In League of Legends: Wild Rift, Assassins are stealthy, sneaky, and agile characters that can dispose of an enemy before they even knew what hit them. Specializing in burst damage allows Assassins to take out priority targets with ease, yet their high mobility and slipperiness ensure their safety while doing so.
Most players also agree that Assassins are the flashiest kind of role out of all those that are in the game. Picking up kills in style and having the enemy flabbergasted while leaving allies with their jaws dropped is something that a superb Assassin player can do regularly. Without further ado, let's get into the best Assassin builds!
10 Ahri
- Luden's Echo
- Ionian Boots of Lucidity - Hextech Protobelt Enchant
- Rabadon's Deathcap
- Infinity Orb
- Morellonomicon
- Void Staff
- Electrocute Keystone Rune combined with Brutal, Adaptive Carapace, and Sweet Tooth runes
This build provides players with tons of Ability Power backed up with a large amount of Magic Penetration, and Ability Haste, allowing Assassins like Ahri to kill any kind of enemy. Ahri already has a ton of mobility from her Ultimate Ability, however, Hextech Protobelt gives her an extra dash, which can be used to close the gap or escape from enemies.
Void Staff will also ensure that players will have enough Magic Penetration to take down Tanks when needed. Ahri, as popular of a Champion she is, isn't the only one potentially being reworked.
9 Katarina
- Hextech Gunblade
- Mercury Treads - Stasis Enchant
- Infinity Orb
- Rabadon's Deathcap
- Liandry's Torment
- Void Staff
- Conqueror Keystone Rune combined with Triumph, Hunter Titan, and Hunter Genius runes.
This build lets Katarina players have a strong start with an even stronger end with all the Spell Vamp, Life Steal, Ability Power, and Magic Penetration she will gain through these items. The special effect from Hextech Gunblade provides a much-needed slowing effect, followed up with a set of Magic Damage, setting up players to destroy enemies swiftly.
Liandry's Torment synergizes extremely well with Katarina's Ultimate Ability, due to the Max Health percentage burn combined with her long-lasting damage from the Ultimate Ability. Katarina has been thriving even more since her rework.
8 Rengar
- Black Cleaver
- Mercury Treads - Stasis Enchant
- Solari Chargeblade
- Bloodthirster
- Infinity Edge
- Guardian Angel
- Conqueror Keystone Rune, combined with Brutal, Hunter Titan, and Mastermind runes.
This build lets Rengar surprise enemies with huge amounts of Critical Damage, backed up by the large amount of Critical Chance, Attack Damage Life Steal, Ability Haste, and Armor Reduction these items provide. Players will rely heavily on Rengar's Ultimate Ability to get kills using the invisibility, Movement Speed, and ferocity stacks it provides, which is why Ability Haste is key here.
Rengar's Q Ability is one of the few Physical Damage abilities that can cause Critical Damage, which is the icing on the cake, allowing players to burst down foes within a second, even in the bot lane.
7 Fizz
- Rabadon's Deathcap
- Ionian Boots of Lucidity - Stasis Enchant
- Lich Bane
- Infinity Orb
- Void Staff
- Hextech Gunblade
- Electrocute Keystone Rune combined with Brutal, Adaptive Carapace, and Hunter Genius runes.
This build provides a lot of Ability Power, Ability Haste, and Magic Penetration, with a bit of Spell Vamp and Life Steal for extra sustain in the Late Game. Lich Bane has very strong synergy with Fizz's W and Q abilities, enhancing the damage they deal significantly since they proc on-hit effects.
Players will be able to immediately delete enemies' health bars after landing their Ultimate Ability due to the sheer amount of Ability Power provided by the items in this build.
6 Zed
- Youmuu's Ghostblade
- Ionian Boots of Lucidity - Stasis Enchant
- Duskblade of Draktharr
- Black Cleaver
- Serylda's Grudge
- Guardian Angel
- Conqueror Keystone Rune, combined with Brutal, Adaptive Carapace, and Hunter Genius runes.
This build enhances all of Zed's abilities with the bonus Attack Damage, Armor Reduction, Lethality, Ability Haste, and Armor Penetration he will obtain. Youmuu's Ghostblade's special ability allows Zed to roam the map, searching for his prey swiftly and ensuring they cannot escape his wrath.
