The Assassin, Summoner, and Lightning combo is back after a few buffs in recent patches, and because it's quite effective against Rangers who are very strong right now.
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The Assassin/Summoner/Desert composition
 Qiyana |
 Kha'Zix |
 Zed |
 Azir |
 Yorick |
 Ornn |
 volibear |
 amumu |
 Assassin (3) |
Innate: Assassins jump to the furthest enemy at the start of combat. Assassins have +10% critical chance and deal 70% more damage on critical hits. |
 Summoner (3) |
Max HP and lifespan of summoned units is increased by 30%. |
 Lightning (3) |
When critical or critical, Lightning units deal 250 damage to nearby opponents. |
 Desert (2) |
Opponents lose 40% of their armor. |
 Defender (2) |
Defenders have +150% armor. |
This composition is based on the strategy “ Rush level 8 » to fetch quickly Zed level 2 which will serve as the main carry. It is particularly effective once you have your units, especially if you are lucky enough to find Lux Lightning in passing.
Preferred items
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 Guardian angel |
 Redemption |
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Zed will act as the main carry in this composition. With his clones, he uses particularly unique items: Guardian angel so that they come back to life, and above all Redemption so that they take care of each other. As a third object, Zed can use a lot of them: |
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Mercury against magic damage, 
Infinity blade for more damage, but also Kha'Zix |
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 Ultra-fast cannon |
 Mercury |
 Infinity blade |
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Kha'Zix will be the second carry on this team, with items to make the most of his heavy crits. The two most important are the Ultra-fast cannon to prevent him from running after his target or being blocked after having ultimate, and the Mercury so that he can type without stopping. Third, he can use a Infinity blade to boost its damage, but a |
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Thirst for blood will also be strong if there is no anti-care in front. Otherwise, a 
Seraph's Embrace will allow him to use his ultimate more regularly.Azir |
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 Precious Gauntlet |
 Guinsoo's Raging Blade |
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Azir can also use damage items, especially if you can't find Zed and that he will then have to play the role of carry. The Guinsoo's Raging Blade allows him to attack quickly, while the Precious Gauntlet allows his soldiers to inflict critical attacks. The |
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Headdress of Rabadon can also replace the latter.Start of the game and progress
At the beginning of the game, it will be very easy for you to quickly find Assassins who do not cost very much among The White, Diana, Qiyana et Night. With them you can find Rek'Sai in order to give the bonus . If your Qiyana is of type Mountain, you can associate it with Taliyah, which only costs you 1 gold, for the Mountain origin shield.
As for the mid-game, you can start building your composition fromSummoner after acquiring your three Assassins main. The first to find will usually be Azir, which offers the origin Desert à Kha'Zix to allow him to ignore enemy armor. In addition to Azir and Yorick, you would typically use Annie ou Malzahar time to find Zed.
Your mid-game objective will often be to apply a " Rush level 8 » : Use all the transition units you can (Wood / Druid, Defenders / Ocean, Lightning...) to survive the mid-game and save as much as possible. So you will try to pass level 8 as soon as possible (in round 4-3) to then roll and look for your Zed, and why not Lux Lightning.
- Read also | Our 'Rush 8' strategy guide.
Once level 8, your goal will be to begin your transition to your final composition by gradually replacing your transition units.
Endgame and transitions
This composition is not recommended to force blindly: if it is possible to maximize one's chances of finding Zed level 2 with the rush 8 strategy to get it before the others, you will sometimes have to find other options.
Qiyana |
 nocturne |
Kha'Zix |
Azir |
Yorick |
 Yorick |
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If you can't find Zed, you can rotate your composition according to the Qiyana that you have. If you have Qiyana Underworld, you can add Annie et amumu for synergy, with taric in an additional tank. If you have Qiyana Clouds ou Ocean, you can play Mystics with Janna et Nami. Finally, with Qiyana Mountain you can play malphite with another Défenseur. |
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Qiyana |
Kha'Zix |
Zed |
Azir |
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Ornn |
volibear |
 Lux Lightning |
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Probably your best chance of making top 1, if you can get Lux Lightning to replace Volibear or add it to the composition, you will be much stronger. Otherwise, your last unit may be amumu (With Annie instead of Yorick if you have Qiyana Hells), taric, Lux Clouds... |
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Qiyana |
Kha'Zix |
Zed (  ) |
Azir |
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Ornn |
volibear |
 Soraka |
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Spatula, you can make a Au 9 level, you can add all kinds of units: a Luxury of your choice if you do not have Lightning (usually Clouds who will be the second best in this composition), a pair of Mystics instead ofamumu, or even simply a singed which is an excellent unit if he is level 2 even without synergy.
Positioning Tips
It is essential that units which are not Assassins are pushed back, which forces the opposing champions to move forward to attack them, thus freeing up access to the backline. However, try to have your tanks before Azir in order to protect them.
As for your Assassins, you can choose to separate them so that they jump on both sides of the board, or put them all on the opposite side of the opposing carry so that they jump on him and kill him quickly. You will then have to take a regular look at the position of your opponents.
This positioning can be modified according to the Elementary boxes. The best cards to use this build are Underworld in order to have the bonus with Qiyana, amumu et Annie, or Clouds to be able to add Janna. Mountain is also interesting with Taliyah ou malphite to survive the mid game.
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