For example, Elusive is no longer in the game. This isn’t a huge surprise as the Elusive Alliance failed to find a good place in the meta, but ofc. Elusives didn’t exist in a vacuum. One of the Alliances that benefited from the Elusive bonus very easily were Assassins.

Not only did Assassins lose the (3) Elusive bonus (that made their Elusive/Assassins both tankier and with higher DPS), but they lost one of their main carries and strongest heroes – Phantom Assassin.

In the new patch Assassins rely much more heavily on Slark to carry the game, and getting him to three stars (in standard) is considerably harder because he became a 4-gold hero. This means that it’s probably best to ignore (6) Assassin builds. Instead, you should stick to Scrappy/Assassin variations with (3) Assassins.