that balancing him is difficult bc if he isn't really strong in top tier game play then 90% of thief player base should not use him bc they won't have the skill and he will be weak for them.
Kat requires less mechanics so you will get all of the strength of her kit a little easier. Essentially zed is cool, but you will be at a disadvantage in terms of his Strength if you don't have the ability to fully use the kit, so go with Kat so you can learn the stuf like when to roam, when to dive, all that stuff. Then if you want to pick up zed you can focus on learning the harder mechanics when you are already good at the rest.
MxTPRdi9Xq1 votesWell, I played Zed for a couple games while he was free for for the week, and I got to get the hang of him. I know that Kat is better in team fights and easier to learn, but I feel that If I just practiced and practiced with Zed until I'm level 30, I could become a pretty good player with him, and master him.
T RexHasTinyArms1 votesYeah, and it definitely is a good option. I'm not that good, and it's usually mechanics that are my biggest problem. So for me it's important to play easy mechanics champs so that I can focus on making the right decisions rather than having to make the right decisions and be really coordinated. My best friend fires single action guns in fps games faster than most auto controllers do and is really good at just the mechanics of being able to move and multi task and have really good reaction time in games. I'd recommend he play Zed in a heart beat, but that's also because he is stupid good at video games. He plays vs pro players when he's matched in fps games that match skill and would probably be at least diamond level if he played League, so his mechanics with Zed would help him out a lot, since his team work isn't great some times :P
Depends on how confident you are in your ability to play the mechanics. If you like Zed and want the challenge run Zed, but if you hit 30 and do ranked and aren't gold level start playing something else for a while. Zed's kit will get you to gold even if you hurt your team in terms of team work, because there is so much out play potential that if you played it perfectly you'd do too well to be stopped in low elo. Just advice in terms of getting the most you can out of the champs you pick to main.
Also slightly curious why you ruled out stuff like fizz or riven or something.
MxTPRdi9Xq1 votesI've never really looked into assassins like riven or fizz before. Maybe I should research them as well, but these were the champions that were recommended to me in one of my earlier threads.
T RexHasTinyArms1 votesI think riven is a little easier than Zed in term of mechanics, but still a really high mechanics champ if that's what you want (although she goes top more often, and sometimes jungle I guess). She has a high skill cap and snowballs super easy, but I think her team fighting is possibly better than Zed.
I just like Fizz bc if you get really good w/ him you can put the yellow chroma on him and play a gold fish :D I would definitely just explore champs that are assassins and figure out what you like best. You have a lot of time to try stuff out if you're level 7 and you may find that less mechanically intense champs are actually more fun for you (since they are stronger if you don't have the mechanics to play the high mechanics perfect). I personally love utility/tanky champs and tried to play carry stuff season 4 and never liked it really. Picked up Heimerdinger this season though and love how flexible he is and have actually been maining a champ that I deal the most damage on my team lately and who isn't tanky at all. I never though I'd enjoy that but he pushes towers and controls objectives and I love that play style even w/out the tank/utility aspect. You may find something you like that is really different before you hit 30 and jump into ranked.
TouchpadExpert1 votesHard to say which one to pick out of those 2. Zed is great right now. Katarina is just good after her recent nerfs. By the time you hit 30 Zed may end up being nerfed into oblivion or Kat or whatever. My advice is pick the one you would have the most fun with. Don't pay close attention to the meta just yet because it can and will change.