Assassins: underrated carries

I'm kind of indifferent whether they're op or not, I'm not really sure to be honest. But looking at assassin champions they seem to have very strong damage output in an extremely short period of time. they also seem in general to be safer than say a carry.
So instead of just saying this I wanted to look at a few assassins. Some may not classify these champions as ***ssin's but for this exercise as a whole we'll look at a few. I wanted to take a look at Ahri, Akali, Leblanc, Kassadin, and Talon in particular because they seem to be the strongest assassin's currently. I suppose Irelia could be classified as an assassin but I feel she is much more of a bruiser or tanky-dps as opposed to assassin.
Taking a look at Talon and Akali because they are very similar.
- Akali seems to be a less popular pick, probably due to her nerfs, she is still extremely strong and relatively safe. She forces the enemy to pink ward or have an oracles handy. She is fairly limited by her energy and charges on s…
So instead of just saying this I wanted to look at a few assassins. Some may not classify these champions as ***ssin's but for this exercise as a whole we'll look at a few. I wanted to take a look at Ahri, Akali, Leblanc, Kassadin, and Talon in particular because they seem to be the strongest assassin's currently. I suppose Irelia could be classified as an assassin but I feel she is much more of a bruiser or tanky-dps as opposed to assassin.
Taking a look at Talon and Akali because they are very similar.
- Akali seems to be a less popular pick, probably due to her nerfs, she is still extremely strong and relatively safe. She forces the enemy to pink ward or have an oracles handy. She is fairly limited by her energy and charges on s…