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Can We All Agree Again On This Basic Truth?

TehNACHO··8 votes·572 views

Burst Damage beats Sustained Damage (APC > ADC) Sustained Damage beats Tank (ADC > Tank) Tank beats Burst Damage (Tank > APC)

I mean, it astonishes me when Assassin players complain about not being able to duel Tanks/Fighters, ADC mains complain about getting ones hotted, and people playing immobile/semi-mobile Tanks cry over Vayne or Kalista DPSing them from out of their reach. And I know these aren't supposed to be strict laws set in stone - Master Yi and the soon to come rework of Fiora are DPS Champs who can counter Burst if their players are skilled enough - but is it too hard to realize that things happen because that's how it's supposed to be?

A reminder of a great thread from a while back.

4 Comments

Saianna2 votes

Problem starts when burst damage from some assassins > everything else & little more

Or when APC burst < anything, even fleas.

Sustained damage is kinda the only thing OK'ish I think

Mat7itan1 votes

Pretty much. There are match ups where this doesn't hold as true but for the most part I would think this is how it works.

ChaosThief1 votes

The upsetting part about vayne and kalista is not that they DPS down tanks. It's that they DPS tanks down AND can't be caught.

TehNACHO1 votes

...by tanks.

Never hear something like an Ekko main complaining about not catching people, for example.

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