I'm just out here finna tank

Very Strong Boy·Aug 26, 2017·2 votes·233 views

Hey guys, I love me a good tank/bruiser game, but lately I've been thinking about my builds, with lethality added and the already existing flat pen, I have a lot of questions about what you should build first in different situations, should I start a health item and then build resistances? Or should i build resistances to my enemy laner? Late game should I just have one mr item and one armor item and then stack health because resistances scale with health and flat pen will just go through 35% anyway? Against lethality do I stack armor?

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GlîtchyAug 26, 20171 votes

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KoKobotoAug 26, 20171 votes

If we're finna talking about top lane...

item 3211 or item 3010 early against magic, into more magic resist if they got a magic damage jungler item 3024 for armor early if you want item 3800 item 3076 if you need armor and there's a lot of healing

item 3082 or item 1031 to start building item 3742 or item 3143 , grab a item 1011 anywhere while building those

Very Strong BoyAug 26, 20171 votes

Thank you very much! But what about later on in the game, if the enemy team has flat pen do I just build health, but if that's the case the adc with bork will hurt a lot more ._. And what if they have a lot of lethality?

Need Gold 4 TentAug 26, 20171 votes

Sometimes, the trick is to outdamage them (of course, match-up dependant too). If they're not scared of trading with you because they break your defenses, and you don't hurt them enough... you have to find a way to make them pay for trying to trade. Buy some ad or ap, all tanks have at least 1 damage item they can rush now, I'll give you a run down of the few I play:

Shen item 3078 item 3748 item 3153 - pick 1 Malphite item 3285 (Q max) item 3025 item 3001 (E max) - pick 1 Nasus : item 3057 then build whatever tank you want as long as you max CDR.

Most others, they can all use item 3025 .

Another trick I use (on tanks only) is run full HP regen runes and armor reds, while taking all the regen related masteries in resolve. This only works against the enemies who lack sustain. You start with 3 beads and pot, then just farm. The general idea is to trade and regen, this is very strong during the early parts of the game when your hp/5 is a significant % of your total HP.

You will lack damage, but minion aggro is your friend during that stage. You let the enemy start the fight, use some damage mitigation if your kit has it, then tag him with 1 skill perhaps, and retreat while he takes 1/3 of his HP from minion aggro. Penetration doesn't matter since you only have regen, and those regen items can be further upgraded into resist items depending on your laner item 2053 item 3801 item 3194 , two of which upgrade into decent items for top lane item 3512 item 3083 .

For lategame, the damage comes into play too. A 6 tank item tank is not gonna last that much longer compared to a 5 item one, you might as well get 1 damage item to give yourself some threat, and you can actually kill glass cannons if left unchecked. Even if you did die, you'd have CC'd, soaked damage and CC, and perhaps even got their squishies HP into kill range for your team to kill, as is the job of a tank.

Very Strong BoyAug 26, 20171 votes

Thank you sir you're a god among men

KoKobotoAug 26, 20171 votes

Flat penetration won't put a dent into 200+ armor. And unfortunately ADCs are built to shut down tanks so there's no working around that really.

Best you could go for are item 3047 item 3143 item 3075 to counteract botrk and ADC.