Great and very easy to understand tutorial. When I look at the match history and see that the opponent used assassins I usually counter by putting summons with retaliate or thorns at the back. But well, yeah it still depends on the mana cap. Usually when dealing with these types of opponents it's either them plucking your backline or you collapsing their frontline first to expose their assassins and snipers. You can also counter snipe or assasinate, at that point the match will be decided by whose backline gets demolished first. Hahaha! Nice write up btw, wish I knew this several months ago. :D