However, Zed is extremely reliant on his Ultimate Ability to score kills, which is why the Ability Haste is very vital to his success. The extra mobility provided from his shadow manipulation through his E and Ultimate ability will have enemies' scratching their heads in confusion wondering where you went after killing them, and wondering how Zed is as effective as the newest champions despite how long he's been in the game.
5 Kha'Zix
- Duskblade of Draktharr
- Mercury Treads - Stasis Enchant
- Black Cleaver
- Edge of Night
- Serylda's Grudge
- Guardian Angel
- Conqueror Keystone Rune combined with Brutal, Hunter Titan, and Mastermind runes.
These items give Kha'Zix a bunch of Attack Damage, Lethality, Armor Reduction, Ability Haste, and Armor Penetration. These stats compliment Kha'Zix's kit really well, allowing him to sneak up on enemies with his Ultimate Ability and burst them down, especially if they're isolated.
Duskblade of Draktharr's special ability will be activated frequently because it deals additional damage if players were unseen by the enemy before attacking. Invisibility allows you to manipulate this effect when it's available, giving players that extra bit of damage to secure kills early on to let one of the first Void champions take over the game.
4 Irelia
- Blade of the Ruined King
- Mercury Treads - Teleport Enchant
- Trinity Force
- Wit's End
- Sterak's Gage
- Death's Dance
- Conqueror Keystone Rune, combined with Triumph, Adaptive Carapace, and Sweet Tooth runes.
Players will get a significant amount of Attack Damage, Attack Speed, Ability Haste, Life Steal, and a bit of Health from this build. Irelia is a bit different from your typical Assassin, as she's more focused on dishing out sustained damage, rather than putting out all the damage in a single skill rotation.
The on-hit effects of Blade of the Ruined King combined with Wit's End fits her playstyle perfectly, making her mow down enemies one after another promptly. The high mobility provided by her Q ability will make it seem as if she's dancing around the battlefield of dead bodies that she'll leave behind.
3 Akali
- Hextech Gunblade
- Ionian Boots of Lucidity - Stasis Enchant
- Infinity Orb
- Rabadon's Deathcap
- Void Staff
- Morellonomicon
- Conqueror Keystone Rune combined with Brutal, Bone Plating, and Sweet Tooth runes.
This item build allows Akali to maximize her damage output with all the Ability Power, Magic Penetration, Life Steal, and Spell Vamp items in this build give her. Akali is extremely flexible due to her high mobility and invisibility, allowing her to disrupt enemy team's formations by using her W ability in the middle of a team fight.
Against more durable foes, the Spell Vamp and Life Steal give players the sustain to go toe to toe with them for a long duration without running out of steam.
2 Evelynn
- Lich Bane
- Ionian Boots of Lucidity - Hextech Protobelt Enchant
- Rabadon's Deathcap
- Infinity Orb
- Void Staff
- Morellonomicon
- Void Staff
- Electrocute Keystone Rune, combined with Weakness, Hunter Titan, and Mastermind runes.
Evelynn is a unique champion in the game due to her Ultimate Ability's Passive effect of making her invisible whenever she is not engaged in combat. This build gives her enough Ability Power, Magic Penetration, and Ability Haste to have enemies always wondering where she is.
If things get a bit messy, her Ultimate Ability can be used to do a severe amount of damage while becoming invulnerable and dashing away to safety. The feeling of omnipresence they'll leave enemies with will have players controlling the tempo of the game at all times.
1 Lee Sin
- Youmuu's Ghostblade
- Mercury Treads - Locket Enchant
- Black Cleaver
- Guardian Angel
- Edge of Night
- Sterak's Gage
- Conqueror Keystone Rune, combined with Brutal, Hunter Titan, and Mastermind runes.
This build works wonders for Lee Sin because of the large amount of Attack Damage, Lethality, Armor Reduction, and Ability Haste these items provide him with. Lee Sin's W and Q ability gives players a lot of mobility to work with, making him one of the most flexible Assassins in the game and even build-wise.
Players will not only be able to set up their team with a W + Ultimate Ability combo, but they'll even be able to shut down other sneaky Assassins by revealing their presence once he tags them with his E ability.
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