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Assassins are a special case because they are the class with the highest amount of burst damage. Each class has different intended strengths and weaknesses, different player profiles and preferences which is why classes are treated differently.

Are you suggesting that assassin items should have more power in Burst damage and less in AH? The entire point of AH on assassins is that it draws out their combat pattern, allowing them to still succeed when they land all their spells but not having their one combo instantly kill you. Assassins are getting more AH by intention BECAUSE it reduces the amount of burst damage they need to deal in first rotation and sustain their power level.

As for mages, it's fine to give them a choice between Burst damage and ability haste. One of the issues with s9/10 itemization was that mages were maxed out on cdr by item 2 every game, which isn't a desirable state. I don't agree with the notion that the majority of AP items should have AH if that's what you're suggesting. They have a solid baseline with mana Mythics haste and can go Lucidity or transcendence if they choose. Then they can choose between damage, defense or haste.

What’s interesting is Diamond seemed to shrink a lot. I don’t have the exact numbers at my fingertips but it went from like 1.5% d4+ to 1.0% d4+. Essentially 50lp plat 1 this season is d4 0 in 2020. This was accurate in both August and June year-over-year as the months I checked.

Assassins are a special case. It is a conscious choice to give them haste and utility effects in the legendary item passive so that they have less item power budget in Burst damage. Mages have 3 haste items in their legendary roster.

Well I am sorry to hear you feel that way but that's just how game design is a lot of the time. We can only create so many unique and interesting mechanics within the boundaries and rules of the game that are balanceable and feel healthy. There are countless examples. GA and Zilean Ult are literally the exact same thing.

What makes you think I’m joking?

Same thing every game, same as every other soul.

Any time something new is added, we need to appropriately weigh the risk. In this case, we're not really worried, so long as there are appropriate tradeoffs. If you're opting to go Ability Haste item, you're not going Edge of Night or Youmuus or Umbral Glaive. Each of these are powerful game impacting effects in their own right. Of course there will be some users like Nocturne that are disproportionately good with the item, but every piece of content is going to have a "best user".

League is a game built on variance for maintaining interest. Even a player who plays only Malphite for 10,000 games should feel like loading into the game always presents different challenges and ensures that different fun/interesting situations always emerge.

For that reason, I don't really agree with the last part of what you said. Of course there's a version where we go too far, but I don't think this is it. Portals have a lot of counterplay; there's travel time, their positions are ...

The existence of jungling on USB (Ultimate Spellbook) is a rough point to navigate. We explored versions with and without jungling, and different variations of what jungling could be throughout development. The mode without jungling is a pretttttyyyyy painful experience. :(

So, some things that set USB apart from URF and OFA: USB has an intentionally longer laning phase than either of those two modes. Or, it's more accurate to say, URF and OFA have a faster laning phase, intentionally. Those modes only have a faster laning phase because matchup differentials are extreme and if the laning phase doesn't break down quickly, then you get trapped in a pretty miserable experience in some matchups for MUCH too long.

But with USB, we don't hit that problem to the same degree. Even more so, we found that there was actually a lot of enjoyment to be had from getting to figure out how to use (and abuse) your extra ultimate in lane and - especially - pre-6. And there...

Ah, that was an mistake on our part with the article. Where we're referencing Doom Bots of Doom, that was intended to be just Doom Bots (incl. Doom Bots of Doom).

The original doom boots better fits our current understanding of what may make a mode continue to be engaging. Though, it has issues (cheesing the AI to such an extent that the mode is trivialized) that I also believe was correct in Doom Bots of Doom to try to address. I believe if we return to the Doom Bots space, we'd still need to readdress that issue.

Fed assassins one-shotting you instantly is good for League of Legends

As stated in the video, part of the goal here was creating higher-impact terrain states than the current four dragons. Not drastically different, but we do expect these dragon terrains to change the game more than the current 4 terrains.

Finally fixed

https://imgur.com/a/yOEZKao

That mock-up may have had some outdated info in it. :)

Anyone have a Spotify link ? ( if such a thing exists )

The intention is that if you go both this item + Zhonyas, your damage takes a severe hit. Generally that has played out, but in situations with 3+ assassins it can be viable, in which case, that's intended to be a powerful case anyway.