League of Legends (LoL) Question: Assassins in tank meta

"Playing an assassin into a tank comp isn't you looking to burst down tanks."

Now that's just insulting... Someone still needs to deal with the tanks and you can already count Ahri out, and Ahri being as fragile as she is you can't just dive into their back line and ignore their giant heavy CC tanks. Like I said before, if it's down to an Ahri to carry a game against multiple tanks, you're gunna have a bad time. Like Infectious Lepar said, ideally you need champions that deal percentage based damage or that have low cooldowns and/or synergise well with Liandry's. Ahri has none of that. You can't just ignore the tanks, especially when a lot of them have hard CC that's not exactly the easiest to dodge, even as Ahri (Maokai Twisted Advance, Sejuani Glacial Prison, Rek'Sai Unburrow, Gragas Explosive Cask.) Not to mention how hard it is to get a Charm and even the damage from Fox-Fire and Spirit Rush to land on a key target with all the tanks in the way. So many more assassins have an easier time getting onto and killing a key target than Ahri. The only thing Ahri has over most other assassins in relation to bursting a key target is the ability to catch them at range and try to nuke them down.

"But really, it complements mages a lot more this time around."

I'm not trying to argue that assassins are better than mages in this meta. I'm just saying that with the higher need for AD carries to act as tank shredders in this meta, being able to single handedly blow them up very early on in a fight keeps assassins relevant.

@Elusive Ferret Playing an assassin into a tank comp isn't you looking to burst down tanks. You need assassins that are safe (preferably ranged and with high mobility) in order to not be locked down by tanks and peeled off their back line.

Look for your percentage based damage dealers. Fizz is still strong against whoever(even though he has been through some growing pains over this season). Assassins who can engage without being peeled by tanks are still capable of doing fine, so long as there is a strong enough follow-up after they take out their target.
As for the comment about how ahri is useless against tanks I must say "nay nay!"
With a kit geared around kiting and poking she is geared pretty well for fighting tanks. True damage and on-spell abilities make her a great anti-tank mage regardless of how they are built.
(I duno where Elise sits these days but building her magicpen/reduction and AP makes for a nimble little assassin)

Sorry but Ahri does not do well against tanks, she is one of the worst tank killers in the game. It's extremely difficult to carry a game when they have multiple tanky members, she literally can't do anything against a tank with 3k+ HP. It's a nightmare.

But really, it complements mages a lot more this time around. You need a mixed source of damage in team comps since top and jungle are likely to be tanks, so mid needs to offer an AP damage threat. And yes, I realise that's different to what I said in my original post.

It's a matter of how coordinated a team is to determine how well an assassin will do against you, I suppose.

I don't really think the meta is that bad for assassins. Sure Zed and Talon aren't going to be taking down tanks on their own, but if you can take out their team's highest DPS, then how is their team going to kill your tanks?

he's not an assasin because he doesn't have the ability to 100-0 someone at level 6. I understand your train of thought, a late game full build jax might appear to 100-0 people but thats after 250 cs, 8 kills, and 6 towers. An assassin needs to be inherently deadly at early levels without many items. and jax doesn't do that. even with flat ap runes and 30-0-0 he still wont be out damaging a talon or a leblanc in a 1-3 second time frame.