This is just a noob question, not some thread intending to whine about game balance, although I'm sure the balance complainers will hijack the thread soon enough...

Is there a place in the current meta for assassins of either variety (AP/AD) or Melee AD Carries (like Tryndamere/Fiora)? Are there any plans in the works to make either role more viable, if they currently aren't? Are there any good forums posts/red posts on this that I'm missing?

Most of what I see in the pro games is Bruiser Top, Tank/Bruiser Jungle, AP Mage Mid (possibly Katarina mid, which is an assassin at least), Ranged ADC/Support bot, of course. And logically this appears to be the best possible set up, which is of course why it is the meta. Whenever I see people play assassins or Melee ADC, it just doesn't seem to work out. Is this generally true, or am I missing something?

Although I suppose the Season 3 jungle changes sound like they are intended to make squishy junglers more viable, which might open the role up to assassins and melee ADC.

So what's up? Lol

bunp? D:

i wouldnt put to much hope in any changes too assassins....they do things that riot doesnt like.

the thing about assassins is that they do their role well enough, their job is to kill single targets who stray to far apart, unfortunantly unlike dota farming isn't as big of a concern so after 20 mins everyone is team fighting and they become useless. cant really do much about this unless you change the whole game, or have assassins teleport their victims into another dimension for a cuple seconds.