Tank metas are like winter: People act like they want it to happen

I miss old Maokai and old Maokai's Ult. :c IDK why he has the stupid tree root thing; it sucks ass.

Almost anyone can be a tank killer with the proper itemization. I actually find that strategic and fun.

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get four friends together

try it

top lane

mid lane or or

jungle

or or or

bot lane

and or

tell me how it goes

hint: you'll win

Tbf I consider Ornn, Sion, Urgot to all be Juggernauts (Large delays/immobile) while WW is a Fighter (Mixed damage and self healing).

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Sure, but tank meta the last several times around has amounted to tanks that can 1shot you while not being killable or having counterplay without flash... and then the adcs they're knights vowing/zekesing to

Seriously my options in those metas are to pick a tank, pick vayne, or die.

in an assassin meta you can pick a tank and do well, you can pick a mage, an adc, a fighter, and you can do well.

So, reality check for the record, tanks don’t “oneshot”. Even the ones that have frontloaded damage have trouble killing nearly as fast as a fighter, mage, assassin, or adc. A tank couldn’t do it in one rotation, requiring more abilities over time, also meaning they consumed a lot more mana. The biggest tank meta we had, in Season 5, was mainly a result of Cinderhulk, which didn’t cause oneshotting unless the user had a high health ratio on a skill, to the point where it was taken on lane tanks instead of Sunfire (should say a lot about Sunfire).

You’re other options are to play a dps fighter, like jax, maybe build a Cleaver or new Guinsoo’s, or both, instead of trinity. Also the possibility that if your fighter is designed more for killing squishier champs, you shouldn’t have as good a time against tanks, but you can still have a place in taking out their carry. You can also try Fiora for the true damage proc, or play a dps ADC and..maybe...build crit and penetration, a GA to survive against an assassin/diver. 3 items get you almost max crit. Room for GA, lifesteal, and an armor pen item. Even new IE is better against tanks.

Or maybe Trundle, the juggernaut that steals tank stats, or a number of other Juggernauts cause they have some tools for fighting tanks like armor pen/shred, synergize well wth Cleaver.

Tank meta, you can play an assassin and do well by taking out the carry, same as divers. Early game champs are there to try and shut down late game carries, and can also now benefit more from plating. Mages are also useful against stopping fighters and assassins, and can also kill squishies, also forcing tanks to not invest in all Armor and health. DPS mages can be especially good against tanks. Fighters have tools to deal with tanks, they just need to use them. Or not and focus another aspect. tanks can’t split push or take towers nearly as well as fighters, which is a viable strategy.

In an assassin meta, damage is usually out the wazoo and carries get blown up in almost an instant.