Damage taken and why it's important

Bay B··1 votes·1,643 views

I play Olaf jungle, I run at adcs as they try to kill me, dealing pathetic dmg as I slaughter their squishy asses. By the end if the game I usually have quite a bit of dmg taken from tanking, most in the game usually. Recently I was checking my Olaf stats in ranked, looked at my 'per game averages' and noticed you can see how many doubles to pentas you usually get, how much healing, dmg dealt, physical dmg dealt, magic dmg dealt, and gold earned but nothing on dmg taken in any form. This made me think about why players love playing damage heavy champs, maybe because those are the only stats recorded.

Tanks sacrifice a lot, engaging, taking agro for the team, dying while maybe only getting 1 assist, they also have nothing to back up what they've done other than the dmg taken recorded at the end of the game, but for some reason those stats arent transferred to my 'per game averages', only the little dmg I dealt because I built full tank. Why not include seconds of CC applied to champions? Why not give credit to the tanks that initiate and protect carries? No wonder no one wants to play tanks. . they get the least credit.

4 Comments

Handy Sandy 1 votes

Yea, and they're one of the most important roles in the game. I've never actually had a proper "Frontline" in my team before tbh. It's always a juggernaut.

Sylvant1 votes

The reason ppl play damage dealers is definitely not that damage taken isnt taken into count in the average stats :P The thing with damage taken is, it doesnt actually say how well you did, at least not as much as damage done, or gold earned, ofc those are very relative too. People should actually not feel encouraged to take damage, its bad right, only the ability to soak up damage for your team matters. High damage taken very often can be a sign you actually did pretty terrible.

Bay B1 votes

Comparing deaths to dmg taken is a very easy way to distinguish how effectively someone has tanked. If someone tanked minimal dmg and had 6 deaths, you'd know they just got blown up. If someone died twice and tanked the most in the game, you know they tanked effectively.

Bay B1 votes

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