The Assassin: Absol Absol - MythicalMyth

Guide

First off, this is my first ever guide, so I am sorry if this is not up to standard.

When picking a jungler, you need to see what role the jungler needs to fill. We have Talonflame, which is a hardcore diver, Zeroara, a teamfight devastating menace, and we have Cinderace, which is one of the best DPS in the game (at least in my opinion). But if you need a good assassin that can get in and out, Absol is the best one to pick.

Absol's playstyle is doing your damage and get out. Absol is very squishy! He has low base HP, Def, and Sp. Def, so if the enemy has a slowbro or anyone else who can stop you in your tracks, you will get obliterated nine times out of 10.

Early Game:
In early game Absol, you will need to try and farm to level 5, which will be your first power spike. Level one, take slash to help with your clear lilipup. Take Feint and use it to dodge the abilities of Ludicolo and Buffalaunt. By then, you should be level 4 once you clear them. Next, you can look for a clean up gank if your laners need a gank or farm the two corphish and get level 5. Once you get to level 5, you can start looking for a lot of your gank opportunities, and your jungle clear also gets significantly faster. Here you can start picking off low health laners or skirmish against over extended laners. Another viable option is if you communicate with your teammates, you can look too hard invalid their jungler if they have a scaling jungler like gastly and try to shut them down early before they can scale up to the late game monsters they can be.

Mid Game:
Once you get to level 7-8, Drednaw and Rotom are going to be spawning. Absol is great at taking them if you can get a Pursuit to backstab and/or Psycho Cut stacks. So look for the pick which you accel at and take a game objective. I prefer Drednaw, but if you are forced to trade Rotom as they get Drednaw or Rotom is just sitting there, go ahead and take Rotom instead. Try to press picks or advantages if you have them. You can easily burst out of position carries, especially when you get level 11 and get upgraded Pursuit.

Late Game:
By now, Zapdos should be spawning, and you should have both your abilities upgraded. Your goal as Absol is still the same. Continue to catch out the squishes and get out before you get punished. When Zapdos is about to spawn, access your situation. In my personal experience, unless you Ace (Kill every enemy) the enemy team or you have a Snorlax/Mr. Mime who can block off areas who can block entry points. You should never really go for Zapdos. If you are behind, and that is your only chance of turning the game, then all be it, start taking Zapdos and 50/50 it. But in general, if you're ahead by any margin, try to bait out Zapdos and have them walk into you so you can go in. NOTE: You cannot Pursuit from outside the wall, you can dash over the wall, but you can't blink in from the outer Zapdos wall with your enhanced basic attack.

Best of Luck to all the aspiring Absol players!