User blog comment:Atmey/Jaljala the Time Ninja/@comment-5791947-20130226012543/@comment-3529242-20130226073123

Because of how q works and it's his biggest nuke and only triggerable if you let the target escape/walk away you have to know exactly how much damage you have to deal before you disengage. Stacks makes him somewhat a dualist like Jax and Fiora, i guess he is more a dualist than assassin. And damage amplification is only for yourself unlike many bruiser who have armor reduction, q + e applt 4 stacks with as buff you can easily reach half stacks. Dariis is slower at stacking because he does have AS buff and his abilities apply a single stack. Jaljala is faster but he doesnt have the DoT.

Many assassins played as bruisers: Lee and Panth. So i dont see much problem with that, except Jaljala is worse he does have hard cc and lacks tanking abilities.