User blog comment:Tails365/New meta for season 3/@comment-4022742-20121014130319/@comment-3486816-20121018085849

^If the carry is still able to farm safely in a lane with an assassin "support" and the assassin was able to get the gold he needs just from kills, I could see it working. Killing an enemy in the lane generally guarantees free-farm, which should be plenty of gold for your carry; it's just a little less than they'd be getting if they had also picked up the kill. The real problem here is that an assassin bot lane should be really easy to turtle against, and the assassin will probably be absolutely useless without getting those early kills. It's an inconsistent strategy, which means it'd probably never see pro play. Xin Zhao and Jarvan could work though simply because they can function somewhat well as supports in the current meta.